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The 2017 French National Championships began today in Strasbourg with\u00a0Mehdy Metella<\/strong>,\u00a0Jordan Pothain<\/strong>, and\u00a0Anna Santamans<\/strong> each grabbing victories.<\/p>\n

Jordan Pothain<\/strong> delivered the top time for finals of the men’s 400 free, stopping the clock at a time of 3:50.06.\u00a0Joris Bouchaut<\/strong> and\u00a0Damien Joly<\/strong> completed the podium with close times of 3:50.65 and 3:50.80. All three athletes landed between the FINA ‘A’ and ‘B’ qualifying standards, but with only one swimmer allowed per ‘B’ qualifying time the World Championships land within Pothain’s reach.<\/p>\n

Fanny Deberghes<\/strong> led a trio of 1:09s to the podium in finals of the women’s 100 breast. Deberghes claimed gold with a time of 1:09.18, followed by\u00a0Charlotte Bonnet<\/strong> and her time of 1:09.57.\u00a0Solene Gallego<\/strong> rounded out the top three with a time of 1:09.69. Similar to the men’s 400 free, all three women on the podium of the women’s 100 breast finished above the ‘A’ cut and below the ‘B’ cut, leaving a spot on the Worlds Champs roster open to Deberghes.<\/p>\n

The men’s 200 back was dominated by\u00a0Geoffrey Mathieu<\/strong> as he rocketed to a first place finish of 1:57.04. His time moves him to 13th in the world rankings for 2017 and beat the competition by over three seconds. Mathieu finished well beneath the FINA ‘A’ cut of 1:58.55 earning him a ticket to Budapest.<\/p>\n

Picking up second was\u00a0Paul-Gabriel Bedel<\/strong> with a time of 2:00.46, just ahead of\u00a0Christophe Brun’s<\/strong> third place finish of 2:00.48.<\/p>\n

Fantine Lesaffre<\/strong> unleashed a 4:41.64 on the competition in the women’s 400 individual medley, touching four and a half seconds ahead of the competition. Lesaffre’s time falls under the ‘A’ cut of 4:43.06, earning her a spot on the World Champs roster.\u00a0Cyrielle Duhamel<\/strong> took second overall with a 4:46.11, while\u00a0Coralie Codevelle<\/strong> was third with a 4:51.10.<\/p>\n

Olympian\u00a0Mehdy Metella<\/strong> flew to victory in the men’s 50 fly with a top time of 23.61, sitting just off his 2017 best of 23.58. Fellow Olympian\u00a0Jeremy Stravius<\/strong> settled for second and a time of 23.88, making Metella and Stravius the only two athletes beneath the 24-second mark. Metella just barely squeaked beneath the ‘A’ cut of 23.67, qualifying himself for Worlds, however Stravius missed the ‘A’ cut.<\/p>\n

Paul Pijulet<\/strong> rounded out the top three with a time of 24.12.<\/p>\n

Anna Santamans<\/strong> sprinted her way up the world rankings with a top showing of 24.71 in finals of the women’s 50 free. Earlier in the day Santamans had clocked a 24.93, tying her for tenth with Italy’s\u00a0Silvia di Pietro<\/strong> in the world rankings, but now moves to ninth overall.\u00a0Melanie Henique<\/strong> picked up second overall with a time of 25.11, while\u00a0Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> was third with a 25.22.<\/p>\n

Both Santamans and Henique stopped the clock below the FINA ‘A’ cut of 25.18, earning tickets to the World Championships in Budapest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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