Isabel Gose & Mona McSharry Claim Golden Treble As LEN European U23 Championships Wrap Up; Ireland Top Medal Table
Isabel Gose and Mona McSharry completed golden trebles as the LEN European U23 Championships wrapped up in Dublin with Ireland atop the medal table.
Ireland finished the three-day meet with six golds among a nine-strong haul ahead of Great Britain who won five golds, four silvers and four bronzes for an overall haul of 13 with Germany claiming five golds, four silver and two bronze medals.
Gose had already claimed the 400 and 800 free before stepping up for the longest race in the pool, the 1500, where she led home a Germany clean sweep.
Out in 30.04, Gose’s splits were metronomic, ranging from 31.65 through to 32.62, as she enjoyed a dominant victory in 16:02.89.
Paige McKenna of the USA touched second in 16:22.76 but it was Celine Rieder who won silver in 16:23.17 with Leonie Maertens claiming her third medal behind Gose in as many races after topping the morning heats in 16:25.24.
Mona McSharry: Photo Courtesy: Istvan Derencsenyi/LEN
McSharry added the 200 breaststroke title to the 50 and 100 by leading throughout and stopping the clock at 2:25.49 to thrill the home fans at the Sport Ireland: National Aquatics Centre.
Elizabeth Booker of Britain was second in 2:26.37, 0.24 ahead of Croatian Ana Blazevic (2:26.61).
Gose had already claimed the 400 and 800 free before stepping up for the longest race in the pool, the 1500, where she led home a Germany clean sweep.
Out in 30.04, Gose’s splits were metronomic, ranging from 31.65 through to 32.62, as she enjoyed a dominant victory in 16:02.89.
Paige McKenna of the USA touched second in 16:22.76 but it was Celine Rieder who won silver in 16:23.17 with Leonie Maertens claiming her third medal behind Gose in as many races after topping the morning heats in 16:25.24.
Sven Schwarz won the men’s 800 free in 7:41.77: out in 27.02, the German’s splits ranged from 28.30 to 29.40 before he pulled away from Dan Wiffen with a 27.36 final 50.
Wiffen – who set a European record of 7:39.19 when finishing fourth at the World Championships in Fukuoka – was second in 7:45.59 with Italian Luca de Tullio taking third in 7:48.20.
Patrick Sammon of the USA stopped the clock in 48.53 in the men’s 100 free but it was Ed Mildred who led a Britain 1-3 finish.
Mildred clocked 48.90 to take the gold ahead of Luxembourg’s Ralph Daleiden (49.06) and Alexander Cahoon (49.16).
Janja Segel of Slovenia won the women’s title in 54.66, 0.01 ahead of the USA’s Grace Cooper (54.67) with Hungary’s Panna Ugrai in the silver medal position (55.10) while Kornelia Fiedkiewicz of Poland replicating her 50 free bronze in 55.17.
Fiedkiewicz returned to anchor the Polish quartet to gold in the mixed 4×100 free relay in 3:28.32 ahead of Britain (3:28.52) and Germany (3:28.90).
Polonsky Leads Israel 1-3
There was a further 1-3 in the men’s 200IM where Ron Polonsky led two Israelis on the podium.
Matt Sates of South Africa won in 1:57.78 but Polonsky claimed the title in 1:58.07.
Matt Sates: Photo Courtesy: Istvan Derencsenyi/LEN
Commonwealth champion Pieter Coetze of South Africa touched first in the 100 back in 53.44 but it was Jonathon Adam of Britain who took gold in 53.67 with the Netherlands’ Kai van Westering taking silver in 54.08 and Evangelos Makrygiannis of Greece third (54.40).
A second 50 of 32.02 steered Jan Kalusowski past Koen de Groot to take the 100 breaststroke title in 1:00.30 to 1:00.37.
Mitchell Mason of the US was third home in 1:00.42 but Luca Janssen took bronze in 1:00.52.
Isabelle Stadden of the USA touched first in the 200 back in 2:09.31 but it was Aviv Barzelay of Israel who topped the podium in 2:11.35 ahead of Lotte Hosper (2:13.47) and Reka Nyiradi (2:13.98).
Neza Klancar added the women’s 50 fly to title to her sprint free gold in 26.02 with Stergios-Marios Bilas of Greece claiming the men’s in 23.16.