2024 Mare Nostrum Barcelona: Day 1 Finals Recap

2024 MARE NOSTRUM – BARCELONA

Good Morning and welcome to the primary day of the second cease of the Mare Nostrum Tour. Plenty of stars from the primary leg in Canet have made the journey down the Mediterranean, together with Anastasia Gorbenko, who’s recent off of two new Nationwide data.

MEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – TIMED FINAL

• Mare Nostrum File: 15:00.58, Grant Hackett (AUS) – 2007

1. Carlos Garach Benito (ESP), 15:03.55
2. Damien Joly (FRA), 15:06.50
3. Henrik Christiansen (NOR), 15:10.52

It was Spain’s personal Carlos Garach Benio who back-halved the race to move the opposite two medalists. Henrick Christiansen led on the 800, hitting the wall in 8:01.76 to Damien Joly‘s 8:01.98, with Garach at 8:02.40, however the Spaniard pulled forward on the 1300 meter mark and by no means appeared again.

WOMEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – FINAL

• Mare Nostrum File: 27.37, Anastasia Fesikova (RUS) – 2018

1. Kylie Masse (CAN), 27.24 **Mare Nostrum File**
2. Ingrid Wilm (CAN), 27.73
3. Kira Toussaint (NED), 28.17

Kylie Masse is simply getting higher with time, or maybe the house away from house soil is the trigger. Masse, who received the 50 again in Canet in 27.43, dropped practically a full two-tenths off that point to take the win and erase a six-year-old Mare Nostrum file as she hit the wall in 27.24. Her Canadian compatriot, Ingrid Wilm, moved up one spot from the bronze to silver and was proper on her time from Canet, hitting the wall in 27.71.

Males’s 50 Breaststroke – Ultimate

1. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) 26.97
2. Ludovico Viberti (ITA) 27.31
3. Taku Taniguchi (JPN) 27.36

The Italian males have the presence identified and shortly, too. After claiming gold final weekend, Taku Taniguchi needed to accept the bronze medal in Barcelona as each Nicolo Martinenghi and Ludovico Viberti hopped over the ocean and took the highest two spot on this occasion. Martinenghi, the reigning World silver medalist, took the win in 26.97, nicely off his 26.39 efficiency from this previous February. Viberti simply out-touched Taniguchi by .05 to take the silver.

Ladies’s 50 Butterfly- Ultimate

1. Farida Osman (EGY) 26.06
2. Viola Scotto Di Carlo (ITA) 26.47
3. Caitlin De Lange (TUR) 26.57

A completely totally different podium as in Canet as Egyptian Olympian and African File holder Farida Osman took high honors. A  three bronze medalist within the occasion on the World’s stage, Osman put in a dominant efficiency, successful by practically half a second. Becoming a member of her on the rostrum was Viola Scotto Di Carlo, who, like her fellow Italians, wasn’t current in Canet.

Males’s 400 IM – Ultimate

• Mare Nostrum File – 4:07.96, Laszlo Cseh (HUN) 2008
• OQT – 4:12.50

1. Tomoyuki Matsushita (JPN) 4:13.28
2. Minseop Kim (KOR) 4:15.62
3. Gabor Zombori (HUN) 4:17.44

Dropping time is at all times a very good factor, and Tomoyuki Matsushita did simply that. The native of Japan received final weekend in 4:13.77 however managed to slice practically a half second off his time as he received in 4:13.28.  Matsushita used a robust again half to tug by the race. He was behind on the 100 splits by over a full second, and heading into the breaststroke, Minseop Kim had a lead of over two seconds (2:01.47 to 2:04.17), however the third leg reversed that course as Matsushita was the one main now by over two and a half seconds.

Ladies’s 100 Freestyle – Ultimate

1. Siobhan Haughey (HKG) 52.76
2. Michelle Coleman (SWE) 53.87
3. Neza Klancar (SLO) 53.97

Whereas the earlier race noticed a time enchancment, Siobhan Haughey was a bit slower than her outing in Canet. She received in France in a time of 52.55 and replicated the gold this night in 52.76. The primary 50 exhibits the distinction as she was out slower right here in Barcelona however got here house a bit sooner to attempt to make up the distinction.

Michelle Coleman, who didn’t swim the occasion in Canet, positioned 2nd this night in 53.87, getting forward of Slovenia’s Neza Klancar by simply one-tenth. Klancar’s time this night of 53.97 is an enchancment upon her 54.03 fourth-place end from final weekend.

Males’s 100 Backstroke – Ultimate

• Mare Nostrum file: Ryosuke Irie – 53.00 (2022)
• OQT – 53.74

1. Michele Lamberti (ITA) 54.02
2. Juho Lee (KOR) 54.03
3. Ulises Saravia (ESP) 54.64

Whereas some occasions noticed a carry-over of names (and podiums), the boys’s 100 again didn’t. Newcomer Michele Lamberti took the win by the smallest of margins (.01) over fellow beginner to the occasion Juho Lee. Lee led the sector on the 50, taking it out in 26.09, with Lamberti second in 26.31, however the Italian made up the distinction on the final 50 to take the win at 54.02, simply in entrance of Lee’s 54.03.

