ARBON, Switzerland, July 20. A total of four championships records were set during the first night of long course meter competition at the Swiss Open Championships held in Arbon, Switzerland.<\/p>\n
While only national athletes could win Swiss titles at the event, plenty of other talent from around the region claimed overall crowns throughout the night.<\/p>\n
Men's 200 freestyle<\/b>
\nIsrael's Shai Livnat opened the first night of swimming at the Swiss Championships with a meet-record time of 1:50.41 in the 200 free. Meanwhile, Frenchmen Thomas Guillon (1:52.29) and Kevin Trannoy (1:52.3) placed second and third.<\/p>\n
John Herzig won the Swiss title as the top hometown finisher with a fifth-place 1:54.60.<\/p>\n
Women's 200 freestyle<\/b>
\nBelarus' Aleksandra Herasimenia won the women's 200 free in 2:03.41, while Madeleine Diguet (2:05.50) and Camille Sere (2:07.18) of France picked up second and third place honors.<\/p>\n
Celine Baillod earned the Swiss title with a fourth-place 2:08.92.<\/p>\n
Men's 100 breaststroke<\/b>
\nEmil Tahirovic of Slovenia checked in for the men's 100 breast crown when he clocked a meet-record time of 1:03.87. That time beat teammate Matjaz Markic's 1:04.08, while France's Thibault Marand took third in 1:04.55.<\/p>\n
Dimitri Waeber pocketed the Swiss crown with a sixth-place time of 1:05.67.<\/p>\n
Women's 100 breaststroke<\/b>
\nFrance's Justine Jaubert won the women's 100 breast over Poland's Anna Kowalczyk, 1:12.56 to 1:13.00, while Israel's Anastasia Korotkov placed third in 1:13.71.<\/p>\n
Claudia Bellasi touched behind the top three with a fourth-place 1:15.01 to claim the Swiss title.<\/p>\n
Men's 200 backstroke<\/b>
\nPoland's Tomasz Rumianowski led a trio of Israeli swimmers in the 200 back with a meet-record time of 2:04.84.<\/p>\n
Itai Chama touched just behind with a second-place 2:04.98, while compatriots Guy Barnea (2:06.61) and Ehud Segal (2:06.81) placed third and fourth, respectively.<\/p>\n
Luka Gabrilo won the Swiss title in 2:08.99 with a fifth-place finish.<\/p>\n
Women's 200 backstroke<\/b>
\nFrance's Ophelie Cyriell Etienne dominated the women's 200 back with a meet-record time of 2:16.48.<\/p>\n
Belarus' Svitlana Khakhlova (2:21.20) and Poland's Katarzyna Staszak (2:23.75) finished second and third, respectively, while Nathalie Hirsekorn captured the Swiss title with a fourth-place 2:26.22<\/p>\n
Men's 100 fly<\/b>
\nFrance's Clement Lefert touched out Poland's Marcin Babuchowski, 54.53 to 54.82, for the gold medal in the men's 100 fly, while Israel's Nadav Kochavi rounded out the podium in 56.00.<\/p>\n
Damien Courtois turned in a fourth-place 56.08 to snare the Swiss title in the event.<\/p>\n
Women's 100 fly<\/b>
\nIsrael went 1-2 in the women's 100 fly as Anna Gostomelsky touched in 1:01.26 for the win, while teammate Amit Ivri placed second in 1:01.97. France's Lise Soule completed the top three in 1:02.32.<\/p>\n
Martina Van Berkel chipped in a 1:03.71 readout to lay claim to the Swiss title.<\/p>\n
Men's 400 IM<\/b>
\nPoland's Mateusz Kierzkowski won the men's 400 IM in 4:29.60 as he beat Swiss titlist Stephan Bachmann. Bachmann checked in at 4:30.70 for second overall and first among the Swiss, while compatriot Stefan Sigrist placed third in 4:34.83 for the Swiss silver medal.<\/p>\n
Women's 400 IM<\/b>
\nMarina Ribi provided the first Swiss national titlist that won the overall open title as well. Moreover, Francesca Testoni and Elena Beltrami, also Swiss swimmers, completed the top three as both the overall medalists and Swiss national medalists.<\/p>\n
Ribi won in 5:07.01, while Testoni finished second in 5:16.58. Beltrami completed the top three in 5:25.70.<\/p>\n
Men's 50 freestyle<\/b>
\nAntoine Galavtine won the men's 50 free in 22.89, while Kevin Trannoy placed second in 23.38 and Poland's Kajetan Zaluski nabbed third in 23.55<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Alessandro Gaffuri snagged the Swiss title in 23.83 for fifth place overall.<\/p>\n
Women's 50 freestyle<\/b>
\nBelarus' Svitlana Khakhlova and Aleksandra Herasimenia battled to the end in the women's 50 free with Khakhlova claiming a close triumph over Herasimenia, 25.50 to 25.58.<\/p>\n
Israel's Anna Gostomelsky closed out the top three in 26.67, while Allegra Schaer won the Swiss title with a fifth-place 27.44.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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