{"id":511525,"date":"2022-08-16T09:27:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T16:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=511525"},"modified":"2022-08-16T12:59:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:59:22","slug":"european-championships-anastasia-gorbenko-defends-200im-title-in-dominant-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-anastasia-gorbenko-defends-200im-title-in-dominant-win\/","title":{"rendered":"European Championships: Anastasia Gorbenko Defends 200IM Title; Sixth Medal For Marrit Steenbergen"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Championships: Anastasia Gorbenko Defends 200IM Title; Sixth Medal For Marrit Steenbergen In Second<\/h3>\n

Anastasia Gorbenko<\/strong> led from start to finish to successfully defend her 200IM title at the European Championships<\/strong> in Rome.<\/p>\n

Gorbenko made history when she became the first Israeli woman<\/a> to win a European swimming title when she did so at the previous edition in Budapest in May 2021.<\/p>\n

She dominated from the off at the Foro Italico to take gold in 2:10.92 ahead of Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> and Sara Franceschi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Splits: 27.93\/1:00.66 (32.73)\/1:38.64 (37.98)\/2:10.92 (32.28)<\/p>\n

Steenbergen was fifth at halfway before moving up to third at the final turn and unleashing a final 50 of 30.31 – the only woman inside 31 – to stop the clock at 2:11.14, overhauling Franceschi in the process with the Italian touching in 2:11.38.<\/p>\n

Katinka Hosszu, who won five straight titles between 2010 and 2018 plus bronze at the previous Europeans in Budapest, was eighth in 2:14.37.<\/p>\n