{"id":574052,"date":"2023-12-05T08:42:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T15:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=574052"},"modified":"2023-12-06T03:11:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T10:11:54","slug":"european-short-course-day-1-finals-four-titles-to-be-decided-in-otopeni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-finals-four-titles-to-be-decided-in-otopeni\/","title":{"rendered":"European Short-Course, Day 1 Finals: Two Golds For Britain &#038; Daniel Wiffen Becomes First Irish Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>European Short-Course, Day 1 Finals: Two Golds For Britain &amp; Daniel Wiffen Becomes First Irish Champion<\/h4>\r\n<p><strong>Abbie Wood<\/strong> and <strong>Freya Colbert<\/strong> claimed an historic 1-2 in the 400IM and the men&#8217;s 4&#215;50 freestyle relay struck gold as Britain made a fine start to the <strong>European Short-Course Championships<\/strong> in Otopeni, Romania.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> became the first Irish swimmer to win a European short-course title when he picked apart the 400 free field.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Sweden<\/strong> won the women&#8217;s 4&#215;50 free while <strong>Noe Ponti<\/strong> set a championship record of 48.61 in the 100 fly.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2023\/len-short-course-european-championships-live-results\">Link to result<\/a>s<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/otopeni2023.len.eu\/\">Link to Otopeni 2023 website &amp; streaming<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-prelims-six-day-meet-begins-in-otopeni\/#google_vignette\">Day 1 prelims<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 400IM<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>British pair <strong>Freya Colbert<\/strong> \u2013 with a 4.5sec PB &#8211; and <strong>Abbie Wood<\/strong> were both more than 4.5secs quicker than the nearest challenger in the Otopeni prelims. Colbert led at halfway ahead of <strong>Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> with Wood taking charge on the breaststroke leg, a lead she extended throughout to come home in 4:27.45.<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_507487\" style=\"width: 329px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-507487\" data-attachment-id=\"507487\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-lilly-king-uses-last-50-to-top-jenna-strauch-in-200-breast\/fina-19th-world-championships-budapest-2022-49\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220622_ASta_AS20945-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1710\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Staccioli \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;WOOD Abbie GBR\\n200m Breaststroke Women Heats\\nSwimming\\nFINA 19th World Championships Budapest 2022\\nBudapest, Duna Arena 22\\\/06\\\/22 \\nPhoto Andrea Staccioli \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1655884083&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Staccioli \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;850&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;FINA 19th World Championships Budapest 2022&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FINA 19th World Championships Budapest 2022\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;WOOD Abbie GBR 200m Breaststroke Women Heats Swimming FINA 19th World Championships Budapest 2022 Budapest, Duna Arena 22\/06\/22 Photo Andrea Staccioli \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto FINA, Aquatics, World Championships, Budapest, 2022, Sport, Swimming, Nuoto, WOOD Abbie GBR, 200m Breaststroke Women Heats&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\/2022\/06\/20220622_ASta_AS20945-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220622_ASta_AS20945-1024x684.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-507487\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220622_ASta_AS20945-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"WOOD Abbie GBR 200m Breaststroke Women Heats Swimming FINA 19th World Championships Budapest 2022 Budapest, Duna Arena 22\/06\/22 Photo Andrea Staccioli \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto\" width=\"319\" height=\"228\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-507487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abbie Wood: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Staccioli \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>Colbert made it a British 1-2 in 4:29.04 with <strong>Ellen Walshe<\/strong> of Ireland taking bronze in 4:29.64. It was a first individual title for Wood who became only the second British woman and the first since Hannah Miley in 2012 to claim 400IM gold. She said:<\/p><blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI\u2019m really happy with this gold. I really had to hold my nerve over the\u00a0first 200 because I start going from the backstroke and we have five strong backstrokers here.<\/p><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI\u2019m happy that I\u2019ve managed to pull it off and I was near to my best so I\u2019m really happy.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Loughborough training partner Colbert added:<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cIt was good, I really enjoy racing with the girls I train with from time to time.<\/p><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe are pushing each other and it\u2019s also interesting to know exactly what the others are doing.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Walshe \u2013 who won silver at the 2021 World Short Course Championships \u2013 said:<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cIt\u2019s a great success for Ireland, the first medal of many here we\u2019re hoping for.<\/p><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI don\u2019t win international medals every day so this one is definitely up there with the world short-course medal. It would have been better to swim the time I did two years ago but I\u2019m in hard training now to get ready for Paris.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote><p><strong>Men\u2019s 400m Freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_533282\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-533282\" data-attachment-id=\"533282\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-finals-four-titles-to-be-decided-in-otopeni\/20th-world-aquatics-championships-fukuoka-2023-144\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" 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;Daniel Wiffen of Ireland competes in the 800m Freestyle Men Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 25th, 2023.