Ladies’s 100 Breaststroke – Ultimate

• Mare Nostrum File – 1:04.82, Yulia Efimova (RUS) 2017
• OQT – 1:06.79

1. Benedetta Pilato (ITA) 1:06.66
2. Tes Schouten (NED) 1:06.77
3. Reona Aoki (JPN) 1:06.80

In Canet, we noticed Siobhan Haughey attempt her hand at breaststroke once more, however this go-around, she left the occasion for the 100 free. Taking her place atop the rostrum was Italian star Benedetta Pilato. The previous WR holder within the 50 breast, Pilato, was out shortly in 31.02, main Reona Aoki and Tes Schouten. Each closed on her over the closing meters of the race, with Schouten making up over 4 tenths within the final 50, however the Italian’s early lead was an excessive amount of as she received in 1:06.66.

Schouten, extra identified for her prowess within the 200, received the silver in Doha in 1:05.82 and positioned 2nd right here in 1:06.77, simply passing Aoki ultimately to outtouch her by .03. Aoki settled for the bronze, albeit sooner than her silver successful efficiency of 1:07.09 from Canet.

Males’s 50 Freestyle – Ultimate

• Mare Nostrum File – 21.31, Bruno Fratus (BRA) 2019
• OQT – 21.96

1. Florent Manaudou (FRA) 21.89
2. Alessandro Miressi (ITA)/ Kenzo Simons (NED) 22.24

Flo remains to be a go. French star Florent Manaudou cruised to victory over a robust discipline of confirmed worldwide stars. Manaudou, who has medaled on the previous three Olympics on this occasion, surged to the wall in 21.89, dipping beneath the Olympic Qualifying time and setting himself up properly for subsequent month’s French Trials. His time at this time of 21.89 was a bit sooner than his compatriot Maxime Grouset’s time of 21.92 from Canet.

Italian sprinter Alessandro Miressi and Dutch star Kenzo Simons tied for the silver medal in 22.24, which, like Manadou’s, was sooner than final weekend’s 22.37 silver successful time. It was a good race for the minor medals as 2nd by sixth (there was a tie for sixth) have been separated by lower than a tenth of a second. Hungarian star Kristof Milak was simply shy of the medal’s inserting 4th in 22.25.

Ladies’s 200 Backstroke – Ultimate

• Mare Nostrum File – 2:06.66, Emily Seebohm (AUS) 2017
• OQT – 2:10.39

1. Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR) 2:08.54
2. Africa Zamorano (ESP) 2:09.56
3. Estella Tonrath Nollgen (ESP) 2:11.62

What can’t Anastasia Gorebenko do? She appears to be hitting her stride at precisely the correct time. The Israeli swimmer claimed one other gold within the 200 again this night. Her time of two:08.54 cleared the sector by over a second. It additionally crushes the earlier nationwide file of two:10.42 from 2022.  Spain’s personal Africa Zamorano positioned 2nd in 2:09.56, enhancing upon her bronze medal from Canet and dropping time as she was simply 2:10.24 final weekend.

Males’s 200 Breaststroke – Ultimate

• Mare Nostrum file: Arno Kamminga – 2:07.23 (2021)
• OQT – 2:09.68

1. Ippei Watanabe (JPN) 2:07.91
2. Yu Hanaguruma (JPN) 2:08.59
3. Caspar Corbeau (NED) 2:10.07

It was a Japanese 1-2 atop the rostrum once more, as the previous World File holder Ippei Watanabe and Yu Hanaguruma completed in the identical order as in Canet, albeit a bit slower. Watanabe was 2:07.91 this night however was 2:07.62 in France and Hanaguruma was 2:08.40, however 2:08.59 right here.

Caspar Corbeau, who swam collegiately for the College of Texas, didn’t swim in Canet however claimed the bronze medal tonight in 2:10.07. Corbeau trailed his fellow Dutch breaststroke, Arno Kamminga, on the 150 mark however made up over a full second on the final 50 to go previous him and win by .16, as Kamminga touched in 4th place with a time of two:10.23.

Ladies’s 200 Butterfly – Ultimate

• Mare Nostrum file: Suzuka Hasegawa – 2:06.70 (2017)
• OQT – 2:08.43

1. Helena Rosendahl Bach (DEN) 2:07.79
2. Laura Cabanes Garzas (ESP) 2:09.51
3. Hiroko Makino (JPN) 2:10.27

Helena Rosendahl Bach introduced the velocity to the 200 fly this night. The Danish star was away from the sector by over a second on the 100, going out in 1:00.79 and received by practically a full two seconds as she hit the wall in 2:07.79.  The time could be very note-worthy at this level of the season, as it’s simply .35 off her silver medal-winning efficiency of two:07.44 from the 2024 Doha Worlds.

