﻿{"id":323825,"date":"2018-08-05T00:44:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T07:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=323825"},"modified":"2018-08-05T03:30:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T10:30:03","slug":"2018-european-championships-day-3-prelims-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 European Championships Day 3 Prelims: 1-2-3 Sweeps Leave Top Swimmers Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 of the European Championships kicked off with Sunday\u2019s preliminary session in Glasgow, Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the world\u2019s best swimmers look to battle for supremacy and clinch spots in semi-finals later in the day. Many of those top swimmers didn&#8217;t qualify for the semis because of the rule that only two from each country can advance. There were even a couple of 1-2-3 sweeps by different countries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2018-european-championships-day-3-prelims-day-3\/international-elite\/2018\/August\/5?rtn=%2Fresults%2Finternational-elite%3Fpage%3D1%26orderBy%3DResult.MeetStartDateTime%26sortDirection%3D1%26q%3D\">PRELIM RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at what happened during prelims:<\/p>\n<h3>Order of events<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s 200 IM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Women\u2019s 200 Fly<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Men\u2019s 100 Back<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Women\u2019s 200 Free<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Men\u2019s 200 Breast<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Men\u2019s 4&#215;200 Free Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s 200 IM<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain went 1-2-3 in another event, which means another title contender will not be able to advance to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Szaranek<\/strong> took the top seed at 1:58.07, followed by compatriot <strong>Max Litchfield<\/strong> (1:58.12).<strong> Duncan Scott<\/strong> finished third at 1:58.57 but because by rule only two swimmers from each country can advance, he is the tough-luck competitor.<\/p>\n<p>Spain\u2019s <strong>Oliveira de Gonzalez<\/strong> took fourth at 1:58.99, followed by Greece\u2019s <strong>Andreas Vazaios<\/strong> (1:59.40) and Switzerland\u2019s <strong>Jeremy Desplanches<\/strong> (1:58.99).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_323829\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323829\" data-attachment-id=\"323829\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2018-08-05-at-4-45-31-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-4.45.31-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"961,352\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 4.45.31 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 4.45.31 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-4.45.31-AM-700x352.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-4.45.31-AM.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-323829\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-4.45.31-AM-700x352.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 4.45.31 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"352\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-323829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Women\u2019s 200 Fly<\/h3>\n<p>The second event of the day also saw a hard-luck swimmer left out of qualifying for the semi-finals despite finishing in the top five during preliminaries, this time though, it wasn\u2019t because of a 1-2-3 sweep.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain\u2019s <strong>Alys Thomas<\/strong> took the top seed in 2:07.86, followed by Germany\u2019s <strong>Franziska Hentke<\/strong> (2:08.93).<\/p>\n<p>Hungary took the next three spots, leaving one out of the semifinals. <strong>Lillian Szilagyi<\/strong> was third in 2:09.02, followed by <strong>Boglarka Kapa<\/strong>s (2:09.29) and<strong> Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> (2:09.46), who will miss out on the semifinals after being edged by a 17 hundredths of a second.<\/p>\n<p>A three-way tie for sixth saw Russia\u2019s <strong>Svetlana Chimrova<\/strong>, Portugal\u2019s <strong>Ana Catarina Monteiro<\/strong> and Italy\u2019s <strong>Alessia Polieri<\/strong> each go 2:10.08.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s <strong>Ilaria Cusinato<\/strong> was next at 2:10.34, followed by compatriot <strong>Ilaria Bianchi<\/strong> (2:10.43), who will miss out after being the third-fastest finisher from Italy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_323832\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323832\" data-attachment-id=\"323832\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2018-08-05-at-4-57-39-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-4.57.39-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1024,454\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 4.57.39 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 4.57.39 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-4.57.39-AM-700x454.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-4.57.39-AM-1024x454.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-323832\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-4.57.39-AM-700x454.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 4.57.39 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"454\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-323832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 100 Back<\/h3>\n<p>Make it three-for-three on high-profile athletes missing out on the semi-finals because of the strength of their country.<\/p>\n<p>Russia completed a 1-2-3 sweep in the 100 back, meaning just two will advance. <strong>Evgeny Rylov<\/strong> took the top seed in the event at 52.91. <strong>Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong> was second at 53.01, followed by <strong>Grigory Tarasevich<\/strong> (53.34), who will miss the semis.