{"id":574492,"date":"2023-12-09T08:32:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T15:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=574492"},"modified":"2023-12-09T13:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:46:50","slug":"european-short-course-day-5-finals-popovici-guy-richards-headline-200-free-field-in-otopeni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-finals-popovici-guy-richards-headline-200-free-field-in-otopeni\/","title":{"rendered":"European Short-Course, Day 5 Finals: Noe Ponti Completes Butterfly Clean Sweep In Otopeni"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>European Short-Course, Day 5 Finals: Noe Ponti Completes Butterfly Clean Sweep In Otopeni<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Noe Ponti<\/strong> became the first man to complete the butterfly clean sweep after winning gold in the 50 at the\u00a0<strong>European Short-Course Championships<\/strong> in Otopeni, Romania.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss swimmer went 21.79 to add the sprint to the 100 he won in a European record of 48.47 and the 200 he claimed on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kira Toussaint<\/strong> made it three in a row in the 100 back to add to three straight 50 back titles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Richards<\/strong> and <strong>James Guy<\/strong> delivered a British 1-2 in the 200 free with<strong> David Popovici<\/strong> finishing outside the medals in fourth,<\/p>\n<p><b>Great Britain\u00a0<\/b>return to the top of the medal table with eight golds, six silvers and four bronze medals ahead of <strong>France<\/strong> (six golds, seven silvers and five bronze) and the <strong>Netherlands<\/strong> (five golds and four bronze medals).<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-prelims-under-way\/\">Day 5 prelims<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 100m Backstroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Medi Harris<\/strong> was comfortably the fastest qualifier and was seeking a second individual title of the meet following 200 back gold.<\/p>\n<p>But it was <strong>Kira Toussaint<\/strong> who led throughout to win in 55.88 to claim her third straight 100 title and add to her three in a row over 50 on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands swimmer said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI came here to win these two events (50-100m), so I\u2019m very pleased to achieve the double.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was nervous before the start but it\u2019s fun to feel the excitements and at the same time I was confident and I\u2019m happy that I\u2019ve succeeded.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Harris was second in 56.81 with <strong>Mary-Ambre Moluh<\/strong> of France third in 57.10.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200m Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p>British 1-2s are becoming a regular occurence in the 200.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Dean<\/strong> and <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong> in Tokyo were followed by Richards and Dean at the 2023 World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>And it was the same once more in Otopeni with Richards and Guy taking the two top slots in 1:41.01 and 1:41.12 respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Danas Rapsys<\/strong> was third in 1:41.15 with Popovici fourth in 1:41.52.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_527106\" style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-527106\" data-attachment-id=\"527106\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/live-british-championships-day-6-finals-dean-scott-guy-richards-among-top-quality-200-free-final\/image004-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image004-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1047,637\" 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=\"image004 (1)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;image004 (1)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Matt Richards: Photo Courtesy: Morgan Harlow\/British Swimming&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image004-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image004-1-1024x623.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-527106\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image004-1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Richards\" width=\"312\" height=\"223\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-527106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Richards: Photo Courtesy: Morgan Harlow\/British Swimming<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Richards said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I\u2019m over the moon with that. It\u2019s a great result to try and build that momentum on from Worlds into short course.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I\u2019m definitely better long course so this is all a challenge and a learning experience to refine some of my skills, but<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I\u2019m over the moon to come out on top.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;So, so pleased to see Jim on the podium as well.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Guy added:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI\u2019ve not had an individual final &amp; to get an individual podium is amazing. I\u2019ve waited for a long time for it to happen. The last time I did a 200m free and got a medal was 2016, so seven years is a long time, so never give in!\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThings happen in life but don\u2019t give up. I\u2019m 28 and still PB\u2019ing and I\u2019m happy with what I\u2019m doing so bring on next year.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100m Fly<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Louise Hansson<\/strong> added to her Otopeni medal haul with gold in 55.37 with <strong>Angelina Kohler<\/strong> adding 100 silver to her 2 fly gold in 55.50.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Ntountounaki<\/strong> was third. in 55.98, two years after silver in Kazan.<\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200m Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p>The Netherlands are thriving in the breaststroke with <strong>Arno Kamminga<\/strong> and <strong>Tes Schouten<\/strong> having already paid a trip to the top of the Otopeni podium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caspar Corbeau<\/strong> led from start to finish to join the golden club in 2:02.41 to add to his 100 bronze.