Sjostrom Wins Three, Russian Men Break World Record On Final Night of 2017 European SC Championship

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On the final night of the 2017 European Short Course Championships a World Junior record fell twice, two Championship records were broken, and the night ended in a World Record. Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom and Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov highlighted the action.

Full Results

Women’s 50 Freestyle Semi-Final

Denmark’s Pernille Blume took the first semifinal in a 23.62. France’s Charlotte Bonnett was a quarter second behind her in 23.88 while Russian Rozaliya Nasretdinova touched in 23.93 for third in that first heat.

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom powered to a 23.39 to take the second semifinal. She’ll be the top seed in the final, her time only .07 shy of the Championship record, a 23.32 set in 2009 by the Netherlands’ Hinkelien Schreuder.

The Netherlands’ current leading sprinter Ranomi Kromowidjojo was just behind Sjostrom in 23.53. She’ll be the second seed overall. Blume, Bonnett, and Nasretdinova hold the third through fifth spots. Russia’s Maria Kameneva (24.03), the Netherlands’ Femke Heemskerk (24.17) and Finland’s Mimosa Jallow (24.17) will also race in the final.

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Men’s 50 Backstroke Semi-Final

Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov set a World Junior Record of 23.10 this morning en route to the top seed. Tonight, he held his top spot, but was a hair slower, clocking a 23.14. Taking the second spot into finals is Romanian Robert-Andrei Glinta in 23.21. Pavel Sankovich of Belarus posted the third fastest time, a 23.28.

It will be a tight final, with three more men only a tenth behind: Italy’s Simone Sabbioni (23.31), Romania’s Catalin-Paul Ungur (23.34), and France’s Jeremy Stravius (23.35). Also rounding out the final will be Poland’s Kacper Stokowski (23.42) and Germany’s Christian Diener (23.64).

The final will begin in just over an hour.

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Women’s 200 Breaststroke Final

Spaniard Jessica Vall Montero won the 200 breaststroke with a 2:18.41. Her teammate Marina Garcia Urzainqui was disqualified. Denmark’s Rikke Moeller Pedersen raced to second in 2:19.53, just ahead of Belgium’s Fanny Lecluyse in 2:19.68 with bronze.

With a strong last 100 meters Russian Vitalina Simonova (2:20.06) touched fourth. German’s Jessica Steiger, Jocelyn Ulyett of Great Britain (2:21.07) and France’s Fanny Deberghes (2:23.90) completed the final.

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Men’s 100 Freestyle Final

Italian Luca Dotto raced to a 46.11 for the European title in the 100 freestyle. He was nearly a half second ahead of the competition. Pieter Timmers of Belgium earned silver with a 46.54. Rounding out the podium, also under 47 seconds was Duncan Scott of Great Britain in a 46.64.

The next trio were tightly bunched: Poland’s Konrad Czerniak (47.01), Lithuania’s Simonas Bilis (47.09) and Hungary’s Dominik Kozma (47.13). Russia’s Mikhail Vekovishchev (47.51) and Hungary’s Nandor Nemeth (47.60) also competed in the final.

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Women’s 100 Butterfly Final

In her second race of the night Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom won the 100 butterfly. The Olympic gold medalist destroyed the field, winning the event by nearly a second. Her 55.00 was a new Championship record.

France’s Marie Wattel earned runner up honors in 55.97. Denmark’s Emilie Beckmann rounded out the podium with a 56.22.

Taking fourth was Sjostrom’s fellow countrywoman Louise Hansson (56.56). Italy’s Ilaria Bianchi touched fifth with a 56.65. In sixth through eighth were Belgium’s Kimberly Buys (56.87), the Netherlands’ Elinore De Jong (57.13) and Germany’s Aliena Schmidtke (57.17).

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Men’s 100 IM Final

The Italian men took their second gold in a row. Marco Orsi led three men under 52 seconds. He stopped the clock in 51.76 to earn gold. Russia’s Sergei Fesikov earned silver in 51.94. Powered by the fastest final 50 meters in the field the Netherlands’ Kyle Stolk cleared 52 with his 51.99.

Belgian Emmanuel Vanluchene was fourth with a 52.75 and Israel’s Yakov Yan Toumarkin finished fifth in 52.91.

Wrapping up the final heat were Bernhard Reitshammer of Austria (53.01), Poland’s Michal Chudy (53.02), and Italy’s Simone Geni (53.15).

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Women’s 400 Freestyle Final

Two women were under the four minute marker in the final of the 400 freestyle. Hungarian Boglarka Kapas got her hand to the wall first. She touched in 3:58.15. Just under a second behind her was Germany’s Sarah Koehler in 3:59.12. Liechenstein’s Julia Hassler finished third with a 4:02.43 to take the bronze medal.

Spain’s Melanie Costa Schmid (4:04.47) and Portugal’s Diana Margarida Duraes battled for fourth as the duo finished in 4:04.47 and 4:04.61 respectively.

