2024 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Trials
16 years old, swimmer with Etobicoke Swim Club Silvia Statkevicius On Tuesday morning, he broke the Lithuanian record in the 200m freestyle at the Canadian Olympic Trials.
Stotkevicius swam a time of 1 minute, 59.13 seconds to finish sixth in his heat, breaking the record of the most famous swimmer in the country. Ruta Meirtite. Meilutite said at the 2014 British Championships she swam 2:00.11. Like Statkevicius, she grew up living and training primarily in another country, in her case the United Kingdom.
Although Maeltite is best known as a breaststroker (she won the Olympic gold medal in the 100m breaststroke in 2012 at the age of 15), she was also a very good freestyler early in her career.
Comparison of improvement splits
| Stokevicius | Stokevicius | |
| new record | Former Chief Executive Officer (PB) | |
| 50 meters | 27.88 | 28.37 |
| 100 meters | 29.78 | 30.73 |
| 150m | 30.68 | 30.61 |
| 200m | 30.83 | 30.49 |
| final time | 1:59.13 | 2:00.20 |
Split comparisons show Stokevicius has been more aggressive in this race, clocking a time 2.5 seconds faster than his previous personal best at the Canadian Open in April. She held out until her 150 meters, but she slowed down a bit in her final 50 meters.
For the 2024 total so far, her best time has decreased from 2:01.86 to 2:00.20.
Stokevicius is already the Lithuanian record holder for the long course 800m free (8:55.23), 1500m free (17:27.11) and short course 200m free (1:57.23). Ta.
She represented Lithuania at the 2024 World Championships, 2023 European Junior Championships, 2023 World Junior Championships, 2022 World Junior Championships, and 2021 European Junior Championships.
Due to competition rules, international swimmers like Statkevicius are not eligible to swim in the 'A' finals of the Canadian Olympic Trials. Instead, she will swim in the 'B' final, which is open to up to three non-Canadians. World Swimming has said an invitation to an Olympic “B” standard swimmer is unlikely, but Stotkevicius is aiming for an Olympic spot in the “B” final with her target time of 1:57.26.
Her club, ESWIM, is one of the top development clubs in the country. One of the world's top swimmers, Summer's early development of her McIntosh began here as one example among many.
