Tes Schouten Goes 2:21.43 For Second-Fastest 200m Breaststroke Of Her Career In Eindhoven

Tes Schouten of The Netherlands celebrates after winning the silver medal in the 100m Breaststroke Women Final during the FINA Swimming Short Course World Championships at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia, December 15th, 2022. Photo Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

Tes Schouten: Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

Tes Schouten Goes 2:21.43 For Second-Fastest 200m Breaststroke Of Her Career In Eindhoven

Tes Schouten posted the second-quickest 200m breaststroke of her career in 2:21.43 on day two of the Eindhoven Qualification Meet.

The Netherlands swimmer first went through the 2:22 barrier in June 2023 before bypassing 2:20 altogether to win the world title at Doha 2024 in 2:19.81.

On Friday, she split 32.09/1:07.74/1:43.89 before coming home in 37.54 to eclipse her 2:21.50 in the Doha semis and continue the form that sees her go to Paris as a title contender.

Kristýna Horská set a Czechia record of 2:24.28 in second, lowering her own standard of 2:24.68 set at the Budapest stop of the 2023 World Cup tour.

Ana Blazevic of Croatia was third home in 2:28.95.

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Arno Kamminga: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Staccioli / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

Arno Kamminga won the men’s race although Netherlands teammate Caspar Corbeau made inroads down the final 50.

The double Olympic silver medallist went ahead on the second 50 and held a 0.50sec lead at the final turn and although Corbeau reduced the deficit, Kamminga got the touch in 2:09.02 to 2:09.11.

Maksym Ovchinnikov of Ukraine was third home in 2:11.32.

Tessa Giele went 57.38 to win the 100 fly, splitting 26.09/31.29 for a time within the ‘A’ cut.

It also propelled her to joint third in the Dutch all-time rankings alongside Marleen Veldhuis and her 2009 effort and surpassed by only Inge de Bruijn (56.61) and Inge Dekker (57.32).

Barbora Seemanova (58.16) and Marie Wattel (58.74) took second and third with Maaike de Waard the second Dutchwoman home in 59.71.

Nyls Korstanje went 51.23 to win the men’s 100 fly for the fourth fastest time of his career headed by his 50.78 Dutch record set at the 2023 worlds in Fukuoka.

Frenchman Clement Secchi was second in 51.38 with Daniel Gracik of Czechia third in 52.17.

Sven Schwarz dominated the men’s 1500 free to win in 14:49.91 and enjoy a winning margin of 44.37secs over Goralnik Maor (15:34.28)

Cedric Büssing rattled the German record to win the men’s 400IM in 4:12.33 with Thomas Jansen the first Netherlands swimmer in 4:15.33.

Carlotta Ingenerf of Germany touched in the women’s 400IM in 4:53.20 with Djanilla Brink the first Dutchwoman home in 4:57.56.

Miroslav Knedla of Czechia enjoyed a clear win in the 50 back, the only man inside 25 in 24.77 with teammate Barbora Janickova winning the women’s race in 28.62.

The four-day meet, which runs from 11-14 April, serves as an opportunity for swimmers to book a place on the Netherlands team for Paris 2024 with the 2023 Fukuoka worlds and Doha having served as selection meets.

The following athletes will be nominated by the KNZB for the Olympics as long as no additional athletes swim inside the qualification times in Eindhoven.

Women

50 free (24.70): Marrit Steenbergen (24.42) and Kim Busch (24.68)

100 free (53.61): Marrit Steenbergen (52.26)

200 free (1.57.26): Marrit Steenbergen (1.55.51)

100 back (59.99): Maaike de Waard (59.65) and Kira Toussaint (59.88)

100 breaststroke (1.06.79): Tes Schouten (1.05.71)

200 breaststroke (2.23.91): Tes Schouten (2.19.81)

200 IM (2.11.47): Marrit Steenbergen (2.09.16)

Men

50 free (21.96): Kenzo Simons (21.73) and Renzo Tjon A Joe (21.88)

200 back (1.57.50): Kai van Westering (1.56.91)

100 breaststroke (59.49): Arno Kamminga (58.71) and Caspar Corbeau (59.33)

200 breaststroke (2.09.68): Caspar Corbeau (2.07.99) and Arno Kamminga (2.08.30)

100 butterfly (51.67): Nyls Korstanje (50.78)

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