DEBRECEN, Hungary, May 23. THE third day of action opened up with a meet-record bang at the European Long Course Championships held in Debrecen, Hungary. Hometown hero Laszlo Cseh then kicked down another meet record later in the evening. <\/p>\n
FINALS<\/B>
\nMen's 1500 free<\/b>
\nItaly's Gregorio Paltrinieri dominated the men's metric mile with a time of 14:48.92. That performance pushed him to third in the world behind Sun Yang (14:42.30) and Tae Hwan Park (14:47.38), and took more than a second off the meet record. Yury Prilukov of Russia set the record back in 2008 with a 14:50.40. Paltrinieri came up just short of the Italian record of 14:48.28 set by Federico Colbertaldo at the 2009 World Championships.<\/p>\n
Hungary's Gergo Kis (14:58.15) and Gergely Gyurta (15:04.38) rounded out the podium, much to the pleasure of the partisan crowd. Kis jumped to fifth in the world behind Daniel Fogg (14:55.30), while Gyurta jumped into the top 15 with his effort.<\/p>\n
Italy's Samuel Pizzetti (15:09.23), France's Anthony Pannier (15:12.02), Germany's Jan Wolfgarten (15:13.68), Ukraine's Sergiy Frolov (15:13.99) and Germany's Soeren Meissner (15:19.50) also competed in the distance finale. <\/p>\n
Men's 200 free<\/b>
\nGermany's Paul Biedermann posted a season-best effort of 1:46.27 to win the men's 200 free this evening. That swim trumped his 1:46.70 clocked at German Nationals earlier this month, and pushed him past Danila Izotov (1:46.56) to fifth in the world rankings. Only Yannick Agnel (1:44.42), Michael Phelps (1:45.69), Takeshi Matsuda (1:45.96) and Sun Yang (1:46.05) have been faster thus far. <\/p>\n
France's Amaury Leveaux raced to second in 1:47.69, well off his eighth-ranked season best of 1:46.72 set at French Nationals in March. Hungary's Dominik Kozma gave the host crowd another swimmer to cheer for on the podium with a bronze-winning time of 1:47.72. Kozma went faster in semis with a leading time of 1:47.59, after turning in a 23rd-ranked season best of 1:47.52 in prelims. <\/p>\n
Germany's Tim Wallburger (1:47.75), Switerland's Dominik Meichtry (1:48.53), Russia's Viacheslav Andrusenko (1:49.34), Italy's Alex Di Giorgio (1:49.45) and Great Britain's Robbie Renwick (1:49.57) also vied for the continental crown. <\/p>\n
Women's 100 breast<\/b>
\nGermany's Sarah Poewe, who made her fourth Olympic team with her 1:07.70 from semis yesterday, made no doubt about her Olympic inclusion with a victorious time of 1:07.33. That effort jumped her to 12th in the world, and secured her second spot in Germany behind Caroline Ruhnau's 1:07.28 from German Nationals earlier this month. <\/p>\n
Sweden's Jennie Johansson finished second in 1:07.85, off her semifinal 1:07.65 and her sixth-ranked season best of 1:07.10 set at British Trials in March. Spain's Marina Garcia Urzainqui rounded out the podium with a third-place time of 1:07.91 to crack the top 25.<\/p>\n
Ruhnau (1:07.95), Ireland's Sycerika McMahon (1:08.72), Spain's Concepcion Badillo Diaz (1:08.76), Italy's Chiara Boggiatto (1:08.82) and Czech's Martina Moravcikova (1:08.87) finished fourth through eighth to comprise the rest of the finale. <\/p>\n
Women's 100 free<\/b>
\nIn an epic head-to-head duel, Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom upended Germany's Britta Steffen, 53.61 to 54.15, for the sprint victory. Sjostrom came close to her second-ranked season best of 53.29 from Eindhoven in April, while Steffen fell well off her fourth-ranked season best of 53.65 from German Nationals earlier this month. Germany's Daniela Schreiber clinched third-place honors in 54.41.<\/p>\n
