Martin Malyutin<\/strong>, fresh from winning gold with Russia’s 4×200 free squad, headed the heats in 1:46.30.<\/p>\n

Next through was Danas Rapsys<\/strong> who’ll be wishing for a better outcome than his last major long-course outing at the 2019 worlds where he was disqualified after placing first with Sun Yang promoted to gold.<\/p>\n

Malyutin and Duncan Scott<\/strong> were bumped up one place to joint third whereupon the Briton refused to share the podium with the Chinese.<\/p>\n

Rapsys went 1:46.85 ahead of Britain’s Tom Dean<\/strong> (1:46.88) with Milak progressing in 1:47.27 and defending champion Scott safely through in ninth.<\/p>\n

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Women’s 200 Breaststroke<\/h3>\n
Russian champion Chikunova led the way in 2:23.92, the 16-year-old the only woman inside 2:24.<\/p>\n
Abbie Wood<\/strong> of Britain was next through in 2:24.16 with Lisa Mamie 0.2 off her Swiss record in 2:24.47.<\/p>\n
Molly Renshaw<\/strong>, bronze medallist in Glasgow, made it two Britons in the top four, with defending champion Yulia Efimova<\/strong> next in 2:24.75, one place and 0.2 ahead of Russian team-mate Maria Temnikova<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Temnikova secured the second spot ahead of Efimova over 200 on the team for Tokyo but with the two-per-nation rule at the Europeans, she won’t progress in Budapest.<\/p>\n
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Men’s 50 Fly<\/h3>\n
Szabo of Hungary led the way in 23.03, the national record-holder 0.29 ahead of Andrei Zhilkin in 23.32.<\/p>\n
Italian Thomas Ceccon<\/strong> and Dutch record holder Nyls Korstanje<\/strong> both clocked 23.39 with Andrei Minakov and defending champion and world record-holder Andrei Govorov<\/strong> also safely through.<\/p>\n
Milak though was joint 21st in 23.67, 0.17 outside the time of 23.50 in which he won silver behind Szabo at the Hungarian Nationals<\/strong> in March and one that would have seen him through in 11th.<\/p>\n
Florent Manaudou<\/strong>, the former world and European champion, progressed in 14th.<\/p>\n
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Women’s 100 Back<\/h3>\n
Kira Toussaint<\/strong> and Dawson renewed acquaintance the morning after the 50 back in which the Netherlands swimmer took gold.<\/p>\n
The Briton, the third-fastest European all-time, reversed the positions in the heats in 59.32 to Toussaint’s 59.57.<\/p>\n
Maria Kameneva<\/strong> (59.74) and Margherita Panziera<\/strong> (59.94) were next with defending champion Anastasia Fesikova<\/strong> (1:00.44) also progressing.<\/p>\n
Mimosa Jallow<\/strong> won a swim-off with Africa Zamorano<\/strong> to take the 16th spot.<\/p>\n
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Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n
Peaty propelled Britain way inside European record pace after the breaststroke although that eventually lived to fight another day – or for eight more hours at least.<\/p>\n
The quartet of Joe Litchfield<\/strong> – who missed the individual 100 back Olympic consideration time by 0.07 – Peaty, Harriet Jones<\/strong> and Anna Hopkin<\/strong> booked lane four for Thursday’s final in 3:43.18.<\/p>\n
Italy<\/strong> (3:44.09) and Russia<\/strong> (3:45.09) were next through with a freestyle leg of 52.85 by Femke Heemskerk<\/strong> anchoring the Netherlands to fourth in 3:45.26.<\/p>\n
Locked out by one place was Belarus meaning no Ilya Shymanovich<\/strong>, the third-fastest man over 100 breaststroke in history.<\/p>\n
Depending on selection, Peaty – who won the individual title for a record fourth time – will dive in on the breaststroke leg with silver medallist Arno Kamminga<\/strong> and Italian record-holder and fourth-fastest all-time Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Also through were France, Poland, Spain and Switzerland.<\/p>\n
Women’s 1500 Free<\/h3>\n
Defending champion Quadarella is the clear favourite to add the title to her 800 gold, the Italian dominant in 16:05.60.<\/p>\n
Viktoria Mihalyvari <\/b>– who claimed joint silver with Aimee Willmott<\/strong> in the 400IM – was second through in 16:14.12 ahead of\u00a0Tamila Hryhorivna Holub\u00a0<\/b>of Portugal in 16:15.50.<\/p>\n
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