FINA WORLD CUP – BERLIN
- Sunday, August 06 – Monday, August 07, 2017
- Berlin, Germany – Schwimm- und Sprunghalle im Europa-Sportpark
- Short Course – 25 m
- Event site
- New rules and prize Money
- Entries
- Start Lists
- Results
Day 2 in Berlin saw two women’s world records bite the dust, courtesy of Dutch swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Hungarian athlete Katinka Hosszu. ‘Kromo’ notched a new WR in the women’s short course meters 50 freestyle with a time of 22.93 to become the first woman ever to clock a sub-23 second time, while Hosszu continued her IM assault with a new 100m IM mark of 56.51.
But this pair of speedsters weren’t the only ones to rewrite records in Berlin today, as multiple national records fell across the men’s and women’s events. Below is a round-up of those that were surpassed just today, with the 3rd stop within this first World Cup cluster yet to come in Eindhoven on August 11th and 12th.
Day 2 Women’s National Records
- Katinka Hoszu, Hungary, 100 IM – 56.51 (*WR)
- Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Netherlands, 50 freestyle – 22.93 (*WR)
- Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden, 50 frestylee – 23.00
- Kimberly Buys, Belgium, 100 butterfly – 56.44
- Sarah Kohler, Germany, 400 freestyle – 4:01.03
Day 2 Men’s National Records
- Dominik Kozma, Hungary, 200 freestyle – 1:41.03
- Danas Rapsys, Lithuania, 200 freestyle – 1:42.23
- Kacper Majchrzak, Poland, 200 freestyle – 1:41.62
- Jonathan Gomez, Colombia, 200 butterfly – 1:53.59
- Jonathan Gomez, Colombia, 400 IM – 4:11.36
- Ilya Shymanovich, Belarus, 50 breaststroke – 26.09
- Renato Prono, Paraguay, 50 breaststroke – 26.23
- Marek Botik, Slovakia, 50 breaststroke – 26.73
