COMPETITION INSIGHTS
area swimmers continued their domination on the European SC Championships in Netanya, Israel, because it drew to a detailed on sixth December. All informed, an unimaginable 80% of gold medal winners wore area fits, whereas 74% of all podium finishers got here from the sector camp. The ultimate area counts have been 32 gold, 29 silver, and 30 bronze for a complete of 91 medals total.
Gregorio Paltrinieri produced the efficiency of the Championships as he took down the oldest present world document, breaking Grant Hackett’s 1500 free mark from 2001 with a surprising time of 14:08.06. The Italian led from begin to end, surging to his victory nearly 10 seconds forward of compatriot Gabriele Detti in second.
Prime of the heap on the ladies’s facet was Iron Woman Katinka Hosszú, whose phenomenal efficiency yielded 6 golds and a silver from 7 begins, together with 2 world and 6 championship data. Following her 400 IM WR on Day 1, Katinka nabbed her second in 100 IM on Day 3 with a time of 56.67, eclipsing the mark she set a 12 months in the past in Doha. Earlier on Day 3’s finals session she set a brand new 200 again CR (1:59.84), snagging one other in 200 IM (2:02.53) on Day 4, together with the 50 again title. In her solely second-place end in 400 free on Day 5, she was pipped on the put up by simply 0.03s in an exciting race, which produced her first sub-4min swim and a PB of three:58.84.
One other Hungarian excelling on the boys’s facet was the evergreen László Cseh, who added two extra titles – each in new European document occasions – to his 100 fly gold from Day 2. His 200 IM time of 1:51.36 is the third quickest of all time, whereas his 200 fly victory in 1:49.00 was lower than half a second off the WR. Germany’s Philip Heintz and Denmark’s Viktor Bromer picked up the 200 IM and 200 fly silver medals behind László.
The ladies’s freestyle sprints as of late appear to be growing into an all-arena rivalry, and it was no completely different in Netanya, as Elite Group swimmers Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Sarah Sjöström took the primary two podium positions in 50 & 100 free, Ranomi profitable the tremendous sprint and Sarah the 100. The Swede additionally claimed her second CR in Netanya on Day 5 as she comfortably defended her 100 fly title in 55.03.
Poland’s Radosław Kawęcki and Germany’s Marco Koch each accomplished spectacular 100-200 doubles of their respective specialties, with Radek producing a robust efficiency to maintain out Russia’s Stanislav Donets in 100 backstroke, and Marco swimming a blistering second half to beat Nice Britain’s Adam Peaty to the wall within the 100 breaststroke.
Among the many remaining medal winners, Russia’s Daria Ustinova picked up a silver in 200 backstroke on Day 3.
THE BEST PRESS CLIPS
NETHERLANDS
De Volkskrant | Kromowidjojo zwemt naar twee keer goud
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ED.nl | Goud voor Ranomi Kromowidjojo op 50 vrij
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GERMANY
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Koch schwimmt allen davon
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ITALY
La Repubblica | Da Paltrinieri alle ragazze della staffetta, che giornata per il nuoto azzurro
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La Stampa | La Woman di ferro evita la sfida con la Pellegrini
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Swimbiz | E il tris arrivò, Sabbioni Document Italiano 50 dorso
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La Gazzetta dello Sport | Greg-mania istituzionale
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SWEDEN
Dagens Nyheter | Sjöström tog ett guld och två silver
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Aftonbladet | Sjöström tog tre medaljer på 73 minuter