Italy's Alice Mizzau (55.03), Greece's Nery-Mantey Niangkouara (55.17), Sweden's Gabriella Fagundez (55.51), Finland's Hanna-Maria Seppala (55.68) and Serbia's Miroslava Najdanovski (56.31) completed the rest of the finale field. <\/p>\n
Men's 200 IM<\/b>
\nHungary's Laszlo Cseh posted the second meet record of the evening with a scorching time of 1:56.66. That time nearly pushed him to the top of the world rankings, behind only Michael Phelps' 1:56.32 from the Indy Grand Prix in March. He smashed his previous record of 1:57.73 set in Budapest in 2010, and leapfrogged Thiago Pereira (1:57.11) and Ryan Lochte (1:57.63) in the world rankings. <\/p>\n
Great Britain's James Goddard earned silver with a 1:57.84 to move to sixth in the world rankings, ahead of Joseph Roebuck (1:58.16) as the top time out of his nation this year. Austria's Markus Rogan finished third in 1:59.39 to earn 21st in the world.<\/p>\n
Israel's Gal Nevo (1:59.74), Sweden's Simon Sjodin (2:00.70), Hungary's David Verraszto (2:01.70), Lithuania's Vytautas Janusaitis (2:02.08) and Italy's Federico Turrini (2:02.50) placed fourth through eighth in the finale. <\/p>\n
SEMIFINALS<\/B>
\nHungary's Daniel Gyurta cruised to the top seed in the men's 200 breast in 2:10.06, moving from 17th in the world to 10th with his efforts. Germany's Marco Koch placed second in 2:10.92, well off his season best of 2:09.48 from German Nationals earlier this month that placed his fourth in the rankings. Greece's Panagiotis Samilidis took the third seed with a 2:11.53, off his 12th-ranked 2:10.61 from prelims this morning. <\/p>\n
After leading prelims with a 2:11.10 to move to eighth in the world rankings this year, crowd favorite Katinka Hosszu eased through semis with a 2:11.89 for the top seed in the finale. Sweden's Stina Gardell raced to second in 2:12.29 for 17th in the world rankings, while Hungary's Evelyn Verraszto picked up the third seed in 2:12.67. Germany's Theresa Michalak also cleared 2:13 with a fourth-seeded 2:12.76. <\/p>\n
Hungary's Bence Biczo smashed the semifinal round with a crowd-powered time of 1:55.77. That swim vaulted him to seventh in the world rankings, cutting time off his previously 13th-ranked season best of 1:56.33 from Hungarian Nationals in March. Serbia's Velimir Stjepanovic raced to second in the event with a 1:56.84, off his 13th-ranked season best of 1:56.18 from British Trials in March. Austria's Dinko Jukic rounded out the top three in 1:57.02 with Italy's Francesco Pavone qualifying fourth in 1:57.05. <\/p>\n
Ukraine's Daryna Zevina topped the semifinal rounds of the women's 100 back with a 1:00.45, moving to 18th in the world with her swim. France's Alexianne Castel touched in 1:00.48 out of the first semifinal round to earn the second seed. Castel has more left in the tank with a 1:00.34 season best from French Nationals in March. Italy's Arianna Barbieri (1:00.52) and Spain's Duane Da Rocha Marce (1:00.56) earned third and fourth seeds, while Germany's Jenny Mensing (1:00.58) and Czech's Simona Baumrtova (1:00.88) also cleared 1:01 to make the finale. <\/p>\n
Israel's Jonatan Kopelev put up a strong time in the men's 50 back with a 24.98, pushing him from eighth in the world to sixth in the sprint back. Italy's Mirco Di Tora finished second in semis with a 25.23, while Israel's Guy Barnea tied Greece's Aristeidis Grigoriadis for third with matching 25.29s. <\/p>\n
In preliminary competition, Coralie Balmy topped the women's 800 free in 8:32.45, while Hungary's Eva Risztov posted an 8:33.44 for the second seed. Spain's Melanie Costa Schmid (8:34.00) and Erika Villaecija Garcia (8:36.07) picked up third and fourth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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