﻿{"id":106473,"date":"2014-08-19T00:14:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T07:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=106473"},"modified":"2014-08-19T02:49:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T09:49:43","slug":"european-championships-european-record-by-italy-in-mixed-400-medley-relay-highlights-prelims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-european-record-by-italy-in-mixed-400-medley-relay-highlights-prelims\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships: European Record by Italy in Mixed 400 Medley Relay Highlights Prelims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p>\n<p>BERLIN, Germany, August 19. THE Italians had a strong day across the board, including a European record in the mixed 400-meter medley relay to close out day two\u00a0prelims of the European Championships.<\/p>\n<h1>Scheduled Events<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 200 free<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 100 breast<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 200 IM<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 100 free<\/li>\n<li>Mixed 400 medley relay<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 1500 free<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportschau.de\/weitere\/schwimmen\/videostreamlivestreamdieschwimmeminberlin112.html\" target=\"_blank\">LIVE STREAM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/84.33.37.145\/berlin2014\/index_webBerlin2014.php?s=NU\" target=\"_blank\">LIVE RESULTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Men&#8217;s 200 free<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_54923\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-two-prelims-live-recap\/paul-biedermann\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-54923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54923\" data-attachment-id=\"54923\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-european-record-by-italy-in-mixed-400-medley-relay-highlights-prelims\/paul-biedermann\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Paul-Biedermann-e1408437088843.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1501,1126\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Pamela Roberts&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;GT-I9195&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1399053812&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"paul-biedermann\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Paul Biedermann&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Pamela Roberts&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Paul-Biedermann-e1408437088843-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Paul-Biedermann-e1408437088843-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54923\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Paul-Biedermann-e1408437088843-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy: Pamela Roberts\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-54923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Pamela Roberts<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After just missing the men&#8217;s 400-meter freestyle finals last night, much to the disappointment of the home crowd, Germany&#8217;s Paul Biedermann did not mess around this morning. \u00a0The world-record-holder charged through prelims with a 1:46.62, the only sub-1:47 of the morning. \u00a0That swim came up just short of his seventh-ranked season best of 1:46.25 from German Nationals, and put him in place to make a run at the title.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Biedermann&#8217;s Splits:<\/h2>\n<p>25.18 (2) 51.97 (1)<br \/>\n26.79 1:19.35 (1)<br \/>\n27.38 1:46.62<br \/>\n27.27<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Artem Lobuzov snared second in 1:47.51 with The Netherlands&#8217; Sebastiaan Verschuren qualifying third in 1:47.52. \u00a0Hungary&#8217;s Dominik Kozma also cleared 1:48 with a fourth-place 1:47.99.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia&#8217;s Velimir Stjepanovic, the 400 free victor, took fifth in 1:48.02, while Belgium&#8217;s Pieter Timmers took sixth in 1:48.06. \u00a0Germany&#8217;s Clemens Rapp (1:48.08) and Italy&#8217;s Mitch D&#8217;Arrigo (1:48.24) also made the top half of the semifinalist field.<\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s Yannick Agnel, who also had a surprising miss in the 400 free yesterday, took ninth this morning in 1:48.27.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s Filippo Magnini (1:48.45), The Netherlands&#8217; Dion Dreesens (1:48.59), Finland&#8217;s Matias Koski (1:48.73), Denmark&#8217;s Anders Lie (1:48.83), Austria&#8217;s David Brandl (1:48.87), Russia&#8217;s Alexander Sukhorukov (1:48.88) and Belgium&#8217;s Glenn Surgeloose (1:49.11) also made the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>The two-per-country final rule claimed a few swimmers in the 200 free. \u00a0Germany&#8217;s Robin Backhaus (10th, 1:48.28), Germany&#8217;s Yannick Lebherz (13th, 1:48.70) and Russia&#8217;s Viacheslav Andrusenko (18th, 1:48.96) all missed moving on due to the rule.