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Day two of the 2017 Euro Jr Champs continued today with Russia’s\u00a0Polina Egorova<\/strong> downing the championship record in the women’s 200 breast. Several other swimmers neared championship records and a total of seven athletes were crowned as victors in individual events.<\/p>\n Schedule of Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n Hit refresh for the latest coverage.<\/p>\n The men’s 100 back got the meet off to a shocking start as Poland’s\u00a0Kacper Stokowski<\/strong> upset the field for the gold medal. Stokowski, who had the second fastest reaction time of the field at .58, stormed ahead in the first 50-meters and never looked back. He held off the favorite and top seed,\u00a0Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong> of Russia, for victory and a final time of 54.60.<\/p>\n Kolesnikov battled hard, but was unable to catch Stokowski, settling for second and a time of 54.69.<\/p>\n Switzerland’s\u00a0Thierry Bollin<\/strong> turned in the third-fastest time of the evening with a final 54.92, just ahead of Poland’s\u00a0Kamil Kazmierczak<\/strong> and his time of 54.94.<\/p>\n Thomas Ceccon<\/strong> of Italy finished fifth overall with a 55.05, followed by Russia’s\u00a0Nikita Tretyakov’s<\/strong> 55.36.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Nicholas Pyle<\/strong> and Romania’s\u00a0Daniel Cristian Martin<\/strong> concluded the top eight with times of 55.48 and 55.53.<\/p>\n Anja Kesely<\/strong> of Hungary continued to reign supreme over the women’s freestyle distances with a top showing in the 400 free. Kesely powered to a final time of 4:08.25, just missing out on her own meet record of 4:08.10, set at this meet last year.<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Beatriz Cons G. Agueda<\/strong> delivered a second place finish of 4:10.13, while Slovenia’s\u00a0Katja Fain<\/strong> grabbed third with a time of 4:11.36.<\/p>\n Esther Morillo Lopez\u00a0<\/strong>of Spain took home a fourth place finish of 4:11.90, followed by Hungary’s\u00a0Petra Barocsai<\/strong> and her time of 4:12.11.<\/p>\n Italy’s\u00a0Giorgia Romei<\/strong> (4:12.65), Russia’s\u00a0Anastasiia Kirpichnikova<\/strong> (4:15.30), and Belgium’s\u00a0Lotte Goris<\/strong> (4:18.26) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Team Hungary set itself up for another chance at a gold medal as\u00a0Nandor Nemeth<\/strong> dashed to a top seed time of 49.36 in the men’s 100 free semi-finals.<\/p>\n Alexei Sancov<\/strong> of Moldova turned in a time of 49.43 to qualify second overall, followed closely by Poland’s\u00a0Jakub Kraska<\/strong> and his time of 49.46.<\/p>\n The Netherlands’\u00a0Nyls Korstanje<\/strong> picked up the fourth place seed with a time of 49.57, while Russia’s\u00a0Ivan Girev<\/strong> was fifth in semi-finals with a 49.84.<\/p>\n Poland’s\u00a0Bartosz Piszczorowicz<\/strong> (49.87), Russia’s\u00a0Vladimir Dubinin<\/strong> (49.98), and France’s\u00a0Maxime Grousset<\/strong> (50.01) complete the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n Katrine Bukh Villesen<\/strong> of Denmark flew to first in the women’s 200 fly final, posting a final time of 2:09.41. Villesen led the field from start to finish, finishing more than a second ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Ciara Schlosshan<\/strong> touched second overall with a final time of 2:10.48, while Belgium’s\u00a0Valentine Dumont\u00a0<\/strong>took third with a 2:11.17.<\/p>\n Boglarka Bonecz<\/strong> of Hungary finished fourth overall with a 2:11.70, followed by Spain’s\u00a0Andrea\u00a0Melinda Romero’s<\/strong> 2:13.15.<\/p>\n Fellow Hungarian\u00a0Blanka Berecz<\/strong> grabbed\u00a0sixth with a time of 2:13.59, just ahead of Turkey’s\u00a0Imge Roza Erdemli<\/strong> and her time of 2:13.61.<\/p>\n Isabel Jones<\/strong> of Great Britain was eighth overall with a 2:14.90.<\/p>\n Great Britain delivered a 1-3 punch in semi-finals of the men’s 200 IM, leading a field of four athletes beneath the 2:03-mark.\u00a0James\u00a0<\/strong>McFadzen<\/b> turned in the top time of the evening with a 2:02.36, while teammate\u00a0Thomas Dean<\/strong> qualified third with a 2:02.73.<\/p>\n Hungary’s\u00a0Balazs Hollo<\/strong> picked up the second place seed with a swift 2:02.59 and the fourth place seed was grabbed by Italy’s\u00a0Alberto Razzeti<\/strong> and his time of 2:02.88.<\/p>\n Marton Barta<\/strong> joined Hungarian teammate Hollo in the top eight, with a qualifying time of 2:03.05, followed by the Polish duo of\u00a0Marcel Wagrowski<\/strong> (2:03.23) and\u00a0Dominik Bujak<\/strong> (2:03.45).<\/p>\n Slovenia’s\u00a0David Mihalic<\/strong> qualified eighth overall with a time of 2:04.29.<\/p>\n Dutchwoman\u00a0Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> collected her first individual gold medal of the meet with a top showing in the women’s 100 free. Steenbergen posted a final time of 54.13, just missing her championship record of 53.97 from 2015.