May 22, 2013

Olympics: Freestyle champion Bernard fails to qualify

France's Bernard swims during warm up session at French Swimming Championships in Dunkerque

(Reuters) – Olympic 100 metres freestyle champion Alain Bernard failed to qualify for this year’s London Games after finishing fifth in the French championships on Thursday. Yannick Agnel clocked 48.02 seconds, a personal and French best this season, to win ahead of Fabien Gilot, fifth in last year’s world championships, who finished in 48.38 seconds. [...]