A holiday for Austria Swimmer camp in Lublin, Poland: The Salzburger swam at the European Short Course Championships Luka Mladenovic for the bronze medal in the 100 meters. In the semifinals, Mladenovic had already beaten the four-year-old Austrian record in 56.65 seconds.
Mladenovic has so far won three U23 European Championship gold medals (2025), three Junior World Championship medals in 2022 (gold, silver, bronze) and one Junior European Championship silver in 2022. There could still be an increase in medals in Lublin. Mladenovic is still competing in the 50 and 200 meter breaststroke.
“This is crazy”
“Winning a medal here is a different league,” says the medalist. “I didn’t expect it at all. It’s crazy that such a best time could come out again.”