Cody Simpson has claimed his first international medal, finishing in a dead-heat for second in the 100m butterfly at the World Cup event in Athens on Friday.
Simpson finished in 51.92, a tenth of a second shy of South Africa’s Matthew Sates to claim his first silverware in an international event.
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It was a strong effort from Simpson, with the time just 0.14 outside his lifetime PB had and he posted it was his “fastest unshaved/unrested 100m butterfly of my career.”
“Cool night racing some incredible fellas,” he wrote. “Garnering experience on the international stage and my first time on a podium.
“Finding some flow and was able to hit my fastest unshaved/unrested 100m butterfly of my career so far, only a few tenths off of my best. I am radically and unreservedly grateful for this journey.”
Simpson posted on his Instagram Stories that it was his “fastest unshaved 100m fly so…
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