arena lights up Israel – 18th LEN European SC Championships days 1&2

COMPETITION INSIGHTS

arena’s Elite Team swimmers broke 6 Championship Records and 1 World Record on the first two days of the European Short Course Championships in Netanya, Israel. Leading the charge (as usual) is The Iron Lady from Hungary, Katinka Hosszú, who set a new 400 IM world mark just a half-hour into the Championships. In the evening’s final, she couldn’t match her morning swim of 4:19.46, but still won comfortably with a fast 4:19.75. Katinka went on to break 3 CRs on the second day, winning 100 back in a time of 55.42, and leading the 100 IM prelims and semis with times of 57.52 in the morning and 57.49 in the evening.

First gold medal winner of the Championships was Poland’s Radosław Kawęcki, who set a new CR of 1:48.33 with his 200 backstroke victory. “Yesterday was really my day, I had a feeling it was gonna be a great day from the early morning, I had a good sleep and breakfast,” he said afterwards. “I also think that those Haribo jelly bears I ate in the morning also helped, I slept like a bear in between the races.” Radek leads the field going into tonight’s 100 back final.

Germany’s Marco Koch continued his great form of the past 18 months with a 200 breaststroke gold in a new CR of 2:00.53. Marco was just 0.05s shy of the WR set in 2014 by Hungary’s Dániel Gyurta, who came in second. Koch’s compatriot Paul Biedermann also enjoyed a successful two days in the last international SC championships of his career, with the 200 free gold and 400 free silver.

Swedish star Sarah Sjöström asserted herself in usual fashion with a 24.58 CR in the 50 fly final, along with the second-fastest 100 free semi. She and leading semi-finalist Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands will battle it out for the 100 free crown tonight.

On the Championships’ second night, perennial champion and challenger László Cseh of Hungary celebrated his 30th birthday with the 100 fly title, the 17th of a glittering European SC career that goes all the way back to 2002 in Riesa, Germany.

Other arena medal winners over the first 2 days were Hannah Miley (Great Britain, 400 IM silver), Adam Peaty (Great Britain, 50 breast silver) and Sharon van Rouwendaal (Netherlands, 800 free bronze).

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NETHERLANDS

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HUNGARY

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GERMANY

Sportschau | Biedermann holt Silber bei der Kurzbahn-EM

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Biedermann holt Silber mit Bestmarke

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Corriere dello Sport | Paltrinieri e Pellegrini ok, pomeriggio con Rivolta

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MEDAL COUNT

RESULTS DAY 1

M 200m BACKSTROKE
GOLD – Kawęcki POL 1:48.33 CR arena
SILVER – Toumarkin ISR 1:49.84 speedo
BRONZE – Sabbioni ITA 1:50.75 arena

W 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
GOLD – Hosszú HUN 4:19.75 arena
SILVER – Miley GBR 4:26.37 arena
BRONZE – Grangeon FRA 4:27.31 speedo

M 400m FREESTYLE
GOLD – Bernek HUN 3:35.22 arena
SILVER – Biedermann GER 3:35.96 arena
BRONZE – Detti ITA 3:37.22 arena

W 50m BREASTSTROKE
GOLD – Lukkanen FIN 29.71 arena
SILVER – Lecluyse BEL 29.84 arena
BRONZE – Ivaneeva RUS 29.99 arena

M 50m BREASTSTROKE
GOLD – Dogonjic SLO 26.20 head
SILVER – Peaty GBR 26.21 arena
BRONZE – Kostin RUS 26.35 arena
BRONZE – Murphy IRL 26.35 arena

M 4x50m FREESTYLE
GOLD – Russia 1:23.49 arena
SILVER – Italy 1:24.44 mixed
BRONZE – Belarus 1:25.01 arena

Total Medals Day 1 = 19

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RESULTS DAY 2

M 200m FREESTYLE
GOLD – Biedermann GER 1:42.66 arena
SILVER – Timmers BEL 1:42.85 speedo
BRONZE – Surgeloose BEL 1:43.55 speedo
BRONZE – Andrusenko RUS 1:43.55 arena

M 200m BREASTSTROKE
GOLD – Koch GER 2:00.53 CR arena
SILVER – Gyurta HUN 2:01.99 arena
BRONZE – Willis GBR 2:02.76 speedo

M 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
GOLD – Verraszto HUN 4:02.43 arena
SILVER – Pavoni GBR 4:02.69 arena
BRONZE – Nevo ISR 4:04.68 speedo

W 100m BACKSTROKE
GOLD – Hosszú HUN 55.42 CR arena
SILVER – Tchorz POL 57.12 arena
BRONZE – Gustafsdottir ISL 57.42 tyr

M 100m BUTTERFLY
GOLD – Cseh HUN 49.33 arena
SILVER – Rivolta ITA 49.70 arena
BRONZE – Konovalov RUS arena

W 800m FREESTYLE
GOLD – Carlin GBR 8:11.01 speedo
SILVER – Kapas HUN 8:11.43 arena
BRONZE – Van Rouwendaal NED 8:15.84 arena

W 50m BUTTERFLY
GOLD – Sjöström SWE 24.58 arena CR
SILVER – Ottesen DEN 25.04 tyr
BRONZE – Di Pietro ITA 25.26 arena

MIXED 4x50m MEDLEY RELAY
GOLD – Italy 1:38.33 CR arena
SILVER – Russia 1:38.36 arena
BRONZE – Belarus 1:39.03 arena

Total Medals Day 2 = 44

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