{"id":460341,"date":"2021-01-23T11:34:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T18:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=460341"},"modified":"2021-01-24T12:47:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T19:47:56","slug":"heemskerk-speeds-to-53-76-in-100-free-golden-double-for-kamminga-at-flanders-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/heemskerk-speeds-to-53-76-in-100-free-golden-double-for-kamminga-at-flanders-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Heemskerk Speeds To 53.76 In 100 Free: Golden Double For Kamminga At Flanders Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Femke Heemskerk<\/strong> produced a speedy 53.76 in the 100 free and Arno Kamminga<\/strong> secured a golden breaststroke double at the Flanders Qualification Meet<\/strong> in Antwerp<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heemskerk<\/strong> split 25.80\/27.96 to enjoy a winning margin of 1.55secs with Kim Busch<\/strong> touching some way back in 55.31 and Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> in third (56.29).<\/p>\n

Link to results<\/a><\/p>\n

Heemskerk, a member of the Netherlands’ 4×100 free relay that won gold at Beijing 2008 and silver four years later in London,\u00a0 missed the Rotterdam qualification meet<\/a> in December as she quarantined following her husband’s positive test for Covid-19.<\/p>\n

There was heartbreak then for Heemskerk as Valerie van Roon<\/strong> eclipsed her time in the 50 free, knocking her out of the second spot.<\/p>\n

Heemskerk returned to finish third in the 50 fly in 26.65 behind Kromowidjojo (25.88) and Maaike de Waard<\/strong> (26.08).<\/p>\n

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Kamminga won the 200m breaststroke in 2:08.84 ahead of 2015 world champion Marco Koch<\/strong> who clocked 2:09.34 and followed that up with victory in the 50br in 27.63.<\/p>\n

The three-time European short-course champion split 28.98\/33.16\/33.03\/33.67, leading from start to finish.<\/p>\n

Just three men contested the final with Kasper Tanghe<\/strong>, born in 2004, third home in 2:28.56.<\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy: Foto Giorgio Scala \/ Deepbluemedia \/Insidefoto<\/p>\n

After becoming just the fourth man to join the 2:06 club when he went 2:06.85 in December, Kamminga told Swimming World:<\/a> \u201cI love racing the big guys out there. I love racing Anton (Chupkov) or the Japanese guys or anyone at the same level. I want to be pushed every single time.”<\/p>\n

He was “craving some racing” and Antwerp is his second competition in little more than a week following the Geneva International Challenge<\/a> where he won the 200br and finished second in the 50 and 100 behind Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

De Waard Prevails Against Toussaint<\/h3>\n
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Maaike de Waard: Photo Courtesy: Xinhua\/Youth Olympic Games<\/p><\/div>\n
De Waard<\/strong> upset Netherlands team-mate and short-course world record-holder Kira Toussaint<\/strong> in the 50 back.<\/p>\n
The seven-time world short-course medallist stopped the clock in 28.06, 0.08 ahead of national record holder Toussaint (28.14) with Kromowidjojo rounding out the podium at 28.31.<\/p>\n
Jade Smits<\/strong> set a Belgian record of 28.69 in fourth, lowering her own mark of 28.77 from Hengelo in August last year.<\/p>\n
Nyls Korstanje<\/strong> won the 50-100 fly double last weekend in Geneva and he continued his winning form, taking the 100 title in 52.27.<\/p>\n
Fanny Lecluyse<\/strong> won the women’s 100br in 1:08.13 ahead of Josephine Dumont<\/strong> (1:09.24) and Tes Schouten<\/strong> (1:09.58).<\/p>\n
Luc Kroon\u00a0<\/strong>won the 200 free in 1:49.45 after a final 50 of 27.10 propelled him past Alexandre Marcourt<\/strong> who touched 0.06 behind in 1:49.51.<\/p>\n
Kroon returned to take the 400m title in 3:57.12.<\/p>\n
Jesse Puts\u00a0<\/strong>had the narrowest of wins in the 50 free, stopping the clock at 22.47, 0.01 ahead of Kenzo Simons.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Arjan Knipping<\/strong> took the 200IM in 2:03.29 and a Netherlands men’s quartet clocked 3:28.30 in the 4×100 free.<\/p>\n
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