Mireia Belmonte, Marco Koch Double at Luxembourg Euro Meet

Gian Mattia D'Alberto / lapresse 15-06-2014 Roma sport nuoto trofeo Settecolli nella foto: Marco Koch GER Gian Mattia D'Alberto / lapresse 15-06-2014 Rome in the photo: Marco Koch GER

LUXEMBOURG – The second day of the Luxembourg Euro Meet produced a pair of doubles from Mireia Belmonte and Marco Koch.

Melania Costa put up a 1:58.83 to win the women’s 200-meter free to start day two. Alice Mizzau touched second in 1:59.57 with Johanna Friedrich taking third in 2:00.86.

Paul Biedermann snagged the men’s 200-meter free title in 1:48.56, moving to seventh in the early part of the world rankings. Velimir Stjepanovic touched second in 1:49.98 with Philip Heintz earning third in 1:50.01.

Adeline Williams raced to a 32.07 to win the women’s 50-meter breast, taking third in the early world rankings. Jessica Vall finished second in 32.30 with Caroline Ruhnau placing third in 32.34.

Germany’s Marco Koch moved to third in the world with a 28.24 to win the men’s 50-meter breast, while Andrew Weatheritt took second in 28.36. Fjodors Mjasojedovs wound up third in 28.46.

Emma Wilkins clocked a 27.07 to top the women’s 50-meter fly. Zsuzsanna Jakabos took second in 27.44 with Jana Zinnecker earning third in 27.63.

Laszlo Cseh touched out Konrad Czerniak in the men’s 50-meter fly, 23.90 to 23.95, in the men’s 50-meter fly. Rafael Munoz took third in 24.00.

Cseh has been faster with a third-ranked 23.86 at the Flanders Speedo Cup this year. Munoz stands second with a 32.81 from the Catalunya Open, while Czerniak moved into the top four in the world.

Sonnele Oeztuerk topped the women’s 100-meter back in 1:02.17 with Brittany Horton taking second in 1:02.57. Laura Riedemann placed third in 1:02.76.

Gabor Balog followed with a 55.61 to win the men’s 100-meter back. Carl Louis Schwarz finished second in 56.71 with Jean-Francois Schneiders taking third in 57.44.

Mireia Belmonte edged Jakabos in the women’s 200-meter IM, 2:15.29 to 2:15.63, while Beatriz Gomez took third in 2:17.12.

Philip Heintz picked up the men’s 200-meter IM gold in 2:00.44, while Laszlo Cseh collected another silver with a second-place time of 2:00.68. Alexis Santos took third in 2:02.62.

Jessica Vall snagged the women’s 200-meter breast title in 2:27.42. Meanwhile, Julia Willers took second in 2:32.69 with Michelle Lambert placing third in 2:33.48.

Koch won his second gold of the night with a 2:11.45 in the men’s 200-meter breast. That swim pushed him to third in the world rankings, just behind Cody Miller’s 2:11.35 from Perth yesterday.

Michael Jamieson took second in 2:12.05, while Laurent Carnol placed third in 2:13.94.

Belmonte snared a second title tonight as well with a 2:10.23 win in the women’s 200-meter fly. Judith Ignacio took second in 2:10.93 with Martina Van Berkel placing third in 2:11.20.

Victor Bromer set a meet record in the men’s 200-meter fly with a 1:56.89 for the win. That swim bettered his already fourth-ranked season best of 1:57.22, but didn’t leapfrogg Grant Irvine (1:56.84) for third in the world.

His time eclipsed the previous record of 1:57.56 set by Ioannis Drymonakos of Greece back in 2012.

Carlos Peralta (1:59.54) and Laszlo Cseh (2:00.49) also made the podium.

Julie Meynen took home the women’s 50-meter free in 25.85 with Lauriane Haag touching just behind with a second-place 25.88. Nina Kost wound up third in 25.90.

Krisztian Takacs pocketed the men’s 50-meter free crown in 22.59 with Konrad Czerniak claiming second in 22.73. Andrew Weatheritt rounded out the top three in 22.95.

Simon Hengel, Nin Kost, Philip Heintz and Franziska Jansen won the mixed 400 free relay in 3:36.00.

2015 Luxembourg Euro Meet, Day Two – Results

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