European Championships, Day 5 Semis: Greenbank Drops 1:54 200 Back Again; Gorbenko Leads Hosszu in 200 IM

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European Championships, Day 5 Semis: Greenbank Drops 1:54 200 Back Again; Gorbenko Leads Hosszu in 200 IM

Luke Greenbank set his second British 200 back record of the day when he went 1:54.43 in the semi finals as he leads the qualifiers in tomorrow’s final while France’s Marie Wattel and Israel’s Anastasia Gorbenko lead the women’s 100 free and 200 IM respectively.

Men’s 200 Back

Greenbank set a British record of 1:54.67 in the heats, obliterating his previous mark of 1:55.34 from Manchester in March.

Two-time world champion Evgeny Rylov had a body length lead in the first semi and was less than a second outside his European record at halfway before coming home in 1:55.11.

Greenbank went in the second semi and lowered his own British record again, swimming a 1:54.43 to now sit as the second fastest man behind Rylov in the world this year, as well as 11th all-time globally. Greenbank, who trains for Mel Marshall, is having a stellar meet this week in Budapest and will go toe to toe with the two-time reigning Olympic champ Rylov in tomorrow’s final. Greenbank is just one of many British swimmers that have been doing well in Hungary’s capital as he is in line to win his first continental title individually.

Great Britain hasn’t won a men’s backstroke title at the European Championships since Chris Walker-Hebborn‘s gold in the 100 in 2014.

Hungary’s Adam Telegdy (1:56.17) and Switzerland’s Roman Mityukov (1:56.37), who is also swimming very well this week improving on lifetime bests, will flank Greenbank and Rylov in tomorrow’s final.

France’s Yohann Ndoye Brouard, who won bronze in the 100, is seeded sixth at 1:57.06 behind countryman Antoine Herlem (1:56.63) while Poland’s Jakub Skierka (1:57.08) and three-time continental champ Radoslaw Kawecki (1:57.10) will occupy the outside lanes.

GBR

GREENBANK Luke

1:54.43

RUS

RYLOV Evgeny

1:55.11

HUN

TELEGDY Adam

1:56.17

SUI

MITYUKOV Roman

1:56.37

FRA

HERLEM Antoine

1:56.63

FRA

NDOYE BROUARD Yohann

1:57.06

POL

SKIERKA Jakub

1:57.08

POL

KAWECKI Radoslaw

1:57.10

CZE

CEJKA Jan

1:57.43

RUS

TARASEVICH Grigory

1:57.68

POR

ROGERIO SANTOS Francisco

1:58.03

ITA

MORA Lorenzo

1:58.13

HUN

KOVACS Benedek

1:58.20

POR

NOGUEIRA COSTA Joao

1:58.72

ESP

MARTOS BACARIZO Manuel

1:59.38

GBR

WILLIAMS Brodie

2:02.52

Women’s 100 Free

In a race that has become wide open due to the ongoing injury recovery from Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom, France’s Marie Wattel swam a 53.34 in the semi-finals to lead an intriguing cast of characters in tomorrow night’s 100 free final. Wattel, who tied for gold in the 100 butterfly earlier in the meet, is ahead of the Dutch duo of Femke Heemskerk (53.49) and Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.59).

Heemskerk split a 51.99 earlier in the meet in the 4×100 free relay while Kromowidjojo won European championships gold in the 50 free. Heemskerk and Kromowidjojo have traded silvers at the last three European Championships in the 100 freestyle.

200 free champ Barbora Seemanova is seeded fourth for the Czech Republic at 53.68 ahead of Denmark’s Signe Bro (53.70) and British duo Anna Hopkin (53.74) and Freya Anderson (53.93). Sweden’s Michelle Coleman (54.12) will also be in tomorrow night’s final as Sweden has won the last four straight 100 free European titles all thanks to Sjostrom. Coleman did win bronze in 2014.

