Pieter Timmers Among Three Belgian Swimmers Selected for World Champs

Photo Courtesy: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Sports

Pieter Timmers, the Olympic silver medalist in the men’s 100 free, will aim to match or better that result at this summer’s World Championships in Budapest, as he is one of three Belgian swimmers who was selected to make the trip.

Timmers will swim the 50, 100 and 200 free in Hungary, while his teammate Louis Croenen will compete in the 100 and 200 fly. The only female swimmer Belgium is sending is Kimberly Buys, scheduled to swim the 50 and 100 fly.

NATIONAL TEAM Belgium @finabp2017 World SWI Champs: @PieterTimmers (50-100-200 free),@LouisCroenen (100-200 fly)& @BuysKimberly (50-100 fly)

— BELSWIM (@belswim) May 17, 2017

Croenen finished eighth in the 200 fly final in Rio, while Buys was a semifinalist in the women’s 100 fly.

This means that Belgium will have no relays competing in Budapest, and National team head coach Ronald Claes made no secret that he’s expecting better over the remainder of the quad. The below tweet roughly translates to: “It’s time for young people to show themselves in years to come.”

Croenen, Buys & Timmers les seul 3 belges aux CM @finabp2017 cet été… Il est temps pour les jeunes de se montrer dans les années "à-venir"

— Ronald Claes (@ronaldclaesFFBN) May 17, 2017

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Kishan Phelps

6 years ago

Congrats for won silver