BERLIN, Germany, June 27. AFTER strolling through a prelim swim en route to a world record in the women's 100 free earlier in the German Long Course Nationals, Britta Steffen put together an astonishing swim during the event finale.
Steffen, who earlier in the meet clipped Libby Trickett's global standard with a 52.85, absolutely smashed her prelim time with a 52.56.
Here are the comparative splits between the two swims:
Prelims: 25.81, 52.85 (27.04)
Finals: 25.30, 52.56 (27.26)
Daniela Samulski finished second in 54.44, while Daniela Schreiber placed third in 54.49.
Paul Biedermann broke one of the longest standing records in the German books with a swift 3:46.67 in the men's 400 free. That performance clipped Uwe Dassler's mark of 3:46.95 set at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Christian Kubusch placed second in 3:48.49, while Clemens Rapp touched third in 3:50.22.
Biedermann kept the ball rolling during an incredible evening with a 48.39 to set the German mark in the men's 100 free. The readout bettered the 48.55 set by Steffen Deibler in April 2008. Deibler took second in 49.10, while Markus Deibler finished third in 49.55.
In an exciting event finale, a trio of German swimmers broke the 1:00 barrier in the men's 100 breast, smashing Johannes Neumann's national record of 1:00.45 set in December 2008. Hendrik Feldwehr finished the swim a full second ahead of the standard with a 59.45, while Neumann (59.63) and Marco Koch (59.80) joined him under the previous mark.
In other finals action, Sarah Poewe held off Caroline Ruhnau, 1:07.57 to 1:07.87, for the women's 100 breast victory. Kerstin Vogel claimed third in 1:08.34. Jaana Ehmcke cruised in the women's 400 free with a 4:12.45 for the win. Franziska Jansen (4:14.52) and Katharina David (4:15.97) completed the top three.
Toni Embacher cleared 2:00 in the men's 200 fly with a winning effort of 1:58.49. Tim Wallburger grabbed second in 2:00.47, while Marcel Selinger turned in a third-place time of 2:01.19. Fransizka Hentke garnered the women's 200 fly title in 2:08.00. Annika Mehlhorn snatched second in 2:09.46, while Katharina Schiller took third in 2:12.45.
Felix Wolf walked home with the men's 200 back crown in 1:58.03, while Yannick Lebherz finished second in 1:58.57. Jan-Philip Glania touched third in 1:59.59. Jenny Mensing captured the women's 200 back title in 2:12.60 with Christin Zenner (2:14.62) and Lisa Graf (2:16.10) rounding out the podium.
Isabelle Harle topped the women's 1500 free in 16:25.87, while Sarah Kohler took second in 16:52.38. David wound up third in 16:56.09.
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June 27, 2009 Clearly it will take a 52 second effort to medal at World Champs. I also think every competitor in the final will swim sub 53.8.
On the men's side, it's going to take a 47 low to medal (with approved suits; sub 47 if unapproved suits are used - are they going to allow unapproved suits? - I would think not).
I think there is a very good possibility that everyone in the men's 100 back final will be under 53. It will take a 52.2 or better to win. Submitted by: mario2007
June 27, 2009 Let me be the first to ask: what suit was she wearing? Submitted by: swimmer bill
June 27, 2009 adidas Hydrofoil Submitted by: alexandre
June 27, 2009 she was wearing the addidas suit hydrofoil Submitted by: maly
June 28, 2009 Another country with four "break-out" swimmers to put together a decent medley relay: Meeuw (53.08), Feldwehr (59.45) (Neumann and Koch also 59.), Starke (51.47), Biedermann (48.39). Adds up to 3:32.39 without relay exchanges. So you've got USA, Australia, Japan, Russia, Brazil, France, maybe New Zealand, and now Germany. And then there's still good teams from South Africa and Great Britain. This is gonna be one "fast" Worlds! Submitted by: SwimDER94
June 28, 2009 I'm glad their not reporting the suit used but talking about the swimmers. Submitted by: speedboat1990
June 28, 2009 I'm glad their not reporting the suit used but talking about the swimmers. Submitted by: speedboat1990
June 28, 2009 I wonder if more world records will fall in Rome than in Beijing AND if Thorpe's 400 record may genuinely be in trouble. Rome WILL be fast. Submitted by: paddles
June 30, 2009 And of course, we all know that Thorpe set his 400 record in a suit which is no longer legal. No one seems to talk about this very much. Submitted by: flutterby
July 3, 2009 I sure do not remember seeing Thorpe swim without a full body suit. Does anybody know how it would compare to the current high tech suits? Submitted by: elixirnova
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