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A teenager who has spent the summer making history as Jersey's first Commonwealth Games medalist in 36 years delayed opening his A-level results to concentrate on winning another gold medal.
Filip Nowacki finished with a late burst in two minutes 7.70 seconds to edge out Dutch swimmer Caspar Corbeau (2:07.78) to win the men's 200m breaststroke final at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris on Thursday.
The 18-year-old made history for Jersey last month by claiming gold in the 200m breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games and won silver in the 100m breaststroke final - finishing ahead of Olympic champion Adam Ramsay-Peaty.
Nowacki took his A-levels in Economics, Mathematics and Physics.
The teenager is competing in the 50m breaststroke at the championships on Friday morning.
Prior to opening his results, the record-breaker said: "As much as I want to know how I have done and hopefully celebrate with my friends, I don't want to risk being distracted whilst in this major competition.
"I know I need to be fully focused so another 24 hours wait I can live with."
Nowacki plans to go to Loughborough University from September as part of their Swimming Performance Centre.
He said if his results did not go the way he hoped, his run of medals would help balance it out.
"I think if it's obviously not the way I want it to go, it's almost balanced itself out with what's just happened there in the pool, but you know, fingers crossed I make it into uni."