FRA

WATTEL Marie

53.34

NED

HEEMSKERK Femke

53.49

NED

KROMOWIDJOJO Ranomi

53.59

CZE

SEEMANOVA Barbora

53.68

DEN

BRO Signe

53.70

GBR

HOPKIN Anna

53.74

GBR

ANDERSON Freya

53.93

SWE

COLEMAN Michelle

54.12

ISR

MUREZ Andrea

54.18

SLO

KLANCAR Neza

54.47

POL

WASICK Katarzyna

54.47

ESP

MUNOZ DEL CAMPO Lidon

54.76

RUS

SURKOVA Arina

54.86

ITA

DI PIETRO Silvia

54.87

HUN

GYURINOVICS Fanni

55.04

FIN

TEIJONSALO Fanny

55.11

Men’s 50 Breast

Peaty had swum the 10th-fastest time in the heats, a long glide into the wall seeing him touch in 26.34, and he followed that up with a 26.38 in the semi-finals. The 50 is not an Olympic event, but Peaty will still be gunning for a fast time in the final with Belarus’ Ilya Shymanovich (26.47) and Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi (26.49) in second and third respectively.

100 finalists Arno Kamminga (27.13) of the Netherlands and Kirill Prigoda (27.16) of Russia will also be in tomorrow night’s European Championships final in sixth and eighth respectively.

A fourth straight European title for Peaty in the 50 breast tomorrow night would tie him with Oleg Lisogor as the only man to win four straight 50 breast European titles.

GBR

PEATY Adam

26.38

BLR

SHYMANOVICH Ilya

26.47

ITA

MARTINENGHI Nicolo’

26.49

POL

KOZAKIEWICZ Jan

27.09

ITA

PINZUTI Alessandro

27.11

NED

KAMMINGA Arno

27.13

GER

MATZERATH Lucas

27.14

RUS

PRIGODA Kirill

27.16

GER

IMOUDU Melvin

27.20

RUS

SEMYANINOV Danil

27.32

SWE

SKAGIUS Johannes

27.33

SRB

SILADJI Caba

27.34

GBR

WILBY James

27.36

AUT

REITSHAMMER Bernhard

27.44

HUN

GAL Oliver

27.79

AUT

ROTHBAUER Christopher

27.80

Women’s 200 IM

In what will be a very intriguing race tomorrow night, Israel’s Anastasia Gorbenko will occupy lane four in the final of the 200 IM after a 2:10.35 swim in the semi-finals. She is seeded ahead of five-time reigning European champ Katinka Hosszu of Hungary (2:10.66) who has already won the 400IM and taken siler in the 200 fly.

Hosszu may have her hands full in tomorrow night’s final with Italy’s Ilaria Cusinato (2:10.72), Switzerland’s Maria Ugolkova (2:10.76) and Great Britain’s Abbie Wood (2:10.81) all breaking 2:11 in the semi-finals. Cusinato and Ugolkova won silver and bronze respectively last time at the European Championships in Glasgow and could have a chance to break Hosszu’s stranglehold on this race in tomorrow’s final in the very pool she trains in daily.

Italy’s Sara Franceschi (2:11.41), France’s Cyrielle Duhamel (2:12.12) and Hungary’s Dalma Sebestyen (2:12.34) each got under the FINA A standard of 2:12.56 to advance to the championship final.

ISR

GORBENKO Anastasia

2:10.35

HUN

HOSSZU Katinka

2:10.66

ITA

CUSINATO Ilaria

2:10.72

SUI

UGOLKOVA Maria

2:10.76

GBR

WOOD Abbie

2:10.81

ITA

FRANCESCHI Sara

2:11.41

FRA

DUHAMEL Cyrielle

2:12.12

HUN

SEBESTYEN Dalma

2:12.34

BUL

PETKOVA Diana

2:12.38

GBR

WILLMOTT Aimee

2:12.42

TUR

GUNES Viktoria Zeynep

2:12.79

ESP

ZAMORANO SANZ Africa

2:12.80

GER

DEMLER Kathrin

2:13.49

GER

VOGELMANN Zoe

2:14.39

RUS

TEMNIKOVA Maria

2:14.84

ESP

CORRO LORENTE Catalina

2:16.04

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Amir Liberman

3 years ago

Katinka didn’t win the 200 fly. She came in second.

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Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent

3 years ago

Reply to Amir Liberman

That has now been amended. Thanks for pointing it out.