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SVT Sport | Sjöström tog guld på favoritdistansen
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HUNGARY
MNO | Hosszú Katinka először kapott ki a kontinensviadalon
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SWIMMING
SwimVortex | Laszlo Cseh goes longer on longevity with S/C 1:49 euro mark & WR-rattler 200 ‘fly
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MEDAL COUNT
RESULTS DAY 3
W 100m FREESTYLE
GOLD – Sjöström SWE 51.37 area
SILVER – Kromowidjojo NED 51.59 area
BRONZE – Popova RUS 52.02 area
W 200m BACKSTROKE
GOLD – Hosszú HUN 1:59.84 CR area
SILVER – Ustinova RUS 2:01.57 area
BRONZE – Gustafdottir ISL 2:03.53 tyr
M 200m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
GOLD – Cseh HUN 1:51.36 ER area
SILVER – Heintz GER 1:53.21 area
BRONZE – Carvalho POR 1:53.45 speedo
W 200m BUTTERFLY
GOLD – Hentke GER 2:03.01 area
SILVER – Grangeon FRA 2:03.85 tyr
BRONZE – Polieri ITA 2:04.37 tyr
M 100m BACKSTROKE
GOLD – Kawęcki POL 49.64 area
SILVER – Donets RUS 50.30 area
BRONZE – Walker-Hebborn GBR 50.35 adidas
W 100m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
GOLD – Hosszú HUN 56.67 WR area
SILVER – O’Connor GBR 58.65 speedo
BRONZE – Steenbergen NED 59.00 area
M 1500m FREESTYLE
GOLD – Paltrinieri ITA 14:08.06 WR area
SILVER – Detti ITA 14:18.00 area
BRONZE – Christiansen NOR 14:23.60 area
M 50m FREESTYLE
GOLD – Sedov RUS 20.87 area
SILVER – Orsi ITA 20.92 akron
BRONZE – Szczepański POL 21.21 area
W 4x50m FREESTYLE
GOLD – ITALY 1:36.05 area
SILVER – NETHERLAND 1:36.20 area
BRONZE – RUSSIA 1:36.62 area
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RESULTS DAY 4
W 100m BREASTSTROKE
GOLD – Laukkanen FIN 1:04.56 area
SILVER – Nijhuis NED 1:05.21 area
BRONZE – Gunes TUR 1:05.32 area
W 200m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
GOLD – Hosszú HUN 2:02.53 CR area
SILVER – O’Connor GBR 2:05.13 speedo
BRONZE – Hansson SWE 2:07.96 area
W 200m FREESTYLE
GOLD – Pellegrini ITA 1:51.89 jaked
SILVER – Popova RUS 1:52.46 area
BRONZE – Heemskerk NED 1:52.81 speedo
M 100m BREASTSTROKE
GOLD – Koch GER 57.78 area
SILVER – Peaty 57.96 area
BRONZE – Titenis LTU 57.02 area
M 50m BUTTERFLY
GOLD – Govorov UKR 22.36 head
SILVER – Tsurkin BLR 22.56 area
BRONZE – Popkov RUS 22.69 area
W 50m BACKSTROKE
GOLD – Hosszú HUN 26.13 area
SILVER – Urbanczyk POL 26.27 area
BRONZE – Jovanovic CRO 26.45 area
MIXED 4x50m FREESTYLE
GOLD – ITALY 1:29.26 combined
SILVER – RUSSIA 1:29.59 area
BRONZE – NETHERLANDS 1:30.03 area
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RESULTS DAY 5
W 200m BREASTSTROKE
GOLD – Lecluyse BEL 2:18.49 area
SILVER – Ashaskina RUS 2:19.69 area
BRONZE – Gunes TUR 2:19.73 area
M 100m FREESTYLE
GOLD – Orsi ITA 46.05 akron
SILVER – Timmers BEL 46.61 speedo
BRONZE – Szczepański POL 47.87 area
W 100m BUTTERFLY
GOLD – Sjöström SWE 55.03 CR area
SILVER – Ottesen DEN 55.68 tyr
BRONZE – Wenk GER 56.45 area
M 100m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
GOLD – Fesikov RUS 52.00 area
SILVER – Toumarkin ISR 52.62 speedo
BRONZE – Vazaios GRE 52.67 area
W 400m FREESTYLE
GOLD – Carlin GBR 3:58.81 speedo
SILVER – Hosszú HUN 3:58.84 area
BRONZE – Kapas HUN 3:59.02 area
M 200m BUTTERFLY
GOLD – Cseh HUN 1:49.00 ER area
SILVER – Bromer DEN 1:51.62 area
BRONZE – Sjodin TYR 1:52.89 area
W 50m FREESTYLE
GOLD – Kromowidjojo NED 23.56 area
SILVER – Sjöström SWE 23.63 area
BRONZE – Ottesen DEN 23.94 tyr
M 50m BACKSTROKE
GOLD – Polewska POL 22.96 area
SILVER – Sabbioni ITA 23.09 area
BRONZE – Walker-Hebborn GBR 23.09 adidas
W 4×50 MEDLEY RELAY
GOLD – NETHERLAND 1:44.85 area
SILVER – SWEDEN 1:45.34 area
BRONZE – ITALY 1:45.73 area
M 4×50 MEDLEY RELAY
GOLD – ITALY 1:31.71 CR combined
SILVER – RUSSIA 1:32.17 area
BRONZE – BELARUS 1:33.21 area
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