Turkey's Sakci wins another int'l swimming league race

By Mutlu Demirtastan

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkish swimmer Emre Sakci won the International Swimming League (ISL) men's 100-meter breaststroke semifinals Monday.

The 23-year-old completed the race in 56.51 seconds to come first in the semis in Budapest, beating US opponent Will Licon, who was 0.56 seconds behind.

Last week, Sakci set a European record in Budapest.

Sakci previously finished the men's 100-meter breaststroke race in the ISL in 55.74 seconds, ahead of Ilya Shymanovich from Belarus.

The ISL finals will be held from Nov. 21-22.