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anton McKee<\/strong> of Iceland took silver in 2:02.74 with Kamminga third in 2:03.32, patting Corbeau&#8217;s back as he hoisted himself on the lane ropes before slapping the water.<\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200IM<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Abbie Wood<\/strong> led throughout to win in 2:05.58 as she won the medley double.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_507487\" style=\"width: 311px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><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=\"301\" height=\"215\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-507487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Andrea Staccioli \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Charlotte Bonnet<\/strong> rocketed down the final 25 for silver in 2:06.58 with <strong>Lena Kreundl<\/strong> third in 2:06.89.<\/p>\n<p>Wood said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s tough doing the IM double but I\u2019m really proud\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She paid tribute to her coach at Loughborough Performance Centre, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI need to give Dave Hemmings a shout out and I hope he starts to get the praise he deserves because what he\u2019s doing with Medi (Harris) and I is great.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s smashed it this week too. It was a bit of a surprise when he said we would be training partners but it\u2019s working so well for both of us.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50 Fly<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Noe Ponti<\/strong> completed the fly treble in 21.79 &#8211; just 0.04 off the world record of 21.75 held by <strong>Szebasztian Szabo<\/strong> who finished second in 21.96.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maxime Grousset<\/strong> was third in 22.10.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_532833\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-532833\" data-attachment-id=\"532833\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-short-course-day-5-finals-popovici-guy-richards-headline-200-free-field-in-otopeni\/20th-world-aquatics-championships-fukuoka-2023-swimming-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230723_Swimming_STA5344.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" 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 Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Noe Ponti of Switzerland competes in the 50m Butterfly Men Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 23rd, 2023. Noe Ponti placed 5th.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1690106093&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Staccioli \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;840&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023, Swimming&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023, Swimming\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;10-24-24&lt;br \/&gt;\nNoe Ponti of Switzerland competes in the 50m Butterfly Men Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 23rd, 2023. Noe Ponti placed 5th. Sport, Swimming, FINA, Aquatics, World Championships, World Aquatics, Fukuoka, 2023, Fukuoka 2023, 50m Butterfly, Men, Heats, Noe Ponti&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\/2023\/07\/20230723_Swimming_STA5344-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230723_Swimming_STA5344-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-532833\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230723_Swimming_STA5344-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Noe Ponti of Switzerland competes in the 50m Butterfly Men Heats during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 23rd, 2023. Noe Ponti placed 5th.\" width=\"288\" height=\"205\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-532833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noe Ponti: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Staccioli \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ponti said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Amazing, I honestly didn\u2019t expect to swim this fast tonight. Wow. I mean 50\u2019s are like gambling, it can go well or it can go bad. I was really nervous and knew it was a 50 which could go either way. I wanted to enjoy it and obviously I did.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I\u2019m getting a lot of confidence from this for the longer season. This Europeans feels like what I\u2019ve been working for in these past years and each meet something didn\u2019t work out well, but I\u2019m happy that I was able to keep my mental state for five days (here) and be able to perform on each of the days.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay<\/h3>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Great Britain<\/strong> won in a Championship record of 1:27.75 ahead of <strong>Italy<\/strong> (1:28.28) and <strong>France<\/strong> (1:28.35).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><strong>Ben Proud<\/strong> \u2013 who blasted to a European record of 20.18 to win the individual 50 free title \u2013 went out in 20.39 with <strong>Lewis Burras<\/strong> going 20.69 as they reached halfway with a 0.27secs lead over Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Hopkin<\/strong> went 22.95 for the fastest woman\u2019s split in the field before <strong>Freya Anderson<\/strong> anchored the quartet to gold in 23.72.<\/p>\n<p>It was Burras\u2019 second relay gold of the championships following victory in the men\u2019s 4x50m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTwo national anthems in four days, I couldn\u2019t ask much more at my first-ever European Championships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing into this one, we talked about it (the world record), but we knew to let the swim come to us, be in the moment, take in the crowd and the time will be fast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a Championship record, so pretty good.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Short-Course, Day 5 Finals: Noe Ponti Completes Butterfly Clean Sweep In Otopeni Noe Ponti became the first man to complete the butterfly clean sweep after winning gold in 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