Amsterdam Swim Cup: Marleen Veldhuis Misses World Record By Fingernail – Video Footage Available

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, April 17. MARLEEN Veldhuis came within a fingernail of giving the swimming world a world record today at the Amsterdam Swim Cup in the women's 100 fly.

Veldhuis went out in 26.82, over Inge de Bruijn's turn at 26.67, but brought it home in 29.87 to complete the race in 56.69. de Bruijn's backhalf came in at 29.94 during her world-record swim of 56.61 at the 2000 Sydney Games. The women's 100 fly is the longest standing world record on the long course books for the women after the onslaught of 108 world records from last year.

"I didn't expect this at all but it went so easy," Veldhuis told Swimming World European correspondent and meet manager Oene Rusticus. "I am surprised about the time. I don't even regret missing the world record because it was such a big personal-best time.

"The 400 free relay is the same day as the 100 fly," Veldhuis continued when asked if she would add the 100 fly to her World Championship schedule. "We are in the process of preparing my schedule, but we will definitely have to have a good talk about it if we want to swim both."

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Inge Dekker placed second in 58.78, while Chantal Groot finished third in 58.91.

Sebastiaan Verschuren closed out the men's 200 free crown with a time of 1:48.34. Arjen van der Meulen placed second in 1:49.03, while Stefan de Die took third in 1:49.55.

After clocking a Netherlands record of 1:02.25 during prelims, Femke Heemskerk won the women's 100 back in a time of 1:02.26 during the evening. Germany's Daniela Samulski placed second in 1:02.59 with Wendy van den Zanden winding up third in 1:02.76.

Serbia's Mike Cavic touched out Russia's Evgeny Korotyshkin, 51.73 to 51.85, in a close battle for the men's 100 fly. While Cavic's time was nowhere near his top time of 50.59 from the Beijing Olympics, Korotyshkin just missed Nikolay Skvortsov's Russian record of 51.81 set in 2007. Joeri Verlinden rounded out the top three in 52.73.

In the women's 400 IM, Sweden's Ida Sandin won the race in 4:56.17, while Sharon van Rouwendaal claimed second in 5:00.52. Lieke Verouden posted a third-place finish in 5:02.75.

Job Kienhuis followed in the men's 800 free with an 8:00.69. That performance smashed his previous national record of 8:07.62 set back in December. Tom Vangeneugden placed second in 8:04.11, while Bryan Mannaart completed the podium with an 8:25.52.

Moniek Nijuis added the women's 100 breast Netherlands record to her resume with a top time of 1:07.41 as she touched out former record holder Lia Dekker (1:07.47). Both times eclipsed Dekker's previous record of 1:07.67 set last weekend at the Denmark Championships. Sweden's Joline Hostman placed third in 1:08.36.

Diogo Yabe of Brazil wrapped up the men's 200 IM title in 2:02.19, while Bram Dekker placed second in 2:06.55. Mike Marissen touched third in 2:07.00.

Full Results

Video footage of near world-record swim.

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