Plymouth Leander duo miss out on reaching 100m freestyle semi-finals

PLYMOUTH Leander swimmers Ben Proud and Mindaugaus Sadauskas both missed out on reaching the semi-finals of the 100m freestyle at the World Championships in Kazan.

Great Britain star Proud finished 23^rd overall out of the 115 competitors, with only the top 16 progressing.

The 20-year-old, who reached the final of the 50m butterfly, clocked a time of 49.35 seconds.

Sadauskas, competing of Lithuania, was ranked 27^th with a time of 49.49.

Former Plymouth College and Leander swimmer Calum Jarvis, Great Britain’s other competitor in the two-length event, also missed out, finishing 32^nd in 49.68.

Proud will swim in the 50m freestyle competition on Friday – an event where he is British record holder and Commonwealth Games champion.

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