2016 European Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

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Everything you need to follow along with finals of day two of the 2016 European Championships.

Schedule of Events:

  • Men’s 50 Fly (Final)
  • Women’s 100 Free (Semis)
  • Men’s 100 Back (Final)
  • Women’s 50 Fly (Final)
  • Men’s 100 Breast (Final)
  • Women’s 100 Breast (Semis)
  • Men’s 200 IM (Semis)
  • Women’s 200 Back (Final)
  • Men’s 200 Free (Semis)
  • Mixed 400 Medley Relay

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Men’s 50 Fly Final:

Andriy Govorov of the Ukraine kickstarted finals of day two of the 2016 European Championships with a swift 22.92 win in the men’s 50 fly finals.

Finishing close behind was Laszlo Cseh of Hungary with a time of 23.31, with Benjamin Proud of Great Britain touching close behind. Proud stopped the clock at a 23.34 for the bronze.

Italy’s Piero Codia took fourth overall with a 23.46, while fifth fell to Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin and his time of 23.67.

Frederick Bousquet of France (23.71), The Netherlands’ Joeri Verlinden (23.82) and Israel’s Merion Amir Cheruti (23.92) rounded out the top eight.

Women’s 100 Free Semi-finals:

Femke Heemskerk of The Netherlands posted the fastest time of the evening in semi-finals of the women’s 100 free. Heemskerk stopped the clock at a 54.15 to claim the top seed for tomorrow’s final. Her fastest time for 2016 sits at a 53.81 from the European Championships.

France’s Charlotte Bonnet picked up the second place seed with a finish of 54.29. That time sits less than a second off her 2016 best of 53.93 from the French Championships.

Heemskerk’s teammate  ranomi kromowidjojo  grabbed the third place seed with a time of 54.44. Kromowidjojo HAS BEEN as fast as a 53.21 in 2016, posting That ranked fifth time at the Swim Cup Eindhoven.

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom picked up fourth with a time of 54.55, while Israel’s Andrea Murez settled for a close fifth with a 54.57.

Mie Nielsen of Denmark (54.63), Nina Rangelova of Bulgaria (54.76) and Silvia Di Pietro of Italy (54.77) completed the top eight for tomorrow’s final.

Men’s 100 Back Final:

The men’s 100 back final featured a close race to the finish. At the touch it was France’s Camille Lacourt who touched first, stopping the clock at a 53.79. Lacourt’s best for 2016 sits at a 52.97 from the French Championships resting him at third in the world rankings.

Finishing close behind Lacourt was Russia’s Grigory Tarasevich with a final time of 53.89 to be the only other athlete under the 54-second mark. Tarasevich currently occupies fifth in the world rankings for 2016 after posting a 53.03 at the Russian Championships earlier this year.

The bronze medal was split between Italy’s Simone Sabbioni and Greece’s Apostolos Christou. The pair simultaneously stopped the clock at a 54.19. Both occupy spots in the top 20 world rankings for 2016 with Sabbioni at tenth (53.34) and Christou at twelfth (53.36).

Hungary’s Gabor Balog finished fifth overall with a time of 54.35, just ahead of another tie. Romania’s Robert Glinta and Israel’s Yakov Yan Toumarkin delivered matching times of 54.36.

Rounding out the top eight was Shane Ryan of Ireland at 54.49.

Women’s 50 Fly Final:

Just one heat separated Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom’s semi-final swim of the 100 free from finals of the women’s 50-meter fly, but that didn’t seem to phase the butterfly superstar. Sjostrom took charge early in the race and never looked back, clocking a 2016 best of 24.99. That time makes Sjostrom the only female to post a sub-25 second swim in the 50 fly for this year and improves upon her first place ranking of 25.15 from the Swedish Open.

Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen cranked out a 25.44 to win the silver medal and improve upon her 2016 best of 25.70. Ottesen’s time moves her from fourth to third in the world rankings.

Finishing close behind was Francesca Halsall of Great Britain with a time of 25.48. Halsall’s 2016 best sits at a 25.35 from earlier in the meet.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo turned in a fourth place finish of 25.82, while Sweden’s Therese Alshammar picked up fifth with a time of 26.01.

France’s Melanie Henique grabbed sixth with a 26.12, just ahead of The Netherlands’ Maaike De Waard’s 26.18.

Anna Dowgiert of Poland was eighth with a 26.22.

Men’s 100 Breast Final:

The final of the men’s 100 breaststroke was led by a strong British contingent as Adam Peaty and Ross Murdoch delivered a 1-2 finish. Peaty surged to first and a new championship record with a finish of 58.36. That time lowers his 2016 world best of 58.41 at the British Championships.

Murdoch stopped the clock at a 59.73 to be the only other athlete under the one-minute mark, finishing just shy of his third ranked 2016 best of 59.31 from the British Championships.

Third was picked up by Lithuania’s Giedrius Titenis and his final time of 1:00.10, while fourth fell to Italy’s Andrea Toniato (1:00.42).

Panagiotis Samilidis of Greece picked up fifth with a time of 1:00.66 and was closely followed by Slovenia’s Damir Dugonjic’s 1:00.75.

