2024 EINDHOVEN QUALIFICATION MEET
- Thursday, April 11th – Sunday, April 14th
- Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Day 2 of the 2024 Eindhoven Qualification Meet brought about some head-turning performances.
We reported how Dutch ace Tessa Giele logged a huge lifetime best of 57.38 to win the women’s 100m fly while visiting German swimmer Cedric Buessing busted out a monster 4:12.33 to become the #2 German 400IM performer of all time.
In the men’s 100m fly, however, 23-year-old French swimmer Clement Secchi made some eye-catching waves.
Although it was host nation racer Nyls Korstanje who took gold in a time of 51.23, Secchi produced a career-fastest mark of 51.38 to snag silver in tonight’s final.
Former Mizzou athlete Secchi opened in 24.27 and brought it home in 27.11 to register the best time of his young career, erasing the Frenchman’s previous best-ever result of 52.10 registered at the 2022 European Championships.
His performance now renders him France’s #3 performer in history and just the 6th Frenchman to ever delve under the 51-second barrier in the event.
All-Time French Men’s LCM 100 Butterfly Performers
- Maxime Grousset – 50.14, 2023 World Championships
- Mehdy Metella – 50.85, 2019 French National Championships
- Clement Secchi – 51.38, 2024 Eindhoven Qualification Meet
- Jeremy Stravius – 52.66, 2016 French National Championships
- Clement Lefert – 51.81, 2009 World Championships
Secchi’s PB cleared the World Aquatics Olympic Qualification Time of 51.67 needed for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. We’ll have to wait and see how things shake out after the French Elite Championships which are on the calendar for June.
In the meantime, Secchi now ranks 14th in the world thus far this season.
2023-2024 LCM Men 100 Fly
PONTI
50.16
| 2 | Matthew William Temple | AUS | 50.25 | 12/03 |
| 3 | Caeleb DRESSEL | USA | 50.84 | 04/12 |
| 3 | Hubert KOS | HUN | 50.84 | 04/12 |
| 5 | Andrei MINAKOV | RUS | 50.86 | 04/16 |
| 6 | Katsuhiro MATSUMOTO | JPN | 50.96 | 03/24 |
| 7 | Shaine CASAS | USA | 51.03 | 12/01 |
| 8 | Jakub Majerski | POL | 51.06 | 04/25 |
| 9 | Diogo MATOS RIBEIRO | POR | 51.17 | 02/17 |
| 10 | Changhao WANG | CHN | 51.20 | 04/26 |
| 11 | NAOKI MIZUNUMA | JPN | 51.23 | 03/24 |
| 11 | Nyls Korstanje | NED | 51.23 | 04/12 |
| 13 | Shaun CHAMPION | AUS | 51.28 | 04/19 |
| 13 | Simon BUCHER | AUT | 51.28 | 02/17 |
| 15 | Takeshi Kawamoto | JPN | 51.32 | 02/17 |
France’s medley relay chances just improved considerably.
Nice for France to have more options for the medley relay but what they really need is a freestyler to anchor.
Secchi on fly and Grousset on free. Simple as
Will we see Marchand on breast? I’m not familiar with France’s talents?
He’ll probably have to swim both heats and final.
Maybe but it will be a shame to lose a 49 low split in the fly leg. Maybe Manaudou will be on form in the 100.
Still won’t contend for Bronze.
Nah they should do what they always should have done is put Manaudou on the freestyle leg no one in France besides him and Grousset have been 47 flat start or flying start…Grousset is up there with Dressel in Medley fly speed they have a real shot at a medal but if they put Secchi on fly and Grousset on free they lose a huge advantage
They probably didn’t use Manaudou in the free leg because he didn’t look great in the 50 free and Salvan only split 0.12 slower than Manaudou did in the 4×1 free but if Manaudou is on form he’s the obvious choice.
Previous Secchi’s personal best was actually 51.92 during Nice meeting last March.