Day one of the 2017 European Junior Championships saw many fast swims as athletes participated in races\u00a0from 50 meters to 800.<\/p>\n
Hungary’s\u00a0Anja Kesely\u00a0<\/strong>stole the show on day one with a championship meet record in the 800 free, downing a 31-year-old record.<\/p>\n Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n Hit refresh for the latest coverage.<\/p>\n Mona McSharry<\/strong> of Ireland topped the semi-finals of the women’s 50 breast with the only sub-31 second time. McSharry posted a time of 30.91 to lead the qualifiers into finals, which will take place later tonight.<\/p>\n Poland’s\u00a0Weronika Hallmann<\/strong> took second overall in semi-finals with a time of 31.67, followed by Turkey’s\u00a0Beste Samanci’s<\/strong> 31.76.<\/p>\n Qualifying on Samanci’s heels was\u00a0Tes Schouten<\/strong> of The Netherlands\u00a0and\u00a0Tina Celik<\/strong> of Slovenia. The two delivered matching times of 31.78 to tie for fourth.<\/p>\n Lithuania’s\u00a0Agne Seleikaite<\/strong> grabbed the sixth place seed with a 31.84, followed by Belarus’\u00a0Yuliya Zubina<\/strong> (32.17) and Slovenia’s\u00a0Tara Vovk<\/strong> (32.25).<\/p>\n Hungary’s\u00a0Kristof Milak<\/strong> set himself up for his first individual gold of the meet with a top showing in the men’s 50 fly semi-finals. The 17-year-old stopped the clock at a top time of 23.73 to lead the top eight to finals later in the session.<\/p>\n Maxime Grousset<\/strong> of France turned in a close second place seed of 23.83, while Norway’s\u00a0Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas<\/strong> qualified third overall with a 23.96.<\/p>\n Switzerland’s\u00a0Noe Ponti<\/strong> collected a fourth place seed with a time of 24.03, followed closely by Italy’s\u00a0Alberto Razzeti<\/strong> and his time of 24.04.<\/p>\n Israel’s\u00a0Tomer Frankel<\/strong> (24.08), Turkey’s\u00a0Uemitcan Gueres<\/strong> (24.11), and\u00a0the Netherlands’\u00a0Nyls Korstanje<\/strong> (24.15) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n The first final of the night featured a dominating swim by Serbia’s\u00a0Anja Crevar<\/strong>. Crevar took charge of the race at the 100-meter mark and never looked back, holding off a charging\u00a0Anna Pirovano<\/strong> of Italy. The 16-year-old from Serbia finished first overall with a top showing of 4:41.17, while Pirovano claimed second with a time of 4:43.20.<\/p>\n France’s\u00a0Cyrielle Duhamel<\/strong> collected the bronze medal with a close time of 4:43.63, while fourth went to Spain’s\u00a0Laia Marti Fernandez<\/strong> and her time of 4:45.35.<\/p>\n Lili Horvath<\/strong> of Hungary posted a fifth place finish of 4:46.10, followed by Russia’s\u00a0Irina Krivonogova<\/strong>, who stopped the clock at a final 4:47.34.<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Esther Huete Carrasco<\/strong> and Italy’s\u00a0Annachiara Mascolo<\/strong> completed the top eight with times of 4:50.95 and 4:51.52.<\/p>\n Evgenii Somov<\/strong> of Russia turned in the top time for the men’s 200 back semi-finals. Somov stopped the clock at a final time of 2:12.57 to lead tomorrow night’s final.<\/p>\n The Czech Republic’s\u00a0Filip Chrapavy<\/strong> grabbed second overall in semi-finals with a 2:13.68, swimming out of heat one with Somov.<\/p>\n Austria’s\u00a0Valentin Bayer<\/strong> finished third in semi-finals with a final time of 2:14.01, while Poland’s\u00a0Rafal Kusto\u00a0<\/strong>collected the fourth place seed with a time of 2:14.86.<\/p>\n Mykyta Koptyelov<\/strong> turned in a 2:15.02 to return as the fifth place seed, followed by Russia’s\u00a0Daniil Kitov<\/strong> and his time of 2:15.95.<\/p>\n Greece’s\u00a0Savvas Thomoglou<\/strong> and Great Britain’s\u00a0Thomas Dean<\/strong> qualified seventh and eighth with times of 2:15.98 and 2:16.01 respectively.