Hosszu Earns Two Golds, Dutch Smash Relay WR on Day Four of SC Euros

by Jason Tillotson

16 December 2017, 11:46am

The Iron Lady, Katinka Hosszu earned two golds while the Netherlands broke yet another relay world record on day four of the 2017 European Short Course Championships.

This session’s events include:

• Women’s 50m Backstroke Semi-Final
• Men’s 50m Butterfly Semi-Final
• Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final
• Men’s 100m Freestyle Semi-Final
• Women’s 200m Individual Medley Final
• Men’s 100m Individual Medley Semi-Final
• Women’s 200m Freestyle Final
• Men’s 100m Breaststroke
• Women’s 100m Butterfly Semi-Final
• Men’s 50m Butterfly Final
• Women’s 50m Backstroke Final
• Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay Final

Full Results.

Women’s 50m Backstroke Semi-Final

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu showed no signs of slowing down on day four in Copenhagen as she posted a swift 26.26 in heat of the semi-final heats. Denmark’s Julie Kepp Jensen turned in the second fastest time with her 26.52 while Russia’s Maria Kameneva earned the third spot in 26.56. Rounding out the final heat, which will take place later this session, will be Austria’s Caroline Pilhatsch who swam a 26.72 in the semi-final heats.

Men’s 50m Butterfly Semi-Final

Benjamin Proud out of Great Britain earned himself the middle lane in the final after he posted a 22.18, ahead of Aleksandr Popkov who swam a 22.27 in the semi-final heats. Taking the third spot was Sebastian Sabo from Serbia in 22.46. Poland’s Michal Chudy swam a 22.80 to earn the eighth seed in the final.

Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte earned gold in the women’s 100m breaststroke with her time of 1:03.79, which was just enough to edge silver-medalist Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen who swam a 1:04.25. The bronze went to Spain’s Jessica Vall Montero in 1:04.80. Fourth place was earned by Italy’s Arianna Castiglioni who posted a 1:05.00 while fifth was taken by Ireland’s Mona McSharry in 1:05.01. Taking sixth and seventh was Sweden’s Sophie Hansson and Belgium’s Fanny Lecluyse. Denmark’s Rikke Moeller Pedersen took eighth.

Men’s 100m Freestyle Semi-Final

Italy’s Luca Dotto topped both semi-final heats with his time of 46.82. Belgium’s Pieter Timmers swam a 46.84 to take the second spot while Great Britain’s Duncan Scott swam a 46.92 to earn the third spot. Rounding out the top eight was Russia’s Mikhail Vekovishchev.

Women’s 200m Individual Medley Final

Hungary completed a 1-2 sweep in the women’s 200 IM with Katinka Hosszu winning in a time of 2:04.43. Hosszu’s teammate Evelyn Verraszto earned the silver with her 2:08.09. Taking the bronze was Italy’s Ilaria Cusinato in a time of 2:08.19. Switzerland’s Maria Ugolkova and Fantine Lesaffre took fourth and fifth, respectively while the Czech Republic’s Kristyna Horska and Poland’s Alicja Tchorz took sixth and seventh, respectively. Taking the eighth spot was France’s Camille Dauba. 

Men’s 100m Individual Medley Semi-Final

Russia’s Sergei Fesikov earned the middle lane in the final by posting the fastest time of the semi-final heats with a 51.45. Right behind Fesikov was Italy’s Marco Orsi in 52.10 while Dutchman Kyle Stolk took the third spot in 52.28. Rounding out the finals lanes will be Israel’s Yakov Yan Toumarkin who swam a 52.80 to earn that spot.

Women’s 200m Freestyle Final

France’s Charolette Bonnet won gold here with a time of 1:52.19 while Dutchwoman Femke Heemskerk took the silver in 1:53.41. Russia’s Veronika Andrusenko took the bronze in a time of 1:53.75. Sweden’s Michelle Coleman was fourth in 1:54.27 while Kathryn Greenslade took fifth in a time of 1:54.91. Belgium’s Valentine Dumont touched sixth with a 1:55.81 while the Spanish duo of Melanie Costa Schmid and Lidon Munoz del Campo took seventh and eighth, respectively.

Men’s 100m Breaststroke Final

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty narrowly missed the World record in the event on his way to lowering the European record with his time of 55.94. That time puts Peaty just behind Cameron Van Der Burgh‘s World record of 55.61 and ahead of Kirill Prigoda‘s old ER of 56.02. While Peaty took the gold, Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli nabbed the silver in 56.15. The bronze went to the former ER holder, Russia’s Prigoda, in 56.28. Earning fourth and fifth place was Belarus’ Ilya Shymanovich and Germany’s Fabian Schwingenschloegl. Touching in sixth place was Dutchman Arno Kamminga. Italy’s Nicolo’ Martinenghi swam to a World Junior record in the event with a 57.27. This puts the Italian ahead of his own WJR, which he set yesterday during the semi-finals. Taking eighth was Great Britain’s Ross Murdoch. 

Women’s 100m Butterfly Semi-Final

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom will take the middle lane in tomorrow’s finals heat with her top time from the semi-finals of 55.56. About a second behind Sjostrom was Denmark’s Emilie Beckmann with her 56.51 while France’s Marie Wattel posted the third fastest time of 56.67. Dutchwoman Elinore De Jong will be in lane eight for tomorrow’s finals with her time of 57.14.

Men’s 50m Butterfly Final

The top three swimmers here were separated by just .03 seconds. Russia’s Aleksandr Popkov earned the gold with his time of 22.42. The silver was awarded to the Ukraine’s Andriy Govorov who swam just .01 slower, in a 22.43. Serbia’s Sebastian Sabo and Great Britain’s Benjamin Proud tied for the bronze with their time of 22.44. Fifth place was awarded to Turkey’s Umitcan Gures while the Belarusian pair of Yauhen Tsurkin and Pavel Sankovich took sixth and seventh, respectively. Taking eighth place was Poland’s Michal Chudy in 22.75.

Women’s 50m Backstroke Final

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu earned her second gold of the day here with her time of 25.95. Just behind in 26.09 was Poland’s Alicja Tchorz while The Netherland’s Maaike De Waard was 26.40 for the bronze. Taking fourth was Denmark’s Julie Kepp Jensen while France’s Mathilde Cini was fifth. The Netherland’s Kira Toussaint took sixth while Finland’s Mimosa Jallow touched in seventh place. Rounding out the field in eighth place was Austria’s Caroline Pilhatsch.

Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay Final

The Dutch quartet broke a world record in a relay event for the second time this competition. The team of Nyls Korstanje, Kyle Stolk, Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Femke Heemskerk put together a 1:28.39 which betters the old record of 1:28.57 set by the USA in 2014. The silver went to the Russia team, who featured Vladimir Morozov posting a 20.55 on the lead off leg, comprised of Morozov, Sergei Fesikov, Maria Kameneva and Rozaliya Nasretdinova, who swam a 1:28.53. The bronze was earned by the Italian squad of Lucca Dotto, Marco Orsi, Fedrica Pellegrini and Erika Ferraioli who produced a 1:29.38.

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Tv Stream and Info

6 years ago

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Cormac Henderson

6 years ago

Adam just a little extra turn practice and the record is yours 🙂

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