2025 European SC Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

2025 EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

• December 2-7, 2025
• Lublin, Poland
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  • Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
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After today’s session, we will officially be halfway through the 2025 European SC Championships, and National Records have been falling left and right over the first three days of competition.

Event Schedule

• Women’s 100 IM Final
• Men’s 100 IM Final
• Men’s 1500 Free Final
• Women’s 200 Breast Semifinal
• Men’s 200 Breast Semifinal
• Women’s 100 Back Semifinal
• Men’s 100 Back Semifinal
• Women’s 200 Free Final
• Men’s 200 Free Final
• Women’s 100 Fly Semifinal
• Men’s 100 Fly Semifinal
• Mixed 4×50 Freestyle Relay Final

Tonight’s finals session features 12 events, six finals and six semifinals. We will start the day with the 100 IM finals, after yesterday’s events saw numerous national records.

Marrit Steenbergen was the top qualifier in the women’s event with the 57.96 she swam yesterday. She comes in just one hundredth ahead of Czechia’s Barbora Janickova, who was 57.97 for 2nd. Roos Vanotterdijk sits just behind the top two for Belgium, coming in at 58.02, just five hundredths back of Steenbergen.

On the men’s side, Noe Ponti is the top seed with the 51.24 he swam yesterday bringing him in a little more than a tenth ahead of France’s Maxime Grousset in 2nd.

The men’s 1500 freestyle will swim 3rd with Hungary’s Zalan Sarkany leading Sweden’s Victor Johansson by just three hundredths of a second while Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen comes in just over four tenths back, meaning the longest race of the night could be one of the closest.

The women’s 200 breaststroke semifinals are also shaping up to be close with the top six swimmers coming in just over a second apart in prelims. Great Britain’s Angharad Evans leads the field as the only 2:20 swimmer.

Men’s World Record holder Caspar Corbeau is in the 2nd heat of the men’s event after he finished 3rd in the prelims session. Spain’s Carles Coll Marti is the top seed, coming in half-a-second ahead of Corbeau and Great Britain’s Filip Nowacki.

Lauren Cox and Nina Holt are the top seedsƒ in the women’s 100 backstroke semifinals while the men’s heats will see Miroslav Knedla and Oliver Morgan in the top spots as the only swimmers under 50 seconds this morning.

Great Britain’s Freya Colbert has a strong lead over the women’s 200 free final, coming in more than a second ahead of 2nd seed Marrit Steenbergen and 3rd seed Minna Abraham.

The men’s 200 free final is one of the top races of the evening with Duncan Scott and Lucas Henveaux tying at 1:41.56 in yesterday’s semifinal while Jack Mcmillan is only a tenth back of them for 3rd. The whole final is separated by just over half-a-second, which means it could be anyone’s race tonight.

Laura Lahtinen and Louise Hansson are the top seeds in the women’s 100 fly, coming in nearly a second ahead of the rest of the field as the only swimmers under 56 seconds this morning. Roos Vanotterdijk will be swimming her 3rd event of the evening in the 2nd semifinal heat as she comes off the 100 IM final and the 200 breast semifinal.

The final individual event of the evening will be the men’s 100 butterfly where Maxime Grousset, Michal Chmielewski and Noe Ponti will be battling for the top spot in tomorrow’s event final as they are all seeded within a tenth of a second.

The last event of the night will be the mixed 4×50 freestyle relay finals, which will be fast and exciting as Poland looks for their 4th straight relay medal and national record as the host nation. They are the top seeds tonight.

WOMEN’S 100 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – Final

• WR: 55.11 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2024)
• WJR: 57.59 – Anastasiya Shkurdai, BLR (2020)
• ER: 56.51 – Katinka Hosszu, HUN (2017)
• EJR: 57.59 – Anastasiya Shkurdai, BLR (2020)
• CR: 56.67 – Katinka Hosszu, HUN (2015)

Top 8

1. Marrit Steenbergen (NED) – 56.26 ER, CR
2. Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL) – 56.80
3. Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR) – 57.17
4. Beryl Gastaldello (FRA) – 57.57
5. Tessa Giele (NED) – 57.73
6. Barbora Janickova (CZE) – 58.20
7. Ellen Walshe (IRL) – 58.62
8. Martine Damborg (DEN) – 58.89

The Netherlands’ Marrit Steenbergen picked up the win in her first event of the eventing, swimming a monster 56.26 in the women’s 100 IM to break the European and Championship records and win by more than half-a-second.

