{"id":574268,"date":"2023-12-07T08:27:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=574268"},"modified":"2023-12-08T03:14:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T10:14:03","slug":"european-short-course-day-3-finals-seven-titles-to-be-decided-in-otopeni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-3-finals-seven-titles-to-be-decided-in-otopeni\/","title":{"rendered":"European Short-Course, Day 3 Finals: Daniel Wiffen Goes Third All-Time With 1500 Masterclass"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>European Short-Course, Day 3 Finals: Daniel Wiffen Goes Third All-Time With 1500 Masterclass<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> produced the third-fastest 1500 free in history as he claimed his second gold medal in as many races on the third night of finals at the <strong>European Short-Course Championships<\/strong> in <strong>Otopeni<\/strong>, Romania.<\/p>\n<p>Wiffen became the first Irish swimmer to win a European short-course title when he dismantled the field in the 400 free on the opening night.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old returned for the longest race in the pool where he threatened the world record before stopping the clock in 14:09.11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Proud<\/strong> set a European 50 free record in 20.18: read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-ben-proud-sets-european-short-course-50-free-record-of-20-18\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There was a British 1-2 in the women&#8217;s 200 backstroke with France also taking the top two spots in the women&#8217;s 100IM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Great Britain<\/strong> lead the medal table with four gold, three silver and three bronze medals ahead of <strong>France<\/strong> (three golds, five silvers, one bronze), <strong>Sweden<\/strong> (three golds, one bronze) with <strong>Ireland<\/strong> in fourth with two golds and a bronze.<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-championships-day-2-prelims-proud-manaudou-among-quality-50-free-field\/\">Day 2 prelims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-2-finals-six-titles-up-for-grabs-in-otopeni\/#google_vignette\">Day 2 finals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-noe-ponti-sets-european-short-course-100-fly-record-of-48-47\/\">Noe Ponti Sets European s\/c 100 Fly Record<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-3-prelims-get-under-way-in-otopeni\/#google_vignette\">Day 3 prelims<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Women\u2019s 200m Backstroke<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Harris had never raced a 200 back before Wednesday but she led throughout to win in a 2:02.45 Welsh record.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katie Shanahan<\/strong> came from third at 150 to take second in 2:03.22 for a British 1-2 with <b>Pauline Mahieu <\/b>of France third in 2:03.90.<\/p>\n<p>Harris said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very, very happy. I&#8217;m just really pleased, I glad I entered this event &#8211; I&#8217;ve not done it in three years so I&#8217;m really happy to have gone and done that, I&#8217;m quite shocked.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50m Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p>Proud set a European record of 20.18: read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-ben-proud-sets-european-short-course-50-free-record-of-20-18\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200m Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Angelina Kohler<\/strong> led throughout to win in 2:03.30 ahead of <strong>Helena Bach Rosendahl<\/strong> (2:03.86) with <strong>Lana Pudar<\/strong> setting a European Junior Record of 2:04.55.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100IM<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Charlotte Bonnet<\/strong> produced lightning quick breaststroke and freestyle legs to claim the title in 57.47 with <strong>Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> making it a France 1-2 in 57.67.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Louise Hansson<\/strong> of Sweden took third in 58.33.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 1500 Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p>Wiffen delivered a masterclass in distance swimming and was under <strong>Florian Wellbrock&#8217;s<\/strong> world record pace up until 900m and at halfway was 1.18secs inside.<\/p>\n<p>The red line may have got away from the Irishman following the 950 mark but his winning time of 14:09.11 was the third-fastest in history, eclipsed only by Wellbrock&#8217;s WR of 14:06.88 and <strong>Gregorio Paltrinieri&#8217;s<\/strong> 14:08.06 from the 2015 European short-course.<\/p>\n<p>He finished a full 25m ahead of <strong>David Aubry<\/strong> and <strong>Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/strong> who finished in 14:21.78 and 14:22.18 respectively for silver and bronze while brother Nathan was eighth.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Wiffen &#8211; coached by <strong>Andi Manley<\/strong> at Loughborough &#8211; still has a race remaining in <strong>Otopeni<\/strong>, his favourite 800 free in which he&#8217;s the European record holder in both the long and short-course pools.