{"id":646335,"date":"2026-07-03T21:13:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=646335"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:23:04","slug":"marrit-steenbergen-clinches-second-title-tes-schouten-returns-to-international-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/marrit-steenbergen-clinches-second-title-tes-schouten-returns-to-international-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Marrit Steenbergen Clinches Second Title &#038; Tes Schouten Returns to International Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livetiming.knzb.nl\/ONKlb2026\/\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/marrit-steenbergen-swims-58-33-100-backstroke-one-of-three-national-records-on-night-1-at-dutch-trials\/\">Day 1 report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> clinched her second title in as many days and <strong>Tes Schouten<\/strong> booked her return to international competition on day two of the Dutch Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Steenbergen won the 50 back in a 27.40 PB ahead of <strong>Tessa Giele<\/strong> (27.67) and <strong>Maaike de Waard<\/strong> (27.74) as all three women went inside the cut for the European Championships in Paris next month.<\/p>\n<p>It was a second backstroke victory in as many days for Steenbergen who went 58.33 for a national record over 100m on the opening evening.<\/p>\n<p>The trio were among Dutch swimmers to book a slot on the team for the continental showcase which runs from 10-16 August at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis.<\/p>\n<h3>Schouten Returns To International Waters<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_593585\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-593585\" data-attachment-id=\"593585\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/marrit-steenbergen-clinches-second-title-tes-schouten-returns-to-international-stage\/paris-2024-olympic-games-265\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240731_Maso_MA72121.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Tes Schouten of the Netherlands reacts after competing in the swimming 200m Breaststroke Women Semifinals during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), July 31, 2024.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722456544&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Paris 2024 Olympic Games&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Paris 2024 Olympic Games\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tes Schouten of the Netherlands reacts after competing in the swimming 200m Breaststroke Women Semifinals during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), July 31, 2024.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240731_Maso_MA72121-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240731_Maso_MA72121-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-593585\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240731_Maso_MA72121-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"189\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-593585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tes Schouten: Photo Courtesy: Deepbluemedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Schouten booked her place on the team in the 100m breaststroke in 1:06.37 and was the only woman to break 1:07. She was followed by <strong>Florine Gaspard<\/strong> of Belgium (1:07.68) and <strong>Rafaela Mulders<\/strong> (1:09.13).<\/p>\n<p>Schouten will return to international competition two years after winning 200 breast bronze at the Paris Olympics. However, that was followed by serious ill health after she was hospitalised in November 2024 with nerve pain, loss of power and function on the entire left side of her body.<\/p>\n<p>She withdrew from the 2025 World Championships in Singapore as she was still experiencing extreme fatigue and pain on a daily basis before returning to competition in early 2026.<\/p>\n<p>International waters beckon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tes-schouten-returns-to-familiar-territory-at-flanders-cup\/\">once more for the Antwerp-based swimmer<\/a> who\u2019ll also attempt to qualify in the 200m breaststroke.<\/p>\n<h3>Ellard Hits European Para-Swimming Record<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Imani de Jong<\/strong> went inside 1:58 for the first time in the 200 free with her time of 1:57.79 earning her a place on the Netherlands team. <strong>Martin Belmon<\/strong> booked his slot in the men\u2019s event in 1:48.20.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marte Hieke van der Kamp<\/strong> added a second swim to her Paris programme, going 16:26.30 in the 1500 free a day after qualifying in the 400.<\/p>\n<p>Briton <strong>Lucy Fox<\/strong> headed the women\u2019s 200 fly in 2:09.72 with <strong>Evy Rozeboom<\/strong> inside the Dutch cut in 2:11.11 in second.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Noah Verreth<\/strong> of Belgium headed the men\u2019s 50 back in 54.14 with <strong>Kai van Westering<\/strong> the first Dutchman home in 54.27. <strong>Thomas Jansen<\/strong> won the 200IM in 2:00.65, outside the QT although he will go again in the long medley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Ellard <\/strong>achieved a European para-swimming record in 57.97 on the S14 &#8211; 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