﻿{"id":535161,"date":"2023-08-11T12:30:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=535161"},"modified":"2023-08-11T12:30:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:30:47","slug":"dan-wiffen-goes-1435-79-in-1500-free-at-len-european-u23-championships-2nd-fastest-of-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dan-wiffen-goes-1435-79-in-1500-free-at-len-european-u23-championships-2nd-fastest-of-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Wiffen Goes 14:35.79 In 1500 Free At LEN European U23 Championships; 2nd Fastest Of Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Dan Wiffen Goes 14:35.79 In 1500 Free At LEN European U23 Championships; 2nd Fastest Of Career<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Dan Wiffen<\/strong> treated the Dublin crowd to an exhibition of distance swimming when he went 14:35.79 in the 1500 free at the <strong>LEN European U23 Championships.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/results-ws.microplustimingservices.com\/U23DUBLIN\/index_web.php?s=Q2hlY2tKc29uVG9Mb2FkKCdBU0YnLCAnMDE2JywgJzAwNScsICcwMDEnLCAnJywgJycsICdXb21lbsKgLcKgNTBtIEJyZWFzdHN0cm9rZSAtIEZpbmFsJywgJ1dvbWVuwqAtwqA1MG0gQnJlYXN0c3Ryb2tlIC0gRmluYWwnLCAnV29tZW7CoC3CoDUwIG0gQnJhc3NlIC0gRmluYWwnKTs=&amp;cat=ASM&amp;page=027&amp;spec=001&amp;bat=001&amp;td=CAL_CIS_DAY&amp;hg=18:00&amp;descIT=V29tZW7CoC3CoDUwbSBCcmVhc3RzdHJva2UgLSBGaW5hbA==&amp;descEN=V29tZW7CoC3CoDUwbSBCcmVhc3RzdHJva2UgLSBGaW5hbA==&amp;descFR=V29tZW7CoC3CoDUwIG0gQnJhc3NlIC0gRmluYWw=&amp;curCatSel_M_F=&amp;sport=Swimming\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was the second-fastest time of the Irishman&#8217;s career, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dan-wiffen-joins-exalted-1500-free-company-with-1434-91-in-stockholm-4th-fastest-man-in-history-2nd-european\/\">eclipsed only by his 14:34.91 from the <strong>Swim Open Stockholm<\/strong>,<\/a> and came less than a fortnight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-eight-finals-ahmed-hafnaoui-edges-bobby-finke-by-0-05-to-win-1500-free-2nd-all-time\/\">after he finished fourth at the <strong>World Championships<\/strong> i<\/a>n Fukuoka.<\/p>\n<p>His time was 1.49secs swifter than the 14:37.28 in which <strong>Sam Short<\/strong> won bronze in Japan and 7.22secs quicker than the 14:43.01 that saw him locked out of the medals.<\/p>\n<p>Wiffen now holds the fourth and fifth-fastest times of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Behind him came <strong>Sven Schwarz<\/strong> of Germany in 14:43.53 and Italy&#8217;s<strong> Luca De Tullio<\/strong> (14:54.31).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"535173\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dan-wiffen-goes-1435-79-in-1500-free-at-len-european-u23-championships-2nd-fastest-of-career\/2023-08-11-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-08-11-3.png\" data-orig-size=\"782,354\" 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=\"2023-08-11 (3)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-08-11 (3)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-08-11-3-700x354.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-08-11-3.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-535173 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-08-11-3-700x354.png\" alt=\"2023-08-11 (3)\" width=\"700\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The United States&#8217; <strong>Hunter Tapp<\/strong> went ahead on the second 50 of the 200 backstroke at the <strong>Sport Ireland: National Aquatics Centre<\/strong>, where he stayed throughout to stop the clock in 1:56.45.<\/p>\n<p>Splits: 27.51\/57.11 (29.60)\/1:26.93 (29.82)\/1:56.45 (29.52)<\/p>\n<p>It was swifter than the 1:58.75 in which <strong>Daiki Yanagawa<\/strong> finished eighth at the <strong>World Championships<\/strong> in Fukuoka.<\/p>\n<p>Commonwealth bronze medallist <strong>Pieter Coetze<\/strong> of South Africa took second in 1:57.05 with <strong>Kai van Westering<\/strong> moving from fourth at the 150 to overhaul <strong>Charlie Brown<\/strong> for third in 1:57.86.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_503553\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-503553\" data-attachment-id=\"503553\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dan-wiffen-goes-1435-79-in-1500-free-at-len-european-u23-championships-2nd-fastest-of-career\/hunter-tapp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hunter-tapp-2022-World-Team-Trials-1687.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. 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Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hunter-tapp-2022-World-Team-Trials-1687-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hunter-tapp-2022-World-Team-Trials-1687.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-503553\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hunter-tapp-2022-World-Team-Trials-1687-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"hunter-tapp-\" width=\"290\" height=\"207\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-503553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hunter Tapp: Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Dimitrios Markos<\/strong> set a Greek record of 1:46.65 in the men&#8217;s 200 free, despite being seventh at halfway.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old went 53.68 (26.99\/26.69) in the second 100 to move through the field and overhaul long-time leader <strong>Patrick Sammon<\/strong> on the final 50.<\/p>\n<p>The Tokyo Olympian lowered the previous national standard of 1:46.94 set by <strong>Andreas Vazaios<\/strong> at the <strong>Swim Open Stockholm<\/strong> in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Sammon led home USA teammate <strong>Aaron Shackell<\/strong> in 1:47.27 to 1:47.35.<\/p>\n<p>Markos booked a trip to Doha for the 2024 World Championships and in comments on the Greek Federation website, he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It was a fantastic race for me.\u00a0I was especially happy for both the first place and the gold medal, but also for my time, which is a record.\u00a0The competition was very good and in the end I took advantage of my good competition condition and won.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just 0.05 separated the first three men home in the men&#8217;s 100 fly with <strong>Gabriel Jett<\/strong> touching first in 51.65.<\/p>\n<p>Austrian <strong>Simon Bucher<\/strong> &#8211; who led at halfway &#8211; was next home in 51.69, 0.01 ahead of <strong>Jakub Majerski<\/strong> of Poland who was joint seventh at the turn before turning on the turbos with a 27.22 second 50 to finish in 51.70.<\/p>\n<p>Jett claimed his second gold in the mixed medley relay won by the<strong> USA<\/strong> in 3:45.99 ahead of <strong>Poland<\/strong> (3:46.68) and <strong>Great Britain<\/strong> (3:47.15).