Bunbury Bullet Alex Saffy places fifth in second World Para Swimming Championships

Bunbury Bullet Alex Saffy has continued to put in the hard yards for a solid effort in the pool, falling just short of scoring another medal at the World Para Swimming Championships. Saffy competed in the men’s 100m Butterfly S10 during the World Para Swimming Championships in Manchester, England at the weekend, where he managed a fifth place finish. The 17-year-old competed in the first heat, where he finished third with a time of 59.41 to qualify for the final. After reaching the halfway point of the heat race in fourth place in the midst of a tough field, Saffy powered through to secure third place, just 1.32 seconds behind heat winner Ihor Nimchenko from Ukraine. In the final, Saffy hit a slight slump, falling behind in another hard fought race to reach 50m eighth, 2½ seconds behind leader Stefano Raimondi from Italy. However, Saffy dug deep to power himself through the second half of the race to finish in fifth place with a time of 59.18, behind gold medallist Raimondi, silver medallist Nimchenko, countryman Col Pearse, and Italian Riccardo Menciotti. Saffy was also due to compete in the Men’s 100m Freestyle S10 but ultimately did not participate. It comes just days after Saffy clinched bronze medal in the men’s 200m individual medley S10 with a personal best time of 2:16.07.