<\/p>\n<h1>Women&#8217;s 100 breast<\/h1>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s Arianna Castiglioni entered the top 20 in the world with a 1:07.50 to lead prelims this morning. \u00a0That swim moved her up to 17th in the world, with a target of going much faster throughout the rest of the finals and semifinal rounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Castiglioni&#8217;s Splits:<\/h2>\n<p>32.54 (4) 1:07.50<br \/>\n34.96<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Denmark&#8217;s Rikke Moeller Pedersen put up an easy-speed 1:07.57 to take second this morning. \u00a0She has a lot more in the tank, already ranked third in the world this year with a 1:06.19 from the Danish Open. \u00a0Czech&#8217;s Petra Chocova put up a 1:07.66 this morning for third, while Spain&#8217;s Jessica Vall Montero qualified fourth with a 1:07.83. \u00a0Vall Montero will likely turn it up a notch in semis as she&#8217;s ranked ninth in the world with a 1:06.81 already this year.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s Jennie Johansson (1:07.83), The Netherlands&#8217; Moniek Nijhuis (1:08.16), Russia&#8217;s Vitalina Simonova (1:08.27) and Czech&#8217;s Martina Moravcikova (1:08.39) also turned in top eight swims.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s Amit Ivri (1:08.55), Ireland&#8217;s Fiona Doyle (1:08.77), Ukraine&#8217;s Mariya Liver (1:08.81), Germany&#8217;s Vanessa Grimberg (1:08.84), Russia&#8217;s Maria Astashkina (1:08.84), Belgium&#8217;s Fanny Lecluyse (1:08.97), Iceland&#8217;s Hilda Luthersdottir (1:09.12) and Italy&#8217;s Giulia De Ascentis (1:09.19) rounded out the rest of the semifinalist field.<\/p>\n<h1>Men&#8217;s 200 IM<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_47477\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-two-prelims-live-recap\/laszlo-cseh-hungary-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47477\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47477\" data-attachment-id=\"47477\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-european-record-by-italy-in-mixed-400-medley-relay-highlights-prelims\/laszlo-cseh-hungary-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Laszlo-Cseh-Hungary1-e1408437618432.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1659,1244\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Joao Marc Bosch&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375380984&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Laszlo Cseh Hungary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Laszlo-Cseh-Hungary1-e1408437618432-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Laszlo-Cseh-Hungary1-e1408437618432-1024x767.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47477\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Laszlo-Cseh-Hungary1-e1408437618432-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Five-time Olympic medalist Laszlo Cseh of Hungary topped prelims this morning in the men&#8217;s 200-meter IM with a 1:59.17. \u00a0He still has much more ground to make up if he intends on challenging his meet-record 1:56.66 from 2012, but his time this morning did move him to 19th in the world rankings. Cseh is vying for his fifth straight European title in the event.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Cseh&#8217;s Splits:<\/h2>\n<p>25.42 (1) 55.15 (1)<br \/>\n29.73 1:29.60 (1)<br \/>\n34.45 1:59.17<br \/>\n29.57<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s Markus Deibler claimed the lion&#8217;s share of cheering from the home crowd with a second-seeded 1:59.60, while Great Britain&#8217;s Roberto Pavoni also cleared 2:00 with a third-seeded 1:59.89.<\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s Eduardo Solaeche Gomez (2:00.16), Germany&#8217;s Philip Heintz (2:00.18), Israel&#8217;s Yakov Toumarkin (2:00.32), Portugal&#8217;s Alexis Santos (2:00.54) and Israel&#8217;s Gal Nevo (2:00.83) wound up in the top eight, all under 2:01.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s Simon Sjoedin (2:01.08), Greece&#8217;s Andreas Vazaios (2:01.17), Hungary&#8217;s David Verraszto (2:01.23), Portugal&#8217;s Diogo Carvalho (2:01.34), Italy&#8217;s Federico Turrini (2:01.61), Spain&#8217;s Albert Puig Garrich (2:01.61), Poland&#8217;s Marcin Cielak (2:01.86) and Russia&#8217;s Alexander Tikhonov (2:01.88) will also compete in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<h1>Women&#8217;s 100 free<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_47441\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-two-prelims-live-recap\/femke-heemskerk-pos-3-netherlands_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47441\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47441\" data-attachment-id=\"47441\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-european-record-by-italy-in-mixed-400-medley-relay-highlights-prelims\/femke-heemskerk-pos-3-netherlands_1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Femke-Heemskerk-Pos-3-Netherlands_1-e1602436588287.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,778\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Joao Marc Bosch&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375380729&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Femke Heemskerk Pos 3 Netherlands_1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8\/5\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\nFemke Heemskerk Pos 3 Netherlands_1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Femke-Heemskerk-Pos-3-Netherlands_1-e1408437650493-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Femke-Heemskerk-Pos-3-Netherlands_1-e1408437650493-1024x796.