{"id":510987,"date":"2022-08-10T23:52:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T06:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=510987"},"modified":"2022-08-11T08:51:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:51:15","slug":"european-championships-prelims-day-1-live-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-prelims-day-1-live-action\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships &#8211; Day 1 Prelims: Nicolo Martinenghi &#038; Arno Kamminga Prepare For Battle; Simona Quadarella Goes 8:23 In 800 Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>European Championships &#8211; Day 1 Prelims: Nicolo Martinenghi &amp; Arno Kamminga Prepare For Battle; Simona Quadarella Goes 8:23 In 800 Heat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first day of the <strong>European Championships<\/strong> got under way on Thursday morning at the <strong>Foro Italico<\/strong> in Rome.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-entry-lists-sarah-sjostrom-focused-on-sprints-kristof-milak-eyeing-sub-150-in-200-butterfly\/\">Rome entry lists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/roma2022.microplustimingservices.com\/indexRoma2022_web.php?s=TG9hZENhbGVuZGFyaW8oJzAnKTs=&amp;cat=ASM&amp;page=001&amp;spec=001&amp;bat=001&amp;td=STL1&amp;hg=&amp;descIT=TWVuwqAtwqA1MCBtIFN0aWxlIExpYmVybyAtIFByZWxpbWluYXJ5&amp;descEN=TWVuwqAtwqA1MG0gRnJlZXN0eWxlIC0gUHJlbGltaW5hcnk=&amp;descFR=TWVuwqAtwqA1MCBtIE5hZ2UgTGlicmUgLSBQcmVsaW1pbmFyeQ==&amp;curCatSel_M_F=9:00&amp;sport=Swimming\">Rome start lists<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> and <strong>Arno Kamminga<\/strong> &#8211; Olympic bronze and silver medallists respectively &#8211; booked the top two slots in a 100m breaststroke missing <strong>Adam Peaty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simona Quadarella<\/strong> produced the performance of the morning in the 800 free with a time of 8:23.46 in the 800 heats to book lane four as she seeks to defend her title.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50m butterfly<\/h3>\n<p>As well as <strong>Szebasztian Szabo<\/strong>, 2021 silver medallist <strong>Andriy Govorov<\/strong> is competing in Rome although <strong>Andrei Shilkin<\/strong>, who won bronze last year, is not in the Eternal City as a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/russia-and-belarus-barred-from-competing-at-european-events-governing-body-len\/\">Russian team banned<\/a> following the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nyls Korstanje<\/strong> set a Dutch record of 22.90 in heat four, lowering his own mark of 23.02 from the Eindhoven Qualification Meet in April 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands swimmer was the only man inside 23secs to lead the way to the semis ahead of <strong>Maxime Grousset<\/strong> (23.20) and <strong>Diogo Matos Ribeiro<\/strong> (23.24).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"510989\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-prelims-day-1-live-action\/50-fly-men\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/50-fly-men.png\" data-orig-size=\"1035,621\" 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=\"50 fly men\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;50 fly men&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/50-fly-men-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/50-fly-men-1024x614.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-510989\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/50-fly-men-700x500.png\" alt=\"50 fly men\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100m freestyle<\/h3>\n<p>A new champion will be crowned following the retirement of <strong>Femke Heemskerk<\/strong> who won in Budapest last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charlotte Bonnet<\/strong>, bronze medallist in 2018, was swiftest in 53.92 ahead of the Netherlands&#8217; <strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> (54.22) and <strong>Janja Segel<\/strong> (54.40).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Hopkin<\/strong> &#8211; bronze medallist last time out &#8211; did not start, the British on their third major meet in a matter of weeks following the World Championships and Commonwealth Games which only finished last week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"510991\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-prelims-day-1-live-action\/100-free-women\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/100-free-women.png\" data-orig-size=\"1053,659\" 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=\"100 free women\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;100 free women&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/100-free-women-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/100-free-women-1024x641.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-510991\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/100-free-women-700x500.png\" alt=\"100 free women\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 400m individual medley<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Alberto Razzetti<\/strong> &#8211; silver medallist in Budapest behind Ilya Borodin of Russia &#8211; led the way in the first heat of two in 4:17.21.<\/p>\n<p>But it was <strong>David Verraszto<\/strong> who headed the field into Thursday&#8217;s final with a time of 4:15.52 in the second heat ahead of Spain&#8217;s <strong>Joan Pons Ramon<\/strong> (4:16.17) and Razzetii.<\/p>\n<p>World champion<strong> Leon Marchand<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-leon-marchand-threatens-michael-phelps-world-record-en-route-to-400-im-gold\/\">who scared Michael Phelps&#8217; world record in 4:04.28<\/a> en-route to the global crown &#8211; is not competing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"510993\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-prelims-day-1-live-action\/400im-men\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/400IM-men.png\" data-orig-size=\"1079,628\" 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=\"400IM men\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;400IM men&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/400IM-men-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/400IM-men-1024x596.