Italy Maintains Hold Atop Euro Juniors Medals Table After Day 2

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Italy remains on top of the medals table after day 2 of the 2019 European Junior Championships, but only by a hair after the German team surged on Thursday.

Italy picked up a pair of golds in backstroke races when Thomas Ceccon won the boys’ 100 backstroke (54.13) and Erika Gaetani won the girls’ 200 backstroke (2:10.28). But a headline performance from Germany’s Isabel Gose, who is coming straight down from altitude training for this meet, pulled the Germans nearly-even: first she won gold in the 400 free in 4:07.96, which was more than 2 seconds ahead of the field; and 45-minutes later she won gold in the 100 free in 54.86, taking a 1-2 German finish with countrymate Maya Tobehn.

Gose then finished the day with a 54.42 anchor split to bring the Germans from behind to overtake Russia in the mixed 400 free relay.

Germany’s 4 gold medals this year already easily surpass the 1 they won in 2018. In fact, it’s more than Germany has won in the last 3 editions, combined, and is already their best single-meet total since 2014 when they won 4. All of this comes on day 2.

The Italian story is just as enticing – after a breakthrough European (senior edition) Championship in 2018, their momentum is continuing to grow in the youth ranks. They had 0 gold medals last year after 5 in 2017. If next year (2020) plays out like the year after their big Euro Juniors in 2017 did, the Italians are going to win a lot of medals in Tokyo.

Russia, meanwhile, continues to show the best depth of the field. While their 2 gold medals doesn’t put them on pace to match their historic haul of 18 last year, the Russians have built a clear lead in the Points Trophy standing. The trophy standings offer points for each top 8 finish, and Russia is dominating, especially on the men’s side, where they’ve more-than-doubled their next-closest competitors (Germany).

TROPHY AFTER 13 EVENTS
RANK		NAT	MEN	WOMEN	MIXED	POINTS
1		RUSSIA	218 (15)	210 (15)		428
2		GREAT BRITAIN	82 (5)	224 (18)		306
3		ITALY	94 (7)	186 (13)		280
4		GERMANY	102 (7)	147 (11)		249
5		HUNGARY	38 (3)	151 (12)		189
6		FRANCE	95 (8)	92 (8)		187
7		SPAIN	24 (2)	151 (11)		175
8		TURKEY	35 (3)	124 (10)		159
9		POLAND	63 (4)	57 (4)		120
10		NETHERLANDS	54 (4)	40 (4)		94
11		SWEDEN	54 (3)	38 (3)		92
12		GREECE	59 (5)	12 (1)		71
13		ISRAEL	41 (3)	17 (1)		58
14		SWITZERLAND	44 (2)	7 (1)		51
15		CZECH REPUBLIC	34 (4)	16 (1)		50
16		FINLAND		46 (3)		46
17		DENMARK	8 (2)	37 (6)		45
18		SLOVENIA		43 (5)		43
18		SLOVAKIA		43 (2)		43
20		BELARUS	22 (2)	19 (1)		41
21		BELGIUM		34 (3)		34
21		CROATIA		34 (5)		34
23		LITHUANIA	13 (1)	20 (1)		33
24		PORTUGAL	14 (1)	17 (4)		31
25		IRELAND	16 (1)	12 (1)		28
26		BULGARIA	24 (2)			24
27		LATVIA		21 (2)		21
27		UKRAINE	21 (2)			21
29		AUSTRIA	2 (1)	18 (1)		20
30		NORWAY	19 (2)			19
31		SERBIA		12 (1)		12
32		ESTONIA	2 (1)	6 (1)		8
33		ROMANIA		5 (1)		5