Wellbrock Posts 14:42.28 1500 Free, Selin Gets 50 Free Olympic Cut At German Championships

The steamrolling train that is 21-year-old Isabel Gose showed no signs of slowing down as she racked up the victory in the women’s 800m free.

Gose stopped the clock at 8:19.48, a result within striking distance of her lifetime best of 8:17.53 from Doha. That already qualified her for Paris in this event and the ace’s win represented her 4th after she already topped the 200m, 400m and 1500m free podiums.

Another multi-gold medal winner put up a strong performance as 22-year-old Lukas Maertens won the men’s 200m backstroke.

After his monster 1:44.14 200m free outing last night, Maertens busted out a time of 1:56.00 to win the 2back decisively.

Splitting 26.67/29.22/29.98/30.13, Maertens touched over 2 seconds ahead of the field, with his time slicing .18 off the 1:56.18 he notched earlier this month in Magdeburg.

Maertens’ time solidifies his spot on the German roster for Paris in this event and also ranks him 9th in the world on the season.

21-year-old Artem Selin picked the right time to peak, throwing down a time of 21.90 to take the men’s 50m free.

The USC Trojan was the sole swimmer of the pack to get under 22 seconds, with Josha Salchow logging 22.06 for silver and Moritz Schaller rounding out the podium in 22.38.

Selin’s lifetime best of 21.83 from the 2019 European Junior Championships ranks him as Germany’s #2 performer all-time sitting only behind national record holder Damian Wierling’s 21.81 from 2016.

That PB represents the only other time Selin has been in the 21-point range but he now clears the OQT of 21.96 needed for the Games.

Nina Jazy was the women’s 50m free winner, turning in a new German Age Record of 24.91. She beat Jessica Felsner who earned silver in 25.15 and Nele Schulze who collected bronze in 25.14.

The women needed a minimum of 24.70 to make the grade for Paris, however.

Finally, a men’s 100m back time trial was added to the session, with Marek Ulrich as the sole participant.

Ulrich was the silver medalist in the official 100m back event on night 1, registering 54.43 behind winner Ole Braunschweig‘s 54.21. Although neither dipped under the OQT of 53.74, Braunshweig’s earlier best of 53.48 qualified him.

With one spot on the Olympic roster remaining, Ulrich ripped a time trial of 53.71 to make it happen. He opened in 25.20 and closed in 28.21 to clock the 2nd-best time of his career and most likely add his name to the German lineup.