BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, May 24. GERMANY’s Marco Koch has had a pretty impressive weekend thus far at the Slovakia Grand Prix held in Bratislava.<\/p>\n
A day after picking up an upset victory against world-record holder Cameron van der Burgh in the men’s 100-meter breast, Koch remained on fire as he set the meet record in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke. That downed Koch’s prelim swim of 2:12.51 that set the record this morning. Koch has been much faster this year with a second-ranked 2:08.51 at German Nationals, but he was pretty lonely tonight considering Pavol Fazik took a distant second in 2:20.70. Levente Sardi placed third in 2:21.98.<\/p>\n
Kristian Takacs cruised to victory in the men’s 50-meter freestyle finale with a 22.78. That swim beat his previous meet record of 22.90 set just a year ago here in Bratislava. Breaststroke star Cameron van der Burgh, showing off a bit of his range, took second in the swim with a 23.39. Michal Navara checked in with a third-place time of 23.58.<\/p>\n
Birgit Koschischek topped the women’s 50-meter free in 25.67, nearly setting a meet record along the way. Annika Bruhn placed second in 26.28 with Ionela Cosma of Romania finishing third in the finale with a 26.29.<\/p>\n
Gabor Balog took the men’s 50-meter backstroke title out of a tight finish with two other swimmers. Balog touched in 26.45 with Gianni Ferrero (26.56) and David Kuncar (26.99) also breaking 27 seconds to make the finish interesting.<\/p>\n
Jenny Mensing followed in the women’s 50-meter back with a 28.96 for the win. Katarina Listopadova checked in with a second-place time of 29.03, while Karolina Hajkova claimed third in 29.54. Katarzyna Gorniak also broke 30 seconds with a fourth-place 29.78.<\/p>\n
Michal Poprawa blasted the field in the men’s 200-meter fly finale with a 2:00.97, while Marcin Malczyk (2:10.29) and Jakub Tomas (2:11.31) finished second and third in the event. Notably, Karol Puzser (2:05.40) and Roman Bischof (2:09.97) went faster than Malczyk in the consolation final.<\/p>\n
Dalma Sebestyen claimed the women’s 200-meter fly title in 2:11.80, while Claudia Hufnagl touched second in 2:15.26. Katharina Himmler placed third in 2:22.11. Sabina Kupcova set the Slovakian record for 11 year olds with a 2:42.09 in the second final of the night. That beat her previous record of 2:43.98 set during prelims.<\/p>\n
Monica Stepanova won the women’s 200-meter breast title in 2:36.01, while Christina Northdurfter (2:38.22) and Aurelia Tmovcova (2:41.51) took second and third. Andrea Podmanikova had the best swim of the night in the juniors finale, however, as she clocked a 2:35.71 to set the Slovakian junior record. That swim beat a long-standing 2:36.24 set by Miriam Bystrianska way back in 1991 here in Bratislava.<\/p>\n
Richard Nagy topped the men’s 400-meter IM timed final in 4:25.56 with Marek Osina finishing second in 4:36.66. Ivan Fratric rounded out the top three in the distance medley event with a 4:42.76. Veronika Kolnikova powered her way to the women’s 400-meter IM title in 5:00.94, while Kamila Kunka took second in 5:04.36. Barbara Bartovicova finished third in the timed final event with a 5:06.85.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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