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1690254571&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;560&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&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;Daniel Wiffen of Ireland competes in the 800m Freestyle Men Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 25th, 2023. Sport, Swimming, FINA, Aquatics, World Championships, World Aquatics, Fukuoka, 2023, Fukuoka 2023, Daniel Wiffen of Ireland, 800m Freestyle Men Heats&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-533282\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Wiffen of Ireland competes in the 800m Freestyle Men Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 25th, 2023.\" width=\"314\" height=\"224\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-533282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Wiffen: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>This promised to be a thriller with <strong>Danys Rapsys<\/strong> in lane four as he looked to reclaim the title he won at Glasgow 2019. Alongside him were <strong>Felix Auboeck<\/strong>, the 2021 world short-course champion, and <strong>Daniel Wiffen<\/strong>, seeking his first European medal.<\/p>\r\n<p>Rapsys led at 100m before Irishman Wiffen went ahead at 150, going away from the 200m mark to hold a bodylength lead at 250.<\/p>\r\n<p>Wiffen came home in 3:35.47 &#8211; a three-second PB &#8211; ahead of Rapsys (3:37.80) and <strong>Lucas Henveaux<\/strong> of Belgium (3:37.91).<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Wiffen \u2013 who will also compete in the 800m and 1500m freestyle \u2013 said:<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThe 400m is usually not on my schedule so to win it is amazing and a good sign what can happen in my other events.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThe race went according to plan. I geared up for the second half as I\u2019m a distance swimmer, so this is the approach I take in my main events and this one wasn\u2019t different either.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 4x50m Freestyle Relay<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Britain booked lane four in 1:36.92 in the morning prelims with Italy and Sweden on either side.<\/p>\r\n<p>But it was Sweden who enjoyed a comprehensive victory in 1:35.60 ahead of Italy (1:36.92) and Britain (1:37.19)<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s 4x50m Freestyle Relay<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>The British quartet lowered the previous national standard of 1:24.61 from 2019 in morning prelims which featured a 20.71 anchor by <strong>Lewis Burras<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_511642\" style=\"width: 319px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-511642\" data-attachment-id=\"511642\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-ben-proud-writes-unique-line-in-history-after-winning-50-free-gold\/ben-proud-rome\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ben-Proud-Rome-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" 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=\"Ben Proud Rome\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ben Proud Rome&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ben Proud: Photo Courtesy: British Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ben-Proud-Rome-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ben-Proud-Rome-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-511642\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ben-Proud-Rome-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Proud Rome\" width=\"309\" height=\"221\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-511642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Proud: Photo Courtesy: British Swimming<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p><strong>Ben Proud<\/strong> replaced <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> and led off in 20.56 with Britain coming home in another national record of 1:22.52 to claim the title for the first time.<\/p>\r\n<p>Splits: Ben Proud (20.56)\/Matt Richards (20.50)\/Alexander Cohoon (20.99)\/Lewis Burras (20.47)<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Proud said<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cBritain has never really been a sprinting nation, we\u2019ve struggled to put four 50m guys together.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cBut in recent years a couple of good guys came up, all of a sudden, so today\u2019s effort was incredible from the team.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThat was good not just for this competition and for the 4x50m but also for these guys who are going for the qualification in the 4x100m at the Olympics.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cWe are happy and I\u2019m sure the guys are also happy with themselves. It\u2019s new for us to be here and competing with the Italians who have always been good in this event. As for the team, it\u2019s a great start for this meet.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>Italy were second in 1:23.14 and Greece third in 1:23.27 as they claimed their first relay medal at European short-course.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Otopeni Semifinal Round-Up<\/h3>\r\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 50m Freestyle Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> led a speedy second semi in 23.77 ahead of <strong>Michelle Coleman<\/strong> (23.78) and <strong>Anna Hopkin<\/strong> (23.86). <strong>Julie Kepp Jensen<\/strong> \u2013 winner of the first semi \u2013 was next through in 23.96.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s 50m Backstroke Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>A lightning second 25 steered Frenchman <strong>Mewen Tomac<\/strong> into the wall in 22.91, the only man inside 23secs. <strong>Ole Braunschweig <\/strong>(23.04) and <strong>Thierry Bollin<\/strong> (23.10) were next through.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 100m Breaststroke Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Tes Schouten <\/strong>\u2013 the world 200 bronze medallist \u2013 led the way in 1:04.02 ahead of 16-year-old <strong>Eneli Jefimova<\/strong> (1:04.03), <strong>Sophie Hansson<\/strong> (1:04.07) and <strong>Benedetta Pilato<\/strong> (1:04.45).<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s 100m Butterfly Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Maxime Grousset<\/strong> took apart his French record of 49.24 from the national championships in October when he stopped the clock in 48.94 in the first semi.<\/p>\r\n<p>However, <strong>Noe Ponti<\/strong> of Switzerland responded straightaway in the second semi, the Olympic bronze medallist breaking the championship record in 48.61, taking 0.32 off <strong>Evgeny Korotyshkin\u2019<\/strong>s mark of 48.93 from the death throes of the supersuit era in December 2009.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Short-Course, Day 1 Finals: Two Golds For Britain &amp; 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