Swimming 2023 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 16,142]

15 minutes ago, Jinzha said:

Interesting that our first and only medals are in 200m breast stroke, suddenly we are specialising in breast stroke ever since Kamminga's success. Gold and silver in the same event might say more about the lack of competition than the strength of the Dutch swimmers though...

No, this is now the event in swimming and WE rule it 

[Werloc 3,191]

Tajus Juška continues to impress with 6 Q mark to the 100m Free semis, against athletes 4 years older than him.

 

He would've swept like three golds at EYOF if he was old enough to participate  

 

Jazdauskas and Babakinas scrape by to their semis.

 

Other than that, lots of underperformances today from many of our team, but at least we managed another final in the 4x200m Free.

 

The evening session is very important though, as it's the final chance for our Freestyle talent Plytnykaitė to get any medal at these championships.

 

Don't know if she is at her peak here, but she is swimming somewhat close to her PB's. She needs to pull though today and show that her 1st entry time here wasn't just for show.

[Topicmaster1010 5,716]

2023 European Junior Championships: Day 5 Results

 

Girls 200m Butterfly:

1.  Lana Pudar - 2:06.26 (OQT)

2.  Alina Baievych - 2:10.78

3.  Glenda Abonyi-Toth - 2:11.61

 

Girls 100m Freestyle:

1.  Smilte Plytnykaite - 55.31

2.  Sara Curtis - 55.35

3.  Dora Molnar - 55.56

 

Boys 800m Freestyle:

1.  Petar Mitsin - 7:47.45 (OQT)

2.  Vlad Stancu - 7:49.68 (OQT)

3.  Kuzey Tuncelli - 7:52.39 (OCT)

 

Girls 800m Freestyle:

1.  Merve Tuncel - 8:35.10

2.  Marian Ploeger - 8:36.55

3.  Julia Ackermann - 8:36.85

 

Boys 4x200m Freestyle Relay:

1.  Italy - 7:17.42

2.  France - 7:18.23

3.  Turkey - 7:21.38

 

Pudar now ranks 4th in the world this year in the 200m Butterfly while Mitsin and Stancu rank 11th and 20th in the 800m Freestyle.

 

Medal Table (24 Nations)

 

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	7	5	3	15
2	Hungary	6	2	2	10
3	Denmark	3	1	0	4
4	Turkiye	3	0	3	6
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2
5	Czechia	2	0	0	2
5	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2
8	France	1	3	3	7
9	Ukraine	1	2	0	3
10	Estonia	1	1	0	2
10	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
12	Lithuania	1	0	1	2
13	Great Britain	0	4	4	8
14	Germany	0	3	5	8
15	Romania	0	3	1	4
16	Sweden	0	2	2	4
17	Poland	0	2	0	2
18	Austria	0	1	0	1
18	Serbia	0	1	0	1
20	Belgium	0	0	1	1
20	Greece	0	0	1	1
20	Spain	0	0	1	1
20	Finland	0	0	1	1
20	Slovakia	0	0	1	1

[Werloc 3,191]

Awful time from Plytnykaitė, but a gold is a gold, and the confidence is needed for world junior champs  

[Werloc 3,191]

Apparently, our Tajus Juška is the third fastest freestyle swimmer at 14 years old, only bested by David Popovici and Jacob Whittle.

 

That's the second time that Swimswam writes about him, I'm really excited to see how his career will pan out and hopefully it's going to be great

 

https://swimswam.com/tajus-juska-becomes-one-of-the-fastest-14-year-old-100-freestylers-ever-with-50-52/

[phelps 8,388]

9 hours ago, Werloc said:

Apparently, our Tajus Juška is the third fastest freestyle swimmer at 14 years old, only bested by David Popovici and Jacob Whittle.

 

That's the second time that Swimswam writes about him, I'm really excited to see how his career will pan out and hopefully it's going to be great

 

https://swimswam.com/tajus-juska-becomes-one-of-the-fastest-14-year-old-100-freestylers-ever-with-50-52/

it's because internet wasn't there yet when I was 14  

 

but at that time I was fast, I can tell you...I could swim the 100m freestyle in way less than 50 minutes and 52 seconds!    

 

ah, he swum in 50 seconds and 52 hundreds? oh, my...   

