﻿{"id":324202,"date":"2018-08-07T00:29:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T07:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=324202"},"modified":"2018-08-07T03:03:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T10:03:29","slug":"2018-european-championships-day-5-prelims-peaty-sets-record-sjostrom-blume-set-up-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-5-prelims-peaty-sets-record-sjostrom-blume-set-up-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 European Championships Day 5 Prelims: Peaty Sets Record; Sjostrom-Blume Set Up Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 5 of the European Championships kicks off with Tuesday\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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glasgow2018.microplustiming.com\/indexglasgow2018_web.php?s=TG9hZFJlcG9ydFBERih0cnVlKTs=&amp;cat=ASF&amp;page=034&amp;spec=001&amp;bat=001&amp;td=CGR1&amp;hg=&amp;descIT=V29tZW7CoC3CoDQwMCBtIE1pc3RpIC0gUHJlbGltaW5hcnk=&amp;descEN=V29tZW7CoC3CoDQwMG0gSW5kaXZpZHVhbCBNZWRsZXkgLSBQcmVsaW1pbmFyeQ==&amp;descFR=V29tZW7CoC3CoDQwMCBtIFF1YXRyZSBOYWdlcyAtIFByZWxpbWluYXJ5&amp;curCatSel_M_F=9:30&amp;sport=Swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIVE RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are this morning\u2019s events:<\/p>\n<h3>Order of events<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 100 Free<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Men\u2019s 50 Breast<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Women\u2019s 200 IM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Men\u2019s 200 Back<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Women\u2019s 4&#215;200 Free Relay<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Men\u2019s 800 Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Women\u2019s 100 Free<\/h3>\n<p>It looks as though another showdown between Sweden\u2019s <strong>Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> and Denmark\u2019s <strong>Pernille Blume<\/strong> is on the docket Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The two top sprinters took the top two seeds in the 100 free on Tuesday. Blume took the top seed at 52.97. Sjostrom was second at 53.45.<\/p>\n<p>France\u2019s <strong>Charlotte Bonnett<\/strong> took the third seed at 53.90), followed by <strong>Femke Heemskerk<\/strong> of the Netherlands (53.96), Denmark\u2019s <strong>Signe Bro<\/strong> (54.08), Britain\u2019s <strong>Freya Anderson<\/strong> (54.27), Russia\u2019s <strong>Mariia Kameneva<\/strong> (54.46) and Italy\u2019s <strong>Federica Pellegrini<\/strong> (54.51).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anika Apostalon<\/strong>, swimming for Czech Republic, took the 10th seed at 54.61.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_324205\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324205\" data-attachment-id=\"324205\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-5-prelims-peaty-sets-record-sjostrom-blume-set-up-showdown\/screen-shot-2018-08-07-at-4-38-08-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-4.38.08-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1006,456\" 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 2018-08-07 at 4.38.08 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-08-07 at 4.38.08 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-2018-08-07-at-4.38.08-AM-700x456.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-4.38.08-AM.png\" class=\"wp-image-324205 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-4.38.08-AM-700x456.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-07 at 4.38.08 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"456\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-324205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 50 Breast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Adam Peaty<\/strong> set up an exciting final by surging to a meet record in the 50 breast. The British champion finished in 26.50, breaking his own mark of 26.62 set in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s <strong>Fabio Scozzoli<\/strong> was second in 27.04, followed by <strong>Ilya Shymanovich<\/strong> of Belarus (27.09).<\/p>\n<p>Serbia\u2019s <strong>Caba Siladji<\/strong> was fourth (27.12), followed by<strong> Ties Elzerman<\/strong> of the Netherlands (27.16).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_324207\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324207\" data-attachment-id=\"324207\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-5-prelims-peaty-sets-record-sjostrom-blume-set-up-showdown\/screen-shot-2018-08-07-at-4-46-52-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-4.46.52-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1016,350\" 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 2018-08-07 at 4.46.52 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-08-07 at 4.46.52 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-2018-08-07-at-4.46.52-AM-700x350.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-4.46.52-AM.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-324207\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-4.46.52-AM-700x350.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-07 at 4.46.52 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-324207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Women\u2019s 200 IM<\/h3>\n<p>Hungary\u2019s <strong>Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> surged to the top seed in the 200 IM, finishing in 2:11.09.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s <strong>Siobhan-Marie O\u2019Connor<\/strong> took the second set at 2:11.39, followed by Switzerland\u2019s <strong>Maria Ugolkova<\/strong> (2:12.43).<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s <strong>Aimee Willmott<\/strong> was fourth at 2:12.64, followed by Italy\u2019s <strong>Ilaria Cusinato<\/strong> (2:12.98) and Hungary\u2019s <strong>Zsuzsanna<\/strong> <strong>Jakabos<\/strong> (2:13.44).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_324212\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324212\" data-attachment-id=\"324212\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-5-prelims-peaty-sets-record-sjostrom-blume-set-up-showdown\/screen-shot-2018-08-07-at-4-57-39-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-4.57.39-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1012,413\" 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 2018-08-07 at 4.57.39 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-08-07 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-2018-08-07-at-4.57.39-AM-700x413.