Swimmer Vítek notches up career high fifth place at European Championship

Long-distance swimmer Rostislav Vítek completed his best-ever finish in competition at the European Championship at Lake Balaton in Hungary, coming fifth in the 25 kilometre. He bested his previous best result by one. A second Czech racer, Libor Smolka, finished 12th. The race was won by defending champion Valerio Cleri of Italy, who finished with a time of 5:16:20,3 – just 16.4 second ahead of his nearest rival, French swimmer Bertrand Venturi.

Author: Jan Velinger