World Cup in Qatar
Märtens swims the 200 meter freestyle in fourth place
Lukas Märtens missed his second medal at the World Championships in Qatar. photo
© Hassan Ammar/AP/dpa
After bronze in the 400 meter freestyle, Lukas Märtens also wanted World Championship medals in the half distance. That failed.
The man from Magdeburg was seven hundredths of a second behind third-placed Luke Hobson from the USA. The South Korean Hwang Sunwoo became world champion after finishing in 1:44.75 minutes. Lithuanian Danas Rapsys took silver.
Rafael Miroslaw, the second DSV starter in this final, took fifth place. With fourth place, Märtens managed direct Olympic qualification at this distance.