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FINALS
Women’s 1500 free
Hungary’s Boglarka Kapas followed up her 800-meter free win with another distance triumph as she dominated the women’s 1500-meter free at the 2016 European Championships.
Kapas clocked a winning time of 15:50.22. That’s nearly 20 seconds better than the previous world best of 16:08.38 clocked by Mireia Belmonte at the Spanish Spring Nationals. It also crushed Belmonte’s meet record of 15:57.29 set back in 2014 at the Berlin edition of the meet.
Kapas won by nearly 10 seconds as Belmonte took second in 16:00.20 for the second spot in the world rankings.
Spain’s Maria Vilas Vidal wound up taking third overall in a time of 16:01.25, now third in the world rankings.
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Men’s 100 fly
Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh crushed the meet record in the men’s 100-meter fly at the 2016 European Championships.
Cseh clocked a time of 50.86, blasting the previous mark of 51.38 set by Konrad Czerniak back in 2014. Cseh, with his 200 fly win, is the first man to sweep the 100-200 fly since 1995.
Cseh’s time also pushed him to the top of the world, clearing Li Zhuhao’s 51.24 from Chinese Nationals. That’s Hungary’s eighth gold medal of the meet as well.
Czerniak, meanwhile, placed second in 51.22 to move to second in the world rankings, while France’s Mehdy Metella took third overall in 51.70.
Italy’s Piero Codia (51.82), Italy’s Matteo Rivolta (51.96), Poland’s Pawel Korzeniowski (51.98), Ukraine’s Lyubomyr Lemeshko (52.25) and Denmark’s Viktor Bromer (53.00) made up the rest of the final swims.
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Women’s 200 free
Italy’s Federica Pellegrini touched out The Netherlands’ Femke Heemskerk for the women’s 200-meter freestyle title at the 2016 European Championships.
Pellegrini won the finale with a 1:55.93 to 1:55.97 triumph ahead of Heemskerk. It wasn’t her fastest of the year, behind a 1:55.30 at Italian Nationals. It also wasn’t the fastest 200 free here as Sarah Sjostrom clocked a 1:55.30 meet record as a leadoff in the 800 free relay.
France’s Charlotte Bonnet took third overall in 1:56.51, while Spain’s Melanie Costa Schmid picked up fourth in 1:58.08.
Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (1:58.16), Hungary’s Ajna Kesely (1:58.24), Bulgaria’s Nina Rangelova (1:58.27) and Spain’s Patricia Castro Ortega (1:58.69) finished fifth through eighth in the finale.
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Women’s 50 back
Great Britain’s Fran Halsall charged through the meet record in the women’s 50-meter back at the 2016 European Championships.
Halsall blew the roof off the hometown crowd with a 27.57 for the win. That swim cleared Aliaksandra Herasimenia’s meet record of 27.64 from the 2010 edition in Budapest. It also moved her to third in the world this year behind Herasimenia (27.40) and Minna Atherton (27.49).
Denmark’s Mie Nielsen placed second in 27.77 to move to fifth in the world, while Great Britain’s Georgia Davies captured third overall in 27.87 to make the top 10 in the world.
Greece’s Theodora Drakou (28.00), The Netherlands’ Maaike De Waard (28.14), Finland’s Mimosa Jallow (28.15), Turkey’s Ekaterina Avramova (28.60) and Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (28.61) also competed for the title.
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Men’s 200 back
Poland’s Radoslaw Kawecki raced his way to the men’s 200-meter back at the 2016 European Championships.
Kawecki clocked a 1:55.98 for the win, a bit off his meet mark of 1:55.28 from a 2012 swim in Debrecen. Kawecki moved up to fifth in the world rankings with the swim.
Israel’s Yakov Toumarkin placed second in the finale with a time of 1:56.97, while Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys took third in 1:57.22.
Hungary’s Gabor Balog (1:58.66), Greece’s Apostolos Christou (1:58.87), Russia’s Grigory Tarasevich (1:59.31), Italy’s Christopher Ciccarese (1:59.45) and Italy’s Luca Mencarini (2:02.04) also swam in the finale.
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Men’s 50 breast
Great Britain’s Adam Peaty matched his world-best semifinal time with another 26.66 in the men’s 50-meter breast finals at the 2016 European Championships.
Peaty proved the 26.66 wasn’t a fluke yesterday with all of the timing system issues surrounding his swim, as he matched that time clean tonight for the title.
Slovenia’s Peter John Stevens claimed silver with a time of 27.09 to move to third in the world behind Cameron van der Burgh (27.08).
Great Britain’s Ross Murdoch placed third in 27.31, while Lithuania’s Giedrius Titenis took fourth with a 27.46.
