﻿{"id":204258,"date":"2016-05-22T07:28:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T14:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=204258"},"modified":"2016-05-22T09:35:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T16:35:56","slug":"2016-european-championships-day-7-finals-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-european-championships-day-7-finals-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 European Championships: Day 7 Finals Live Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Live coverage of day seven\u00a0finals\u00a0of the 2016\u00a0European Championships. Hit refresh for the latest coverage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s 50 free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands&#8217;<strong> Ranomi Kromowidjojo<\/strong> set a meet record in the women&#8217;s 50-meter free for the win at the 2016 European Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Kromowidjojo unleashed a 24.07 to clip <strong>Marleen Veldhuis&#8217;<\/strong> meet record of 24.09 set at the 2008 edition of the meet.<\/p>\n<p>Her swim moved her to second in the world behind only <strong>Cate Campbell&#8217;s<\/strong> 23.84 from Australian Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>Fran Halsall<\/strong> checked in with a second-place time of 24.44, short of her 24.21 from earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark&#8217;s<strong> Jeanette Ottesen<\/strong> closed out the podium with a third-place time of 24.61.<\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s <strong>Anna Santamans<\/strong> (24.81), Greece&#8217;s<strong> Theodora Drakou<\/strong> (25.04), Italy&#8217;s <strong>Silvia Di Pietro<\/strong> (25.08), Belarus&#8217; <strong>Yuliya Khitraya<\/strong> (25.12) and Sweden&#8217;s<strong> Therese Alshammar<\/strong> (25.15) also participated in the finale.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_204279\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204279\" data-attachment-id=\"204279\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-european-championships-day-7-finals-live-recap\/w50frf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/w50frf.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"999,312\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: LEN<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s 50 free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s <strong>Florent Manaudou<\/strong> touched out Ukraine&#8217;s <strong>Andriy Govorov<\/strong> in the men&#8217;s 50-meter free finale at the 2016 European Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Manaudou, who already is the top-ranked swimmer in the world with a 21.42 from French Nationals, cruised to a win in 21.73.<\/p>\n<p>Govorov put up a second-place time of 21.79 to surge to seventh in the world rankings, while Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>Ben Proud<\/strong> put up a third-place time of 21.85 &#8211; off his third-ranked 21.65 from British Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Greece&#8217;s <strong>Kristian Gkolomeev<\/strong> (21.89), Finland&#8217;s <strong>Ari-Pekka Liukkonen<\/strong> (22.01), Hungary&#8217;s <strong>Krisztian Takacs<\/strong> (22.07), Italy&#8217;s <strong>Luca Dotto<\/strong> (22.07) and Romania&#8217;s <strong>Norbert Trandafir<\/strong> (22.51) closed out the championship field.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_204282\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204282\" data-attachment-id=\"204282\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-european-championships-day-7-finals-live-recap\/m50fr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/m50fr.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"974,311\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"m50fr\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;m50fr&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: LEN&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/m50fr-700x311.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/m50fr.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-204282\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/m50fr-700x311.jpg\" alt=\"m50fr\" width=\"700\" height=\"311\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-204282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: LEN<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s 50 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s <strong>Jennie Johansson<\/strong> raced her way to the women&#8217;s 50-meter breast title at the 2016 European Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Johansson stopped the clock in 30.81 for the win, just off her fifth-ranked season best of 30.71 from Australian Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Iceland&#8217;s <strong>Hilda Luthersdottir<\/strong> turned in a second-place time of 30.91, moving her to eighth in the world rankings with that swim.<\/p>\n<p>Finland&#8217;s <strong>Jenna Laukkanen<\/strong> comprised the rest of the podium with a bronze-winning effort of 30.95 to move to ninth in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s <strong>Mariya Liver<\/strong> (30.99), Finland&#8217;s <strong>Veera Kivirinta<\/strong> (31.12), Sweden&#8217;s <strong>Sophie Hansson<\/strong> (31.13), Russia&#8217;s <strong>Natalia Ivaneeva<\/strong> (31.18) and Czech&#8217;s <strong>Petra Chocova<\/strong> (31.63) finished fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_204285\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204285\" data-attachment-id=\"204285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-european-championships-day-7-finals-live-recap\/w50brf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/w50brf.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"917,301\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"w50brf\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;w50brf&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: LEN&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/w50brf-700x301.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/w50brf.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-204285\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/w50brf-700x301.jpg\" alt=\"w50brf\" width=\"700\" height=\"301\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-204285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: LEN<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s 200 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s<strong> Franziska Hentke<\/strong> powered her way down the stretch to win the women&#8217;s 200-meter fly title at the 2016 European Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Hentke turned up the heat down the final 50 with a 32.63 after turning third at the 150 to win in 2:07.23. \u00a0That&#8217;s well off her second-ranked season best of 2:05.77 from German Nationals, but good enough to pick up the title tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary&#8217;s<strong> Liliana Szilagyi<\/strong>, the front-runner at the 100, wound up taking second in 2:07.24 to move to 10th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s <strong>Judit Ignacio Sorribes<\/strong> closed out the top three with a third-place time of 2:07.52 in what proved to be an exciting finish.