Rotterdam Qualification Meet - (Tag)

Freya Anderson & Josh Gammon Top The Podium In Rotterdam Freya Anderson, Josh Gammon and Leah Crisp were among the winners on the first day of the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Anderson led throughout to win the 200 free despite the close attention of Belgium's Sarah Dumont who came back at the Brit...

Marrit Steenbergen Rattles Dutch 100 Free Record In 52.96 As She Claims Golden Double In Rotterdam Marrit Steenbergen was just 0.27 outside Femke Heemskerk's Dutch 100 free record in 52.96 as she claimed two titles on the third day of the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Link to results Day 1 report Da...

Nyls Korstanje Matches Dutch 50 Fly Record As He Secures Golden Double In Rotterdam Nyls Korstsanje matched his Dutch 50 fly record before sprinting to the 50 free title as the Rotterdam Qualification Meet wrapped up. Korstanje went 22.88 to equal the Netherlands mark he set in the semis at the 2022...

Marrit Steenbergen Continues Golden Form With 100 Free Victory In Rotterdam Marrit Steenbergen made it three golds in as many days as she enjoyed a clear victory in the 100 free at the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Link to results Day One report Day Two report Steenbergen won the 200 free on the ope...

Tes Schouten & Arno Kamminga Strike Gold On Final Day In Rotterdam Tes Schouten and Arno Kamminga won the women's and men's 100m breaststroke titles as the Rotterdam Qualification Meet wrapped up. Link to results Day 1 report Day 2 report Day 3 report Schouten led throughout to stop the clock in 1:0...

Caspar Corbeau Emerges Victorious From Duel With Training Partner Arno Kamminga In Rotterdam Caspar Corbeau prevailed in a duel with training partner Arno Kamminga in the men's 200m breaststroke on the second day of the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Link to results Day 1 report The pair - coached by...

Tes Schouten Lowers Dutch 200 Breaststroke Record To 2:21.71; First Voyage Inside 2:22 Tes Schouten lowered her national 200m breaststroke record to 2:21.71 at the Dutch Long-Course Championships in Amersfoot with the second-fastest time in the world this year. It was the third time this year Schout...

Arno Kamminga closed in on a return to the form that saw him claim Olympic and world medals while Tes Schouten twice lowered the Dutch 100 breaststroke record as the Rotterdam Qualification Meet concluded. Marrit Steenbergen was a standout performer at the four-day meet which she wrapped up with a f...

Arno Kamminga Pops 58.69 in 100 Breaststroke; Texas' Caspar Corbeau Goes Sub-Minute Reigning Olympic champion Adam Peaty is still the sole member of the sub-58 club (and sub-57) in the 100-meter breaststroke. One day after he became just the fourth individual to crack the 2:07 barrier in the 200 bre...

Luke Greenbank Back On Song At Rotterdam Qualification Meet; Tom Dean Wins By 0.01 Luke Greenbank and Tom Dean were among the winners on the first day of the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Link to results Greenbank missed the World Championships in Fukuoka after failing to qualify at the British tria...

Femke Heemskerk produced a speedy 53.76 in the 100 free and Arno Kamminga secured a golden breaststroke double at the Flanders Qualification Meet in Antwerp Heemskerk split 25.80/27.96 to enjoy a winning margin of 1.55secs with Kim Busch touching some way back in 55.31 and Marrit Steenbergen in thir...

Femke Heemskerk claimed the second 50 free slot for Tokyo 2020 at the Eindhoven Qualification Meet after she eclipsed Valerie Van Roon's time of 24.63 in December which had initially earned her a nomination to the Netherlands team. Booking a ticket to Tokyo came down to both women having a chance to...

Femke Heemskerk and Valerie van Roon will go head to head at the Eindhoven Qualification Meet in April to resolve who will claim the second 50m freestyle berth for the Tokyo Olympics. The issue arose when Heemskerk was forced to miss the Rotterdam Qualification Meet in December after her partner tes...

Arno Kamminga went joint sixth all-time as he scorched to a Dutch record of 2:07.17 in the 200m breaststroke on the second day of the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Kamminga had already set a national mark of 26.88 in the 50br on day one before returning for the day two prelims, swimming fast the ord...

Tes Schouten Sets Dutch 200 Breaststroke Record In Rotterdam Prelims Tes Schouten set a Dutch 200m breaststroke record of 2:23.93 in the day two prelims of the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Link to results The 21-year-old, who won bronze with the women's medley relay at the European Championships in...

James Guy Overhauls Tom Dean For Victory; Steenbergen & Kamminga Top Podium At Rotterdam Qualification Meet James Guy, Marrit Steenbergen and Arno Kamminga were among the winners on day one of the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Three-time Paralympic champion Rogier Dorsman set a European record in th...

Kira Toussaint continued her scorching form of recent weeks with a Dutch record of 58.91 in the 100m backstroke as the Rotterdam Qualification Meet concluded. Toussaint set a world short-course record of 25.60 in the 50 back while representing London Roar at the ISL which wrapped up last month. The ...

Kira Toussaint continued to rewrite the Dutch record books by lowering the national 100 back mark to 58.65 as the Eindhoven Qualification Meet wrapped up. There was also a Dutch 50 fly record of 23.02 for Nyls Korstanje after he initially lowered it in the heats to 23.19. The meet at the Pieter van ...

Tes Schouten lowered her Dutch 200 breaststroke for the second time in one day while James Guy and Marrit Steenbergen each made it two out of two at the Rotterdam Qualification Meet. Link to results Day One report Schouten stopped the clock at 2:23.67 to take 0.26 off the mark of 2:23.93 she set in ...

The 2:06 club was one which had only admitted three men before Arno Kamminga crashed through the barrier to join them last week in Rotterdam. The Netherlands swimmer stopped the clock at 2:06.85 following four lengths of breaststroke to catapult himself to fourth all-time behind only Anton Chupkov (...