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s <strong>Simone Sabbioni<\/strong> took the fourth seed (53.95), followed by Romania\u2019s <strong>Robert Glinta<\/strong> (54.01) and Greece\u2019s <strong>Apostolos Christou<\/strong> (54.40).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_323834\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323834\" data-attachment-id=\"323834\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2018-08-05-at-5-11-06-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-5.11.06-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1010,416\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 5.11.06 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 5.11.06 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-5.11.06-AM-700x416.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-5.11.06-AM.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-323834\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-5.11.06-AM-700x416.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 5.11.06 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"416\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-323834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Women\u2019s 200 Free<\/h3>\n<p>The fourth event of the day finally saw some parity among nations as the top six qualifiers for the semi-finals were from different countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Femke Heemskerk<\/strong> of the Netherlands took the top seed in 1:58.14. France\u2019s <strong>Charlotte Bonnet<\/strong> wasn\u2019t far behind at 1:58.30.<\/p>\n<p>The third seed went to Russia\u2019s <strong>Anastasia Guzhenkova<\/strong>, who finished in 1:58.81. Britain\u2019s <strong>Holly Hibbott<\/strong> was fourth at 1:59.92, Spain\u2019s <strong>Melanie Costa Schmid<\/strong> was fifth at 1:59.010 and Germany\u2019s <strong>Reva Foos<\/strong> was sixth at 1:59.03 before another British swimmer, <strong>Eleanor Faulkner<\/strong> was seventh (1:59.19) to give one country two in the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>But Britain had three in the top eight as <strong>Kathryn Greenslade<\/strong> was eighth at 1:59.26, but will not qualify for the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_323836\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323836\" data-attachment-id=\"323836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2018-08-05-at-5-32-02-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-5.32.02-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1005,401\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 5.32.02 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 5.32.02 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-5.32.02-AM-700x401.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-5.32.02-AM.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-323836\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-5.32.02-AM-700x401.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 5.32.02 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"401\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-323836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 200 Breast<\/h3>\n<p>Another 1-2-3 finish concluded the individual events for the morning\u2019s prelims as Russia swept the top three spots in the men\u2019s 200 breast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anton Chupkov<\/strong> took the top seed at 2:08.70, 23 hundredths off of the meet record.<\/p>\n<p>Compatriot <strong>Kirill Prigoda<\/strong> was second at 2:08.91, while <strong>Ilya Khomenko<\/strong> was the odd man out, finishing third at 2:09.63.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s <strong>Luca Pizzini<\/strong> was fourth at 2:10.18, followed by Britain\u2019s <strong>Ross Murdoch<\/strong> (2:10.30) and <strong>James Wilby<\/strong> (2:10.81).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_323839\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323839\" data-attachment-id=\"323839\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2018-08-05-at-5-49-17-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-5.49.17-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"971,386\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 5.49.17 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 5.49.17 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-5.49.17-AM-700x386.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-5.49.17-AM.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-323839\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-5.49.17-AM-700x386.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 5.49.17 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"386\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-323839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 4&#215;200 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p>Russia took the top seed in the men\u2019s 4&#215;200 free relay to close out the session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Martin Malyutin, Viacheslav Andrusenko, Danila Izotov<\/strong> and <strong>Mikhail Vekovischev<\/strong> finished in 7:09.00.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain\u2019s <strong>Stephen Milne, Cameron Kurle, Thomas Dean<\/strong> and <strong>Calum Jarvis<\/strong> took the second spot at 7:11.91.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s <strong>Stefano Di Cola, Matteo Ciampi, Alessio Proieti Colonna<\/strong> and <strong>Mattia Zuin<\/strong> finished third at 7:12.46.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_323844\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323844\" data-attachment-id=\"323844\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2018-08-05-at-6-09-46-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-6.09.46-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"983,561\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 6.09.46 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-08-05 at 6.09.46 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-6.09.46-AM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-05-at-6.09.46-AM.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-323844\" 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