{"id":574113,"date":"2023-12-06T00:59:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T07:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=574113"},"modified":"2023-12-06T03:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T10:37:30","slug":"european-short-course-championships-day-2-prelims-proud-manaudou-among-quality-50-free-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-championships-day-2-prelims-proud-manaudou-among-quality-50-free-field\/","title":{"rendered":"European Short-Course, Day 2 Prelims: Wiffen Twins Reach 1500 Free Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>European Short-Course, Day 2 Prelims: Wiffen Twins Reach 1500 Free Final<\/h4>\n<p>Twins <strong>Daniel<\/strong> and<strong> Nathan Wiffen<\/strong> reached the final of the 1500 free on day two of prelims at the <strong>European Short-Course Championships\u00a0<\/strong>in Otopeni, Romania.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel &#8211; who made history on Tuesday when he became the first Irish swimmer to win a European short-course title &#8211; returned to head the field with Nathan through in seventh on his international debut.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Chmielewski<\/strong> twins &#8211; Krzysztof and Michal &#8211; won 200 fly gold and silver in the same <strong>Otopeni<\/strong> pool at the 2022 <strong>European Junior Championships<\/strong> with the former claiming silver at the Fukuoka worlds in July.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Proud<\/strong>, <strong>Arno Kamminga<\/strong>, <strong>Medi Harris<\/strong>, <strong>Keanna MacInnes<\/strong> and the <strong>Italy<\/strong> men&#8217;s 4&#215;50 medley quartet all topped their heats.<\/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<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>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-1-finals-four-titles-to-be-decided-in-otopeni\/#google_vignette\">Day 1 finals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200m Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p>British women posted three of the four top times topped by <strong>Medi Harrcis<\/strong> (2:03.77) ahead of <strong>Katie Shanahan<\/strong> (2:04.61).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gabriela Georgieva<\/strong> was third in 2:05.15 with <strong>Kathleen Dawson<\/strong> the third Briton in 2:05.44 and failing to progress because of the two-per-nation rule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kira Toussaint<\/strong> &#8211; who won the backstroke treble at the 2021 edition in Kazan &#8211; was 15th in 2:07.56 as\u00a0Romanian 15-year-old <strong>Aissia-Claudia Prisecariu<\/strong> claimed the 16th and final semi spot in 2:08.92.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574122\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-championships-day-2-prelims-proud-manaudou-among-quality-50-free-field\/2023-12-06\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06.png\" data-orig-size=\"701,587\" 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=\"2023-12-06\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574122 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50m Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ben Proud<\/strong> returned to the <strong>Aquatics Complex of Otopeni<\/strong> the morning after leading off the British 4&#215;50 free relay to victory in national record time, the first time a GB quartet has won that event.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 world, Commonwealth and European champion was in clear water until around the 30m mark when he eased down, still the only man inside 21 in 20.97.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lorenzo Zazzeri<\/strong> (21.03), <strong>Lewis Burras<\/strong> (21.21), <strong>Kristian Gkolomeev<\/strong> (21.22) and Miressi (21.23) coming in behind the 2021 world short-course champion, French duo <strong>Maxime Grousset<\/strong> and Manaudou also safely through.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574126\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-championships-day-2-prelims-proud-manaudou-among-quality-50-free-field\/2023-12-06-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"701,561\" 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=\"2023-12-06 (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-2-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-2.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574126 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-2-700x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200m Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Keanna MacInnes<\/strong> led the way in 2:05.51 ahead of<strong> Laura Lahtinen<\/strong> (2:05.60) and <strong>Emily Large<\/strong> (2:06.11) making it two Britons in the top three.<\/p>\n<p>European long-course champion <strong>Lana Pudar<\/strong> &#8211; fourth at the Fukuoka worlds &#8211; was eighth through in 2:08.69.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anja Crevar<\/strong> took the final spot in 2:12.47.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574128\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-championships-day-2-prelims-proud-manaudou-among-quality-50-free-field\/2023-12-06-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-3.png\" data-orig-size=\"697,574\" 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=\"2023-12-06 (3)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-3-697x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-3.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574128 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-3-697x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"697\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100m Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p>Kamminga was all control and length as he headed the prelims in 56.63 with training partner <strong>Caspar Corbeau<\/strong> next through in 57.26.<\/p>\n<p>Martinenghi &#8211; the defending champion &#8211; progressed in 57.34 ahead of Italian teammate <strong>Simone Cerasuolo\u00a0<\/strong>(57.50).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574130\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-championships-day-2-prelims-proud-manaudou-among-quality-50-free-field\/2023-12-06-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-4.png\" data-orig-size=\"618,522\" 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=\"2023-12-06 (4)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-4-618x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-4.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574130 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-4-618x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100m Individual Medley<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Nele Schulz<\/strong> was all beaming smiles when she saw her time out in lane seven in the final heat, the German slapping the water after going 59.14 to lead the prelims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lena Kreundl<\/strong> (59.35), <strong>Louise Hansson<\/strong> (59.37) and <strong>Charlotte Bonnet<\/strong> (59.56) were next through with <strong>Katie Shanahan<\/strong> making it into her second semi of the day as she squeaked in 16th in 1:00.77.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574132\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-championships-day-2-prelims-proud-manaudou-among-quality-50-free-field\/2023-12-06-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-5.png\" data-orig-size=\"620,442\" 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=\"2023-12-06 (5)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-5.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-5.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-574132 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-5.png 620w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-5-280x200.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-5-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-5-450x321.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-5-533x380.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 4&#215;50 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p>Defending champions Italy led the way in 1:34.07 ahead of Britain (1:34.45) and the Netherlands (1:34.89) with hosts Romania &#8211; anchored by <strong>David Popovici<\/strong> in 21.22, the second-fastest split in the field &#8211; also through to the final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574133\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-championships-day-2-prelims-proud-manaudou-among-quality-50-free-field\/2023-12-06-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-6.png\" data-orig-size=\"626,495\" 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=\"2023-12-06 (6)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-6.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-6.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-574133 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-6.png 626w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-6-253x200.png 253w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-6-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-6-450x356.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-06-6-533x421.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 1500m Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> returned to the Aquatics Complex of Otopeni the morning after a dominant 400 victory in Irish record time.<\/p>\n<p>He went in the second semi with brother Nathan, the identical twins in lanes four and two, the first time the pair have appeared in the same race on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel stopped the clock in 14:34.50 to head the field ahead of <strong>Henrik Christiansen<\/strong> (14:36.25) and<strong> Victor Johansson<\/strong> (14:38.58).<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Aubry<\/strong> (14:38.98), <strong>Damien Joly<\/strong> (14:39.05), <strong>Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/strong> (14:39.24), <strong>Nathan Wiffen<\/strong> (14:39.34) and <strong>Vlad Stancu<\/strong> (14:40.10) all progressed to Thursday&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said through Swim Ireland:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;My goal there was just to try and make it as easy as possible after last night and the toll it would have had on me, so as easy as possible to make it back and I\u2019m happy to be first and in lane four for the final.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For Nathan, the swim secured a first European final at his debut <strong>Team Ireland<\/strong> competition.<\/p>\n<p>The Loughborough swimmer knocked nine seconds off his previous best of 14:48.69 and said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I\u2019d said beforehand I want to make a final at my first international, and I\u2019ve done that, very happy. I think I had a nine second pb, towards the start I had to go with everybody, but it felt comfortable in the end.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Short-Course, Day 2 Prelims: Wiffen Twins Reach 1500 Free Final Twins Daniel and Nathan Wiffen reached the final of the 1500 free on day two of prelims at 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