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-4.57.39-AM.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-324212\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-4.57.39-AM-700x413.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-07 at 4.57.39 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"413\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-324212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 200 Back<\/h3>\n<p>Russia completed another 1-2-3 sweep, this time in the 200 backstroke, leaving another title contender out of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Only two swimmers from each country qualify for the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evgeny Rylov<\/strong> took the top seed at 1:56.67, followed by <strong>Grigory Tarasevich<\/strong> (1:57.07). <strong>Clement Kolesnikov<\/strong> was the odd one out, finishing third at 1:57.31.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s <strong>Christian Diener<\/strong> was fourth (1:57.89), followed by Britain\u2019s<strong> Brodie Williams<\/strong> (1:58.62), and Poland\u2019s <strong>Radoslaw Kawecki<\/strong> (1:58.70).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_324214\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324214\" data-attachment-id=\"324214\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-5-prelims-peaty-sets-record-sjostrom-blume-set-up-showdown\/screen-shot-2018-08-07-at-5-07-58-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-5.07.58-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1029,460\" 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 2018-08-07 at 5.07.58 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-08-07 at 5.07.58 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-2018-08-07-at-5.07.58-AM-700x460.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-5.07.58-AM-1024x458.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-324214\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-5.07.58-AM-700x460.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-07 at 5.07.58 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"460\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-324214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Women\u2019s 4&#215;200 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p>Russia cruised to the top seed in the women\u2019s 4&#215;800 free relay to close the women\u2019s session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Egorova, Valeriia Salamatina, Irina Krivonogova<\/strong> and <strong>Arina Openysheva<\/strong> took the top seed in 7:57.90, the only team to break eight minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain\u2019s <strong>Kathryn Greenslade, Eleanor Faulkner, Lucy Hope<\/strong> and <strong>Holly Hibbott<\/strong> took the second set at 8:00.78.<br \/>\nGermany\u2019s <strong>Reva Foos, Marie Pietruschka, Isabel Mari Gose<\/strong> and <strong>Annika Bruhn<\/strong> took third at 8:01.95.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_324216\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324216\" data-attachment-id=\"324216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-5-prelims-peaty-sets-record-sjostrom-blume-set-up-showdown\/screen-shot-2018-08-07-at-5-19-52-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-5.19.52-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1004,443\" 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 2018-08-07 at 5.19.52 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-08-07 at 5.19.52 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-2018-08-07-at-5.19.52-AM-700x443.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-5.19.52-AM.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-324216\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-5.19.52-AM-700x443.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-07 at 5.19.52 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"443\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-324216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 800 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Mykhaylo Romanchuk<\/strong> of the Ukraine held off the rest of the field to take the top seed in the 800 free, finishing in 7:49.96.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s<strong> Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong> took the second seed (7:50) to lead the rest of the swimmers to make the final.<\/p>\n<p>Croatia\u2019s <strong>Marin Mogic<\/strong> took the third seed (7:51.78), followed by Czech Republic\u2019s <strong>Jan Micka<\/strong> (7:52.14), France\u2019s <strong>Damien Joly<\/strong> (7:52.54), Italy\u2019s <strong>Domenico Acerenza<\/strong> (7:52.80), Germany\u2019s<strong> Florian Wellbrock<\/strong> (7:53.62) and Norway\u2019s <strong>Henrik Christiansen<\/strong> (7:53.94).<\/p>\n<p>Austria\u2019s <strong>Felix Aubock<\/strong> took 12th (7:55.56) and missed the final.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_324218\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324218\" data-attachment-id=\"324218\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-european-championships-day-5-prelims-peaty-sets-record-sjostrom-blume-set-up-showdown\/screen-shot-2018-08-07-at-5-49-46-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-5.49.46-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1052,306\" 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 2018-08-07 at 5.49.46 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2018-08-07 at 5.49.46 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-2018-08-07-at-5.49.46-AM-700x306.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-5.49.46-AM-1024x298.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-324218\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-5.49.46-AM-700x306.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-07 at 5.49.46 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"306\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-324218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 5 of the European Championships kicks off with Tuesday\u2019s preliminary session in Glasgow, Scotland. 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