{"id":574446,"date":"2023-12-09T00:55:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T07:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=574446"},"modified":"2023-12-09T07:53:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T14:53:26","slug":"european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/","title":{"rendered":"European Short-Course, Day 5 Prelims: Daniel Wiffen Books Tilt At Treble In Otopeni"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>European Short-Course, Day 5 Prelims: Daniel Wiffen Books Tilt At Treble In Otopeni<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> booked a tilt at the freestyle treble on the penultimate day of prelims at the <strong>European Short-Course Championships<\/strong> at the <strong>Aquatics Complex of Otopeni<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Having already made Irish history with 400 and 1500 gold, the Loughborough-based swimmer headed the 800 prelims where he&#8217;ll be joined by twin <strong>Nathan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alessandro Miressi<\/strong>, <strong>Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong>, <strong>Luke Greenbank<\/strong> and <strong>Andreas Vazaios<\/strong> were heat winners in their respective events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Freya Anderson<\/strong>, <strong>Benedetta Pilato<\/strong> and <strong>Anna Ntountounaki\u00a0<\/strong>were also first through with <strong>Great Britain<\/strong>&#8216;s mixed 4&#215;50 free relay booking lane four for Saturday&#8217;s final in <strong>Otopeni<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> won&#8217;t be taking any further part in the 50 fly after being DQd, hours after winning the 100 free.<\/p>\n<p>There was no place for Olympic 200 free champion<strong> Tom Dean<\/strong> who missed out in the 100 free under the two-per-nation rule once again.<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-3-finals-seven-titles-to-be-decided-in-otopeni\/\">Day 3 finals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-ben-proud-sets-european-short-course-50-free-record-of-20-18\/\">Ben Proud Sets European S\/C 50 Free Record Of 20.18<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-4-prelims-get-under-way-in-otopeni\/\">Day 4 prelims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-4-finals-seven-crowns-up-for-grabs-in-otopeni\/\">Day 4 finals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50m Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Nicolo Martinengh<\/strong>i, the 2022 world long-course silver medallist, heads the field in 26.04 ahead of <strong>Emre Sakci<\/strong> (26.15).<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish swimmer holds the world record of 24.95, set in Gazientep in December 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caspar Corbeau<\/strong>, the 100 bronze medallist was next through in 26.37.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simone Cerasuolo<\/strong> was the second Italian through in 26.43 with<strong> Federico Poggio<\/strong> missing out under the two-per-nation rule in eighth (26.77).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574457\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/2023-12-09\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09.png\" data-orig-size=\"621,514\" 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=\"2023-12-09\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-621x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574457 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-621x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200m Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Freya Anderson<\/strong> headed three British women in the top four, returning the morning after 100 bronze to go 1:53.72.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Barbora Seemanova<\/strong>, the 2021 European long-course champion, was second in 11:54.57 with <strong>Freya Colbert<\/strong> (1:54.89) and <strong>Lucy Hope<\/strong> (1:55.16) third and fourth through.<\/p>\n<p>However, Hope misses out because of the two-per-nation rule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Signe Bro<\/strong> took the final spot in 1:57.72.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574459\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/2023-12-09-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"626,522\" 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=\"2023-12-09 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-1-626x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-1.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574459 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-1-626x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200m Backstroke<\/h3>\n<p>Olympic bronze medallist <strong>Luke Greeenbank<\/strong> was speedy to head the field in 1:49.79 ahead of British teammate <strong>Cameron Brooker<\/strong> (1:51.85).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ole Braunschweig<\/strong> of Germany was some way clear to win his prelim and go third in 52.58.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mewen Tomac<\/strong> and <strong>Yohann Ndoye Brouard<\/strong> both safely progressed the morning after a French 1-2 over 100m.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574461\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/2023-12-09-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-2-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"622,525\" 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=\"2023-12-09 (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-2-1-622x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-2-1.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574461 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-2-1-622x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50m Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p>Three-time world medallist <strong>Benedetta Pilato<\/strong> is in pole in 29.21 ahead of <strong>Eneli Jefimova<\/strong> (29.46), the 16-year-old who claimed Estonia&#8217;s first European s\/c title in the 100, and. <strong>Imogen Clark<\/strong> (29.50).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sophie Hansson<\/strong>, bronze medallist at the 2021 short-course worlds, withdrew.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574463\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/2023-12-09-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-3.png\" data-orig-size=\"622,521\" 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=\"2023-12-09 (3)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-3-622x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-3.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574463 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-3-622x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100m Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p>A quality field in <strong>Otopeni<\/strong> was headed by <strong>Alessandro Miressi<\/strong> in 46.49 ahead of world record-holder <strong>David Popovici<\/strong> (46.70) who&#8217;ll return for the 200 free final this evening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Richards <\/strong>and <strong>Jacob Whittle<\/strong> both clocked 46.85 to progress but<strong> Tom Dean<\/strong>, the Olympic 200 champion, misses out under the two-per-nation rule once again in 47.16.