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It\u2019s a great time, I knew I was going fast as I took it out fast, and I just wanted to see how long I could hold on, I got to the 500m, and I was really feeling it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It definitely hurt, but I expected to be that fast building on from the 400m title.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I guess I\u2019m just taking loads of confidence from this and hopefully will bring it back and convert it into long course (50m).&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Men\u2019s 100m Breaststroke<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Kamminga won the first individual titles of his career at Glasgow 2019 with the 100\/200 double.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the Netherlands swimmer has won nine medals in the Olympic, world and European pools as well as nine in the global and continental short-course pools.<\/p>\n<p>The double Olympic silver medallist was sixth at 75 but came back on the final 25 to take the touch in 56.52 with <strong>Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> second (56.57) and his training partner <strong>Caspar Corbeau<\/strong> (52.66).<\/p>\n<p>Kamminga suffered illness and burnout in 2022 which meant he missed his winter block of training and headed to the Fukuoka worlds without his usual preparation.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, he won silver in the 100 breast in an historic three-way tie with Martinenghi and <strong>Nic Fink<\/strong> as he concludes the year by returning to the top of the individual podium.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to be back after four years and winning again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a hard time: first it was hard to take a step back from swimming and watch the others from the sidelines and even if I wanted to race my body said no.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then I returned, trained hard but the results did not come for a while \u2013 so now it\u2019s great to achieve this, to be on the top of the podium.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Martinenghi added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOh, it\u2019s good, every time it\u2019s great to race against these guys and it was a good swim especially since I\u2019m not 100% now. I thought I could go 56.5 which I did so I\u2019m really satisfied.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Corbeau said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThat\u2019s great, a first individual medal for me, so I\u2019m happy. It was very close, my finishing touch could have been better but perhaps the others can tell you the same, so I don\u2019t want to think of this, just enjoy the moment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 4x50m Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Michelle Coleman<\/strong> won her third gold anchoring the Swedish quartet in 1:43.26 ahead of Italy (1:43.97) and Great Britain (1:44.67).<\/p>\n<h3>OTOPENI SEMIFINALS ROUND-UP<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tes Schouten<\/strong> led the way in the women\u2019s 200m breaststroke in 2:16.98, a new Dutch record.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Hopkin<\/strong> headed the 100 free semis in 51.70, the only woman inside 52secs and <strong><em>Louise Hansson<\/em><\/strong> booked lane four for the 50 back in 26.23.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic silver medallist <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> was comfortably the swiftest into the 200IM final in 1:51.90 from which 10-time World short-course medallist <strong>Thomas Ceccon<\/strong> was DQd.<\/p>\n<p>French pair <strong>Mewen Tomac<\/strong> \u2013 the 50 back gold medallist \u2013 and <strong>Yohann Ndoye Brouard<\/strong> booked lanes four and five in the 100 back in 50.01 and 50.19 respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Noe Ponti<\/strong> \u2013 fresh from his European 100 fly record \u2013 is in pole position in the 200, clocking 1:51.79.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Short-Course, Day 3 Finals: Daniel Wiffen Goes Third All-Time With 1500 Masterclass Daniel Wiffen produced the third-fastest 1500 free in history as he claimed his second gold medal in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7575,"featured_media":574267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122074],"tags":[40554,26834,27567,120079,56015,68659,32022,65178,48455,94021,64581,132328,54241],"class_list":["post-574268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-europe","tag-arno-kamminga","tag-ben-proud","tag-charlotte-bonnet","tag-daniel-wiffen","tag-european-short-course-championships","tag-florian-wellbrock","tag-gregorio-paltrinieri","tag-lorenzo-zazzeri","tag-margherita-panziera","tag-medi-harris","tag-mykhailo-romanchuk","tag-nathan-wiffen","tag-nicolo-martinenghi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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