Great Britain’s Kathryn Greenslade (4:06.05), Italy’s Simona Quadarella (4:07.34) and Russian Veronika Andrusenko (4:08.50) were sixth, seventh, and eighth.

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Men’s 200 Butterfly Final

Russia’s Aleksandr Kharlanov touched the wall in 1:50.54 to win the gold medal in the 200 fly. Andreas Vazaios of Greece won the silver with a 1:51.23, a full second ahead of the third place finisher: Hungary’s Tamas Kenderesi (1:52.25).

Denmark’s Viktor Bromer (1:52.75) was fourth. Nearly four seconds from his own Championship and European record of 1:49.00 Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh was fifth in 1:52.96.

Joeri Verlinden of the Netherlands (1:53.07), Estonia’s Kregor Kirk (1:53.58) and Norway’s Tomoe Zanimoto Hvas (1:55.11) also competed in the final.

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Women’s 50 Freestyle Final

In her third race of the night, Sarah Sjostrom won the 50 freestyle. Her 23.30 is a new Championship record, just faster than the 23.32 swum by the Netherlands’ Hinkelien Schreuder in 2009. That was Sjostrom’s second Championship record in as many swims.

The Netherlands took two of the top four spots in the event. Ranomi Kromowidjojo was also under the old Championship record, only .01 behind Sjostrom. She touched in 23.31. Her reaction time was also .01 slower than Sjostrom’s.

Tied for the fastest reaction time in the field (.61), Denmark’s Pernille Blume settled for third with her 23.49. Kromowidjojo’s teammate Femke Heemskerk was fourth in 23.82.

Russians Maria Kameneva and Rozaliya Nasretdinova were fifth and seventh in 23.88 and 23.99, respectively. Charlotte Bonnet of France posted a 23.94 for sixth and Finland’s Mimosa Jallow (24.20) was eight.

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Men’s 50 Backstroke Final

Despite emerging from both prelims and semifinals with the top seed, Russian Kliment Kolesnikov could not hold on in the finals. He touched second in 23.07, just .02 behind Italy’s Simone Sabbioni with a 23.05.

Kolesnikov suffered by far the slowest reaction time in the field, a .88, with the next slowest being a .63. Despite this, he still lowered his own World Junior and European Junior records, 23.10, set in prelims.

France’s Jeremy Stravius earned the bronze in 23.12, out touching Belarus’ Pavel Sankovich (23.13) by .01.

Romanians Robert-Andrei Glinta (23.19) and Catalin-Paul Ungur (23.42) were fifth and seventh. Poland’s Kacper Stokowski (23.28) and Germany’s Christian Diener (23.48) touched sixth and eighth.

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Women’s 4×50 Medley Relay Finals

There was no stopping Sarah Sjostrom tonight. In her fourth race of the under two hour finals session she split a 24.27 on the butterfly leg of the 200 medley relay. Hanna Rosvall swam a 26.96 on the backstroke, followed by Sophie Hansson‘s 29.30 breaststroke leg. Michelle Coleman anchored the Swedish women to gold with her 23.90. The team topped the podium with their 1:44.43.

Denmark’s Julie Kepp Jensen (26.97), Rikke Moeller Pedersen (30.00), Emilie Beckmann (24.82) and Pernille Blume (23.21) earned silver in 1:45.00. With a 1:45.35 the French team of Mathilde Cini (26.72), Charlotte Bonnet (30.01), Melanie Henique (24.80), and Marie Wattel (23.82) earned bronze.

The Netherlands were fourth with a 1:45.39, just .04 behind the French team. Powered by the fastest backstroke split in the field, a 26.29 from Alicja Tchorz the team from Poland touched fifth in 1:45.63.

Italy (1:45.73), Russia (1:45.75) and Finland (1:46.22) wrapped up the final.

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Men’s 4×50 Medley Relay Finals

The team from Russia ended the meet with a bang, turning in a new world record.

Kliment Kolesnikov got up for another 50 backstroke, this time lowering his reaction time and destroying his own World Junior record with a 22.83.

He was followed by Kirill Prigoda in 25.26, Aleksandr Popkov (22.11) and Vladimir Morozov (20.24) as the quartet posted a 1:30.44. Their time was .07 faster than the 1:30.51 Brazil posted in Doha in 2014.

Italy’s Simone Sabbioni (23.14), Fabio Scozzoli (25.45), Piero Codia (22.72), and Luca Dotto (20.60) were second in 1:31.91.

Taking bronze was Belarus’ Pavel Sankovich (23.16), Ilya Shymanovich (25.48), Yauhen Tsurkin (22.23), and Anton Latkin (21.19) in a 1:32.06.

Poland was fourth (1:32.39) and Germany finished fifth in 1:32.38. In sixth through eighth were Turkey (1:33.18), the Netherlands (1:33.76) and Finland (1:34.28).

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Live results available here.

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