{"id":511222,"date":"2022-08-13T09:25:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T16:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=511222"},"modified":"2022-08-13T18:37:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T01:37:31","slug":"european-championships-yohann-ndoye-brouard-wins-200-back-off-huge-final-turn-sets-french-record-of-155-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-yohann-ndoye-brouard-wins-200-back-off-huge-final-turn-sets-french-record-of-155-62\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships: Yohann Ndoye Brouard Wins 200 Back Off Huge Final Turn; Sets French Record Of 1:55.62"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Championships: Yohann Ndoye Brouard Wins 200 Back Off Huge Final Turn; Sets French Record Of 1:55.62<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yohann Ndoye Brouard<\/strong> set a French record of 1:55.62 to win the 200 backstroke following a stunning final turn at the European Championships<\/strong> in Rome.<\/p>\n

Ndoye Brouard was second behind Roman Mityukov<\/strong> at the 150 but he emerged with a clear lead and held off the twin attacks of Benedeck Kovacs<\/strong> and world silver medallist Luke Greenbank.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Splits:<\/em> 26.82\/56.27 (29.45)\/1:26.11 (29.84)\/1:55.62 (29.51)<\/p>\n

It sliced a 0.48 chunk off his national record of 1:56.10 set at the FFN Golden Tour<\/strong> in Marseille<\/a> in March 2021.<\/p>\n

Kovacs was swiftest down the last 50 in 29.20 en-route to a time of 1:56.03 with Greenbank stopping the clock in 1:56.15, days after huge disappointment when he finished outside the medals at the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n

It was a first senior international medal over 200m for the Frenchman who claimed bronze in the 100 back at the previous edition in Budapest.<\/p>\n