<\/p>\n<p>Dean failed to progress in the 200 free because of said rule while he finished ninth in the 400 free, missing out on the final by 0.09.<\/p>\n<p>Dean&#8217;s British teammate <strong>Lewis Burras<\/strong> scratched and later appeared in the mixed 4&#215;50 free.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574467\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/2023-12-09-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-6.png\" data-orig-size=\"624,517\" 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=\"2023-12-09 (6)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-6-624x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-6.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574467 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-6-624x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100IM<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Andreas Vazaios<\/strong> returned after winning silver in the 200IM to post the fastest time of 52.19.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong>, who claimed his first European s\/c title on Friday ahead of Vazaios, was among eight swimmers to scratch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574465\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/2023-12-09-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-5.png\" data-orig-size=\"619,530\" 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=\"2023-12-09 (5)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-5-619x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-5.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574465 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-5-619x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Women&#8217;s 50 Fly<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Anna Ntountounaki<\/strong>, bronze medallist at Kazan 2021, was swiftest in 25.36 ahead of <strong>Tessa Giele<\/strong> (25.45) with <strong>Sara Junevik<\/strong> (25.51) leading home Swedish teammate <strong>Louise Hansson<\/strong> (25.59).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong>, winner of the 100 free on Friday following 100IM and 50 free silvers, was DQd because of a false start.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574469\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/2023-12-09-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-7.png\" data-orig-size=\"620,524\" 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=\"2023-12-09 (7)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-7-620x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-7.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574469 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-7-620x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Mixed 4&#215;50 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Great Britain<\/strong> will be in lane four after going 1:30.61 ahead of <strong>Italy<\/strong> 1:30.65 and <strong>France<\/strong> (1:30.75).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574470\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/2023-12-09-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-8.png\" data-orig-size=\"612,544\" 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=\"2023-12-09 (8)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-8-612x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-8.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-574470 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-8-612x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 800m Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> booked lane four in Sunday&#8217;s final in 7:33.38, 7.42secs outside the European record he set in December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old elevated himself to third-fastest all-time in the 1500 in <strong>Otopeni<\/strong> in 14:09.11 and a tilt at <strong>Grant Hackett<\/strong>&#8216;s 800 WR of 7:23.42 that has stood since July 2008 could well be on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>He said through <strong>Swim Ireland<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018\u2018It was pretty good, I had a little bit of fun in that race, I went out normal pace and then I just sat back after I got the lead just to make it not as tough on me for the final tomorrow, now it\u2019s all about recovery.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/strong> (7:33.41) and <strong>Felix Auboeck<\/strong> (7:34.00) were next through with <strong>Nathan Wiffen<\/strong> fifth 7:34.82.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan, who swam a 12-second PB, added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I came in here and thought it would be difficult to make a final at my first senior meet, or ever at any international, so to make two finals is pretty unreal in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 800m is my main event, so I was surprised to make it in the 1500m, so yeah, I\u2019m very excited.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Henrik Christiansen<\/strong>, the 2022 short-course worlds silver medallist, was locked out by one place and 0.11 in 7:36.50.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574473\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/2023-12-09-9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-9.png\" data-orig-size=\"618,480\" 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=\"2023-12-09 (9)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-9.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-9.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-574473 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-9.png 618w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-9-258x200.png 258w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-9-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-9-450x350.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-9-533x414.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574476\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/2023-12-09-10-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-10-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"607,398\" 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=\"2023-12-09 (10)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-10-1.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-10-1.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-574476 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-10-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-10-1.png 607w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-10-1-280x184.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-10-1-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-10-1-450x295.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-12-09-10-1-533x349.