Dean Tops Scott In Men’s 200 Free On Edinburgh’s Opening Night

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This year’s edition of the Edinburgh International Swim Meet got underway at the Royal Commonwealth Pool with a host of Olympic and World champions diving in to kick-off their 2022 racing season.

With the all-important British Swimming Championships on the horizon for April, swimmers, on the whole, are in the midst of training and merely using this meet as a racing opportunity as their grind rolls on.

The men’s 200m freestyle was a marquis race on the night, with the reigning Olympic champion Tom Dean and his silver medal partner-in-crime Duncan Scott both in action.

Dean wound up on top of the podium in a mark of 1:47.60 while Stirling’s Scott was just under a second later to the wall in 1:48.59. Rounding out the top 3 in the event was the 2015 World Champion, James Guy, with the Bath athlete punching a mark of 1:48.74.

The trio of Dean, Scott, Guy and Matt Richards were the gold medal winners in the men’s 4x200m free relay in Tokyo. Dean split 1:45.72, Guy 1:44.40, Richards 1:45.01 and Scott 1:43.45 en route to collectively clocking at time of 6:58.58 to not only grab Olympic gold but also establish a new European Record.

Ben Proud set himself apart from the crowd tonight in the men’s 50m fly, with the 27-year-old multi-international medalist producing an effort of 23.46.

Proud established himself as the top-seeded swimmer of the morning with a solid 23.71 before slicing another .25 off to grab the gold. The Energy Standard swimmer owns the British national record in this event with his lifetime best of 22.75 from the 2017 FINA World Championships.

For the women, Olympic finalist Anna Hopkin produced the only sub-25-second swim of the evening in the 50m free. The Loughborough ace got to the wall in 24.84, a mark which represents the 10th fastest time of her career.

Hopkin owns a lifetime best of 24.34 from the 2019 FINA World Championships while the former Arkansas Razorback wound up not contesting the event at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Additional Winners

  • European champion and Olympic gold medalist Kathleen Dawson topped the women’s 100m back field with a mark of 1:01.01, while 20-year-old Bath swimmer Jonathon Adam got it done for the men’s race in 55.15.
  • The women’s 200m fly saw Stirling standout Keanna McInnes log a mark of 2:11.34 for the win.
  • Freya Anderson of Bath posted 4:12.30 in the women’s 400m free to top another Freya in Freya Colbert who settled for silver in 4:12.92.
  • Commonwealth Games champion James Wilby hit a mark of 2:10.83 in the men’s 200m breast while Kara Hanlon out-touched Sarah Vasey in the women’s 100m breast by just .04. Hanlon clocked 1:08.34 to Vasey’s 1:08.38.
  • Scott was back in the water after this 200m free to also take on the men’s 200m IM. He hit 1:59.35 while Andreas Vazaios of both Greece and Loughborough was also under the 2:00 threshold in 1:59.86.

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dddddddd
2 years ago

“Dean tops Scott”

Boobstroke
2 years ago

Swimswam really bringing out the gays with this post lool

MA swims 56 100breast in Paris
2 years ago

Why are the Brits so strong in the 200free and no one else is? Different coaching style there that favors this event somehow or just genetically superior athletes?

Swimmer
Reply to  MA swims 56 100breast in Paris
2 years ago

I think some of it comes down to British Swimming having training camps and talent ID camps the past four years targeting the mens 4×200 free relay. Imagine if that put that kind of effort and funding into every event.

SigmaAlphaBetaMale
2 years ago

I love Anna Hopkin

Sub13
2 years ago

The first three words of this headline sound like they belong on Sean Cody

Hawaiian Reeves
Reply to  Sub13
2 years ago

Agreed. But nothing will ever top the Reuters Headline “Tired Gay Succumbs to Dix.”

Troyy
Reply to  Hawaiian Reeves
2 years ago

They had to be aware of the double meaning with that one. 🤣

Boobstroke
Reply to  Sub13
2 years ago

It’s honestly all I read and immediately clicked..

..before realising it’s a swimswam article

Texas Tap Water
2 years ago

Dean Thomas looks like Ron Weasley.

John26
Reply to  Texas Tap Water
2 years ago

George McKay

SigmaAlphaBetaMale
Reply to  Texas Tap Water
2 years ago

Shrek

David Granero Sánchez
2 years ago

You forgot to talk about Carlos Garach. He won 1500 freestyle

Sapnu puas
2 years ago

Being gay and reading this headline…I was taken aback for a split second I won’t lie

Fraser Thorpe
Reply to  Sapnu puas
2 years ago

😳

Sub13
Reply to  Sapnu puas
2 years ago

Lol I just made this exact comment before seeing this one 😂😂😂

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