2023 ISRAELI CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, June 7th – Saturday, June 10th
- Wingate Institute
- LCM (50m)
- World Championships Qualifier
- Day 1 Recap
- Results
Day two of the 2023 Israeli Championships saw another national record bite the dust, this time at the hands of Tomer Frankel.
Competing in the men’s 100m fly, 22-year-old Frankel hit a time of 51.14 to produce a new lifetime best. His gold medal-worthy performance knocked over half a second off of the previous national record of 51.79 Gal Cohen Groumi put on the books at the 2022 World Championships.
Frankel’s performance dipped under the 51.96 World Aquatics ‘A’ standard needed for this summer’s World Championships, as well as cleared the 51.93 needed to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
After the race, Indiana University-based Frankel said, “I am coming after a busy year in college, but I was very consistent throughout the season in training and competitions and I arrived in Israel hungry to compete. The guys in college, friends and family supported me. The criterion for Paris is a milestone, there is still a lot to do and in order to reach the top of the top.”
University of Michigan-based Groumi was indeed in the pool, taking on the men’s 200m IM where he nabbed silver in 2:03.09. Winning the event was the 31-year-old father of 3, Yakov Toumarkin. Toumarkin registered a mark of 2:00.25 for gold; however, his outing fell short of the 1:59.53 needed fur Fukuoka.
Additional day two winners included Anastasia Gorbenko logging a time of 59.07 to win the women’s 100m fly. The 19-year-old national record holder also topped the women’s 50m back podium in a mark of 28.17.
Leah Polonsky hit the qualification time for Fukuoka in the women’s 200m IM. She touched in 2:12.31 to beat the field by over 7 seconds.
Cal-based Polonsky’s result also represents a new lifetime best, beating out her PB of 2:12.65 from December 2020.
I can see him finaling in 1 fly in Paris. Competing for a medal would be a whole different battle
What swimmers have been sub 51 in the 100 Fly in the last 1-2 years?
More than you think. Dressel, Milak, Temple, Minakov, Majerski, Ponti, Mizunoma, Liendo all off the top of my head
1 fly is incredibly crowded at the international level
A few you missed: Guy and Miladinov went sub 51 too at the 2021 European Championships when they finished in Bronze and Silver, also Casas and Andrew both went sub 51 last year.
Casas, Milak, Dressel, Ponti, Temple, Andrew. Is there someone i forgot?
More than you’d think. Looking at Ponti, Temple, Liendo, Le Clos, one of the Japan bros (i think theyve had 2+ dudes at 50. recently), Ribero and Heilman to compete for Bronze next year.
I still got a bloodbath for gold in Paris between Milak and Dressel penciled in for 1-2 in any order.
I’m picking Heilman for 3rd in ‘24 as of now. We’ll see. I’m probably wrong.
Lots of good things happening this year with Indiana swimmers & divers!
With the rate of 51.Low‘s it’s gonna take a 50.9 to make the final in Fukuoka this summer.
Crazy to think that this exact 51.14 is what earned Phelps, Cseh and Le Clos silver in Rio
“Fast” is getting faster and faster.