Van Wijk Claims Gold On Final Night Of Flanders Cup

2025 FLANDERS SWIMMING CUP

The 2025 Flanders Swimming Cup wrapped up tonight from Antwerp with several visiting swimmers staking their claims on the competition’s events.

The Netherlands’ Milou van Wijk got it done for gold in the women’s 100m free, clocking a time of 53.51 to reap the pole position.

Next in line was Belgium’s Roos Vanotterdijk who touched in 53.62 followed by Irwland’s Daniele Farell who landed on the podium in 56.79.

Van Wijk’s outing represents a new lifetime best, overtaking the 54.51 notched at last December’s Rotterdam Qualification Meet. She now ranks #1 in the world this season.

2024-2025 LCM Women 100 Free

SaraITA
CURTIS
04/15
53.01
2Milou
van Wijk
NED53.1803/30
3Simone
Manuel
USA53.2303/06
4Marrit
STEENBERGEN
NED53.4404/15
5Darya
KLEPIKOVA
RUS53.5304/15
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Additional Notes

  • Ireland’s John Shortt notched a time of 55.54 to take the men’s 100m backstroke race.
  • Shane Ryan 0f Ireland logged 23.57 to top the men’s 50m fly podium.

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Dee
2 months ago

One thing the swimming Gods are going to do is give us Dutch sprint freestylers. It’s pretty much one in, one out at this point.

just a guy
2 months ago

Named after California swimming legend William George Flanders im assuming?

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Reply to  just a guy
2 months ago

🙄

Cassandra
2 months ago

this is exciting! its fun to have brand new faces in the mix like this…

i take back my previous comments about sprint free being a bit thinner this year — well have the aus / usa / chn typical stalwarts along w a very promising crop of european young guns (roos, milou, curtis, okaro, moluh)

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