Sweden’s Johannes Skagius (27.54), Slovenia’s Damir Dugonjic (27.56), Serbia’s Caba Siladji (27.72) and Italy’s Andrea Toniato (27.79) grabbed the rest of the finishes.
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Men’s 800 free relay
The Netherlands picked up another relay victory as the nation topped the men’s 800-meter free relay at the 2016 European Championships.
Dion Dreesens (1:47.92), Maarten Brzoskowski (1:46.55), Kyle Stolk (1:47.88) and Sebastiaan Verschuren (1:45.47) cranked out the victory in 7:07.82.
Belgium’s Louis Croenen (1:48.47), Glenn Surgeloose (1:46.12), Dieter Dekoninck (1:47.70) and Pieter Timmers (1:45.99) finished second overall in a time of 7:08.28.
Italy’s Mitch D’Arrigo (1:47.57), Filippo Magnini (1:47.82), Luca Dotto (1:47.52) and Gabriele Detti (1:45.39) placed third in 7:08.30.
Poland (7:08.31), France (7:09.18), Great Britain (7:10.73), Hungary (7:12.99) and Israel (7:16.82) also swam in the finale.
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SEMIFINALS
Women’s 50 breast
Sweden’s Jennie Johansson charged her way to the top of the women’s 50-meter breast semis at the 2016 European Championships.
Johansson clocked in with a time of 30.74, just off her fifth-ranked 30.71 from earlier this year.
Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen qualified second in 30.81 to move to eighth in the world, while Iceland’s Hilda Luthersdottir picked up the third seed in 30.83 for ninth in the world.
Ukraine’s Mariya Liver (30.90), Sweden’s Sophie Hansson (30.95), Finland’s Veera Kivirinta (30.98) and Czech’s Petra Chocova (31.13) made it safely through to the finale.
Italy’s Martina Carraro and Russia’s Natalia Ivaneeva set up a swimoff for eighth with 31.14s. Ivaneeva downed Carraro, 30.95 to 31.00, in the swimoff.
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Men’s 50 free
France’s Florent Manaudou dominated semis of the men’s 50-meter free at the 2016 European Championships.
Manaudou, already the world leader with a 21.42 at French Nationals, posted a 21.64 for the top time here in London.
Great Britain’s Ben Proud qualified second in 21.84, off his third-ranked season best of 21.65. Meanwhile, Greece’s Kristian Gkolomeev grabbed third overall in 21.89 to clear his ninth-ranked 21.90 from a meet in Atlanta.
Finland’s Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (21.92), Ukraine’s Andriy Govorov (21.92), Hungary’s Krisztian Takacs (22.09), Romania’s Norbert Trandafir (22.12) and Italy’s Luca Dotto (22.17) grabbed the rest of the spots into finals.
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Women’s 200 fly
Italy’s Alessia Polieri turned in the top time in the women’s 200-meter fly semis at the 2016 European Championships.
Polieri clocked a 2:07.49 for the top time this evening, moving into the top 15 in the world.
Hungary’s Liliana Szilagyi qualified second overall in 2:08.63 with Germany’s Franziska Hentke posting a third-seeded 2:08.74. Hentke is the second-fastest swimmer in the world this year with a 2:05.77 from German Nationals, so look for her to turn up the heat in finals.
Spain’s Judit Ignacio Sorribes took fourth in 2:08.76 with Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos picking up the fifth seed in a time of 2:08.80.
Slovenia’s Anja Klinar (2:09.14), Switzerland’s Martina Van Berkel (2:09.40), and Italy’s Stefania Pirozzi (2:10.11) qualified sixth through eighth in the finale.
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Women’s 50 free
Great Britain’s Fran Halsall clinched the top seed in the women’s 50-meter free semis after winning the 50 back shortly before at the 2016 European Championships.
Having already won the 50 back earlier in the evening, Halsall returned with a sizzling 24.21 for the top seed in finals. That’s the third-best in the world behind only Cate Campbell (23.84) and Sarah Sjostrom (24.17).
The Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo (24.37) and France’s Anna Santamans (24.83) qualified second and third, while Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen took fourth overall in 24.93.
Belarus’ Yuliya Khitraya (25.05), Sweden’s Therese Alshammar (25.05), Greece’s Theodora Drakou (25.06) and Italy’s Silvia Di Pietro (25.09) will also compete in the finale.
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2016 European Championships: Day 6 Finals – Results
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 1500 free finals
- Women’s 50 breast semis
- Men’s 100 fly finals
- Women’s 200 free finals
- Men’s 50 free semis
- Women’s 50 back finals
- Men’s 200 back finals
- Women’s 200 fly semis
- Men’s 50 breast finals
- Women’s 50 free semis
- Men’s 800 free relay finals
