Swimming at the Aquatics LEN European Championships 2024

[Makedonas 2,127]

2 hours ago, phelps said:

Day #3 Finals

 

men's 200m Backstroke

 

 Oleksandr Zheltyakov, 1.55.39

 Apostolos Siskos, 1.55.42

 Roman Mityukov, 1.55.75

 

women's 50m Fly

 

 Sara Junevik, 25.68

 Roos Vanotterdijk, 26.08

 Anna Ntountounaki, 26.18

 

men's 800m Freestyle

 

 Mykhailo Romanchuk, 7.46.20

 Dimitrios Markos, 7.48.59

 Zalan Sarkany, 7.49.29

I thought we would add to our gold medal tally today to be honest, but 3 medals is still really good.

 

Also we had big NRs in the two Olympic events where we won silver 

 

Siskos broke Christou's NR of 1:56.34 from last month in Thessaloniki (Siskos' previous PR was 1:56.64 from Doha 2024). He's still just 18 yo, I really hope he can do something big in Paris because I worry that he won't be as good in 2028. He is going to study in USA after Paris and often our Olympic athletes who go there end up seeing their progress stall or even decline so it's not always the best decision for everyone and we've seen many examples of it in swimming, athletics, rowing, and tennis.

 

Markos broke his own NR of 7:49.97 from Doha 2024.

[Josh 10,310]

2 hours ago, phelps said:

Day #3 Finals

 

men's 200m Backstroke

 

 Oleksandr Zheltyakov, 1.55.39

 Apostolos Siskos, 1.55.42

 Roman Mityukov, 1.55.75

 

women's 50m Fly

 

 Sara Junevik, 25.68

 Roos Vanotterdijk, 26.08

 Anna Ntountounaki, 26.18

 

men's 100m Freestyle

 

 David Popovici, 46.88

 Nandor Nemeth, 47.49

 Andrej Barna, 47.66

 

women's 100m Breaststroke

 

 Eneli Jefimova, 1.06.41

 Lisa Mamie, 1.07.15

 Olivia Klint Ipsa, 1.07.73

 

women's 400m IM

 

 Anastasia Gorbenko, 4.36.05

 Vivien Jackl, 4.38.96

 Zsuzsanna Jakabos, 4.40.24

 

men's 800m Freestyle

 

 Mykhailo Romanchuk, 7.46.20

 Dimitrios Markos, 7.48.59

 Zalan Sarkany, 7.49.29

 

women's 4*100m Freestyle

 

 3.36.77

 3.38.48

 3.41.01

Jackl is from  not  

[Jan Linha 590]

Surprisingly Bronze medal for  Daniel Gracík. I am happy for him. On the other hand, it so painful to watch his time on 100m Buttefly.  Couple of weeks ago 51,69s (0,02s behind the Olympic limit). Yesterday, 51,68s (0,01s behind the Olympic limit).   .... Now, I am hoping, he will finally break it in the final. 

 

Anyways, when he swam it twice already this year and so close, I suppose he may get the invitation ..... 

[phelps 7,628]

9 hours ago, Josh said:

Jackl is from  not  

sorry, my mistake...with age, I'm even getting a little colorblind   

 

fixed 

[mpjmcevoy 362]

On 6/18/2024 at 2:30 PM, heywoodu said:

Not at all  

 

I meant the average level as a whole, of course there are some strong swimmers there  

Hey, i love the greeks, and there's an interesting cultural undertow here, eastern and balkan Europe has clearly taken the champs a bit more seriously than Western Europe - but, I mean, Pop is here doing 46s. It's not so much D' level as it is uneven in the extreme - some bits damn close to A standard, some struggling to hit C, sometimes within the same race.

[phelps 7,628]

Day #4 Finals

 

men's 100m Fly

 

 Kristof Milàk, 50.82

 Hubert Kos, 50.96

 Jakub Majerski, 50.98

 

women's 50m Backstroke

 

 Danielle Hill, 27.73

 Theodora Drakou, 27.87

 Adela Piskorska, 28.00

 

men's 200m Breststroke

 

 Lyubomir Epitropov, 2.09.45

 Erik Persson, 2.09.45

 Jan Kalusowski, 2.10.20

 

women's 200m Freestyle

 

 Barbora seemanova, 1.55.37

 Minna Abraham, 1.57.22

 Nicole Maier, 1.57.36

 

men's 4*100m Freestyle Relay

 

 3.12.90

 3.13.25

 3.13.73

[Topicmaster1010 4,085]

New OQTs from Day 4:

 

Men's 100m Freestyle:

 Velimir Stjepanovic

 

Men's 200m Breaststroke:

 Lyubomir Epitropov

 

Men's 100m Butterfly:

 Daniel Gracik

 

Women's 200m Freestyle:

 Minna Abraham

 

Women's 100m Butterfly:

 Roos Vanotterdijk

[Makedonas 2,127]

10 hours ago, phelps said:

Day #4 Finals

 

women's 50m Backstroke

 

 Danielle Hill, 27.73

 Theodora Drakou, 27.87

 Adela Piskorska, 28.00

 

men's 4*100m Freestyle Relay

 

 3.12.90

 3.13.25

 3.13.73

So, so happy for Drakou! She is 32 yo, so many times at the European Championships she finished 4th or 5th, she said all year this was her goal to win a medal as it was the last thing missing from her career in her opinion. Finally she did it! 

 

She will probably retire after Paris based on what she's said this year, and I think the timing will be good. I hope she enjoys her 4th and final Olympics where she will only be competing in a relay unless she gets an invitation for an individual event. She's been great for Greek women's swimming the last 12 years or so!

 

Also she said after the race that all night she was dreaming about winning gold, but that she made many mistakes in the race and she is thankful to God that she still won a medal despite the mistakes, and that it was a reward for her for all the times she was close in her career but didn't win a medal 

 

 

And nice to see us win another relay medal, they were close to NR too!

[Makedonas 2,127]

In the semifinal of the men's 200 freestyle we saw another NR from Markos 

 

However the focus is on the women's 100 butterfly where we have two girls who made the final, Anna Ntountounaki who is always there and won gold in the past, and our newcomer Georgia Damasioti.

 

Damasioti came to Belgrade with a PR of 58.76 and in the heats got 58.54, then 58.00 in the semifinals , so she is very very close to the magic number 57.92 for OQT. I really hope she can get it in the final (she will be in a middle lane) because OST means nothing for her since we have Ntountounaki already with OQT (ironically this is the only women's race where Greece has OQT already).

[Makedonas 2,127]

DAMASIOTI 57.74, SILVER MEDAL AND QUALIFIED FOR PARIS 2024!