Alabama Swimmer Makes Second Finals at Olympic Games
8/18/2004 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
University of Alabama Swimmer Vlad Polyakov has secured a spot in his second finals of the Athens Olympiad.
Polyakov, who took second in the NCAA Championship 200 breaststroke finals as a freshman is seeded seventh in the 200m breaststroke going into Thursday night's finals. Representing his native Kazakhstan, Polyakov was sixth coming out of prelims with a time of 2:12.96. In the semi-finals, he swam a 2:12.19 to advance.
Thursday night he will face, among others, world record holder Brendan Hansen of the United States and Japan's Kosuke Kitajima who won gold in the 100m breaststroke earlier this week. Hansen, Kitajima and Polyakov are the only three swimmers to final in both the 100 and 200m breaststrokes at these Games.
