Turkey's Sakci wins another int'l swimming league race
09:47, 17/11/2020, TuesdayU: Update: 09:48, 17/11/2020, Tuesday
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Emre Sakci comes first in men's 100-meter breaststroke semifinals
Turkish swimmer Emre Sakci won the International Swimming League (ISL) men's 100-meter breaststroke semifinals Monday.
The 23-year-old completed the race in 56.51 seconds to come first in the semis in Budapest, beating US opponent Will Licon, who was 0.56 seconds behind.
Last week, Sakci set a European record in Budapest.
Sakci previously finished the men's 100-meter breaststroke race in the ISL in 55.74 seconds, ahead of Ilya Shymanovich from Belarus.
The ISL finals will be held from Nov. 21-22.
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