EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, August 6. GREAT\u00a0Britain\u2019s Stephanie Slater smashed the 100m butterfly S8 world record by more than one second to take gold on Wednesday (6 August) morning, day three of the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
In a dramatic race, world silver medallist Slater (1:08.20) was pushed all the way by Ukraine\u2019s Kateryna Istomina (1:09.09) but touched home 1.4 seconds inside the previous world record set by the USA\u2019s Jessica Long in April.<\/p>\n
Denmark\u2019s rising star Amalie Vinther (1:19.36) collected her second medal of the meet with bronze.<\/p>\n
During a morning session which featured 10 medals events, 13-year-old home favourite Chantalle Zijderveld set a new European record to secure the Netherlands\u2019 third gold of the Championships in the women\u2019s 100m breaststroke SB9.<\/p>\n
Leading throughout, Zijderveld (1:17.39) showed exceptional composure beyond her years to touch home ahead of Ukraine\u2019s previous record holder Khrystyna Yurchenko (1:19.32). Russia\u2019s Nina Ryabova (1:20.57) picked up the bronze.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just great. I never expected that. I am so happy,\u201d said Zijderveld afterwards.<\/p>\n
Britain\u2019s Paralympic, World and Commonwealth champion Oliver Hynd (2:25.22) won the men\u2019s 200m individual medley SM8 title, adding to his 400m freestyle gold from Tuesday. Russia\u2019s Konstantin Lisenkov (2:30.34) and Norway\u2019s Niels Korfitz Mortensen (2:32.81) completed the podium.<\/p>\n
Despite Slater and Hynd\u2019s success, Great Britain fell to third in the overall medals table after Russia won three golds to move up to second, behind leaders Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Oxana Guseva (3:16.05) led the Russian gold rush in the women\u2019s 200m individual medley SM7. Silver went to Italy\u2019s Arianna Talamona (3:26.11) and Norway\u2019s Mina Marie Heyerdal Klausen (3:37.41) was delighted with bronze.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was good. It was hard but I did the best I could so I\u2019m happy with it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Darya Stukalova (2:29.39) won her first European gold in the women\u2019s 100m individual medley SM12 to exact revenge over Great Britain\u2019s Hannah Russell (2:35.79), who had beaten the 19-year-old to Tuesday\u2019s 100m backstroke title. Spain\u2019s Maria Delgado (2:44.97) won bronze.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve ever entered this event on an international stage so to come away with a silver medal is unbelievable,\u201d said Russell.<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s final gold of the morning came in the men\u2019s 100m breaststroke SB9 and saw Pavel Poltavtsev (1:06.65) joined on the podium by his team-mates Dmitry Grigorev (1:09.28) and Dmitry Bartasinskiy (1:11.14).<\/p>\n
Daniela Schulte (2:58.63) fought back from third place with 50m to go claim Germany\u2019s fourth gold of Eindhoven in the women\u2019s 200m individual medley SM11.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very happy because the last few years were not so good for me. I was ill for a long time,\u201d said Schulte. \u201cI am so happy about the time and the race.\u201d<\/p>\n
Estonia\u2019s Elisabeth Egel (3:01.54) took silver and Sweden\u2019s Maija Reichard (3:02.40) the bronze.<\/p>\n
Joanna Mendak (2:38.67) won Poland\u2019s second gold of the week in the women\u2019s 200m individual medley SM13. Silver and bronze went to Spain\u2019s Deborah Font (2:40.31) and Germany\u2019s Elena Krawzow (2:41.99).<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s 200m individual medley SM7, Spain\u2019s Israel Oliver (2:26.90) led two Ukrainians, Oleksandr Mashcehnko (2:29.83) and Viktor Smyrnov (2:34.68) onto the podium, to win his second medal of the week.<\/p>\n
Ukraine won their only gold of the morning through Dmytro Vynoradets. The 28-year-old collected his third individual title in as many events in the men\u2019s 200m freestyle S3. Joining him on the podium were Spain\u2019s Miguel Martinez (3:52.95) and Greece\u2019s Ioannis Kostakis (4:02.46).<\/p>\n
Prior to the medal events, Ukraine\u2019s Olga Sviderska (3:38.21) took nearly eight seconds off her S3 world record in the heats of the women\u2019s 200m freestyle S4 to qualify third fastest behind Italy\u2019s Arjola Trimi (3:22.28).<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s S2 swimmer Alexandra Agafonova (1:12.18) also took more than one and half seconds off her own world record in the heats of the women\u2019s 50m butterfly S5. Norway\u2019s Sarah Louise Rung (42.50) was fastest.<\/p>\n
The Netherlands\u2019 Marta Toeters (1:16.97) delighted home fans at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Stadium by finishing just 0.12 seconds off the world record to qualify fastest in the women\u2019s 100m breaststroke SB14.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s 100m breaststroke SB14 final will be a mouth-watering prospect after a close heat saw the Netherlands\u2019 world record holder and world champion Marc Evers (1:07.77) narrowly edge Great Britain\u2019s Scott Quinn (1:08.15).<\/p>\n
Spain\u2019s Jose Mari (57.51) is the favourite for gold in the men\u2019s 100m freestyle S10 having posted the fastest qualifying time, as is Great Britain\u2019s European record holder Andrew Mullen (38.29) who was quickest in the men\u2019s 50m butterfly S5 heat.<\/p>\n
France will be optimistic of landing their first gold of the meeting after Paralympic champion Charles Rozoy (1:04.14) qualified in pole position in the men\u2019s 100m butterfly S8, as will Azerbaijan after Dzmitry Salei (2:15.27) comfortably qualified fastest in the men\u2019s 200m individual medley SM12.<\/p>\n
Great Britain\u2019s medal prospects on Wednesday evening include Eleanor Simmonds (35.76) who qualified strongly in the women\u2019s 50m freestyle S6 heat and Sascha Kindred (32.89) who led the men\u2019s equivalent.<\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s world record holder Yevheniy Bohodayko (2:43.74) qualified first in the men\u2019s 200m individual medley SM7.<\/p>\n
The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World. To reach our audience, contact us at newsmaster@swimmingworldmagazine.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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