<\/p>\n<h3>McSharry Makes History<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Mona McSharry<\/strong> got the session off to a winning start for Ireland as she took the 50 breaststroke in 30.37, 0.08 outside her national record of 30.29 from April.<\/p>\n<p>It was also the first title to be clinched in <strong>European U23 Championships<\/strong> history.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_533264\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-533264\" data-attachment-id=\"533264\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dan-wiffen-seeks-to-inspire-at-len-european-u23-championships-mcsharry-sates-chmielewski-gose-lining-up-in-dublin\/20th-world-aquatics-championships-fukuoka-2023-127\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230724_AMas_AM55269.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Mona Mc Sharry of Ireland prepares to compete in the 100m Breaststroke Women Semifinal during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 24th, 2023.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1690198261&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mona Mc Sharry of Ireland prepares to compete in the 100m Breaststroke Women Semifinal during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 24th, 2023. Sport, Swimming, FINA, Aquatics, World Championships, World Aquatics, Fukuoka, 2023, Fukuoka 2023, Mona Mc Sharry of Ireland, 100m Breaststroke Women Semifinal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mona McSharry: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230724_AMas_AM55269-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230724_AMas_AM55269-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-533264\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230724_AMas_AM55269-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Mona Mc Sharry of Ireland prepares to compete in the 100m Breaststroke Women Semifinal during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 24th, 2023.\" width=\"294\" height=\"210\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-533264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mona McSharry: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Anita Bottazzo<\/strong> of Italy took silver in 30.59.<\/p>\n<p>A second medal followed for the home fans<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>when <strong>Ellen Walshe<\/strong> came from seventh at halfway to take silver in the women&#8217;s 100m butterfly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keanna Macinnes<\/strong> of Britain posted 58.48 for gold with Walshe&#8217;s second 50 of 30.40 &#8211; the fastest in the field &#8211; propelling her to 58.70, <strong>Emma Sticklen<\/strong> of the USA was next home in 58.76.<\/p>\n<p>Walshe wasn&#8217;t done as she returned for the 200IM where she led until the 150 mark when the USA&#8217;s <strong>Justine Kozan<\/strong> came from sixth to first with a 29.38 final 50.<\/p>\n<p>Kozan won in 2:12.98 with Walshe taking her second silver of the night in 2:13.12 and <strong>Hanna Bergman<\/strong> third in 2:15.12.<\/p>\n<h3>Gose Dominates 800<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Isabel Gose<\/strong> had been the fastest qualifier for the women&#8217;s 200 free but opted to focus on the 800 and it was <strong>Lucie Tessariol<\/strong> of France who claimed gold, coming from third at the final turn to come past the field with a 29.53 last 50 to stop the clock in 1:58.42.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_532850\" style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-532850\" data-attachment-id=\"532850\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dan-wiffen-goes-1435-79-in-1500-free-at-len-european-u23-championships-2nd-fastest-of-career\/20th-world-aquatics-championships-fukuoka-2023-swimming-9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230723_Swimming_STA5610.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Staccioli \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Isabel Gose of Germany competes in the 400m Freestyle Women Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 23rd, 2023. Isabel Gose placed 4th.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1690107417&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Staccioli \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023, Swimming&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023, Swimming\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Isabel Gose of Germany competes in the 400m Freestyle Women Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 23rd, 2023. Isabel Gose placed 4th. Sport, Swimming, FINA, Aquatics, World Championships, World Aquatics, Fukuoka, 2023, Fukuoka 2023, 400m Freestyle, Women, Heats, Isabel Gose&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Andrea Staccioli \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230723_Swimming_STA5610-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230723_Swimming_STA5610-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-532850\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230723_Swimming_STA5610-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Isabel Gose of Germany competes in the 400m Freestyle Women Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 23rd, 2023. Isabel Gose placed 4th.\" width=\"291\" height=\"208\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-532850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isabel Gose: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Staccioli \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Francisca Soares Martins<\/strong> of Portugal was second in 1:58.60, 0.06 ahead of Slovenia&#8217;s<strong> Janja Segel<\/strong> (1:58.66).<\/p>\n<p>Gose led from start to finish for an emphatic victory in the 800 free in 8:20.80, 8.86secs ahead of German teammate <strong>Leonie Maertens<\/strong> (8:29.66) with the USA&#8217;s <strong>Paige McKenna<\/strong> completing the podium in 8:36.60.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s <strong>Simone Cerasuolo<\/strong> added the continental 50 breaststroke U23 title to his silver at the <strong>2022 European Championships<\/strong> in 26.94.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Koen de Groot<\/strong> (27.05) and <strong>Archie Goodburn<\/strong> (27.44) took silver and bronze respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tessa Giele<\/strong> of the Netherlands won the women&#8217;s 50 back in 27.86 ahead of the USA&#8217;s <strong>Paige Stadden<\/strong> (27.98), the pair the only women inside 28<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Wiffen Goes 14:35.79 In 1500 Free At LEN European U23 Championships; 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