﻿{"id":320028,"date":"2018-07-21T14:26:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T21:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=320028"},"modified":"2018-07-21T14:26:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T21:26:41","slug":"marco-koch-wins-200-breast-title-at-german-nationals-may-miss-european-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/marco-koch-wins-200-breast-title-at-german-nationals-may-miss-european-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Koch Wins 200 Breast Title At German Nationals, May Miss European Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third night of the 2018 German National Championships featured one of Germany&#8217;s most celebrated swimmers in 2015 World Champion\u00a0<strong>Marco Koch<\/strong>. Koch won the 200 breast final on Saturday handily over the rest of the field, but his time is not quite fast enough to compete for a medal in Glasgow in thirteen days. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BlgMrsmho56\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Marco Koch | Swimmer (@marco_koch_swimming)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Free<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Annika Bruhn<\/strong>, 1:58.65<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marie Pietruschka<\/strong>, 1:58.83<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reva Foos<\/strong>, 1:59.70<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leonie<\/strong> <strong>Beck<\/strong>, 1:59.72<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Veteran\u00a0<strong>Annika Bruhn\u00a0<\/strong>started off the night with a win in the 200 free final with a 1:58.65. She finished ahead of\u00a0<strong>Marie Pietruschka\u00a0<\/strong>(1:58.83) in the final. The top four was completed by\u00a0<strong>Reva Foos\u00a0<\/strong>(1:59.70) and\u00a0<strong>Leonie Beck\u00a0<\/strong>(1:59.72) for a potential relay.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Free<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Marius Zobel<\/strong>, 1:47.92<\/li>\n<li><strong>Poul Zellmann<\/strong>, 1:48.09<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clemens Rapp<\/strong>, 1:48.67<\/li>\n<li><strong>Max Nowosad<\/strong>, 1:48.79<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The men&#8217;s 200 free also had a new champion with\u00a0<strong>Marius Zobel\u00a0<\/strong>claiming the top spot at 1:47.92. Zobel swam to his best time ahead of\u00a0<strong>Poul Zellmann\u00a0<\/strong>(1:48.09) and\u00a0<strong>Clemens Rapp\u00a0<\/strong>(1:48.67).\u00a0<strong>Max Nowosad\u00a0<\/strong>(1:48.79) finished the top four for a potential relay.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Breast<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Jessica Steiger<\/strong>, 2:27.07<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anna Elendt<\/strong>, 2:29.72<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anna Kroniger<\/strong>, 2:30.64<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Jessica Steiger\u00a0<\/strong>won the 200 breast final with a 2:27.07. She finished well ahead of 16-year-old\u00a0<strong>Anna Elendt<\/strong>, who has already won two titles this weekend at the German Nationals.\u00a0<strong>Anna Kroniger\u00a0<\/strong>(2:30.64) finished in third place.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Breast<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Marco Koch<\/strong>, 2:08.97<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximilian Pilger<\/strong>, 2:13.80<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yannis Willim<\/strong>, 2:14.50<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>28-year-old\u00a0<strong>Marco Koch\u00a0<\/strong>won the 200 breast final on Saturday at the German Championships with a 2:08.97. But Koch is only ranked seventh currently in Europe as he is behind Russia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Anton Chupkov\u00a0<\/strong>(2:07.81) and Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>James Wilby\u00a0<\/strong>(2:08.05). The German Swimming Federation is facing the difficult decision of whether or not they should take him to the meet if he isn&#8217;t in contention for a medal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maximilian Pilger\u00a0<\/strong>(2:13.80) and\u00a0<strong>Yannis Willim\u00a0<\/strong>(2:14.50) placed second and third in the final.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Alexandra Wenk<\/strong>, 58.89<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aliena Schmidtke<\/strong>, 59.29<\/li>\n<li><strong>Angelina Kohler<\/strong>, 59.39<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Alexandra Wenk\u00a0<\/strong>won the 100 fly final with a 58.89 to finish ahead of\u00a0<strong>Aliena Schmidtke\u00a0<\/strong>(59.29) and\u00a0<strong>Angelina Kohler\u00a0<\/strong>(59.39).<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Fly<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Ramon Klenz<\/strong>, 52.59<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eric Friese<\/strong>, 52.85<\/li>\n<li><strong>Philip Heintz<\/strong>, 53.05<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marius Kusch<\/strong>, 53.36<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>19-year-old\u00a0<strong>Ramon Klenz\u00a0<\/strong>won his third title of the weekend with a win in the 100 fly on Saturday. Klenz added to his wins already in the 200 fly and 400 IM. Klenz won the final with a 52.59 as he tussled with\u00a0<strong>Eric Friese\u00a0<\/strong>(52.85) and one of Germany&#8217;s best swimmers in\u00a0<strong>Philip Heintz\u00a0<\/strong>(53.05). Heintz was a finalist in the 200 IM last summer at the World Championships in Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>Queens&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Marius Kusch\u00a0<\/strong>also competed in the final, placing fourth at 53.36.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50 Back<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Laura Riedemann<\/strong>, 28.29<\/li>\n<li><strong>Johanna Roas<\/strong>, 28.40<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jenny Mensing<\/strong>, 28.62<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Laura Riedemann\u00a0<\/strong>closed out the session with a win in the 50 back at 28.29 as she will be headed to the European Championships in less than two weeks.\u00a0<strong>Johanna Roas\u00a0<\/strong>was second (28.40) and\u00a0<strong>Jenny Mensing\u00a0<\/strong>(28.62) was third.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50 Back<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Mohamed Samy<\/strong>, 25.01<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christian Diener<\/strong>, 25.24<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Schaffner<\/strong>, 25.33<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Christian Diener\u00a0<\/strong>won the national title with his swim of 25.24, but he was beat to the wall by Egyptian\u00a0<strong>Mohamed Samy\u00a0<\/strong>(25.01).\u00a0<strong>Michael Schaffner\u00a0<\/strong>finished in third at 25.33.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third night of the 2018 German National Championships featured one of Germany&#8217;s most celebrated swimmers in 2015 World Champion\u00a0Marco Koch. 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