Marrit Steenbergen Hits 1:56 In 200 Free & Melvin Imoudu Sets German 50m Breaststroke Record At Eindhoven Qualification Meet

Marrit Steenbergen of the Netherlands competes in the Women's Freestyle 200m Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 25th, 2023.

Marrit Steenbergen: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

Marrit Steenbergen Hits 1:56 In 200 Free & Melvin Imoudu Sets New 50m Breaststroke Record At Eindhoven Qualification Meet

Marrit Steenbergen returned to the top of the podium once more and Melvin Imoudu set a German 50m breaststroke record on day one of the Eindhoven Qualification Meet.

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The four-day meet, which runs from 11-14 April, serves as an opportunity for swimmers to book a place on the Netherlands team for Paris 2024 with the 2023 Fukuoka worlds and Doha having served as selection meets.

The following athletes will be nominated by the KNZB for the Olympics as long as no additional athletes swim inside the qualification times in Eindhoven.

Women

50 free (24.70): Marrit Steenbergen (24.42) and Kim Busch (24.68)

100 free (53.61): Marrit Steenbergen (52.26)

200 free (1.57.26): Marrit Steenbergen (1.55.51)
100 back (59.99): Maaike de Waard (59.65) and Kira Toussaint (59.88)
100 breaststroke (1.06.79): Tes Schouten (1.05.71)
200 breaststroke (2.23.91): Tes Schouten (2.19.81)
200 IM (2.11.47): Marrit Steenbergen (2.09.16)

Men

50 free (21.96): Kenzo Simons (21.73) and Renzo Tjon A Joe (21.88)
200 back (1.57.50): Kai van Westering (1.56.91)

100 breaststroke (59.49): Arno Kamminga (58.71) and Caspar Corbeau (59.33)
200 breaststroke (2.09.68): Caspar Corbeau (2.07.99) and Arno Kamminga (2.08.30)
100 butterfly (51.67): Nyls Korstanje (50.78)

Steenbergen, who won the 100 free in a 52.26 national record at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, came from 0.20 down at the final turn to overhaul Barbora Seemanova and stop the clock in 1:56.09.

The Czechia swimmer touched in 1:56.21 with Imani de Jong more than three seconds adrift in 1:59.21.

Danas Rapsys won the men’s race in 1:46.56.

Imoudu went 26.74 to set a new national record in the non-Olympic 50m breaststroke, taking 0.05 from his previous standard of 26.79 from the 2023 German Championships.

Caspar Corbeau (27.16) and Arno Kamminga (27.21) were second and third respectively.

Christian Diener of Germany won the men’s 200 back in 1:58.50 with Niels Dijkshoorn the first Dutchman home in 2:00.18.

Nika Sharafutdinova of Ukraine won the women’s race in 2:13.10 ahead of Lotte Hosper with the Netherlands swimmer clocking 2:13.10.

Femke Spiering won the women’s 200 fly in 2:13.38 while Ukrainian Denys Kesil won the men’s race in 1:56.63 with Thomas Jansen the first Dutch swimmer in second in 1:59.78.

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