Her time comes in nearly three tenths under Katinka Hosszu‘s former record time of 56.61 from 2017, and four tenths under Hosszu’s Championship record swim of 56.67 from the 2015 meet.

Steenbergen will move up to the 2nd fastest performer in history in the event, overtaking Kate Douglass’s 56.34 from the World Cup stop in Carmel.

Belgium’s Roos Vanotterdijk finished 2nd overall, shattering her own national record in the event and breaking 57 seconds for the first time. She moves up to be the 6th fastest performer in history.

Bronze medalist Anastasia Gorbenko from Israel also broke a national record as she moves up to be the 7th fastest performer ever.

Updated Top 10 All-Time

1. Gretchen Walsh (USA) — 55.11
2. Marrit Steenbergen (NED) — 56.26
3. Kate Douglass (USA) — 56.34
4. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) — 56.51
5. Beryl Gastaldello (FRA) — 56.67
6. Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL) — 56.80
7. Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAN) — 57.04
8. Sarah Sjöström (SWE) — 57.10
9. Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR) — 57.17
10. Yiting Yu (CHN) — 57.44

MEN’S 100 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – Final

• WR: 49.28 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2020)
• WJR: 50.63 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2018)
• ER: 49.92 – Leon Marchand, FRA (2024)
• EJR: 50.63 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2018)
• CR: 50.76 – Peter Mankoc, SLO (2009)

Top 8

MEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE  — Final

• WR: 14:06.88 – Florian Wellbrock, GER (2021)
• WJ: 14:20.64 – Kuzey Tuncelli, TUR (2024)
• ER: 14:06.88 – Florian Wellbrock, GER (2021)
• EJ: 14:20.64 – Kuzey Tuncelli, TUR (2024)
• CR: 14:08.06 – Gregorio Paltrinieri, ITA (2015)

Top 8

1. Daniel Wiffen (IRL)- 14:13.96
2. Zalan Sarkany (HUN)- 14:15.51
3. Florian Wellbrock (GER)- 14:19.26
4. David Betlehem (HUN)- 14:19.65
5. Bartosz Kapala (POL)- 14:26.44
6. Victor Johansson (SWE)- 14:27.34
7. Sacha Velly (FRA)- 14:35.20
8. Kuzy Tuncelli (TUR)- 14:43.60

Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen came out on top of the men’s 1500 freestyle after sitting in 2nd place behind Hungary’s Zalan Sarkany for the first 1425 meters. He took over the lead at the 1450 mark with just 50 meters to go, and came in at 14:13.96 to win by more than a second-and-a-half.

Sarkany got out to an early lead and led by nearly two seconds at the 1000 meter mark, turning in 9:31.41 to Wiffen’s 9:33.26. From there, Wiffen slowly started building, dropping his 50 splits to 28 lows while Sarkany was in the 28 mid-high range.

Wiffen split 1:49.72 on his final 200 to take a huge lead in the race. His final 50 split was 25.95, and he split 13 seconds on his final four 25s.

Sarkany was 1:52.85 on his final 200 and 27.47 on his final 50 to come in 2nd at 14:15.51, a Hungarian National Record time by almost eight seconds, overtaking David Betlehem‘s 14:23.27 from 2023.

Germany’s Florian Wellbrock was 3rd in 14:19.26, about 13 seconds off his World Record time in the event.

WOMEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – Semifinal

• WR: 2:12.50 – Kate Douglass, USA (2024)
• WJR: 2:14.70 – Evgeniia Chikunova, RUS (2022)
• ER: 2:14.70 – Evgeniia Chikunova, RUS (2022)
• EJR: 2:14.70 – Evgeniia Chikunova, RUS (2021)
• CR: 2:15.21 – Rikke Pedersen, DEN (2013)

Top 8 Qualifiers

1. Ellie McCartney (IRL) – 2:18.81
2. Angharad Evans (GBR) – 2:18.84
3. Anna Elendt (GER) – 2:19.50
4. Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL) – 2:19.90
5. Kristyna Horska (CZE) – 2:19.94
6. Daria Asaftei (ROU) – 2:20.14
7. Kotryna Teterevkova (LTU) – 2:20.49
8. Clara Rybak-Andersen (DEN) – 2:20.89

After nobody broke 2:20 this morning, there were five swimmers under in tonight’s semifinal. Ireland’s Ellie McCartney won the first semifinal in 2:18.81 to come in just ahead of Great Britain’s Angharad Evans, who won the 2nd semifinal in 2:18.84.

McCartney’s swim was a new personal best time, dropping from the 2:19.96 she swam at the final World Cup stop in Toronto. She was out a little more than half-a-second behind Evans at the 100 mark. splitting 1:06.67 to Evans’ 1:06.04.

Their final 50s is where McCartney earned her top qualifying spot. She came home in 36.47 to outsplit Evans’s 37.32 by nearly a second.

Germany’s Anna Elendt qualified 3rd from the 2nd semifinal, touching in 2:19.50 to pick up the final middle lane in tomorrow’s final.

She was just four tenths ahead of Belgium’s Roos Vanotterdijk, who was fresh off a silver medal in the 100 IM final and touched in 2:19.90 for 4th, and Czechia’s Kristyna Horska who was 2:19.94 for 5th.

MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – Semifinal

• WR: 1:59.52 – Caspar Corbeau, NED (2025)
• WJR: 2:02.03 – Shin Ohashi, JPN (2025)
• ER: 1:59.52 – Caspar Corbeau, NED (2025)
• EJR: 2:03.75 — Filip Nowacki, GBR (2025)
• CR: 2:00.53 – Marco Koch, GER (2015)

Top 8 Qualifiers

1. Carles Coll Marti (ESP) – 2:01.91
2. Caspar Corbeau (NED) – 2:01.93
3. Jeremias Pock (GER) – 2:03.06
4. Luka Mladenovic (AUT) – 2:03.42
5. Darius-Stefan Coman (ROU) – 2:03.85
6. Filip Nowacki (GBR) – 2:04.07
7. Gabriele Mancini (ITA) – 2:04.30
8. Arno Kamminga (NED) – 2:04.32

It will not be the World Record holder in the middle lane of tomorrow’s men’s 200 breaststroke final. Spain’s Carles Coll Marti earned the top spot with the 2:01.91 he swam to finish two hundredths ahead of Caspar Corbeau, who was in the lane directly next to him.

Third place qualifier Jeremias Pock was also from the 2nd semifinal, coming in more than a second behind the top two at 2:03.06.

Corbeau was out fast, turning in 57.75 to lead Coll Marti’s 58.26 by more than a half second. He fell off the pace a little from there, dropping the lead at the 175 mark after splitting 16.42 to Coll Marti’s 16.02. Coll Marti was able to hold him off on the last 25 and grab the win.

Austria’s LUka Mladenovic finished 4th in a new Austrian record time of 2:03.42, while Romania’s Darius-Stefan Coman broke his own Romanian record with his 2:03.85 to finish 5th overall.

Great Britain’s Filip Nowacki finished 6th in 2:04.07, just over three tenths off the European Junior record time of 2:03.75 he swam this morning.

WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – Semifinal

• WR: 54.02 Regan Smith, USA (2024)
• WJR: 55.75 – Bella Sims, USA (2022)
• ER: 55.03 – Katinka Hosszu, HUN (2014)
• EJR: 55.99 – Mie Nielsen, DEN (2013)
• CR: 55.17 – Kira Toussaint, NED (2019)

Top 8 Qualifiers

1. Lauren Cox (GBR) – 56.52
2. Nina Jane Holt (GER) – 56.60
3. Hanna Rosvall (SWE) – 56.87
4. Pauline Mahieu (FRA) – 57.10
5. Carmen Weiler Sastre (ESP) – 57.25
6. Maaike de Waard (NED) – 57.26
7. Camila Rodrigues Rebelo (POR)/Victoria Bierre (DEN) – 57.80
8. —

Great Britain’s Lauren Cox earned the top spot in the women’s 100 backstroke semifinal from heat 1 with her 56.52 coming in just eight hundredths ahead of Nina Holt‘s German national record swim of 56.60.

