Caspar Corbeau Dominates 200m Breaststroke At Geneva Worldwide Problem
Caspar Corbeau dominated the 200m breaststroke earlier than heading the 50 semis on day one of many Geneva Worldwide Problem.
The Netherlands swimmer was constantly top-tier within the closing months of 2025. He grew to become the primary man to crack the two-minute mark within the 200m breaststroke (short-course) when he went 1:59.52 on the ultimate World Cup cease in Toronto.
He additionally secured the Triple Crown with a sweep of the 200 occasions.
Corbeau travelled to the short-course Europeans the place he gained gold within the 100 breast and silver within the 200, regardless of sickness.
The 2025 world bronze medallist led all through to the touch in 2:11.44, with a profitable margin of greater than three seconds over Noah de Schryver (2:14.70) with Andrea Prapugicu third (2:15.25).
Corbeau – now coached by Mark Faber in Antwerp – returned to go the 50 breast semis in 27.45.
Gastaldi Lowers CR; Mityukov Takes 100 Free
Lisa Angiolini: Picture Courtesy: Deepbluemedia
Anita Gastaldi lowered her championship file en-route to the 200IM title. The Italian posted 2:12.19 to shave 0.65 from the two:12.84 normal she set final yr. Alba Vazquez Ruiz (2:13.11) and Lisa Angiolini (2:14.90) joined her on the rostrum.
Roos Vanotterdijk had appeared on the beginning sheets however the Belgian didn’t seem for the prelims.
Gastaldi returned to e-book second spot within the 50 again semis, going 28.78 behind Chiara Lamanna (28.58) whereas Angiolini headed the 50 breast semis in 30.85 forward of Florine Gaspard (31.34).
Roman Mityukov – Olympic bronze medallist within the 200 again – edged out Youssef Tarek Ramadan by 0.02 to win the boys’s 100 free in 49.83 to 49.82. The pair have been the one males to crack 50secs with Gianluca Messina the following man house in 50.29.
Gaspard claimed the ladies’s title in 56.39 forward of Ema Conceicao (56.53) and Emma Wooden (56.73).
Francisca Soares Martins led all through the ladies’s 400 free to win in 4:13.52 regardless of Lucrezia Domina making inroads on the ultimate 100 with the Spaniard second in 4:13.65.
Maria De Valdes Alvarez was in clear water within the girls’s 1500 free, stopping the clock at 16:25.83. Angela Martinez Guillen – tenth within the 10k at Paris 2024 – was subsequent house in 16:37.49 with Candela Sanchez Lora third in 16:40.79.
Bertille Cousson took the ladies’s 200 again in 2:15.83 forward of Nahia Garrido Malvar (2:15.99). Alessandro Acampora gained the boys’s 400IM in 4:23.27 with Tommaso Gerardi subsequent house in 4:24.31.
Cristobal Vargas Trujillo held off fellow Spaniard Mateo Garcia Castro by 0.30 to win the boys’s 800 free in 8:03.54 to eight:03.84.
Amongst chosen semifinal outcomes, Diogo Ribeiro booked lane 4 within the males’s 50 fly in 23.76 forward of Abdelrahman Elaraby (23.86) and Clement Secchi (23.88).
