2019 EUROPEAN JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, July 3rd – Sunday, July 7th
- Aquatics Palace, Kazan, Russia
- LCM
- Meet Site
- Entry List
- Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Recap/Day 2 Finals Recap
- Day 3 Prelims Recap/Day 3 Finals Recap
- Day 4 Prelims Recap/Day 4 Finals Recap
- Day 5 Prelims Recap
- Live Results
- Live Stream
Throwing down the swim of his life to close out the individual events of the 2019 European Junior Swimming Championships was German speedster Artem Selin. The 17-year-old busted out a big-time 21.83 to take gold in the men’s 50m free by a sizeable margin, reaping the only sub-22 second swim of the entire field.
Selin’s time is a huge personal best, overtaking his previous fastest mark of 22.26 he established just this past April, while he was 22.18 in tonight’s semi.
Selin’s 21.83 stunner fell just shy of the German Senior National Record, which stands at the 21.81 Damian Wierling produced at German Nationals back in 2016.
The teen’s time also clears the European Junior Record ‘target time’ of 21.98, meaning he has established a new EJR with his performance. The target time was set by the LEN at the time the concept of Junior Records was originally conceived.
Silver tonight went to promising freestyle ace Kenzo Simons of the Netherlands, with the 18-year-old powering his way to a new PB of 22.10, also a new Dutch Age Record. Bronze went to Ukrainian Vladyslav Bukhov, his 2nd individual medal, as he also took bronze in the 100m free here. He clocked 22.37 tonight.
For Selin, the German now ranks 11th in the world this season, at just 17.
2018-2019 LCM MEN 50 FREE
DRESSEL
21.04
| 2 | Vladimir MOROZOV | RUS | 21.27 | 08/15 |
| 3 | Bruno FRATUS | BRA | 21.31 | 06/09 |
| 4 | Kristian GKOLOMEEV | GRE | 21.45 | 07/27 |
| 5 | Benjamin PROUD | GBR | 21.48 | 04/28 |
21.8 with an awful finish
he did one more stroke than he should have, it would’ve been 21 mid.
check the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEWc5qI5JRM
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEWc5qI5JRM
Damn still has another year to dip under Michael Andrew’s 21.75 for a new WJR
Although the true 18&u mark is Dressels 21.53
This 21,53 wasn’t in the year he turned 19?
Doesn’t change the fact that it’s the true 18&u mark
18 until you’re 19, right?
No is by birth year. From 18-19 you are already at college training and from 17-18 you are still at high school.
There are cases where one born in January and the other in December and compete at the same group in spite of being almost one year older.
American age group records are based on age at the time of the swim (well, actually age as of first day of the meet where the swim occurred). World Junior Records and Junior Worlds/Jr Pan Pacs eligibility based on age as of December 31st (i.e. based on birth year). US Junior National team eligibility based on age at the end of the US swimming year, August 31st.
How many juniors have been sub-21 all time?
None
No Junior ever
Only 2-3 seniors ever…
Argghhhh I meant 22….
They seem to be Dressel (21.53 in 2015), MA (21.75 in 2017), Orsi (21.82 in 2009– the suit era), and Sedov (21.98 in 2014 Russian Nats).
“Throwing down” is used far too often in swimswam articles.
A kid went 21.8 and that’s what you gleaned from this article?
GREAT SWIM!!!
Maybe ask, “why is this guy bent out about that phrase and brings it up on this article?
Well, Loretta, I’d LOVE to tell ya:
It’s what I take from the absurd amount of use that phrase has gotten on the site over the last four months. It seems every third article uses the phrase. Ya it may be a weird thing to get hung up on, but everyone takes a stand on something. Ol’ Longhorn has his with Dressel, my beef is with “throwing down”. It’s a phrase 10-16 year olds use, not a professional writing staff.
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