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Fellow Hungarian\u00a0<strong>Kristof Milak<\/strong> added a gold medal to his name, while\u00a0<strong>Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong> set himself up for a gold and a possible championship record in the 100 back finals tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/results\/2018-european-junior-championships-day-1-finals-day-1\/international-elite\/2018\/July\/4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 European Junior Championships, Day 1 Finals &#8211; Results<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 400 IM<\/h3>\n<p>Hungary&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ajna Kesely<\/strong> won handily in her first of many events over the course of the championships, claiming victory in the 400 IM by 4.2 seconds with a 4:41.55. Kesely jumped to the lead early in the race, out-splitting the competition at each turn throughout the first 200 meters, however Germany&#8217;s <strong>Yara Sophie Hierath<\/strong> was able to shorten some of the gap in the breaststroke leg.<\/p>\n<p>Hierath finished second overall in the race with a time of 4:45.75, followed closely by Hungary&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lili Horvath&#8217;s<\/strong> 4:45.88.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Breast Semi-Final<\/h3>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Alessandro Fusco<\/strong> topped the men&#8217;s semi-final heats of the 200 breast, grabbing the first place seed by 1.01 seconds. Fusco turned in a 2:12.47, edging him closer to the championship record of 2:10.69.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aleksandr Zhigalov<\/strong> of Russia turned in the second fastest time of the evening, clocking a 2:13.46 for the second place seed, while Poland&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jan Kalusowski<\/strong> picked up third with a 2:13.74.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Fly Semi-Final<\/h3>\n<p>The Hungarian duo of\u00a0<strong>Blanka Berecz<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Dora Hathazi<\/strong> delivered a pair of similar 2:11&#8217;s to qualify top of the list for the women&#8217;s 200 fly. Hathazi led for the first 50 meters, but Berecz surged ahead prior to the 100 meter mark and never looked back. The two clocked times of 2:11.22 and 2:11.81 from the same semi-final heat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zehra-Duru Bilgin<\/strong> of Turkey collected the third place seed with a 2:12.36, successfully negative-splitting her final 100 meters with splits of 34.65 and 34.10.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 400 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Kristof Milak<\/strong> of Hungary collected the first of what could be several wins for the weekend in the men&#8217;s 400 free final. Milak led the race throughout the first 150 meters, but Russia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ilia Sibirtsev<\/strong> was close behind and took over the lead at the 200 meter mark. Milak did not regain the lead until the 350 meter mark, where he out-split Sibirtsev 28.55 to 29.10.<\/p>\n<p>Milak won gold with a 3:50.00, while Sibirtsev settled for silver with a 3:50.71.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Johannes Calloni<\/strong> moved up from his seventh place ranking at the 100 meter mark to finish third overall with a 3:51.14.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Free Semi-Final<\/h3>\n<p>Great Britain&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Freya Anderson<\/strong> sprinted to the top of the leaderboard in semi-finals of the women&#8217;s 100 free, claiming the top seed with a 55.07. Anderson&#8217;s strength in semi-finals came from a strong backhalf, where she posted the fastest split by .35 seconds at a 27.79.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Elizaveta Klevanovich<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Polina Nevmovenko<\/strong> claimed the second and third place seeds with times of 55.22 and 56.09.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Back Semi-Final<\/h3>\n<p>Backstroke ace\u00a0<strong>Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong> not only turrned in the fastest qualifying time of the men&#8217;s 100 back semi-finals, but he also placed himself within range of his own championship record (53.65). Kolesnikov turned in a 53.99, posting the only sub-54 second swim of the night.<\/p>\n<p>Romania&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Daniel-Cristian Martin<\/strong> posted a 54.30 to qualify second overall for tomorrow&#8217;s finals, while Milak picked up the third place seed with a 54.67.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Back Semi-Final<\/h3>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Anastasia Avdeeva<\/strong> distanced herself from the competition in semi-finals of the women&#8217;s 200 back, qualifying first by 2.04 seconds with a 2:09.67. Avdeeva&#8217;s time sits just .70 seconds off\u00a0<strong>Polina Egorova&#8217;s<\/strong> 2017 championship record of 2:08.97.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Giulia D&#8217;Innocenzo<\/strong> of Italy picked up the second place seed with a 2:11.71, followed closely by Hungary&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Laura Vanda Ilyes<\/strong> and her time of 2:11.95.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50 Fly<\/h3>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Andrei Minakov<\/strong> flew to victory in the men&#8217;s 50 fly, delivering a 23.56 for the gold. Minakov&#8217;s time sits just shy of the 2016 championship record of 23.51, set by\u00a0<strong>Andrii Khloptssov<\/strong> of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas<\/strong> of Norway turned in the second fastest time of the night, stopping the clock at a 23.68 for second, while Russia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Daniil Markov<\/strong> posted a third place finish of 23.77.<\/p>\n<p>Four events proved to be too much for\u00a0<strong>Kristof Milak<\/strong> as he slipped from qualifying third in the men&#8217;s 50 fly semi-finals to a sixth place finish of 23.82.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50 Breast<\/h3>\n<p>Great Britain&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Tatiana Belonogoff<\/strong> rocketed off the starting blocks, clocking the second fastest reaction time (.68) and the fastest overall time at a 31.29.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Elendt<\/strong> of Germany delivered a close second place finish of 31.36, just ahead of Slovenia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Tina Celik<\/strong> and her time of 31.57.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 800 Free<\/h3>\n<p>The first day of finals concluded with two heats of timed finals for the women&#8217;s 800 free.\u00a0<strong>Ajna Kesely<\/strong> picked up her second gold medal with a time of 8:30.43, a new championship record for the young Hungarian. Kesely&#8217;s time lowers her own 2017 record of 8:31.81.<\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Celine Rieder<\/strong> finished strong at second place with a time of 8:32.54, followed by Italy&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Giulia Salin&#8217;s<\/strong> 8:34.50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first day of the 2018 European Junior Championships saw Hungary&#8217;s\u00a0Ajna Kesely claim her first two gold medals and set a championship record in the 800 free. 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