{"id":323641,"date":"2018-08-04T09:16:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T16:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=323641"},"modified":"2019-06-26T16:01:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T23:01:11","slug":"simona-quadarella-dominates-800-free-final-to-open-euros-night-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/simona-quadarella-dominates-800-free-final-to-open-euros-night-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Simona Quadarella Dominates 800 Free Final to Open Euros Night Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italy’s\u00a0Simona Quadarella\u00a0<\/strong>took command of the women’s 800 free final and pulled away to capture the first gold medal of night No. 2 at the European Championships. Quadarella put up a massive time of 8:16.35, making her the second-fastest swimmer in the world this year behind\u00a0Katie Ledecky<\/strong> and the seventh-fastest swimmer of all-time, in between the great\u00a0Janet Evans\u00a0<\/strong>(8:16.22) and\u00a0Boglarka Kapas\u00a0<\/strong>(8:16.37).<\/p>\n

Hungary’s\u00a0Anja Kesely\u00a0<\/strong>took second in 8:21.91, setting the first European junior record in the event. Russia’s\u00a0Anna Egorova\u00a0<\/strong>claimed bronze in 8:24.61, just ahead of Germany’s\u00a0Sarah Koehler\u00a0<\/strong>(8:25.81).<\/p>\n

Hungary’s Kapas fell to fifth in 8:26.32, followed by Slovenia’s\u00a0Tjasa Oder<\/strong> (8:30.08),\u00a0Liechtenstein’s\u00a0Julia Hassler\u00a0<\/strong>(8:33.00) and\u00a0Spain’s\u00a0Jimena Perez Blanco<\/strong> (8:35.51).<\/p>\n

\"women-800-fre\"<\/p>\n