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Budapest – The Tyrolean Bernhard Reitshammer is swimming vice world champion in the 100 m medley on the short course. On Friday evening in Budapest’s Duna Arena, the European champion reduced the Austrian record set by Carinthian Heiko Gigler in the semifinals the evening before by 0.19 seconds to 51.11 or his best time by 0.22 seconds. Gigler came sixth in 51.67. The dominant victory went to the Swiss favorite Noe Ponti in 50.33. Simon Bucher had previously made it to the final in the 100 m dolphin.