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Short-Course, Day 5 Prelims: Daniel Wiffen Books Tilt At Treble In Otopeni Daniel Wiffen booked a tilt at the freestyle treble on the penultimate day of prelims at the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7575,"featured_media":533282,"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":[54168,35359,48428,71348,75881,35250,133512,47484,128885,17020,125994,128085,56015,61180,2468,53400,94016,31274,128629,120003,93770,64581,133511,128151,133479,40415,66654,77056],"class_list":["post-574446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-europe","tag-alessandro-miressi","tag-andreas-vazaios","tag-anna-ntountounaki","tag-barbora-seemanova","tag-benedetta-pilato","tag-beryl-gastaldello","tag-cameron-brooker","tag-caspar-corbeau","tag-david-popovici","tag-duncan-scott","tag-emre-sakci","tag-eneli-jefimova","tag-european-short-course-championships","tag-freya-anderson","tag-grant-hackett","tag-imogen-clark","tag-jacob-whittle","tag-louise-hansson","tag-luke-greeenbank","tag-matt-richards","tag-mewen-tomac","tag-mykhailo-romanchuk","tag-nicolo-martinengh","tag-ole-braunschweig","tag-otopeni","tag-sophie-hansson","tag-tom-dean","tag-yohann-ndoye-brouard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>European Short-Course: Day 5 Prelims Under Way<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The penultimate day of prelims are under way at the European Short-Course Championships at the Aquatics Complex of Otopeni.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European Short-Course, Day 5 Prelims: Daniel Wiffen Books Tilt At Treble In Otopeni\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The penultimate day of prelims are under way at the European Short-Course Championships at the Aquatics Complex of Otopeni.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-09T07:55:51+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-09T14:53:26+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f55ce46c708d9bd9c8562ba7ba18dab1\"},\"headline\":\"European Short-Course, Day 5 Prelims: Daniel Wiffen Books Tilt At Treble In Otopeni\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-09T07:55:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-09T14:53:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/\"},\"wordCount\":810,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Alessandro Miressi\",\"Andreas Vazaios\",\"Anna Ntountounaki\",\"Barbora Seemanova\",\"Benedetta Pilato\",\"Beryl Gastaldello\",\"Cameron Brooker\",\"Caspar Corbeau\",\"David Popovici\",\"Duncan Scott\",\"Emre Sakci\",\"Eneli Jefimova\",\"European Short Course Championships\",\"Freya Anderson\",\"Grant Hackett\",\"Imogen Clark\",\"Jacob Whittle\",\"Louise Hansson\",\"Luke Greeenbank\",\"Matt Richards\",\"Mewen Tomac\",\"Mykhailo Romanchuk\",\"Nicolo Martinengh\",\"Ole Braunschweig\",\"Otopeni\",\"Sophie Hansson\",\"Tom Dean\",\"Yohann Ndoye Brouard\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Europe\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/\",\"name\":\"European Short-Course: Day 5 Prelims Under Way\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-09T07:55:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-09T14:53:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"The penultimate day of prelims are under way at the European Short-Course Championships at the Aquatics Complex of Otopeni.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646.jpg\",\"width\":2400,\"height\":1600,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"European Short-Course, Day 5 Prelims: Daniel Wiffen Books Tilt At Treble In Otopeni\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f55ce46c708d9bd9c8562ba7ba18dab1\",\"name\":\"Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22eeaf964be26f9a07c38ad4ef4be357?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22eeaf964be26f9a07c38ad4ef4be357?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/SwimmingWorld.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/lizbyrnes\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"European Short-Course: Day 5 Prelims Under Way","description":"The penultimate day of prelims are under way at the European Short-Course Championships at the Aquatics Complex of Otopeni.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"European Short-Course, Day 5 Prelims: Daniel Wiffen Books Tilt At Treble In Otopeni","og_description":"The penultimate day of prelims are under way at the European Short-Course Championships at the Aquatics Complex of Otopeni.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2023-12-09T07:55:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-09T14:53:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646-1024x683.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/"},"author":{"name":"Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f55ce46c708d9bd9c8562ba7ba18dab1"},"headline":"European Short-Course, Day 5 Prelims: Daniel Wiffen Books Tilt At Treble In Otopeni","datePublished":"2023-12-09T07:55:51+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-09T14:53:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/"},"wordCount":810,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646.jpg","keywords":["Alessandro Miressi","Andreas Vazaios","Anna Ntountounaki","Barbora Seemanova","Benedetta Pilato","Beryl Gastaldello","Cameron Brooker","Caspar Corbeau","David Popovici","Duncan Scott","Emre Sakci","Eneli Jefimova","European Short Course Championships","Freya Anderson","Grant Hackett","Imogen Clark","Jacob Whittle","Louise Hansson","Luke Greeenbank","Matt Richards","Mewen Tomac","Mykhailo Romanchuk","Nicolo Martinengh","Ole Braunschweig","Otopeni","Sophie Hansson","Tom Dean","Yohann Ndoye Brouard"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Europe"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/","name":"European Short-Course: Day 5 Prelims Under Way","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-09T07:55:51+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-09T14:53:26+00:00","description":"The penultimate day of prelims are under way at the European Short-Course Championships at the Aquatics Complex of Otopeni.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646.jpg","width":2400,"height":1600,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"European Short-Course, Day 5 Prelims: Daniel Wiffen Books Tilt At Treble In Otopeni"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f55ce46c708d9bd9c8562ba7ba18dab1","name":"Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22eeaf964be26f9a07c38ad4ef4be357?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22eeaf964be26f9a07c38ad4ef4be357?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/SwimmingWorld.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/lizbyrnes\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Daniel Wiffen: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230725_AMas_AM50646.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-2prg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7575"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}