<\/p>\n Katrine Bukh Villesen<\/strong> of Denmark flew to the top seed in the women’s 200 fly semi-finals. She stopped the clock at a final time of 2:09.53 to be the only athlete to clear the 2:10 mark.<\/p>\n Belgium’s\u00a0Valentine Dumont<\/strong> turned in a second place showing of 2:10.78, while Great Britain’s\u00a0Ciara Schlosshan<\/strong> grabbed third in semi-finals with a time of 2:11.98.<\/p>\n The Hungarian duo of\u00a0Blanka Berecz\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Boglarka Bonecz<\/strong> qualified for tomorrow’s finals as fourth and fifth with times of 2:12.41 and 2:12.52.<\/p>\n Andreas Melendo Romero<\/strong> of Spain took sixth in semi-finals with a 2:13.04, followed by Great Britain’s\u00a0Isabel Jones’<\/strong> 2:14.01.<\/p>\n Turkey’s\u00a0Imge Roza Erdemli<\/strong> rounded out the top eight qualifiers with a 2:14.12.<\/p>\n Hungary collected both the gold and bronze medals in finals of the men’s 400 free.\u00a0Amos Kalmar<\/strong> made his move around the 150-meter mark of the race and continued to lead the pack throughout the finale of the race, stopping the clock at a final time of 3:50.10 for the gold.<\/p>\n Russia’s\u00a0Martin Malyutin<\/strong> finished second overall with a 3:51.50, followed closely by Kalmar’s fellow Hungarian,\u00a0Balazs Hollo<\/strong>. Hollo earned bronze with a final time of 3:51.79.<\/p>\n Antoni Kaluzynski<\/strong> of Poland grabbed fourth with a time of 3:53.37, while Russia’s\u00a0Petr\u00a0<\/strong>Zhikharev<\/b> was fifth with a 3:54.75.<\/p>\n The Spanish duo of\u00a0Marcos Gil Corbacho<\/strong> and\u00a0Francisco Arevalo Rubio<\/strong> collected sixth and seventh with times of 3:55.19 and 3:55.59.<\/p>\n Johannes Calloni<\/strong> of Italy completed the top eight with a time of 3:55.61.<\/p>\n Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> of the Netherlands began her charge to gold with a top showing in the women’s 100 free semi-finals, leading a field of 55’s. The Dutchwoman delivered a top showing of 55.38 to lead the field into tomorrow night’s finals.<\/p>\n Russia’s\u00a0Vasilissa Buinaia<\/strong> posted the second fastest time of the evening at a 55.66, followed closely by Denmark’s\u00a0Julie Kepp Jensen<\/strong> and her time of 55.70.<\/p>\n There was a tie for fourth as Belgium’s\u00a0Juliette Dumont<\/strong> and Hungary’s\u00a0Fanni Gyurinovics<\/strong> delivered matching times of 55.77.<\/p>\n Polina Osipenko<\/strong> joined fellow countrywoman\u00a0Buinaia as the sixth place seed with a time of 55.83.<\/p>\n The Czech Republic’s\u00a0Barbora Seemanova<\/strong> and Slovenia’s\u00a0Neza Klancar<\/strong> qualified seventh and eighth with times of 55.88 and 55.93.<\/p>\n Russia’s\u00a0Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong> began his march towards a backstroke sweep by qualifying at the top of the pack in the men’s 100. Kolesnikov, the World Junior Record holder in this event, cruised to an easy 55.03 to return as the top seed.<\/p>\n Daniel Cristian Martin<\/strong> of Romania turned in a second place seed time of 55.37, while Italy’s\u00a0Thomas Ceccon<\/strong> collected the third place seed with a 55.47.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Nicholas Pyle<\/strong> was fourth overall in semi-finals with a 55.80, just ahead of Greece’s\u00a0Panagiotis Bolanos<\/strong> and his time of 55.82.<\/p>\n The final two spots were collected by Sweden’s\u00a0Bjoern Seeliger<\/strong> (56.69) and Slovenia’s\u00a0Anze Fers<\/strong> (57.24).<\/p>\n The Russian duo of\u00a0Polina Egorova<\/strong> and\u00a0Anastasia Avdeeva<\/strong> topped the semi-finals competition of the women’s 200 back with quick times of 2:09.92 and 2:10.30.<\/p>\n Moldova’s\u00a0Tatiana Salcutan<\/strong> grabbed the third place seed with a time of 2:11.96, while Hungary’s\u00a0Laura Vanda Ilyes<\/strong> was fourth in semi-finals with a 2:12.90.