Caspar Corbeau Dominates 200m Breaststroke At Geneva International Challenge
Caspar Corbeau dominated the 200m breaststroke before heading the 50 semis on day one of the Geneva International Challenge.
The Netherlands swimmer was consistently top-tier in the closing months of 2025. He became the first man to crack the two-minute mark in the 200m breaststroke (short-course) when he went 1:59.52 at the final World Cup stop in Toronto.
He also secured the Triple Crown with a sweep of the 200 events.
Corbeau travelled to the short-course Europeans where he won gold in the 100 breast and silver in the 200, despite illness.
The 2025 world bronze medallist led throughout to touch in 2:11.44, with a winning margin of more than three seconds over Noah de Schryver (2:14.70) with Andrea Prapugicu third (2:15.25).
Corbeau – now coached by Mark Faber in Antwerp – returned to head the 50 breast semis in 27.45.
Gastaldi Lowers CR; Mityukov Takes 100 Free
Lisa Angiolini: Photo Courtesy: Deepbluemedia
Anita Gastaldi lowered her championship record en-route to the 200IM title. The Italian posted 2:12.19 to shave 0.65 from the 2:12.84 standard she set last year. Alba Vazquez Ruiz (2:13.11) and Lisa Angiolini (2:14.90) joined her on the podium.
Roos Vanotterdijk had appeared on the start sheets but the Belgian didn’t appear for the prelims.
Gastaldi returned to book second spot in the 50 back semis, going 28.78 behind Chiara Lamanna (28.58) while Angiolini headed the 50 breast semis in 30.85 ahead of Florine Gaspard (31.34).
Roman Mityukov – Olympic bronze medallist in the 200 back – edged out Youssef Tarek Ramadan by 0.02 to win the men’s 100 free in 49.83 to 49.82. The pair were the only men to crack 50secs with Gianluca Messina the next man home in 50.29.
Gaspard claimed the women’s title in 56.39 ahead of Ema Conceicao (56.53) and Emma Wood (56.73).
Francisca Soares Martins led throughout the women’s 400 free to win in 4:13.52 despite Lucrezia Domina making inroads on the final 100 with the Spaniard second in 4:13.65.
Maria De Valdes Alvarez was in clear water in the women’s 1500 free, stopping the clock at 16:25.83. Angela Martinez Guillen – 10th in the 10k at Paris 2024 – was next home in 16:37.49 with Candela Sanchez Lora third in 16:40.79.
Bertille Cousson took the women’s 200 back in 2:15.83 ahead of Nahia Garrido Malvar (2:15.99). Alessandro Acampora won the men’s 400IM in 4:23.27 with Tommaso Gerardi next home in 4:24.31.
Cristobal Vargas Trujillo held off fellow Spaniard Mateo Garcia Castro by 0.30 to win the men’s 800 free in 8:03.54 to 8:03.84.
Among selected semifinal results, Diogo Ribeiro booked lane four in the men’s 50 fly in 23.76 ahead of Abdelrahman Elaraby (23.86) and Clement Secchi (23.88).