Matthew Sates won silver in the men’s 400m medley to go with his gold medals in the men’s 200m individual medley and the 200m butterfly events at the Swimming World Cup meet in Berlin.
Sates was incredibly close to a third gold medal, clocking in a time of 4:13.61, only 0.02 of a second slower than Australian Brendon Smith who clocked 4:13.59 to take gold in the 400m medley on Sunday.
🇦🇺Brendon Smith with an amazing last 50m free chasing down the lead, takes the win the 400m IM in 4:13.59 😱 #SWC23 pic.twitter.com/W5KbboYf5d
— World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) October 9, 2023
On Saturday, Sates clocked in a time of 1:58.01 to secure gold in the 200m medley and only 35 minutes later, sailed in at 1:55.87 to take gold in the 200m butterfly.
What a night for 🇿🇦 Matthew Sates 😱🤩 #SWC23
🥇 200m IM // ⏱️ 1:58.01
🥇200m Butterfly // ⏱️ 1:55.87 pic.twitter.com/a9y3EEg33p— World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) October 7, 2023
Photo: AFP