{"id":657434,"date":"2026-11-13T23:54:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T07:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=657434"},"modified":"2026-11-13T23:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T07:56:35","slug":"luca-hoek-continues-record-breaking-form-at-spanish-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/luca-hoek-continues-record-breaking-form-at-spanish-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Luca Hoek Continues Record-Breaking Run at Spanish Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/campeonatos.rfen.es\/26-27\/OPEN_P25\/index_us.html\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Luca Hoek <\/strong>broke the Spanish 100 free s\/c record with a maiden journey inside 46secs on day two of the <strong>Spanish Open<\/strong> in Sabadell.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old has been making his mark in junior waters with two straight 100 free titles at the <strong>European Junior Championships<\/strong> in 2025 and 2026.<\/p>\n<p>He holds the Spanish long-course records for the 50 free (21.93), 100 (47.26) and 200 (1:46.10) with the 100 coming in the semis of the European Championships in Paris in August before he went on to finish fourth in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Hoek had a s\/c best over 100 free of 46.04 going into the Sabadell meet but he lowered that to 45.93 where he was followed home by Canadian <strong>Josh Liendo<\/strong> (46.69) and <strong>Hugo Gonzalez<\/strong> (46.72).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_594118\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-594118\" data-attachment-id=\"594118\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/luca-hoek-continues-record-breaking-form-at-spanish-open\/paris-2024-olympic-games-555\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802_GSca_SG70236.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Giorgio Scala \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Josh Liendo of Canada prepares to compete in the swimming 50m Freestyle Men Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 02, 2024.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722623448&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Giorgio Scala \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&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=\"&lt;p&gt;6-8-25&lt;br \/&gt;\nJosh Liendo of Canada prepares to compete in the swimming 50m Freestyle Men Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 02, 2024.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Scala\/DeepBlueMedia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802_GSca_SG70236-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802_GSca_SG70236-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-594118\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802_GSca_SG70236-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Josh Liendo\" width=\"267\" height=\"191\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-594118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Liendo: Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Scala\/DeepBlueMedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hoek\u2019s exploits followed <strong>Youssef Ramadan\u2019s<\/strong> championship record of 46.14 in the B final which was also 0.36 off <strong>Chad le Clos\u2019<\/strong> African benchmark from 2017. However, the Egyptian\u2019s CR only lasted a matter of minutes before Hoek\u2019s intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Ramadan had paid a trip to the top of the podium on the opening day in Sabadell with a 21.03 win in the 50 free where Liendo took second in 21.11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> had lifted the 400 free crown in 3:41.16 with Spaniard <strong>Carlos Garach<\/strong> booking a place on the team for the short-course worlds with a 3:41.32 PB.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ivan Martinez<\/strong> won the men\u2019s 100 back in 50.11 ahead of John Shortt (50.29) to go inside the Beijing cut. Martinez becomes the second Spanish performer all-time and the fastest in textile behind <strong>Aschwin Wildeboer Faber<\/strong> whose national record of 49.05 dates from 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Irene Ciercoles<\/strong> won the women\u2019s 100 back in 57.31 ahead of <strong>Carmen Weiler<\/strong> (57.52) as both women went inside the cut. <strong>Kylie Masse<\/strong> of Canada was third home in 57.51. Ciercoles also won the 50 free with her time of 24.29 inside the cut as she added another event to her programme in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alba Vazquez<\/strong> made the cut in the 200IM with a 2:07.40 PB.<\/p>\n<p>There was a Wiffen brothers 1-2 in the 1500 although it was Nathan who took the honours this time. He posted 14:35.32, more than 11 seconds quicker than twin brother Daniel who went 14:46.67. <strong>Maria De Valdes Alvarez<\/strong> led the women in 15:53.54, 4.5secs off the cut for Beijing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Results Luca Hoek broke the Spanish 100 free s\/c record with a maiden journey inside 46secs on day two of the Spanish Open in Sabadell. 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