2023 KALEV OPEN
- Saturday, November 18th & Sunday, November 19th
- Tallinn, Estonia
- SCM (25m)
- Results
Just one day after producing a new Estonian national record in the women’s 100m breast, 16-year-old Eneli Jefimova was back at it with 2 more impressive performances.
Competing on day two of the 2023 Kalev Open, the European Junior Championships multi-gold medalist hit new Estonian standards in both the short course 50 and 200 breaststroke events.
In the 50m, Jefimova stopped the clock in a mighty 29.48 for a new lifetime best. That effort sliced .18 off of the 29.66 she logged just last month.
The teen now ranks #3 in the world on the season and her new PB would have earned gold at the 2021 European Short Course Championships.
2023-2024 SCM Women 50 Breast
SZTANDERA
29.40
| 2 | Benedetta PILATO | ITA | 29.43 | 11/10 |
| 3 | Eneli JEFIMOVA | EST | 29.48 | 11/19 |
| 4 | Sophie HANSSON | SWE | 29.53 | 11/18 |
| 5 | Evgenia CHIKUNOVA | RUS | 29.54 | 11/21 |
Perhaps even more impressive was Jefimova’s head-turning performance in the 200m distance. She stopped the clock in a time of 2:19.23 to dip under the 2:20 barrier for the first time in her promising young career.
Jefimova opened in 1:07.15 and closed in 1:12.08 en route to crushing her previous lifetime best of 2:22.20. That former Estonian NR was registered in Berlin 2 years ago when she was just 14 years of age.
She now ranks #1 in the world in the 200m breast this season, joining Italy’s Francesca Fangio (2:19.99) as the only swimmers to be in the 2:19-zone thus far this season.
2023-2024 SCM Women 200 Breast
CHIKUNOVA
2:15.36
| 2 | Eneli JEFIMOVA | EST | 2:19.23 | 11/19 |
| 3 | Alina ZMUSHKO | BLR | 2:19.67 | 11/25 |
| 4 | Francesca FANGIO | ITA | 2:19.99 | 11/10 |
| 5 | Kristyna Horska | CZE | 2:20.43 | 10/15 |
whoa- new player in town. When are Douglass and King racing next?
I read these as LCM until I saw I was incorrect.
SCM should definitely be in the title.
It’s November, you should really know its in SCM.
its also an Olympic year approaching. Easy mistake to make.
How many people know that the Kalev Open in Estonia is in SCM? What does November have to do with anything?
😂