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47441\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Femke-Heemskerk-Pos-3-Netherlands_1-e1408437650493-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Although Sweden&#8217;s Sarah Sjostrom will claim the bulk of the attention during semis and finals after posting a 52.73 at the Eindhoven Swim Cup this summer to rank second in the world, The Netherlands&#8217; Femke Heemskerk does not intend on just letting Sjostrom stroll to another European title. \u00a0Heemskerk qualified first this morning with a 53.55, just off Britta Steffen&#8217;s meet record of 53.30 from 2006 as well as Heemskerk&#8217;s fourth-ranked season best of 53.39 also at the Eindhoven Swim Cup.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Heemskerk&#8217;s Splits:<\/h2>\n<p>25.83 (1) 53.55<br \/>\n27.72<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sjostrom captured the second seed with a time of 53.66, while compatriot Michelle Coleman tracked down the third seed with a 54.05.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark&#8217;s Pernille Blume placed fourth in 54.28, while the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu made semis in her third event out of 10 this week with a fifth-place 54.45.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Veronika Popova (54.74), France&#8217;s Charlotte Bonnet (54.79) and The Netherlands&#8217; Maud van der Meer (55.00) qualified sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria&#8217;s Nina Rangelova (55.07), Italy&#8217;s Erika Ferraioli (55.24), Russia&#8217;s Margarita Nesterova (55.31), Spain&#8217;s Fatima Gallardo Carapeto (55.35), Finland&#8217;s Hanna-Maria Seppala (55.49), France&#8217;s Anna Santamans (55.58), Italy&#8217;s Giada Galizi (55.62) and Norway&#8217;s Cecilie Johannessen (55.68) also made their way into the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Two-per-country rule victims were Sweden&#8217;s Louise Hansson (9th, 55.06), The Netherlands&#8217; Esmee Vermeulen (11th, 55.18), Russia&#8217;s Arina Openysheva (16th, 55.52).<\/p>\n<h1>Mixed 400 medley relay<\/h1>\n<p>Italy and Great Britain had a strong fight in the first of two heats in the mixed event with both teams eclipsing Russia&#8217;s European record of 3:49.05 set in July of this year in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. \u00a0Italy, however, led prelims by touching out Great Britain, 3:48.57 to 3:48.82, to head into finals with the continental mark. \u00a0Chiara Masini Luccetti keyed the win for Italy by overtaking GBR&#8217;s Rebecca Turner down the stretch.<\/p>\n<h2>Italy&#8217;s Splits:<\/h2>\n<p>CICCARESE Christopher &#8211;\u00a054.64<br \/>\nTONIATO Andrea &#8211;\u00a01:00.40<br \/>\nBIANCHI Ilaria &#8211;\u00a057.82<br \/>\nMASINI LUCCETTI Chiara &#8211;\u00a055.71<\/p>\n<h2>Great Britain&#8217;s Splits:<\/h2>\n<p>DAVIES Georgia &#8211;\u00a01:00.15<br \/>\nMURDOCH Ross &#8211;\u00a059.31<br \/>\nBARRETT Adam &#8211;\u00a052.54<br \/>\nTURNER Rebecca &#8211;\u00a056.82<\/p>\n<p>Germany (3:49.46), Russia (3:51.94), The Netherlands (3:53.47), Slovakia (3:54.19), Finland (3:55.45) and Austria (3:57.15) will return as part of the championship heat as well.<\/p>\n<h1>Men&#8217;s 1500 free<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_44742\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-two-prelims-live-recap\/gregorio-paltinieri-pos-3-italia\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44742\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44742\" data-attachment-id=\"44742\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-european-record-by-italy-in-mixed-400-medley-relay-highlights-prelims\/gregorio-paltinieri-pos-3-italia\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Gregorio-Paltinieri-Pos-3-Italia-e1408441623302.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1211,798\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Joao Marc Bosch&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375646524&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gregorio Paltrinieri Pos 3 Italia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Gregorio-Paltinieri-Pos-3-Italia-e1408441623302-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Gregorio-Paltinieri-Pos-3-Italia-e1408441623302-1024x674.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44742\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Gregorio-Paltinieri-Pos-3-Italia-e1408441623302-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s Gregorio Paltrinieri, who is ranked second in the world with a 14:44.50 from the Italian Spring Nationals, cruised through prelims of the metric mile en route to a 14:54.75. \u00a0He is the odds-on favorite heading into the finale of the event.<\/p>\n<h2>Paltrinieri&#8217;s Splits:<\/h2>\n<p>27.09(1) 56.28(1) 1:55.47(1) 2:55.13(1) 3:55.49(1) 4:55.80(1) 5:55.92(1) 6:55.70(1)\u00a07:55.17(1) 8:55.18(1) 9:55.73(1) 10:56.11(1) 11:56.38(1) 12:56.24(1) 13:55.93(1)<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Italian, Gabriele Detti, also cleared 15:00 to take second with a 14:59.24 as the two will put on a show during the championship finale.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain&#8217;s Stephen Milne (15:04.86), Hungary&#8217;s Gergely Gyurta (15:05.13), Great Britain&#8217;s Jay Lelliott (15:06.88), Slovakia&#8217;s Richard Nagy (15:07.29), Faroe Islands&#8217; 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