Spaniard Laura Cabanes Garzas stored the group entertained as she claimed the silver medal in 2:09.51, forward of Japan’s Hiroko Makino, who improved upon her time from Canet by practically a full second to say the bronze in 2:10.27.

Males’s 100 Butterfly – Ultimate

1. Kristof Milak (HUN) 50.95 ***New (Equaling) Mare Nostrum File***
2. Nyls Korstanje (NED) 51.97
3. Genki Terakado (JPN) 52.03

Maybe motivated by his 4th place end within the 50 free, or maybe he’s been studying the remark part of SwimSwam by Hungarian star Kristof Milak confirmed up huge time. Milak blew aside the sector on the final 50 to take the win and tie his personal Mare Nostrum file with a time of fifty.95.

Out in 24.10, Milak was trailing Italian backstroker (& 2023 Worlds 50 fly gold medalist) Thomas Ceccon by .26 as Ceccon was the only swimmer beneath 24 (23.84), however used his 200 fly endurance to surge forward. Milak closed in 26..85 a complete second sooner than the subsequent quickest, Nyls Korstanje (27.85) to take the win. Ceccon paid for his early velocity, closing in 28.31 to complete 4th, being handed by the winner in Canet, Genki Terakado. who touched in 52.03 in comparison with Ceccon’s 52.15.

Milak’s win jumps him into the highest 10 of the season and drastically will increase anticipation for tomorrow’s 200-fly.

Ladies’s 200 IM – Ultimate

1. Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR) 2:08.55  
2. Shiho Matsumoto (JPN) 2:10.46
3. Mio NARITA (JPN) 2:12.05

With simply three occasions in between and some medal ceremonies, Israeli star Gorbenko has completed it once more. Not solely did she repeat because the 200 IM winner, however she dropped a brand new nationwide file, her second of the session. In Canet, she was 2:08.63 and swam the occasion very in a different way. Gorbenko was 1:00.82 on the 100 this night, in comparison with 59.92 in France, however used a robust again half to make up that deficit and closed in a speedy 37.11 breaststroke and 30.62 freestyle leg to set a brand new file in 2:08.55

Shiho Matsumoto earned silver in 2:10.46, a bit off her 2:10.33 from Canet, whereas her countrywoman, Mio Narita, improved upon her 2:14.03 sixth place end to nab the bronze in 2:12.05.

Males’s 200 Freestyle – Ultimate

• Mare Nostrum File – 1:44.88, Paul Bidermann (GER) 2009
• OQT – 1:46.26

1. David Popovici (ROU) 1:44.74 ***New Mare Nostrum File***
2. Sunwoo Hwang (KOR) 1:45.68
3. Katsuhiro Matsumoto (JPN) 1:46.09

Discuss saving the most effective for final. The final couple of occasions have been electrical, and the Males’s 200 free didn’t disappoint. David Popovici, who burst onto the scene in 2022, seems to be again. The Romanian and former World File holder within the 100 free, popped off a formidable 1:44.74 to say the gold medal.

Popovici, who has a private better of 1:42.97, had an off 2023 season, however seems to be shaping up nicely for the Olympics. His time this night not solely would have received the 2024 Worlds but in addition erases Paul Biedermann’s Mare Nostrum file, maybe an indication that Biedermann’s World file is beneath risk.

The 2024 Worlds gold medalist, Sunwoo Hwang, needed to accept silver tonight. 1:44.75 in Doha, the Korean was lower than a second off that point, hitting the wall in 1:45.68. The winner in Canet, Katsuhiro Matsumoto, settled for the bronze tonight, albeit practically a full second and a half sooner, 1:46.09 vs. 1:47.47, so he shouldn’t be too disenchanted.

Popovici’s time vaults him again into the World’s high 5.

Ladies’s 400 Freestyle – Ultimate

• Mare Nostrum file: Camille Muffat – 4:02.97 (2012)
• OQT – 4:07.90

1. Valentine Dumont (BEL) 4:07.35
2. Francisca Martins (POR) 4:11.13
3. Dune Coetzee (RSA) 4:12.11

The day closed with the ladies’s 400 free, as Valentine Dumont not solely improved her place on the rostrum but in addition her time from Canet. The Belgian tied for first final weekend in 4:08.99 however shaved practically two seconds off to face atop the rostrum alone in a time of 4:07.35. A lot of the distinction got here at first of the race as she was 2:04.80 on the 200 in Canet, however as out a lot sooner this night, hitting the midway mark in 2:02.74.

Francisca Martins of Portugal earned silver in 4:11.13, and South Africa’s Dune Coetzee nabbed the bronze in 4:12.11, enhancing vastly upon her Eleventh-place end in Canet (4:18.12).