2024 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Day 5 of the 2024 European Junior Championships represents the penultimate day of motion in Lithuania. Budding stars wasted no time placing markers down on a few of the remaining occasions to assist transfer their nations up the ever-changing medal desk.
Croatian Vlaho Nenadic staked his declare on the boys’ 100m freestyle, topping the sphere with a morning outing of 49.29. That checks in because the World Junior Championships finalist’s finest time ever, surpassing the 49.50 logged in Netanya final yr.
The highest 5 performers this morning have been all underneath the 50-second barrier, with a pair of Italians, Carlos D’Ambrosio and Lorenzo Ballarati handing over respective occasions of 49.41 and 49.64. Ballarati grabbed the gold in final evening’s 50m free.
Serbia’s Justin Cvetkov and Nice Britain’s Gabriel Shepherd have been subsequent, claiming the 4th and fifth seeds in efforts of 49.67 and 49.96.
Tajus Juska of the host nation lurks because the Eighth-seeded swimmer up to now, reaching 50.21 whereas his teammate and 200m free champion right here Kristupas Trepocka earned the thirteenth seed in 50.51.
Already a bronze medalist within the ladies’ 50m again, Blythe Kinsman of Nice Britain will attempt to double up with a victory within the 100m occasion.
Kinsman clocked a morning swim of 1:01.97 to earn the highest seed forward of Hungary’s Lora Komoroczy who notched 1:02.04 shortly forward of Spain’s Sara Costa de Vicente‘s 1:02.07.
Kinsman owns a lifetime better of 1:00.73 on this race, a time she posted when ending 4th at this yr’s Aquatics GB Olympic Trials.
France continues to be searching for its first gold of those championships and Lucine Allart put her hat within the ring with a 4th-seeded swim of 1:02.13, already a brand new PB by .18.
Spain’s 200m again champion right here, Estella Llum Tonrath Nollgen could be very a lot within the combine, hitting 1:02.26 for the fifth seed.
Racing in her solely occasion at these championships, Eneli Jefimova of Estonia demonstrated her dominance by taking the highest seed within the ladies’ 100m breast by over 2 seconds.
Jefimova touched in 1:06.36 (31.14/35.22) with the next-closest swimmer represented by Britain’s Jasmine Carter who clocked 1:08.99.
17-year-old Jefimova’s outing already outperforms the 1:06.81 she produced en path to taking the gold on the 2023 version of this competitors. It additionally undercut the time of 1:06.41 she posted simply final month as she gained gold on the senior European Championships.
A contest file went down by the hands of Spanish swimmer Teo del Riego Torres within the boys’ 50m fly.
18-year-old Torres ripped a morning results of 23.41 to hack .31 off his earlier lifetime finest to determine himself because the athlete to beat over the subsequent 2 rounds.
Austria’s Lukas Edl posted 23.85 whereas Italy’s Daniele Momoni was proper behind in 23.88.
French swimmers Alexandre Phillips and Ethan Dumesnil have been additionally underneath the 24-second threshold, handing over respective occasions of 23.93 and 23.99.
Dumesnil was the silver medalist on this occasion final yr, registering 23.90 in Belgrade.
Further Prime Seeds
Subajr Biltaev of Germany posted the only time of the boys’ 100m breaststroke area underneath 1:02, logging 1:01.97 for the highest spot in tonight’s semi-final. He already earned 50m breast silver at these championships. A pair of British teammates are amongst those that will chase him, as Filip Nowacki earned the 2nd seed in 1:02.06 and Max Morgan sits fifth in 1:02.48.
Italy’s Daniele del Signore registered a mark of 55.14 because the top-seeded swimmer within the boys’ 100m again. He’ll attempt to maintain Eire’s John Shortt at bay, with Shortt simply .11 behind in 55.25. Final evening within the 200m again Shortt turned Eire’s first gold medalist because the 2017 model of those championships.
Denmark’s Martine Damborg was the quickest ladies’ 50m butterflier of the morning, stopping the clock at 26.50. Damborg is searching for her 2nd gold after topping the 100m fly earlier within the meet. Jana Pavalic of Croatia, the 50m free silver medalist, is within the hunt after logging 26.53 within the heats.
Phoebe Cooper of Nice Britain turned in a time of two:15.71 to carry a wholesome benefit over the women’ 200m IM area. Laura Cabanes Garzas of Spain was subsequent in line at 2:16.53 and Germany’s Linda Roth was simply .01 off that in 2:16.54. Garzas already earned bronze within the 400m IM occasion.
The nation of Italy will attempt to retain its gold from final yr within the boys’ 4x200m freestyle relay. The mix of Alessandro Ragaini (1:49.17), D’Ambrosio (1:48.93), Jacopo Barbotti (1:49.98) and Gabriele Valente (1:50.16), collectively stopped the clock at 7:18.24 in a dominant show. The following-closest squad was Germany who was over 5 seconds again in 7:23.39. Nice Britain rounded out the highest 3 performers of the heats in 7:24.49.
