European Juniors: Robert-Andrei Badea Dominates 400IM In CR To Clinch Medley Double

European Juniors: Robert-Andrei Badea Dominates 400IM To Clinch Medley Double

Robert-Andrei Badea dominated the 400IM in Romanian and Championship data to finish the medley double on the European Junior Swimming Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The 16-year-old stopped the clock at 4:14.37 to down the long-standing Championship mark that had stood since 2013 whereas including the lengthy medley to his 200IM title.

Badea was greater than 1.5secs forward after the opening butterfly leg, a lead he prolonged to virtually 2.5secs over Italian Domenico de Gregorio following the backstroke.

He swam away on the breaststroke, shifting onto the freestyle leg with a 3.67 lead over Italian Emanuele Potenza.

A ultimate 100m of 58.94 guided him house to take greater than two seconds off the nationwide commonplace of 4:16.43 he set on the Romanian Championships in April.

He additionally lower 0.28 from Semen Makovich’s Championship report of 4:14.65 that had stood since 2013.

Emanuele Potenza of Italy was DQd that means De Gregorio gained silver in 4:21.02 with Onur Ege Oksuz of Türkiye in bronze in 4:22.73.

Shortt Makes Irish Historical past

John Shortt was the quickest seed into the boys’s 200m backstroke ultimate as Eire sought its first medal of the championships.

Fourth on the 2023 version, Shortt took the lead on the second 50 and was 0.40 forward on the 150m mark.

An excellent flip and underwater section propelled him into clear water and into the wall in 1:57.66 as he lower 0.24 from his Irish senior report of 1:57.90 set on the nationwide championships in Might.

Shortt additionally turned the primary Irishman to win a European Junior title with Conor Ferguson having gained silvers in 2016 and 2017.

Daniele del Signore of Italy took silver in 1:58.81 with Romania’s Alexandru Constantinescu third in 1:58.91.

Elsewhere, Lena Ludwig edged out 15-year-old Theodora Taylor to win the 200m breaststroke, the German clocking 2:28.70 to the Briton’s 2:28.71.

Hannah Schneider made it a Germany 1-3 in 2:29.30.

Lorenzo Ballarati defended his 50 free title in 22.20, Daniele Momoni claimed the boys’s 100 fly in 52.20 and Doruk Yogurtcuoglu of Türkiye took the boys’s 200m breaststroke in 2:12.66.

Estella Llum Tonrath gained the ladies’s 200 again in 2:10.78 and a 54.38 anchor by Hollie Widdows guided Nice Britain to the combined medley relay title in 3:49.55.