German Short Course Championships: Steffen Deibler Doubles Up on Final Day

WUPPERTAL, Germany, November 14. THE last day of the German Short Course Championships featured a double from Steffen Deibler in Wuppertal.

Steffen Deibler, who owns the top-ranked time in the world with a 50.43 from the Tokyo World Cup stop in October, won the men's 100 fly in 51.16. Ben Starke placed a close second in 51.49, while Jan Hesse took third in 52.41. Starke moved to 11th in the world rankings.

Steffen Deibler returned in the men's 50 free to double up with a winning 21.32. He came up short of his third-ranked season best of 21.23 from the Rio World Cup stop in September. Brother Markus Deibler took second in the splash-and-dash tonight in 21.91, while Christoph Fildebrandt picked up third-place honors in 22.07.

Markus Deibler vaulted to fifth in the world rankings in the men's 200 IM with a winning time of 1:55.33. Jan David Schepers (1:58.46) and Tim Wallburger (1:58.97) completed the podium behind him.

Paul Biedermann won the men's 400 free in 3:42.91. That performance came up short of his top-ranked season best of 3:41.27 clocked in Stockholm as part of the World Cup circuit. Jan Wolfgarten took second in 3:45.38, while Yannick Lebherz placed third in 3:45.51.

Britta Steffen took home the women's 50 free with a time of 24.38, just short of her sixth-ranked 24.30 from the Berlin stop of the World Cup. Daniela Schreiber placed second in 24.71 to move to 12th in the world rankings, while Lisa Vitting set a German junior record with a third-place 25.02 for 23rd in the rankings.

Theresa Michalak lowered the German junior record in the women's 100 IM with a 10th-ranked time of 1:00.45. Katharina Schiller took second in 1:01.70, while Katharina Fischer placed just behind with a third-place 1:01.77.

Marco Koch cruised in the men's 200 breast with a winning time of 2:06.78. That effort chopped more than a second from his 23rd-ranked season best of 2:08.15 to move him up to 14th in the rankings. Armin Breb touched a distant second in 2:11.69, while Paul Wiechhusen rounded out the top three in 2:12.37.

Stefan Herbst moved to 18th in the world rankings with a winning time of 51.90 in the men's 100 back. Lucien Hasdenteufel finished second in 52.90, while Lebherz touched third in 53.56. Serghei Golban cleared the German junior record with a fourth-place 53.67.

Caroline Ruhnau captured the women's 200 breast in 2:25.03, while Sarah Poewe took second in 2:26.17. Karoline Degenhardt finished third overall in 2:26.45, while Laura Simon finished fourth in 2:26.57 to set the German junior record.

Franziska Jansen touched out Sarah Kohler, 4:08.15 to 4:08.25, in the women's 400 free. Nina Schiffer claimed third overall in 4:11.26. Lena Kalla won the women's 100 fly in 59.27. Schreiber took her second podium with a second-place 59.33, while Schiffer also podiumed for the second time this evening with a third-place 59.40.

Jenny Mensing won the women's 100 back in 59.61, while Alexandra Wenk eclipsed the German junior record with a second-place 1:00.18. Christin Zenner earned third in 1:00.51.

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