{"id":574015,"date":"2023-12-05T01:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T08:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=574015"},"modified":"2023-12-05T03:39:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:39:12","slug":"european-short-course-day-1-prelims-six-day-meet-begins-in-otopeni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-prelims-six-day-meet-begins-in-otopeni\/","title":{"rendered":"European Short-Course, Day 1 Prelims: British Quartet Set National Record In Men&#8217;s 4&#215;50 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first prelims session of the <strong>European Short-Course Swimming Championships<\/strong> got under\u00a0 way on Tuesday in Otopeni, Romania.<\/p>\n<p>The British men&#8217;s 4&#215;50 free relay quartet set a national record of 1:23.81 with the crowd at the <strong>Aquatics Complex of Otopeni<\/strong> getting their first glimpse of <strong>David Popovici<\/strong> as Romania also qualified for Tuesday evening&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2023\/len-short-course-european-championships-live-results\">Link to result<\/a>s<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/otopeni2023.len.eu\/\">Link to Otopeni 2023 website &amp; streaming<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Women&#8217;s 400IM<\/h4>\n<p>British women were the first three home headed by <strong>Freya Colbert<\/strong> in 4:29.68 followed by <strong>Abbie Wood<\/strong> (4:29.73) and <strong>Katie Shanahan<\/strong> (4:30.34).<\/p>\n<p>However, the Scot missed out by virtue of the two-per-nation rule.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574019\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-prelims-six-day-meet-begins-in-otopeni\/2023-12-05-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"705,594\" 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=\"2023-12-05 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-1-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-1.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574019 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-1-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men&#8217;s 400m Freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Danys Rapsys<\/strong> won this event back at Glasgow 2019 and he topped the heats for what promises to be a thrilling final.<\/p>\n<p>The Lithuanian clocked 3:39.19 ahead of <strong>Felix Aubock<\/strong> (3:39.43) with <strong>Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> next home in 3:39.54.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574021\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-prelims-six-day-meet-begins-in-otopeni\/2023-12-05-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"637,587\" 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=\"2023-12-05 (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-2-637x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-2.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574021 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-2-637x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women&#8217;s 50m Freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Michelle Coleman<\/strong> of Sweden topped the prelims into the semis, the only woman inside 24secs in 23.74.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julie Kepp Jensen<\/strong> (24.00) and <strong>Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> (24.07) were next through.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574023\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-prelims-six-day-meet-begins-in-otopeni\/2023-12-05-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-3.png\" data-orig-size=\"783,547\" 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=\"2023-12-05 (3)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-3-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-3.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574023 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-3-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men&#8217;s 50m Backstroke<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Mewen Tomac<\/strong> led the way in 23.16 with the Frenchman looking impressive as he seeks the first senior individual medal of his career.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574025\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-prelims-six-day-meet-begins-in-otopeni\/2023-12-05-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-4.png\" data-orig-size=\"784,572\" 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=\"2023-12-05 (4)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-4-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-4.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574025 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-4-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women&#8217;s 100m Breaststroke<\/h4>\n<p>The heats offered much promise of fine racing to come in both semis and final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eneli Jefimova<\/strong> led the way with 1:04.28 in the final heat, the 16-year-old just 0.03secs outside her Estonian record of 1:04.25 en-route to silver at Kazan 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tes Schouten<\/strong> &#8211; fresh from her 100\/200 double at the <strong>Rotterdam Qualification Meet<\/strong> &#8211; was next into the semis in 1:04.28 with <strong>Sophie Hansson<\/strong> of Sweden the third woman inside 1:05 in 1:04.77 and <strong>Benedetta Pilato<\/strong> sporting a <strong>Thomas Ceccon<\/strong> cap as she qualified fourth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574026\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-prelims-six-day-meet-begins-in-otopeni\/2023-12-05-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-5.png\" data-orig-size=\"780,588\" 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=\"2023-12-05 (5)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-5-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-5.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574026 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-5-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men&#8217;s 100m Butterfly<\/h4>\n<p>Another prelim that hints at much to come.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic bronze medallist <strong>Noe Ponti<\/strong> led the way in 49.14 with <strong>Maxime Grousset<\/strong> &#8211; the long-course world champion &#8211; the other man inside 50secs in 49.67.<\/p>\n<p>They were followed by British trio <strong>Jacob Peters\u00a0<\/strong> (50.27), <strong>James Guy<\/strong> (50.29) and <strong>Ed Mildred<\/strong> (50.39) but they fell foul of the two-per-nation rule with Mildred the man to miss out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574027\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-prelims-six-day-meet-begins-in-otopeni\/2023-12-05-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-6.png\" data-orig-size=\"776,589\" 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=\"2023-12-05 (6)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-6-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-6.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574027 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-6-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women&#8217;s 4x50m Freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Anna Hopkin<\/strong> led off the British quartet in 23.94 as they booked lane four for tonight&#8217;s final in 1:36.92.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Italy<\/strong> (1:37.08) and <strong>Sweden<\/strong> (1:37.72) were next through.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574029\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-prelims-six-day-meet-begins-in-otopeni\/2023-12-05-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-7.png\" data-orig-size=\"709,560\" 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=\"2023-12-05 (7)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-7-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-7.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574029 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-7-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men&#8217;s 4x50m Freestyle Relay<\/h4>\n<p>The British quartet lowered the national record of 1:24.61 that had stood to a <strong>University of Stirling<\/strong> quartet since December 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Richards<\/strong> led off in 21.09 before <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> (21.12) and <strong>Alexander Cohoon<\/strong> (20.89) handed over to <strong>Lewis Burras<\/strong> whose 20.71 anchor was the fastest in the field.<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>Ben Proud<\/strong> waiting in the wings, it will present a real selection poser come the final given he is the 2021 individual world short-course champion and 2022 silver medallist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Italy<\/strong> will be alongside in lane five after going 1:24.16 with <strong>Greece<\/strong> next home in a national standard of 1:25.15.<\/p>\n<p>The Otopeni crowd got their first sight of <strong>David Popovici<\/strong> as he led the Romanian quartet off in 21.50 as they qualified sixth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574041\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-prelims-six-day-meet-begins-in-otopeni\/2023-12-05-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-12.png\" data-orig-size=\"682,541\" 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=\"2023-12-05 (12)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-12-682x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-12.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574041 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-05-12-682x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Women&#8217;s 800m Freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Anastasia Kirpichnikova<\/strong> was more than seven seconds clear of the rest of the field clocking 8:14.37 as she looks to defend her title from Kazan 2021.<\/p>\n<p>There she represented Russia but is now in French colours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simona Quadarella<\/strong> &#8211; silver medallist two years ago &#8211; was second through in 8:21.45, 0.06 ahead of Hungary&#8217;s <strong>Ajna Kesely<\/strong> (8:21.51).<\/p>\n<p>Also through: <strong>Nora Fluck<\/strong> (8:30.48), <strong>Grace Palmer<\/strong> (8:33.56), <strong>Ada Hakkarainen<\/strong> (8:35.55), <strong>Diana-Gabriela<\/strong> <strong>Stiger<\/strong> (8:35.70) and Sarah Dumont (8:36.29).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first prelims session of the European Short-Course Swimming Championships got under\u00a0 way on Tuesday in Otopeni, Romania. 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