Solid International Debut for Sucipto

Tommy Sucipto has finished his heat at the 2016 FINA World Short Course Championships, held in Windsor, Canada, in sixth place.

Earning selection on his first Australian Swimming team, Sucipto took to the pool yesterday competing against the best in the world in the 100m Breaststroke event.

Swimming in a time of 58.52 seconds, Sucipto earned a sixth place finish in his heat for an overall ranking of 21st.

The event was won by German swimmer Marco Koch who won in a time of 56.77 seconds.

Sucipto is part of the 20-person team which includes the likes of Rio medallists Mitch Larkin and Emily Seebohm. 

The team will contest a number of events across the 46 event competition held from the 6th to the 11th of December, where all races take place in a 25m pool rather than a traditional 50m length pool. 

Tommy Sucipto is scheduled to compete in his main event of the championships on December 10th, where he will race in heat nine of the Men’s 50m Breaststroke.