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-510993\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/400IM-men-700x500.png\" alt=\"400IM men\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 back<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Margherita Panziera<\/strong> won the title in Budapest last year and she went in the final of three heats.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian headed the field into the semis in 2:09.27 ahead of Hungarian duo <strong>Dora Molnar<\/strong> (2:09.53) and <strong>Eszter Szabo Feltothy<\/strong> (2:10.17) with Britain&#8217;s <strong>Katie Shanahan<\/strong> &#8211; who won Commonwealth bronze last week &#8211; next through in 2:10.93.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"510995\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-prelims-day-1-live-action\/200-back-women\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/200-back-women.png\" data-orig-size=\"1350,655\" 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=\"200 back women\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;200 back women&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/200-back-women-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/200-back-women-1024x497.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-510995\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/200-back-women-700x500.png\" alt=\"200 back women\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100m breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Federico Poggio<\/strong> was the first man inside the minute mark in 59.49 in the third of five heats.<\/p>\n<p>World champion Martinenghi was in the following heat and was out in 27.90 before touching in 59.08.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic silver medallist <strong>Arno Kamminga<\/strong> went in the final heat and came through in the final metres to touch in 59.32.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting of Martinenghi and Kamminga is set to be one of the highlights of the meet and the pair were swiftest through to the semis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"510997\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-prelims-day-1-live-action\/100br-men\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/100br-men.png\" data-orig-size=\"1345,650\" 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=\"100br men\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;100br men&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/100br-men-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/100br-men-1024x495.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-510997\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/100br-men-700x500.png\" alt=\"100br men\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 4x200m freestyle relay<\/h3>\n<p>The relay offers <strong>Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> a chance of a 97th international medal with <strong>Hungary<\/strong> booking lane four in 8:01.05 ahead of the <strong>Netherlands<\/strong> (8:01.15).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Italy<\/strong> were third through in 8:05.29 in a race in which there were eight entrants after Austria opted not to start.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"510999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-prelims-day-1-live-action\/4x2-women\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/4x2-women.png\" data-orig-size=\"1326,650\" 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=\"4&#215;2 women\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4&#215;2 women&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/4x2-women-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/4x2-women-1024x502.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-510999\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/4x2-women-700x500.png\" alt=\"4x2 women\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 4&#215;200 freestyle relay<\/h3>\n<p>Defending champions Russia are not competing because of the ban and Britain &#8211; silver medallists last time out &#8211; are much changed here without Olympic champions James Guy and Duncan Scott as well as Joe Litchfield, part of the quartet who won bronze at the World Championships in June.<\/p>\n<p>Italy booked top spot in 7:09.03 ahead of France (7:09.59) and Germany (7:14.27).<\/p>\n<p>Britain squeaked through by claiming the eighth and final spot in 7:18.61 having been 10th at halfway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"511000\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-prelims-day-1-live-action\/men-4x2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/men-4x2-.png\" data-orig-size=\"1348,660\" 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=\"men 4&#215;2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;men 4&#215;2&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/men-4x2--700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/men-4x2--1024x501.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-511000\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/men-4x2--700x500.png\" alt=\"men 4x2\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 800m freestyle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Simona Quadarella<\/strong> had clear water between herself and the rest of her heat as she clocked 8:23.46 to lead the way into the final.<\/p>\n<p>Behind her came <strong>Isobel Gose<\/strong> (8:30.01) and <strong>Merve Tuncel<\/strong> (8:31.12).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"511003\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-prelims-day-1-live-action\/800-free-women-foro\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/800-free-women-foro.png\" data-orig-size=\"1030,690\" 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=\"800 free women foro\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;800 free women foro&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\/2022\/08\/800-free-women-foro-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/800-free-women-foro-1024x686.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-511003\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/800-free-women-foro-700x500.png\" alt=\"800 free women foro\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Championships &#8211; Day 1 Prelims: Nicolo Martinenghi &amp; Arno Kamminga Prepare For Battle; Simona Quadarella Goes 8:23 In 800 Heat The first day of the European Championships got 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