<\/p>\n Barbora Seemanova<\/strong> of the Czech Republic took second overall with a time of 54.62, while Russia’s\u00a0Vasilissa Buinaia<\/strong> rounded out the podium with a time of 55.58.<\/p>\n Belgium’s\u00a0Juliette Dumont<\/strong> grabbed fourth with a final time of 55.62, followed by close finishes between Denmark’s\u00a0Julie Kepp Jensen<\/strong> and\u00a0Hungary’s\u00a0Fanni Gyurinovics<\/strong>. Jensen and Gyurinovics finished fifth and sixth respectively with times of 55.76 and 55.77 respectively.<\/p>\n Polina Osipenko<\/strong> of Russia and\u00a0Nea-Amanda<\/strong>\u00a0Heinola<\/strong> of Finland completed the top eight with times of 55.83 and 56.71.<\/p>\n Evgenii Somov<\/strong> of Russia rocketed to the top of the podium with a top showing of 2:10.79 in the men’s 200 breast final. Somov finished a shy .10 seconds off the championship record of 2:10.69, set in 2015 by fellow Russian\u00a0Anton Chupkov<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Austria’s\u00a0Valentin Bayer<\/strong> picked up second with a time of 2:13.54, just ahead of Ukraine’s\u00a0Mykyta Koptyelov<\/strong>, who completed the podium with a time of 2:13.78.<\/p>\n Rafal Kusto<\/strong> of Poland took fourth with a time of 2:15.50, while Russia’s\u00a0Daniil Kitov<\/strong> finished fifth with a 2:15.66.<\/p>\n Greece’s\u00a0Savvas Thomoglou<\/strong> (2:15.78), the Czech Republic’s\u00a0Filip Chrapavy<\/strong> (2:16.39), and Great Britain’s\u00a0Thomas Dean<\/strong> (2:19.58) were sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n The Russian duo of\u00a0Polina Egorova<\/strong> and\u00a0Anastasia Avdeeva<\/strong> topped the competition in the women’s 200 back. Egorova maintained her spot atop the qualifiers list with a time of 2:08.97, downing the championship record of 2:09.21, set in 2014 by\u00a0Daria Ustinova<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Advice collected the silver medal with a time of 2:09.91, improving upon her semi-finals time of 2:10.30.<\/p>\n Tatiana Salcutan<\/strong> of Moldova finished third overall with a time of 2:10.12, while Ukraine’s\u00a0Maryna Kolesnykova<\/strong> was fourth with a 2:12.02.<\/p>\n Finland’s\u00a0Vilma Oura<\/strong> (2:12.87), Italy’s\u00a0Giulia Ramatelli<\/strong> (2:13.21), Spain’s\u00a0C Garcia Kirichenko<\/strong> (2:13.97), and Hungary’s\u00a0Laura Vanda Ilyes<\/strong> (2:14.29) completed the top heat.<\/p>\n Kristof Milak<\/strong> of Hungary posted the top qualifying time in semi-finals of the men’s 200 fly. Milak posted a time of 1:56.69 to qualify first by more than a second and a half.<\/p>\n Italy’s\u00a0Federico Burdisso<\/strong> took second in semi-finals with a time of 1:58.16, followed closely by the Russian duo of\u00a0Dmitry Popov<\/strong> (1:58.28) and\u00a0Petr Zhikharev<\/strong> (1:58.98).<\/p>\n Denys Kesil’<\/strong> collected the fifth place seed with a time of 1:59.29, just ahead of close sixth and seventh place qualifications by Norway’s\u00a0Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas<\/strong> (1:59.40) and Austria’s\u00a0Xaver Gschwentner<\/strong> (1:59.42).<\/p>\n Switzerland’s\u00a0Noe Ponti<\/strong> rounded out the top qualifiers with a 2:00.16.<\/p>\n Iaroslav Potapov<\/strong> of Russia outlasted the competition in the men’s 1500 free, stopping the clock at a final time of 15:07.86. His time was a little more than a second and a half off the championship record of 15:06.04, set in 2005 by Poland’s\u00a0Mateusz Sawrymovicz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Hungary collected the silver and bronze medals as\u00a0Akos Kalmar<\/strong> and\u00a0David Lakatos<\/strong> posted final times of 15:09.24 and 15:14.28 respectively.<\/p>\n Marcos Gil Corbacho<\/strong> of Spain finished fourth in finals with a time of 15:16.52, followed by Italy’s\u00a0Johannes Calloni<\/strong> and his time of 15:24.41.<\/p>\n The Polish duo of\u00a0Antoni Kaluzynski<\/strong> and\u00a0Pawel Krawczyk<\/strong> took sixth and seventh with times of 15:27.45 and 15:28.03.<\/p>\n Russia’s\u00a0Maksim Travnikov<\/strong> was eighth with a time of 15:33.50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day two of the 2017 Euro Jr Champs continued today with Russia’s\u00a0Polina Egorova downing the championship record in the women’s 200 breast. 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Men’s 100 Back FINAL<\/h3>\n
Women’s 400 Free FINAL<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Free Semi-Final<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200 Fly FINAL<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 IM Semi-Final<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Free FINAL<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 Breast FINAL<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200 Back FINAL<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 Fly Semi-Final<\/h3>\n
Men’s 1500 Free<\/h3>\n