Another world title for Diogo Ribeiro!

With another brilliant performance, Diogo Ribeiro won the 100-meter butterfly world title on Saturday, February 17, and added it to his 50-meter butterfly world title! An historic double for the Benfica swimmer at the World Aquatics Championships, which are taking place in Doha.

With the best timein the semi-finals, Diogo Ribeiro started from lane 4 and covered the distance in 51.17 seconds, beating off competition from Austrian Simon Bucher (51.28 seconds) and Pole Jakub Majerski (51.32 seconds), who completed the podium.

The time achieved in the final also allowed the Benfica swimmer to set a new national record for the 100-meter butterfly, which he had set the day before (Friday, February 16) during the semi-finals (51.30 seconds).

In his first reaction to the title, Diogo Ribeiro didn't hide his happiness at winning his second gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships. "It was a difficult race. I've never done a final in the 100m butterfly before, and I'm very grateful to my teammates and everyone who supports me. I have medals in all the finals I've competed in [at World Championships]," recalled the member of the Glorioso Olympic Project.