The Netherlands’ Sebastiaan Verschuren raced right by Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic down the stretch to win the men’s 200-meter free at the 2016 European Championships.
Verschuren picked up the victory in a time of 1:46.02, slower than his sixth-ranked season best of 1:45.87 from earlier in the meet.
Stjepanovic finished second overall in 1:46.26, off his seventh-ranked season best of 1:46.04 from earlier in the meet as well.
James Guy of Great Britain, the top-ranked swimmer in the world with a 1:45.19 from British Nationals who is swimming through this meet with a focus on the 2016 Rio Olympics, took third in 1:46.42.
Finland’s Matias Koski (1:46.98), Belgium’s Glenn Surgeloose (1:47.05), Poland’s Kacper Majchrzak (1:47.45), The Netherlands’ Maarten Brzoskowski (1:47.85) and Italy’s Mitch D’Arrigo (1:48.05) also swam for the title.
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Koseki bleeds Georgia red and black through and through.