Tom Dean Dominates 200 Free As Flanders Cup Wraps Up; Ellen Walshe Leaves Antwerp With Eight-Medal Haul
Tom Dean enjoyed a comfortable victory in the 200 free as the Flanders Swimming Cup 2024 wrapped up on Sunday in Antwerp.
The Olympic champion stopped the clock in 1:46.35 for a winning margin of 3.35secs over Bath Performance Centre training mate Kieran Bird (1:49.70) with Canada’s Jeremy Bagshaw third in 1:49.84.
It followed his second place over 100m on Saturday behind Jacob Whittle – who was fourth in the longer race – with the pair set to head to the World Championships in Doha next month.
Dean’s Bath Performance Centre training mate Jacob Peters won the 50 fly in 23.44.
Ellen Walshe: Photo Courtesy: David Kiberd / SPORTSFILE
Adela Piskorska completed the backstroke treble when she won the 100 in 1:00.72 with Maria Godden on the podium for the third time in second (1:02.13) and Ellen Walshe third in 1:02.48.
Walshe was second in the 200m breaststroke behind Grace Palmer with the Belgian well clear in 2:28.92 to 2:32.01 and Niamh Coyne in third (2:32.68).
Walshe won her eighth medal of the 2024 Flanders Cup and sixth gold with the Irish women’s 4x100m medley relay, swimming the leg as the quartet enjoyed a winning margin of more than 11secs in 4:11.75.
Grace Davison was the only woman inside 26secs as she won the 50 free in 25.95 and Kathrin Dernier won the women’s 200 fly in 2:18.06.
Cornelius Jahn added the 200 back to his 50 title and 100 silver when he stopped the clock at 2:00.65, Lucas Matzerath added the 200IM in 2:07.22 to his 50/100m breaststroke double and Noah de Schryver took the 200m breaststroke in 2:15.42.
Logan Vanhuys went 15:41.58 to head the men’s 1500 free
Dean said he’d only be doing a relay at Doha- and then on to Aus for a training camp. No individual events.