<\/p>\n C. Garcia Kirichenko<\/strong> qualified fifth in semi-finals with a time of 2:13.26, just ahead of Finland’s\u00a0Vilma Oura’s<\/strong> 2:13.43.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Maryna Kolesnykova<\/strong> and Italy’s\u00a0Giulia Ramatelli<\/strong> were seventh and eighth with times of 2:13.66 and 2:13.73 respectively.<\/p>\n After qualifying seventh in semi-finals earlier this evening,\u00a0Uemitcan Gueres<\/strong> of Turkey arrived in semi-finals ready to race. Guedes unleashed a final time of 23.72 to best the competition en route to his first gold.<\/p>\n Hungary’s\u00a0Kristof Milak<\/strong>, the top seed going into finals, settled for second and a time of 23.86.<\/p>\n Maxime Grousset<\/strong> of France finished a close third behind Milak, touching in a time of 23.88 for the bronze medal.<\/p>\n The Netherlands’\u00a0Nyls Korstanje<\/strong> turned in a fourth place finish of 23.96, just ahead of Norway’s\u00a0Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas’<\/strong> 23.98.<\/p>\n Switzerland’s\u00a0Noe Ponti<\/strong> (24.01), Italy’s\u00a0Alberto Razzetti<\/strong> (24.04), and Israel’s\u00a0Tomer Frankel<\/strong> (24.16) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Ireland’s\u00a0Mona McSharry<\/strong> continued to dominate the women’s sprint breaststroke, topping the competition with a final time of 31.38, although she delivered a faster time of 30.91 in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n Poland’s\u00a0Weronika Hallmann<\/strong> finished second overall with a time of 31.55, followed closely by Slovenia’s\u00a0Tina Celik<\/strong> and her time of 31.57.<\/p>\n Beste Samanci<\/strong> of Turkey grabbed fourth overall with a 31.73, while\u00a0Tes Schouten<\/strong> of the Netherlands was fifth with a 31.91.<\/p>\n Belarus’\u00a0Yuliya Zubina<\/strong> took sixth in finals with a 32.00 swim, just ahead of Lithuania’s\u00a0Agne Seleikaite’s<\/strong> 32.11.<\/p>\n Tara Vovk<\/strong> of Slovenia completed the top eight with a time of 32.16.<\/p>\n Anja Kesely<\/strong> of Hungary collected her first individual win of the meet, throwing down a top showing of 8:31.81 in the women’s 800 free. Kesely’s time eclipsed the previous meet record of 8:32.68, set in 1986 by West Germany’s\u00a0Heidi Grein<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Beatris Cons G. Agueda<\/strong> picked up the silver with a top showing of 8:35.18, while Russia’s\u00a0Anastasia Kirpichnikova<\/strong> earned the bronze medal with a time of 8:36.79.<\/p>\n The Italian duo of\u00a0Giulia Salin<\/strong> and\u00a0Giorgia Romei<\/strong> collected fourth and fifth place finishes with times of 8:37.49 and 8:37.72 respectively.<\/p>\n Katja Fain<\/strong> of Slovenia finished sixth overall with a final time of 8:44.80, followed by Spain’s\u00a0Andreas Galisteo Zapatero’s<\/strong> 8:48.69.<\/p>\n Austria’s\u00a0Marlene Kahler<\/strong> rounded out the top eight with a time of 8:56.69.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day one of the 2017 European Junior Championships saw many fast swims as athletes participated in races\u00a0from 50 meters to 800. 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Women’s 50 Breast Semi-Final<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50 Fly Semi-Final<\/h3>\n
Women’s 400 IM FINAL<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 Back Semi-Final<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200 Fly Semi-Final<\/h3>\n
Men’s 400 Free<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Free Semi-Final<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Back Semi-Final<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200 Back Semi-Final<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50 Fly FINAL<\/h3>\n
Women’s 50 Breast FINAL<\/h3>\n
Women’s 800 Free FINAL<\/h3>\n