Germany’s Franziska Hentke powered her way down the stretch to win the women’s 200-meter fly title at the 2016 European Championships.
Hentke turned up the heat down the final 50 with a 32.63 after turning third at the 150 to win in 2:07.23. That’s well off her second-ranked season best of 2:05.77 from German Nationals, but good enough to pick up the title tonight.
Hungary’s Liliana Szilagyi, the front-runner at the 100, wound up taking second in 2:07.24 to move to 10th in the world rankings.
Spain’s Judit Ignacio Sorribes closed out the top three with a third-place time of 2:07.52 in what proved to be an exciting finish.
Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:07.75), Italy’s Alessia Polieri (2:08.34), Slovenia’s Anja Klinar (2:09.57), Italy’s Stefania Pirozzi (2:09.92) and Switzerland’s Martina Van Berkel (2:10.36) completed the rest of the top eight.
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