Sweden’s Hanna Rosvall was not far behind the top two to earn the 3rd spot with the 56.87 she swam in heat one coming in less than three tenths behind Holt. She was the final swimmer under 57 seconds this evening.

France’s Pauline Maheiu qualified 4th as the 3rd swimmer from the 1st heat to earn a spot in the final with the 57.10 she swam coming in a little over a tenth ahead of Carmen Weiler Sastre who was 57.25 for 5th and Maaike de Waard, who was 57.26 for 6th.

Camila Rodrigues Rebleo from Portugal and Victoria Bierre rounded out the top eight swimmers tying at 57.80, with both women coming from the 2nd heat.

MEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – Semifinal

• WR: 48.16 – Hubert Kos, HUN (2025)
• WJR: 48.76 – Miron Lifintsev, NAB (2024)
• ER: 48.16 – Hubert Kos, HUN (2025)
• EJR: 48.76 – Miron Lifintsev, NAB (2024)
• CR: 48.97 – Arkady Vyatchanin, SRB (2009) | Stanislav Donets, RUS (2009)

Top 8 Qualifiers

1. Oliver Morgan (GBR) – 49.62
2. Miroslav Knedla (CZE) – 49.80
3. Denis-Laurean Popescu (ROU) – 49.99
4. Thomas Ceccon (ITA)/Mewen Tomac (FRA)/Lorenzo Mora (ITA) – 50.07
5. —
6. —
7. Jan Cejka (CZE) – 50.11
8. John Shortt (IRL) – 50.16

Tomorrow’s final in the men’s 100 backstroke is going to be close. There was a three way tie for 4th place and the whole top eight come in just 0.54 seconds apart.

Great Britain’s Oliver Morgan leads the field with the 49.62 he swam in the 2nd semifinal coming in just a tenth slower than the 49.55 he swam in prelims, but it was enough to earn the top spot by almost two tenths over Czechia’s Miroslav Knedla.

Knedla set his 2nd Czech record of the evening, and 3rd record of the day, with his 2nd place time of 49.80 taking down the 49.99 mark he set in this morning’s prelims session.

Romania’s Denis-Laurean Popescu finished 3rd in 49.99 to be the final man under 50 seconds in prelims.

4th place saw a three way tie between Thomas Ceccon, Mewen Tomac, and Lorenzo Mora at 50.07. Ceccon and Tomac swam in lanes right next to each other in the first heat, while Mora came from heat two.

Jan Cejka and John Shortt will round out tomorrow’s final at 50.11 and 50.16 respectively. Shortt’s time was a new Irish national record by one-hundredth-of-a-second.

WOMEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – Final

• WR: 1:49.36 – Mollie O’Callaghan, AUS (2025)
• WJR: 1:51.62 – Claire Weinstein, USA (2024)
• ER: 1:50.43 – Sarah Sjoestroem, SWE (2017)
• EJR: 1:52.81 – Nikoletta Padar, HUN (2024)
• CR: 1:51.17 – Federica Pellegrini, ITA (2009)

Top 8

1. Marrit Steenbergen (NED) – 1:50.33 ER, CR
2. Minna Abraham (HUN) – 1:51.47
3. Freya Colbert (GBR) – 1:51.94
4. Freya Anderson (GBR) – 1:53.09
5. Nikolett Padar (HUN) – 1:53.27
6. Snaefridur Sol Jorunnardottir (ISL) – 1:54.26
7. Justina Kozan (POL) – 1:54.26
8. Maria Daza Garcia (ESP) – 1:55.81

Marrit Steenbergen is two-for-two today with European records. She started her evening with a record in the women’s 100 IM, taking down Katinka Hosszu‘s 2017 mark, and she finished her individual events with a new European record in the 200 freestyle to take down Sarah Sjostrom‘s 2017 mark.

