Kira Toussaint<\/strong> continued her scorching form of recent weeks with a Dutch record of 58.91 in the 100m backstroke as the Rotterdam Qualification Meet<\/strong> concluded.<\/p>\n

Toussaint set a world short-course record of 25.60 in the 50 back while representing London Roar at the ISL which wrapped up last month.<\/p>\n

The five-time European short-course champion then translated that form to the 50m pool, setting a national mark of 27.37 in the one-length race.<\/p>\n

With the finals to be held in the morning come Tokyo eight months hence, Toussaint showed she can race fast in the Sunday prelims.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Mine Kasapoglu \/ ISL<\/p><\/div>\n
Out in 29.01 and back in 29.90, the 26-year-old obliterated her PB of 59.14 to stop the clock at a time that matched that which earned Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> bronze at the 2019 World Championships<\/strong> in Gwangju.<\/p>\n
She told KNZB:<\/p>\n
“I am very happy with this time. It is starting to look like something. For a podium place in Tokyo you have to swim below 59.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A key element of her race plan was not to expend too much energy on the first 50.<\/p>\n
“I succeeded, because in the second 50 meters I swam under 30 seconds.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Toussaint returned in the afternoon to win the final in 59.03 to wrap up a highly-successful meet.<\/p>\n
Bernhard Reitshammer<\/strong>\u00a0 of Austria won the men’s race in 54.70 and Liesette Bruinsma<\/strong> set a national record of 1:22.91 in the S11 100 backstroke.<\/p>\n
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Ranomi Kromowidjojo: Photo Courtesy: MIKE LEWIS \/ ISL<\/p><\/div>\n
Ranomi Kromowidjojo<\/strong> had a clear win in the 50 fly in 25.32 with Marcus J Schlesinger<\/strong> of Israel taking the men’s title in 23.85.<\/p>\n
Valentine Dumont<\/strong> won the 400fr in 4:13.61 with Nils Liess<\/strong> taking the men’s title in 3:54.26.<\/p>\n
Maria Ugolkova<\/strong> took the women’s 200IM in 2:13.10 after making up a deficit of 0.45 at 150 on Lea Polonsky.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Lea’s brother Ron Polonsky<\/strong> won the men’s race in 1:59.67 holding off the final-50 charge from Noe Ponti<\/strong>, the Swiss swimmer 0.05secs behind in 1:59.72.<\/p>\n
A Belgian quartet stopped the clock at 3:46.56 in the women’s 4×100 free with KNZB 1 squad taking the men’s race in 3:15.54.<\/p>\n
Link to results<\/a><\/p>\n
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