2025 ANTWERP DIAMOND SPEEDO RACE
- Saturday, March 29th & Sunday, March 30th
- Antwerp, Belgium
- LCM (50m)
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The 2025 Antwerp Diamond Speedo Race got underway today from Belgium, with the two-day competition representing a World Championships qualifier for those able to step up.
The women’s 50m free saw Dutch ace Milou van Wijk register a time of 24.55 to get to the wall first, representing one of three athletes to dip under the 25-second barrier.
20-year-old van Wijk stopped the clock at 24.55 to earn the top spot, holding a slight advantage over Belgium’s Florine Gaspard who scored silver in 24.63. Belgium’s Roos Vanotterdijk rounded out the podium in 24.93.
Van Wijk’s performance was within range of her season-best performance of 24.48 notched at last month’s Edinburgh International Meet. That time rendered her #2 in the world this season.
23-year-old Gaspard now checks in as the 6th-best performer in the world this season.
2024-2025 LCM Women 50 Free
Qingfeng
24.44
| 2 | Cheng Yujie | CHN | 24.47 | 03/20 |
| 3 | Milou van Wijk | NED | 24.48 | 03/14 |
| 4 | Florine GASPARD | BEL | 24.53 | 03/14 |
| 5 | Kate Douglass | USA | 24.62 | 03/08 |
| 6 | Meg Harris | AUS | 24.63 | 03/08 |
| 7 | Kasia Wasick | POL | 24.76 | 03/08 |
| 8 | Simone Manuel | USA | 24.79 | 03/08 |
| 9 | Eva OKARO | GBR | 24.80 | 03/14 |
| 10 | Liu Jixuan | CHN | 24.88 | 03/20 |
Additional winners included Vanotterdijk who tried the off-event of the 100m breast on for size. The 20-year-old turned in a time of 1:09.58, a monster personal best by about 6 seconds.
Belgium’s Stan Franckx touched first in the men’s 50m back to top the podium. Franckx earned a time of 25.74 as the sole swimmer of the field under the 26-second threshold.
