21ST LUXEMBOURG EURO MEET
- January 25-27 2019
- d’Coque, Luxembourg
- 50m (Long Course Meters)
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Since coming back to racing in November after a groin injury sidelined him for almost a full year, Italian breaststroker Nicolo Martinenghi is looking as good as ever. He won the 100 breast tonight in Luxembourg, going 59.37, the only finisher sub 1:00. 2nd went to Dutch breaststroker Arno Kamminga (1:00.30) and 3rd to Italian Fabio Scozzoli (1:01.10). Marco Koch, who was 1:03.00 this morning, was DQ’d tonight.
Martinenghi overtakes WR-holder Adam Peaty in this season’s world rankings.
2018-2019 LCM MEN 100 BREAST
PEATY
56.88 *WR
| 2 | Ilya SHYMANOVICH | BLR | 58.29 | 03/24 |
| 3 | James WILBY | GBR | 58.46 | 07/22 |
| 4 | Yan ZIBEI | CHN | 58.63 | 07/22 |
| 5 | Yasuhiro KOSEKI | JPN | 58.89 | 07/21 |
That’s right off of a lifetime best for Martinenghi, who has been as fast as 59.01 from the 2017 World Jr Championships, his most recent significant LCM international championship. Tonight, Martinenghi shot out to a lead with a 27.57 front half, coming home in 31.80. Italians did well tonight as a whole– Martina Carraro won the women’s 100 breast (1:07.35) and Alberto Razzetti posted a 2:01.89 to take the men’s 200 IM.
After going 0-for-3 last night, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu had a much stronger evening tonight. She won three events, starting with the 400 free (4:13.84) in a close race with GBR’s Polly Holden (4:14.33). Hosszu trailed much of the race, but came home hard in the final 50 to overtake Holden. Hosszu returned to take the 200 back, winning much more comfortably with a three-second margin of victory (2:11.82), and then she was 2:11.99 to take the 200 IM.
Sarah Sjöström, who won just one of her four events last night, only swam the 100 free tonight. She was 53.29 for the win, a much better time for her after she was well off of her usual times last night. She was just .08 off of her 2017 meet record, and she moves to #2 in the world rankings.
2018-2019 LCM WOMEN 100 FREE
MANUEL
52.04
| 2 | Cate CAMPBELL | AUS | 52.12 | 06/13 |
| 3 | Sarah SJOSTROM | SWE | 52.23 | 07/21 |
| 4 | Emma McKEON | AUS | 52.41 | 06/13 |
| 5 | Rikako IKEE | JPN | 52.79 | 11/17 |
Ukraine had two winners tonight, with Mykhailo Romanchuk taking the men’s 400 free (3:50.76) and Sergii Shevtsov winning the 100 free (49.39). Shevtsov just got by Russian teenager Kliment Kolesnikov (49.48). Romania’s Robert Glinta was the other winner of the night, going 2:01.80 to take the men’s 200 back.
Surprisingly nobody comments on Hosszu’s win in seemingly tough triple: 400FR-200BK-200IM. And actually it was 4 events session with additional 100FR.
Sure a swimmer can swim in practice 900m in four sets with significant rest between them. The question is if it can be done in 4:14 – 2:12 – 2:12 – 55.8. And if it is so then what it can possibly tell about swimmer’s potential in each individual event.
In a few months Hosszu is going to be 30. Is she still dominant IMer? Will she be a factor in Tokyo next year or even in coming world championships.
Good for Felipe Franca Silva, but I thought he retired because we hadn’t heard about him since Rio