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary&#8217;s<strong> Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> (2:07.75), Italy&#8217;s <strong>Alessia Polieri<\/strong> (2:08.34), Slovenia&#8217;s <strong>Anja Klinar<\/strong> (2:09.57), Italy&#8217;s <strong>Stefania Pirozzi<\/strong> (2:09.92) and Switzerland&#8217;s <strong>Martina Van Berkel<\/strong> (2:10.36) completed the rest of the top eight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_204288\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204288\" data-attachment-id=\"204288\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-european-championships-day-7-finals-live-recap\/w200fly\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/w200fly.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"986,330\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"w200fly\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;w200fly&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: LEN&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/w200fly-700x330.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/w200fly.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-204288\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/w200fly-700x330.jpg\" alt=\"w200fly\" width=\"700\" height=\"330\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-204288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: LEN<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s 400 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hungary&#8217;s<strong> David Verraszto<\/strong> clearly won the men&#8217;s 400-meter IM at the 2016 European Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Verraszto, ahead by three seconds at the 300-meter mark, held on for the win with a 4:13.15. That&#8217;s shy of his fifth-ranked 4:12.63 from the Golden Tour, but was enough for the title.<\/p>\n<p>Slovakia&#8217;s <strong>Richard Nagy<\/strong> ran out of pool during freestyle as he cut his deficit to just a second in the final 100 meters to take second in 4:14.16. \u00a0That put him 11th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s <strong>Federico Turrini<\/strong> checked in with a third-place time of 4:14.74, well off his third-ranked 4:11.25 from Italian Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary&#8217;s <strong>Gergely Gyurta<\/strong> took fourth in 4:14.94 with Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>Max Litchfield<\/strong> placing fifth in 4:15.10. \u00a0That&#8217;s three seconds off Litchfield&#8217;s fourth-ranked season best of 4:12.05 from British Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s <strong>Alexander Osipenko<\/strong> (4:18.07), Israel&#8217;s <strong>Gal Nevo<\/strong> (4:18.94) and Russia&#8217;s <strong>Semen Makovich<\/strong> (4:19.31) placed sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_204293\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204293\" data-attachment-id=\"204293\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-european-championships-day-7-finals-live-recap\/m400imf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/m400IMf.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1002,334\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"m400IMf\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;m400IMf&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: LEN&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/m400IMf-700x334.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/m400IMf.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-204293\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/m400IMf-700x334.jpg\" alt=\"m400IMf\" width=\"700\" height=\"334\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-204293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: LEN<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s 400 free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hungary&#8217;s <strong>Boglarka Kapas<\/strong> completed the 400-800-1500 free sweep at the 2016 European Championships with a win in the women&#8217;s 400-meter free.<\/p>\n<p>Kapas clocked in with a 4:03.47 for the victory, moving up to sixth in the world rankings with the swim.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>Jazmin Carlin<\/strong> placed second in 4:04.85, off her fourth-ranked season best of 4:04.33 from British Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s <strong>Mireia Belmonte Garcia<\/strong> claimed third overall in 4:06.89.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s <strong>Martina De Memme<\/strong> (4:08.19), Spain&#8217;s <strong>Melanie Costa Schmid<\/strong> (4:09.10), The Netherlands&#8217;<strong> Sharon van Rouwendaal<\/strong> (4:09.50), Italy&#8217;s <strong>Diletta Carli<\/strong> (4:09.51) and Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>Camilla Hattersley<\/strong> (4:09.51) closed out the finale.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_204296\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204296\" data-attachment-id=\"204296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-european-championships-day-7-finals-live-recap\/w400frf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/w400frf.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1001,326\" 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id=\"caption-attachment-204296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: LEN<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s 400 medley relay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Great Britain dominated the women&#8217;s 400-meter medley relay at the 2016 European Championships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kathleen Dawson<\/strong> (59.82), <strong>Chloe Tutton<\/strong> (1:06.94), <strong>Siobhan-Marie O&#8217;Connor<\/strong> (57.69) and <strong>Fran Halsall<\/strong> (54.12) smoked the finale, much to the delight of the hometown crown, with a winning time of 3:58.57.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s <strong>Carlotta Zofkova<\/strong> (1:01.07), <strong>Martina Carraro<\/strong> (1:07.18),<strong> Ilaria Bianchi<\/strong> (58.36) and <strong>Erika Ferraioli<\/strong> (54.12) finished second with a time of 4:00.73.<\/p>\n<p>Finland&#8217;s <strong>Mimosa Jallow<\/strong> (1:00.42), <strong>Jenna Laukkanen<\/strong> (1:06.42), <strong>Emilia Pikkarainen<\/strong> (59.56) and <strong>Hanna-Maria Seppala<\/strong> (55.09) grabbed bronze with a time of 4:01.49.<\/p>\n<p>Czech Republic (4:02.73), Sweden (4:03.31), Iceland (4:05.06), Belgium (4:05.23) and Poland (4:06.82) also competed in the finale.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_204299\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204299\" data-attachment-id=\"204299\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-european-championships-day-7-finals-live-recap\/w400mrf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/w400mrf.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"953,548\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: LEN<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s 400 medley relay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adam Peaty&#8217;s<\/strong> unreal breaststroke leg keyed Great Britain&#8217;s victory in the men&#8217;s 400-meter medley relay to close out the 2016 European Championships. 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