French Short Course Championships: Final Day Concludes With Three More National Records

NIMES, France, December 9. THE French completed a quick three days of swimming at the French Short Course Championships held in Nimes, France this weekend with a trio of national standards.

Camille Muffat concluded a strong meet with another national standard, this time clocking a 2:08.95 in the women's 200 IM to surpass Laure Manaudou's 2006 record of 2:09.20.

Meanwhile, Benjamin Stasiulis broke the men's 50 back national record twice as he clocked a 24.56 in prelims before winning the championship heat in 24.33. That progression knocked nearly a second off Mathieu Lacome's 2006 record of 25.13.

Alain Bernard set the last national record of the meet with a time of 46.44 in the men's 100 free as he cut his own standard of 46.79 set in July.

Three meet records also fell during the final session of swimming. Malia Metella posted a pair of meet records in the 100 free with a prelim time of 54.07 before completing the day with a 53.51 in finals.

Nicolas Rostoucher added the 400 free meet record to his tally with a 3:44.50, while Fabien Horth set the 200 IM standard with a time of 1:59.04.

Pierre Roger (200 flly – 1:55.06) and Great Britain's James Gibson (50 breast – 27.53) each won a men's title, while Alena Popchanka (400 free – 4:00.80), Aurore Mongel (200 fly – 2:07.96), Diane Bui Duyet (50 back – 27.86) and Anne Sophie Le Paranthoen (50 breast – 31.76) won events for the women.

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