Hungary Looking For Final Push On Day 5 Of Euro Juniors

2017 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Hungary is set to make a push towards Russia in the final medal count on Day 5 at the 2017 European Junior Championships in Israel. Hungary currently holds 17 medals from this week. Russia has 22. 

Hungarian 18 year old, Balazs Hollo, is the top qualifier for finals in the men’s 400 Individual medley qualifying in 4:21.62. The top five qualifiers for the finals session all came from the final heat of preliminary competition. Qualifying second was Greek swimmer Apostolos Papastamos in 4:22.84.

Other Hungarian qualifiers for finals on the 5th day of competition include the Women’s 4×200 freestyle relay, who swam a 8:12.31 this morning the qualify 6th but will certainly be looking to move up. The top seed, Russia, who currently leads the medal count as a team is just 2.01 seconds ahead of the 6th seeded Hungarian squad. Additionally, 17 year old Nandor Nameth, qualified third for the 50 freestyle semi-final after clocking a 22.76. The men’s 50 freestyle and women’s 50 butterfly semi-finals will be swum as the first and second events of finals. The finals will then be swum later on in the session, just before the relays.

Other top qualifiers from the morning are:

  • Bjoern Seeliger, Sweden, Men’s 50 Freestyle: 22.65
  • Sara Junevik, Sweden, Women’s 50 Butterfly: 26.59
  • Italy, Men’s 400 Medley Relay: 3:41.41

The finals session will begin at 5:30 local time in Netanya, Israel and will include medal races in:

  • Women: 100 Breast, 100 Back, 200 IM, 50 Fly, 800 Free Relay
  • Men: 100 Breast, 200 Free, 100 Fly, 50 Free, 400 Medley Relay, 400 IM

The finals are in addition to the events swum in prelims this morning.

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David
6 years ago

The medley relay exciting between Italy and Russia. The former had a brilliant breastroke leg, the latter a brilliant fly leg.

Emanuele
6 years ago

Another WJR, Italy in the 4×100 m medley relay: 3:35.24
Italy have two 2001 in that relay: Ceccon (back 54,7) and Burdisso (fly 52.69). Great performance by Martinenghi (58.93).

Chris
6 years ago

Milak and Nemeth – no need to be worried in Hungary when Gyurta and Cseh abdicates 🙂

Boknows34
6 years ago

Kuimov of Russia with a 51.35 in 100 fly, just outside the 51.26 WJR. Milak close behind in 51.49.

The 200 free where Sancov broke Max Rooney’s WJR also saw Nemeth (HUN) just 0.14 behind the winner.

Emanuele
6 years ago

WJR by Martinenghi in the 100 breast 59.23
WJR by Sancov in the 200 free 1.47.00 (really impressive)

Captain Awesome
Reply to  Emanuele
6 years ago

Sancov has such a power stroke, looks so easy in the water. And I believe he’s still got one more year in high school too? Imagine what he’ll be going by the time he’s in college

tkrisz
Reply to  Emanuele
6 years ago

Nice effort from Németh Nándor, too. Only .14 from Sancov. Pretty times also from Kuimov and Milák in 100 fly.