BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. 1. ACCORDING to Craig Lord, a massive electrical storm washed out the European Championships at the conclusion of the men\u2019s 200-meter IM on Tuesday in Budapest, Hungary. The thunderstorm pushed the women\u2019s 200-meter backstroke final and the men\u2019s 200-meter freestyle semifinal to Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 50-meter Butterfly Finals<\/b>
\nUkrainian Sergiy Breus captured gold in 23.41 to post a meet record in the event. Breus erased Finland\u2019s Jere Hard\u2019s time of 23.50 set at the 2002 Berlin meet. Meanwhile, Croatian Duje Draganja pocketed silver in 23.62, while Denmark\u2019s Jakob Andkjaer earned bronze in 23.77.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 100-meter Freestyle Semifinals<\/b>
\nComing off a world-record swim in the 400-meter freestyle relay last night, German Britta Steffen clocked the top qualifying time in a meet-record 54.21. That effort wiped away countrywomen Franziska Van Almsick\u2019s previous standard of 54.39 set in 2002 at Berlin.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 100-meter Backstroke Finals<\/b>
\nAnother meet record went to the wayside as Russia\u2019s Arkady Vyatchanin blazed to a 53.50 to snag gold. His time eclipsed his own standard of 53.91 set earlier in the meet. Additionally, Austrian Markus Rogan took silver in 54.07, while Greek Aristeidis Grigoriadis picked up bronze in 54.34.<\/p>\n
"I trained a lot," Vyatchanin said. T"his my 1st European gold and also my personal best. I could not be happier."<\/p>\n
"Vyatchanin was very fast," Rogan said. "I would never have reached him but I also set my personal best here. I know I am always second but 13 silver medals at the Worlds and Europeans is not too bad." <\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 50-meter Butterfly Finals<\/b>
\nThe Swedish contingent swept the top two medals as Therese Alshammar captured the crown in 26.06 and world-record holder Anna-Karin Kammerling snagged silver in 26.23. Meanwhile, Chantal Groot of the Netherlands rounded out the podium in 26.49.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 100-meter Breaststroke Finals<\/b>
\nIn one of the closest heats of the day, the first man to break a minute in the 100 breaststroke Roman Sludnov of Russia touched first in 1:00.61, while Norway\u2019s Alexander Dale Oen came in just behind in 1:00.63. Ukrainian Oleg Lisogor clocked a bronze-winning time of 1:00.64. Overall, only .03 seconds separated the top three swimmers.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 100-meter Breaststroke Semifinals<\/b>
\nBritain\u2019s Kirsty Balfour raced to the top qualifying time of the morning with a 1:08.02. Meanwhile, Ukrainian Ganna Khlystunova touched just behind in 1:08.29.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 200-meter IM Semifinals<\/b>
\nHungarian Laszlo Cseh rode the momentum of a home event with the top-qualifying time of 2:00.79. Meanwhile, Italian Alessio Boggiatto clocked the second-best time of 2:01.01.<\/p>\n
"I just wanted to make sure that I won my semis and I did not care about the time," Cseh said. "It was raining hard. This morning I swam very well and it felt good.I am a bit nervous in front the home crowd, everyone wants me to win but I think I will be fine by tomorrow. Hopefully it wont rain again so I will be able to swim a fast 200."<\/p>\n
Norbert Agh contributed to this report<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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