[Federer91 3,080]

Third title for Petar Mitsin, this time in the 400 free with a new Junior World Record of 3:44.31    He beat Mack Horton's junior record from 2014. This is the first time Bulgaria has any kind of world record in swimming. 

 

If that dumbass Antoni Ivanov hadn't been suspended, we could have had a men's relay at the Olympics...

[Olympian1010 8,274]

9 hours ago, phelps said:

it's because internet wasn't there yet when I was 14  

They were still using rudimentary glyphs and stone tablets, right? 

Edited July 9, 2023 by Olympian1010

[Topicmaster1010 5,716]

2023 European Junior Championships: Day 6 Results

 

Girls 200m IM:

1.  Leah Schlosshan - 2:12.41

2.  Phoebe Cooper - 2:13.28

3.  Ellie McCartney - 2:14.31

 

Girls 100m Backstroke:

1.  Lora Fanni Komoroczy - 1:01.10

2.  Daria-Mariuca Silisteanu - 1:01.24

3.  Giada Gorlier - 1:01.36

 

Boys 100m Backstroke:

1.  Oleksandr Zheltiakov - 54.18

2.  Christian Bacico - 54.36

3.  Matthew Ward - 54.61

 

Girls 100m Breaststroke:

1.  Eneli Jefimova - 1:06.81 (OCT, already has OQT)

2.  Olivia Klint Ipsa - 1:07.26

3.  Justine Delmas - 1:08.57

 

Boys 100m Freestyle:

1.  Boldizsar Magda - 49.52

2.  Davide Passafaro - 49.63

3.  Rafael Fente Damers - 49.72

 

Boys 100m Breaststroke:

1.  Jonas Gaur - 1:01.78

2.  Steijn Louter - 1:01.94

3.  Uros Zivanovic - 1:02.09

 

Girls 50m Butterfly:

1.  Lana Pudar - 26.10

2.  Martine Damborg - 26.40

3.  Anna Maria Boerstler - 26.55

 

Boys 50m Butterfly:

1.  Casper Puggaard - 23.67

2.  Ethan Dumesnil - 23.90

3.  Ivan Harbarchuk - 24.19

 

Girls 400m Freestyle:

1.  Nikolett Padar - 4:08.06 (OCT)

2.  Merve Tuncel - 4:10.44

3.  Maya Werner - 4:12.32

 

Boys 400m Freestyle:

1.  Petar Mitsin - 3:44.31 (OQT) (WJR)

2.  Alessandro Ragaini - 3:48.42

3.  Vlad Stancu - 3:50.21

 

Girls 4x100m Medley Relay:

1.  Italy - 4:04.26

2.  France - 4:05.63

3.  Denmark - 4:06.13

 

Boys 4x100m Medley Relay:

1.  Italy - 3:39.80

2.  Denmark - 3:39.84

3.  France - 3:42.16

 

 

Final Medal Table (25 Nations)

 

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	9	8	4	21
2	Hungary	9	2	2	13
3	Denmark	5	3	1	9
4	Turkiye	3	1	3	7
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	0	3
5	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3
7	Ukraine	2	2	1	5
8	Estonia	2	1	0	3
9	Czechia	2	0	0	2
10	France	1	5	6	12
11	Great Britain	1	5	5	11
12	Netherlands	1	2	0	3
13	Lithuania	1	0	1	2
14	Romania	0	4	2	6
15	Germany	0	3	7	10
16	Sweden	0	3	2	5
17	Poland	0	2	0	2
18	Serbia	0	1	1	2
19	Austria	0	1	0	1
20	Belgium	0	0	1	1
20	Greece	0	0	1	1
20	Spain	0	0	1	1
20	Finland	0	0	1	1
20	Ireland	0	0	1	1
20	Slovakia	0	0	1	1

[phelps 8,388]

1 hour ago, Federer91 said:

Third title for Petar Mitsin, this time in the 400 free with a new Junior World Record of 3:44.31    He beat Mack Horton's junior record from 2014. This is the first time Bulgaria has any kind of world record in swimming. 

 

If that dumbass Antoni Ivanov hadn't been suspended, we could have had a men's relay at the Olympics...

to be remembered...

 

the Junior World Record mark is a true fake, it only started registering results in recent years

 

for instance, Ian Thorpe was still 17 when he swum 3.40.59 to win the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics

 

that said, Mitsin has been amazing this week...we'll see if he can make the transition to the senior ranks without any trouble