2018 European Championships Day 2 Prelims: Davies Sets New European Record In 50 Back

Photo Courtesy: Tollcross International Swimming Centre

The European Championships continued with Saturday morning prelims in Glasgow, Scotland. Top athletes from several countries are battling for continental supremacy, with Great Britain’s Georgia Davies setting the first European record of the meet.

Here is what happened on the first day of prelims:

DAY TWO PRELIMS RESULTS

Men’s 100 Freestyle

Russia, fresh off their victory in the men’s 4×100 freestyle relay last night, had three men finish inside the top 5 in the preliminaries of the 100 free. Russian Vladislav Grinev (48.38) was the top seed out of the morning, while countrymate Danila Izotov (48.57) will advance third.

Notably, Russian Vlad Morozov, who holds the fastest time in the world this year, was locked out of advancing as he finished fifth in 48.75. Only the top two swimmers from each country can advance past the preliminaries in each event.

Women’s 100 Breaststroke

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte was the top seed out of the women’s 100 breaststroke and the only swimmer under 1:07 with a 1:06.89. Russian Yulia Efimova, who holds the top time in the world this year, qualified third in 1:07.25.

Men’s 200 Butterfly

The Hungarians went 1-2-3 in the heats of the 200 fly, with world junior record holder Kristof Milak qualifying first in 1:54.17. He was followed by countrymate Tamas Kenderesi in 1:54.91, while fellow Hungarian Bence Biczo was locked out in third with a 1:55.86.

Notably, Hungarian record holder Laszlo Cseh finished as the fourth Hungarian with a season best time of 1:55.91. While that was good for fifth, he won’t be advancing past the preliminaries. The highest qualifying non-Hungarian was Denmark’s Viktor Bromer (1:55.90), who finished fourth out the heats and will be advancing as the third seed.

Women’s 50 Backstroke

Great Britain’s Georgia Davies set a new European record in the 50 back, leading all qualifiers with a top time of 27.21. That snuck by the old European record of 27.23 by .02 that was held by Germany’s Daniela Samulski and Belarus’ Aliaksandra Herasimenia. Russia’s Anastasiia Fesikova also matched the old record in the last heat, qualifying second in 27.23.

Mixed 4×200 Freestyle

The new addition to the European Championships program was led by Russia (7:33.16), Great Britain (7:34.49), and Germany (7:35.16). Each entered team swam with their two male entrants first, and Germany’s Jacob Heidtmann had the fastest flat start split of the morning (1:46.81).

Men’s 1500 Freestyle

It was France’s Damien Joly who came away with the surprise top seed in the men’s 1500, posting the top time of the morning in 14:53.52. In second was Ukraine’s Mykhaylo Romanchuk (14:53.79), while Germany’s Florian Wellbrock was third (14:54.55). Wellbrock holds the fastest time in the world coming into this meet, while Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri, who was fourth here in 14:54.85, is right behind him.

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