European S/C Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Jack McMillan & Duncan Scott Progress As Matt Richards Misses Out
Jack McMillan and Isabel Gose returned the morning after their respective 400 free titles to tackle the 200 prelims on day two of the European Quick Course Championships in Lublin, Poland.
The session began with the 100IM heats and likewise featured the 4×50 blended medley relay earlier than concluding with the boys’s 1500 free heats which included defending champion Daniel Wiffen, world record-holder Florian Wellbrock and Kuzey Tuncelli, who holds the WJR.
Males’s 100IM
Andreas Vazaios, who received the bronze two years in the past at Otopeni 2023, led the best way in 52.09 with Heiko Gigler (52.32) pipping his Austrian teammate Luka Mladenovic by 0.01 in 52.32 to 52.33. Noè Ponti, silver medallist in 2023, was subsequent in 52.38 and returns for the semi tonight when he’ll even be taking over the 50 fly closing by which he rattled his personal WR on the opening evening.
Girls’s 100IM
Marrit Steenbergen has already visited the highest of the Lublin podium as a part of the Netherlands 4×50 free squad that received on the opening night. She posted 57.99 to guide prelims forward of Roos Vanotterdijk (58.59), Anastasia Gorbenko (58.61) and Ellen Walshe (58.80).
Males’s 200 Free
If ever there was a race that underlined Britain’s depth, it was this. Olympic silver medallist Matt Richards went within the sixth of eight prelims the place he touched first in 1:41.79. He needed to wait till the ultimate prelim for his GB teammates the place McMillan and Duncan Scott – Olympic silver medallist in Tokyo – have been in lanes three and 4. McMillan surged forward with the pair 1-2 for a lot of the race and though Scott got here again on the ultimate 25, it was McMillan who was first in 1:41.41 to 1:41.58. It meant the Stirling coaching companions progressed to the semis with Richards, the defending champion, third swiftest however out as a result of solely two swimmers per nation can advance from prelims.
Girls’s 200 Free
The 2-per-nation rule performed its half as soon as extra as Hungarian ladies crammed three of the highest 4 slots. Minna Abraham (1:53.51) and Nikolett Padar (1:54.18) have been the 2 quickest ladies with Panna Ugrai lacking out after posting 1:54.29. Steenbergen was again within the water to go third in 1:54.24 with defending champion Freya Anderson safely via in 1:54.47.
Combined 4x50m Medley Relay
This was a race with a number of storylines. The Netherlands booked lane 4 for the ultimate in 1:37.40 forward of Denmark (1:37.53) and Sweden (1:38.23). Eneli Jefimova break up 28.81 as Estonia certified fifth in 1:38.92 whereas Ruta Meilutyte went 29.27 as Lithuania claimed the eighth and closing spot for tonight’s decider in 1:39.32. France – with the likes of Maxime Grousset and Yohann Ndoye Brouard or Mewen Tomac to fit in – didn’t make it via however are as a substitute are second reserves in tenth with Norway ninth.
