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World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships: Junior world record holder Petar Mitsin won the gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle race on the opening day of the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships held in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya.

Mitsin clocked three minutes 46.49 seconds, just 17 hundredths ahead of Italian Alessandro Ragaini, securing Bulgaria's first ever world junior swimming title. Italy's Filippo Bertoni took bronze, reports Xinhua.

"It was a tough race, and I'm happy with the time I did," Mitsin said. "I'm really proud to represent my country."