Anton Sveinn McKee of Iceland (1:01.29) and Yannick Kaeser of Switzerland (1:01.36) were seventh and eighth respectively.

Women’s 100 Breast Semi-finals:

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte followed Adam Peaty’s new meet record in the men’s 100 breast with a new meet record of her own in semi-finals of the 100 breast. The world record holder for this event lowered the former meet record of 1:06.23 down to a 1:06.16 and that’s not even the fastest she’s been for 2016! Meilutyte sits at third in the world rankings for 2016 with a time of 1:05.82 from the Edinburgh International meet.

Iceland’s Hrafnhildu Luthersdottir grabbed the second place seed for tomorrow’s finals with a time of 1:07.28, just narrowly missing a chance to enter the top 20 world rankings for 2016.

Martina Carraro of Italy picked up the third place seed with a final 1:07.53, and was followed into the wall by Sweden’s Sophie Hansson (1:07.59).

Great Britain’s Chloe Tutton took fifth in semis with a time of 1:07.69, while sixth was claimed by the young Viktoria Zeynep Gunes of Turkey (1:07.81).

Molly Renshaw of Great Britain (1:07.82) and Fiona Doyle of Ireland (1:07.99) complete tomorrow’s final.

Men’s 200 IM Semi-finals:

Andreas Vazaios of Greece clocked the top time in semi-finals of the men’s 200 IM, stopping the clock at a 1:58.47. Vazaios’ time enters him into the top 20 world rankings for 2016 at thirteenth.

Posting the only other sub-2 minute swim was Portugal’s Alexis Manacas Santos. Santos delivered a final time of 1:59.93 to return as the second place seed in tomorrow’s final.

The field narrowed from there with the third through eighth place qualifiers posting times .79 seconds apart. Diogo Filipe Carvalho of Portugal grabbed the third place seed with a 2:00.07.

Israel’s Gal Nevo finished fourth overall with a 2:00.32, while fifth fell to Federico Turrini of Italy.

The sixth place seed was picked up by Luxembourg’s Raphael Stacchiotti and his time of (2:00.72).

The British duo of Dan Wallace (2:00.74) and Max Litchfield (2:00.86) rounded out the qualifiers.

Women’s 200 Back Final:

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary grabbed a decisive lead early in the final of the women’s 200 back and never looked back. The Iron Lady powered to a first place finish of 2:07.01 bettering upon her 2016 best of 2:07.36 from the Golden Tour held in Marseille, France.

Daryna Zevina kept close to Hosszu, never letting her more than half a body length ahead of her. Zevina stopped the clock at a final 2:07.48 to shift her from eleventh in the world rankings to seventh.

Croatia’s Matea Samardzic grabbed the bronze medal with a final time of 2:09.24, while fourth place went to Hungary’s Kata Burian (2:10.17).

Simona Baumrtova of the Czech Republic earned fifth with a time of 2:10.57, just ahead of Iceland’s Eyglo Osk Gustafsdottir’s 2:11.03.

Turkey’s Zulal Zeren (2:11.91) and Poland’s Alicja Tchorz (2:13.48) were seventh and eighth respectively.

Men’s 200 Free Semi-finals:

Sebastiaan Verschuren of The Netherlands turned in the top time in semi-finals of the men’s 200 free, stopping the clock at a 1:45.87. Verschuren’s time vaults him into the world rankings for 2016, landing at sixth.

Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic grabbed the second place seed with a final time of 1:46.04, bettering upon his 2016 best of 1:46.10 from the Euro Meet in Luxembourg.

Third was picked up by James Guy of Great Britain, who clocked a final 1:46.59. Guy’s best time for 2016 sits at a 1:45.19 from the British Championships, good for first in the world rankings.

Belgium’s Glenn Surgeloose finished fourth in semis with a time of 1:46.91, just ahead of Poland’s Kacper Majchrzak’s 1:46.95.

The sixth place seed fell to Italy’s Andrea Mitchell D’Arrigo and his time of 1:47.56, while Finald’s Matias Koski finished seventh in semis with a 1:47.58.

Maarten Brzoskowski of The Netherlands earned the final spot in tomorrow’s finals with a 1:47.62.

Mixed 400 Medley Relay Final:

The mixed 400 medley relay highlighted swift racing as Great Britain and Italy continually battled for first throughout the race. Italy’s Simone Sabbioni (54.01) grabbed a decisive lead early on as the backstroke leg, but Adam Peaty (58.84) surged Great Britain to the lead during the breaststroke.

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (57.69) continued that lead throughout the fly, while Francesca Halsall (53.67) held off Italy’s Federica Pellegrini (53.20) to claim the win for Great Britain and stop the clock at a 3:44.56.

Despite Pellegrini’s strong anchor where she decisively closed the gap between Italy and Great Britain, Italy settled for second and a final time of 3:45.74.

Hungary’s team of Gabor Balog (54.51), Gabor Financsek (1:01.19), Evelyn Verraszto (59.37) and Zsuzsanna Jakabos (54.43) claimed third overall with a time of 3:49.50.

Sweden (3:29.97), Turkey (3:56.09), and Moldova (4:06.69) finished fourth through sixth respectively.

Norway suffered a disqualification.

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