She touched in 1:50.33 to win the event by more than a second and set the 3rd fastest time in history in the event, only two hundredths behind Siobhan Haughey‘s former World Record time of 1:50.31.

She also takes a tenth off Sjostrom’s European Record time of 1:50.43 from the 2017 World Cup stop in Eindhoven.

Steenbergen was 1st throughout the race, but at the 100 mark she was tied for the lead with Great Britain’s Freya Anderson in 54.01. The two swimmers were more than four tenths ahead of Hungary’s Minna Abraham, who turned in 54.48.

Steenbergen turned on the gas for the final 100, splitting 56.32 to Colbert’s 57.93 to earn a commanding victory.

Abraham caught Colbert on the final 100 with her 56.99 final 100 to finish 2nd in 1:51.47. Her time was only three tenths off Katinka Hosszu‘s national record time of 1:51.18.

Updated Top 10 All-Time

1. Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) — 1:49.36
2. Siobhan Haughey (HKG) — 1:50.31
3. Marrit Steenbergen (NED) — 1:50.33
4. Sarah Sjöström (SWE) — 1:50.43
5. Federica Pellegrini (ITA) — 1:51.17
6. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) — 1:51.18
7. Ariarne Titmus (AUS) — 1:51.38
8. Minna Abraham (HUN) — 1:51.47
9. Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAN) — 1:51.49
10. Junxuan Yang (CHN) — 1:51.61

MEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – Final

• WR: 1:38.61 – Luke Hobson, USA (2024)
• WJR: 1:40.65 – Matt Sates, RSA (2021)
• ER: 1:39.37 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009)
• EJR: 1:40.79 – David Popovici, ROU (2022)
• CR: 1:39.81 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009)

Top 8

1. Duncan Scott (GBR) – 1:40.54
2. Jack McMillan (GBR) – 1:40.94
3. Evan Bailey (IRL)/Kamil Sieradzki (POL) – 1:41.48
4. —
5. Lucas Henveaux (BEL) – 1:41.66
6. Tomas Lukminas (LTU) – 1:41.76
7. Danas Rapsys (LTU) – 1:41.76
8. Robin Hanson (SWE) – 1:41.81

Duncan Scott and Jack McMillan took the top two times in the men’s 200 freestyle for Great Britain as the only two men under 1:41 in the event. Scott came in 1st at 1:40.54 to earn the win by four tenths over McMillan’s 1:40.94.

Scott took over the lead on the 1st 50, splitting 23.58 to turn two tenths ahead of Ireland’s Evan Bailey, who was in 2nd.

At the 100 mark, he split 48.84 to sit six tenths ahead of McMillan, who had moved into 2nd in 49.42.

Scott was 51.70 on his final 100 to lock up the win over McMillan’s 51.52 split. Bailey was 3rd in an Irish national record time of 1:41.48, tying with Poland’s Kamil Sieradzki from Poland, who also set a national record.

Sweden’s Robin Hanson finished 8th in 1:41.81, setting a new national record mark as well.

WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – Semifinal

• WR: 52.71 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2024)
• WJR: 55.39 – Claire Curzan, USA (2021)
• ER: 54.61 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2014)
• EJR: 55.64 – Anastasiya Shkurdai, BLR (2020)
• CR: 55.00 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2017)

Top 8 Qualifiers

1. Louise Hansson (SWE) — 55.39
2. Anna Ntountounaki (GRE) — 55.66
3. Laura Lahtinen (FIN) — 55.87
4. Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL) — 55.98
5. Angelina Köhler (GER) — 56.17
6. Martine Damborg (DEN) — 56.77
7. Tessa Giele (NED) — 56.85
8. Panna Ugrai (HUN) — 57.18

Louise Hansson earned the top qualifying spot out of the women’s 100 fly semifinals, touching in 55.39 to win the 1st semifinal ahead of Greece’s Anna Ntountounaki, who swam 55.66 for 2nd in the same heat.

