{"id":604474,"date":"2025-02-07T11:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=604474"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:20:10","slug":"roos-vanotterdijk-falls-just-shy-of-belgian-50-back-record-amid-two-medals-at-flanders-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/roos-vanotterdijk-falls-just-shy-of-belgian-50-back-record-amid-two-medals-at-flanders-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Roos Vanotterdijk Falls Just Shy Of Belgian 50 Back Record Amid Two Medals At Flanders Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roos Vanotterdijk Falls Just Shy Of Belgian 50 Back Record Amid Two Medals At Flanders Cup<\/h4>\n

Roos Vanotterdijk<\/strong> was just 0.01 off her Belgian 50 back record as she made two trips to the podium on the first day of the Flanders Cup 2025<\/strong> in Antwerp.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old touched in 27.98, a sliver off her 27.97 national standard from the Flemish Championships in February 2023. She was completely dominant, finishing 1.34 ahead of Fleur Verdonck<\/strong> (29.32) with Lotte Vanhauwaert<\/strong> (29.81) third home.<\/p>\n

Vanotterdijk returned for the 50 free which concluded the women’s day one programme. Milou van Wijk<\/strong> of the Netherlands claimed the honours in 24.70, 0.07 ahead of Belgian record-holder Florine Gaspard<\/strong> (24.77) with Vanotterdijk taking her second medal of the meet with bronze in 25.02.<\/p>\n

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John Shortt: Photo Courtesy: \u00a9INPHO\/Dan Sheridan<\/p><\/div>\n

Fellow Belgian Vincent van Hooydonck<\/strong> won the men’s 50 free in 22.64 ahead of Irish pair Shane Ryan<\/strong> (22.72) and Evan Bailey<\/strong> (22.96, the trio the only men inside 23secs.<\/p>\n

It was the second trip to the podium for Bailey and Van Hooydonck who filled the top two spots in the men’s 100 fly, Bailey enjoying a clear victory in 54.12 to 55.41.<\/p>\n

John Shortt<\/strong> marked his 18th birthday with a resounding victory by more than eight seconds in the 200 back. The Swim Ireland athlete stopped the clock in 1:58.58, 8.03secs ahead of Noah Verreth<\/strong> (2:06.61) with Alexander Van Hoey Billiet<\/strong> third in 2:06.97.<\/p>\n

Commonwealth Youth Games champion Ellie McCartney<\/strong> led for all but the first 50m of the 200m breaststroke as the Swim Ireland athlete enjoyed a clear victory in 2:27.10.<\/p>\n

Lisa Mamie<\/strong>, the 2022 European champion, followed her home in 2:31.41 with Djanilla Brink<\/strong> of the Netherlands third in 2:33.74.<\/p>\n

Eszter Szabo Feltothy<\/strong> of Hungary was in clear water in the 200 fly, clocking 2:15.84 to enjoy a winning margin of 7.79secs over Sam de Bont<\/strong> (2:23.63).<\/p>\n

Siri Vanderlinden<\/strong> overtook long-time leader Maria Godden<\/strong> by the final turn of the 400 free to win in 4:18.59 to 4:21.07.<\/p>\n

Ivo Kroes<\/strong> won the men’s 100br in 1:02.16,\u00a0Claudio Buttarelli<\/strong> took the men’s 400IM in 4:32.74 and\u00a0Bram Loots<\/strong> came from second with 100m remaining to win the men’s 1500 in 15:52.46.<\/p>\n

The Flanders Cup<\/strong> runs until Sunday 9 February at the Olympic Swimming Centre in Antwerp.<\/p>\n