2025 Berlin Swim Open
- Friday, April 25th – Sunday, April 27th
- Prelims at 9:30am local (3:30am ET)/Finals at 4pm local (10am ET)
- Schwimm- und Sprunghalle im Europasportpark, Berlin, Germany
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Live Results
- Livestream
Day two of the 2025 Berlin Swim Open unfolded today with two national records going down, both on the women’s side.
We reported how Angelina Köhler busted out a new lifetime best of 25.62 to take gold in the women’s 50m fly. That was enough to slice .06 off the previous German standard of 25.68 Aliena Schmidtke put on the books at the 2017 World Championships.
Köhler’s 25.62 50m fly outing cleared the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 26.23 needed for Singapore and also now checked her in as the #2 performer in the world this season. Only Japan’s Rikako Ikee has been swifter, wearing the world rankings crown courtesy of the 25.41 logged at Japan’s World Championship Trials.
The other national record came in the women’s 200m breaststroke, where Anna Elendt crushed a new PB of 2:23.93 to get to the wall nearly 10 seconds ahead of the competition.
The performance represented Elendt’s first-ever foray under the 2:24 barrier, erasing her former German benchmark of 2:24.63 logged at the 2022 Pro Swim Series in San Antonio.
Elendt, too, earned a World Championships bid, with her swim dipping under the World Aquatics ‘A’ cut of 2:25.91. Her race result ranks her just outside the list of top 5 performers in the world on the season. Look for a follow-up post highlighting this new record.
The remainder of today’s events were on the subdued side, save for Rafael Miroslaw‘s victory in the men’s 100m free.
24-year-old Miroslaw stopped the clock at a time of 48.36, falling painstakingly shy of the 48.34 needed for this summer’s World Championships.
Miroslaw opened in 23.16 and closed in 25.20 to register the 3rd-swiftesrt time of his young career. His personal best remains at the 47.92 and the next-quickest result checks in at 48.16, with both marks occurring at the 2022 edition of this competition.
He’ll have additional chances to make the grade for Singapore, including at next month’s German Championships.
Additional Notes
- Nele Schulze reaped gold in the women’s 100m free, beating the pack by over a second en route to touching in 55.57. She’s been as fast as 54.60 in this event from last year.
- Kenneth Bock topped the men’s 200m breast podium in 2:14.71, well off the ‘A’ cut of 2:10.32 needed for Singapore.
- The men’s 50m fly saw Mikkel Lee of Singapore get it done for gold, scoring the sole time of the field under 24 seconds. He hit 23.57 to beat Arda Akkoyun‘s time of 24.00 and Julian Henx‘s result of 24.41.
- Laura Kohlman turned in a time of 2:16.27 to win the women’s 200m backstroke by nearly 8 seconds.
- Cedric Büssing, formerly of the IU Indy NCAA swim team, notched a winning result of 2:01.11 in the men’s 200m back, defeating his competitors by over 2 seconds. His personal best is represented by the 1:59.02 put up this same time last year.
- Kridtin Bergmann posted a time of 4:23.48 to win a tightly contested women’s 400m free. Next to the wall was Melina Nitschke who was only .09 behind in 4:23.57 while Lou Jominet was also in the mix at 4:23.77 for bronze.
- Jonas Kusche posted 4:00.30 to win the men’s 400m freestyle.
Where was this all NCAA season. Much like how Chokeeliger sold for cal, Miroslaw and predictably Matheny sold their team out as well
In what world does a guy go best times in the 500 by alot and the 200 and is a tenth off in the 100 and he wasn’t there for his team?