Hansson was out fast, turnin in 25.53 at the 50 mark, the fastest in the field. She came home in 29.86 to hold onto the lead and earn lane four tomorrow.

Ntountounaki set a new Greek record with her swim, taking down her own record time of 55.98 from the 2023 European Championships. She was out in 25.92 and came home in 29.74 with the fastest final 25 in the field of 14.85.

Finland’s Laura Lahtinen qualified 3rd in 55.87 and Belgium’s Roos Vanotterdijk finished 4th in her 3rd event of the evening, touching in 55.98.

MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – Semifinal

• WR: 47.68 – Josh Liendo, CAN (2025)
• WJR: 49.03 – Ilya Kharun, CAN (2022)
• ER: 47.71 – Noe Ponti, SUI (2024)
• EJR: 50.12 – Andrei Minakov, RUS (2020)
• CR: 48.47 – Noe Ponti, SUI (2023)

Top 8 Qualifiers

1. Noe Ponti (SUI) — 48.82
2. Maxime Grousset (FRA) — 49.03
3. Ksawery Masiuk (POL) — 49.52
4. Michal Chmielewski (POL) — 49.81
5. Simon Bucher (AUT) — 49.92
6. Simone Stefani (ITA) — 50.07
7. Michele Busa (ITA) — 50.08
8. Clement Secchi (FRA) — 50.14

There were five swimmers in the men’s 100 fly semifinals who came in under 50 seconds. Switzerland’s Noe Ponti led the charge as the only swimmer under 49, touching in 48.82 for the top spot.

Maxime Grousset qualified 2nd after finishing behind Ponti in the 2nd semifinal, touching in 49.03 to beat Poland’s Ksawery Masiuk by about half-a-second. Masiuk was also in the 2nd semifinal, finishing 3rd overall to qualify 3rd for the final tomorrow.

Grousset was out in 1st, splitting 22.85 to hold the lead over Msiuk (22.92) and Ponti (22.98). 6th place qualifier Simone Stefani was also in the 2nd semifinal, and he split 22.86 on the opening 50 to sit in 2nd.

The 2nd 50 saw Ponti split 25.84 to move ahead of Grouset’s 26.18 and Masiuk’s 26.60 and win the event. He was still about a second off his best time of 4.71 from last year’s SC World Championships.

Poland’s Michal Chmielewski swam 49.81 to win the 1st semifinal over Austria’s Simon Bucher, who touched in 49.92.

MIXED 4×50 FREE RELAY — Final

• WR: 1:27.33 – France, FRA (2022)
• ER: 1:27.33 – France, FRA (2022)
• CR: 1:27.75 – Great Britain, GBR (2023)

Top 8

1. Italy — 1:27.26 WR
2. Hungary — 1:28.04
3. Netherlands — 1:28.42
4. Poland — 1:28.55
5. Denmark — 1:29.45
6. Spain — 1:30.52
7. Croatia — 1:30.70
8. Slovakia — 1:31.00

We officially have our first World Record of the meet. Italy won the mixed 4×50 freestyle relay in 1:27.26, taking seven hundredths off France’s 2022 record of 1:27.33.

Leonardo Deplano led the team off in 20.97, which was the 3rd fastest opening 50 split in the field behind Jere Hribar‘s 20.70 for Croatia and Szebasztian Szabo‘s 20.93 for 2nd.

Lorenzo Zazzeri swam the 2nd leg, splitting 20.51, which was the fastest 50 split in the whole race, and moved the Italian team into 1st.

Silvia Di Pietro swam 3rd, splitting 23.07, which was the 3rd fastest split of the race, and the 2nd fastest 3rd 50 split behind Poland’s Kasia Wasick, who was 22.95.

Sara Curtis anchored the team in 22.71, the 2nd fastest relay split in history behind only Emma McKeon’s 22.62 from the 2022 SC World Championships.

Hungary finished 2nd with Szabo, Adam Jaszo (20.68), Petra Senanszky (23.29), and Minna Abraham (23.14) touching in 1:28.04.