What an amazing weekend full of sport achievements!
Massive congratulations to all the 4th Lane swimmers who took part in the Speedo Invitational Meet held in Dubai over the weekend and the ITU Triathlon Championship Final hosted in Abu Dhabi this past Friday.
Special mention to Anjel Duran for her Gold medal in the Junior Super Sprint Triathlon with a time of 45’09” and to Marina Sudzun for her Silver medal in the Community Kids Triathlon with a time of 25’16”.
Over the weekend, the bulk of the 4th Lane Junior & Senior Squads took part in the 25th Edition of the Speedo Invitational Meet, hosted at the Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai.
The competition gathered a selection of some of the strongest swimmers in the Middle East with teams coming from UAE, Oman and Bahrain.
The 4LSA swimmers achieved plenty of new PBs and a total of 85 podium positions across the different age groups. Special mention to Adam Hamdy, Davide Galluzzi, Youssef Hassan and Luke Nevin for the trophies they received as top swimmers in their respective age groups.
Below is the complete list of all medalists:
Luke Nevin – 200 Freestyle (2nd); 100 Butterfly (1st); 100 Freestyle (2nd); 200 Backstroke (2nd)
Davide Galluzzi – 50, 100 & 200 Breaststroke (1st); 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (2nd); 200 IM (1st); 4 x 50 Medley Relay (2nd)
Adam Bebars – 50, 100 and 200 Breaststroke (1st); 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (2nd); 4 x 50 Medley Relays (1st)
Roman Wood – 100 & 200 Breaststroke (3rd)
Seth Aborot – 100 IM (1st)
Shams Baddour – 50 Backstroke (3rd)
Anastasia Barroom – 4×50 Freestyle Relay (2nd); 200 Butterfly (3rd); 4 x 50 Medley Relay (2nd)
Belal Bebars – 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (2nd); 4 x 50 Medley Relay (2nd)
Nicolas Desjaques – 100 Backstroke (3rd); 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (2nd); 4 x 50 Medley Relays (1st)
Amelly Duran – 200 Butterfly (3rd)
Sarah Eid – 100 IM (2nd)
Tarek Elawadi – 4 x 50 Medley Relay (3rd)
Roukaya Elkomy – 4 x 50 Medley Relay (2nd)
Kareem Elmardini – 50 Backstroke (1st); 4 x 50 Medley Relay (2nd)
Yousef Elmardini – 50 Backstroke (1st); 200 Backstroke (3rd); 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (2nd); 4 x 50 Medley Relay (1st)
Dana Fahmi – 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (2nd); 200 Butterfly (2nd); 4 x 50 Medley Relay (2nd)
Francesco Galluzzi – 50 Freestyle & 100 (2nd); 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (2nd); 4 x 50 Medley Relay (1st)
Samuel Gomes – 4 x 50 Medley Relay (3rd)
Adam Hamdy – 50 & 100 Butterfly (1st); 50 & 100 Freestyle (1st); 4 x 50 Freestyle & Medley Relays (1st)
Mohamed Hassan – 50 Breaststroke (3rd); 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (2nd); 4 x 50 Medley Relay (1st)
Youssef Hassan – 100 Butterfly (1st); 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (2nd); 200 Butterfly (1st); 50 Butterfly (3rd); 4 x 50 Medley Relay (1st)
Ibrahim Hesham – 4 x 50 Medley Relay (3rd)
Octavian Lupu – 200 Breaststroke (3rd); 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (3rd); 200 Butterfly (2nd); 100 Breaststroke (3rd); 4 x 50 Medley Relay (1st)
Khadija Mohamed – 100 Butterfly (2nd); 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (2nd); 400 IM & 200 IM (2nd); 200 Butterfly (1st); 4 x 50 Medley Relay (2nd); 400 Freestyle (2nd)
Isaac Potts – 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (2nd)
Amelie Pulkkinen – 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (2nd)
Ayham Ramy – 4 x 50 Freestyle & 4 x 50 Medley Relays (2nd)
Tayem Saleh – 50, 100 & 200 Butterfly (2nd)
Moez Sayadi – 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay (3rd); 200 Backstroke (2nd); 400 Freestyle (2nd)
Matteo Sopko – 100 Freestyle (3rd); 4 x 50 Medley Relay (2nd)