Ten Meet Records Set On Day Two Of Euro Meet

Ten new meet records were on Saturday at the 2014 Euro Meet in Luxembourg.

Iron woman Katinka Hosszu set two of them. Her first came in the prelims of the women’s 100 backstroke where she tied her own record of 1:01.74, a time she recorded last year. In the final she posted a 1:02.43 which was good enough for the win. Sonnele Oeztuerk finished second in a time of 1:03.04 and Mandy Feldbinder finishing third touching in a time of 1:03.18.

Hosszu’s second record came in the women’s 200 butterfly. She won the event in a time of 2:10.55 beating Sara Isakovic‘s 2007 mark of 2:11.01. Martina Van Berkel finished second in a time of 2:11.92 followed by Rosalie Kaethner who posted a time of 2:15.35.

She also collected win number three in the 200 IM posting a time of 2:15.14. She was followed by Katrin Demler who finished second in a time of 2:16.71 and Charlotte Bonnet who recorded a time of 2:17.63.

Dorothea Brandt collected three gold medals along with one meet record. She started off the evening winning the women’s 50 breaststroke in a time of 31.28. Next up was the 50 butterfly where she took the event in a time of 26.83 just missing Inge Dekker‘s 2005 record of 26.80. She finished her evening winning the 50 freestyle touching in a time of 24.90 breaking Amy Smith‘s 2012 record of 25.34.

Caroline Ruhnau finished second in the 50 breaststroke in a time of 31.69 followed Julia Willers who finished third hitting the wall in a time of 31.85. Hosszu collected a silver in the 50 butterfly recording a time of 27.34 followed by Keren Siebner who posted a 27.60. Julie Meynen finished second in the 50 freestyle finishing in a time of 25.61 followed by Clarissa Van Rheenen who finished third in a time of 25.78.

Stefen Diebler had a good day, first breaking Andriy Govorov‘s 2012 record of 23.82 in the men’s 50 butterfly in the prelims, qualifying first in a time of 23.76. He then went on to break his own record in the final taking the event in a time of 23.66. Diebler also took gold in the 50 freestyle winning the event in a time of 22.67.

Philip Heintz finished second in the 50 butterfly posting a time of 24.33 he was followed by Deividas Margevicius who finished third in a time of 24.60. Yahav Shahaff finished second in the 50 freestyle recording a time of 22.73 followed closely by his teammate Almog Olshtein who hit the wall in a time of 22.76.

Paul Biedermann took another step to returning to top form winning the men’s 200 freestyle in a time of 1:47.13 breaking Christian Kubusch‘s 2009 record of 1:48.73. Velimir Stjepanovic finished second in a time of 1:49.11 followed by Alexi Konovalov.

World championship silver medalist Marco Koch won the men’s 200 breaststroke with an impressive in season time of 2:09.61. Koch’s time beats Laurent Carnol‘s 2012 record time of 2:09.78. The former record holder, Carnol, finished well behind Koch posting a time of 2:12.60 followed by Quentin Coton who finished third in a time of 2:13.99.

Vanessa Grimberg dominated the women’s 200 breaststroke finishing over four seconds ahead of the next competitor. Grimberg won the event in a time of 2:26.90 beating Birte Steven‘s 2007 record of 2:27.84. Julia Willers finished second in a time of 2:31.10 followed by Fanny Lecluyse who touching in a time of 2:31.38.

Laszlo Cseh took gold in the men’s 200 IM posting a time of 2:00.02 beating Raphael Stacchiotti‘s 2012 record of 2:00.22. Gal Nevo finished second in a time of 2:01.06 followed by Philip Heintz who hit the wall in a time of 2:01.83.

Giedrius Titenis took the men’s 50 breaststroke in a time of 27.91 tying the meet record time set by Johannes Neumann in 2009. Marco Koch finished second in a time of 28.13 followed by Panteleimon Pantis who recorded a time of 28.46.

In what was one of the most compelling races of the evening Carlotte Bonnet, Katinka Hosszu and Coralie Balmy battled it out for the gold with Bonnet coming out on top by 21 one-hundredths of a second. Bonnet took the event in a time of 1:58.31 followed by Hosszu who posted a 1:58.52 followed by Balmy who finished third in a time of 1:58.73.

The men’s 100 back saw three Israeli swimmers take top three spots on the medal podium. Guy Marcos Barnea finished first in a time of 55.70 just ahead of teammate David Gambur who finished second hitting the wall in a time of 55.72. Yakov-Yan Toumakin finished third in a time of 55.99.

Velimir Stjepanovic destroyed his competition in the men’s 200 butterfly winning the event in a time of 1:58.57. Markus Gierke finished second in a time of 2:02.05 followed by Etay Gurevich who finished third in a time of 2:02.33.

Full results can be found here