Yauhen Tsurkin and Mireia Belmonte Garcia both put up second-ranked swims on the final night of the Spanish Open Spring Championships.
Tsurkin shot to second in the world rankings in the men’s 50-meter fly with a time of 23.36. Only Cesar Cielo has been faster with a 23.28 from earlier this year in Brazil.
Garcia moved up to second in the world in the women’s 400-meter free with a time of 4:04.99. Only Katie Ledecky has been faster with a 4:00.47 at the Austin stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series. Melani Costa Schmid finished second in 4:07.52 to grab the top 10 in the world, while Alice Mizzau placed third in 4:12.37 after clocking a prelim 4:11.93.
Konrad Czerniak moved to fifth in the event this year with a 23.43 during prelims before taking second tonight in 23.68. Jose Canizares took third tonight in 23.68 for 10th in the world.
Viktoria Zeynep Gunes moved to third in the world in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:23.47. That swim moved her behind Rikke Moller Pedersen (2:21.60) and Kanako Watanabe (2:23.03) and broke Jessica Vall Montero’s meet record of 2:23.96 from last year.
Montero finished second tonight in 2:24.88 with Victoria Kaminskaya placing third overall in 2:31.37.
Miguel Duran Navia set a Spanish record with a time of 3:49.76 in the men’s 400-meter free. That swim cleared the 2008 record of 3:49.82 set by Marco Rivera Miranda at this meet. Duran Navia moved up to 10th in the world with his swim.
Marc Sanchez Torrens took second in 3:52.30, while Arnau Rovira Guillen earned third in 3:54.51.
Svenja Stoffel won the women’s 50-meter fly tonight in 26.71, while Sasha Touretski touched second in 26.90. Ting Wen Quah wound up third in 27.03.
Melquiades Alvarez Caraballo claimed the men’s 200-meter breast in 2:13.95 with Luca Pfyffer touching second in 2:15.77. Joan Puig placed third in 2:16.64.
Mercedes Peris Minguet won the women’s 100-meter back in 1:01.00 with Marce Duane Da Rocha taking second in 1:01.07 in a close contest. Laura Yus Fernandez finished third in 1:02.51.
Juan Miguel Rando Galvez captured the men’s 100-meter back in 54.51. Juan Gutierrez took second in 55.35 with Hugo Oliveira placing third in 55.67.
2015 Spain Spring Championships, Day Four – Results