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DEBRECEN, Hungary, May 24. THE European Long Course Championshipsentered hump day with the middle of seven days this evening, andthe host day has been running roughshod on the podium. FINALS Women's 800 free Hungary's Boglarka Kapas snared the distance freestyle triumph witha time of 8:26.49. That swim pushed her to fifth in the worldbehind Rebecca Adlington (8:18.54), Xin Xin (8:22.76), MireiaBelmonte (8:25.55) and Katie Ledecky (8:25.85). France's CoralieBalmy placed second in the event with an 8:27.79, edging Hungary'sEva Risztov (8:27.87) by .08 seconds. Balmy improved to 11th in theworld, while Riszto took 12th. Spain's Erika Villaecija Garcia (8:29.21), Spain's Melanie CostaSchmid (8:29.71), Romania's Camelia Potec (8:37.01),Liechtenstein's Julia Hassler (8:38.18) and Italy's Martina DeMemme (8:38.86) also competed in the championship finale. Women's 200 IM The host nation went back-to-back to start the night as KatinkaHosszu ripped off a 2:10.84 to win the medley. That swim clearedher eighth-ranked season best of 2:11.10 from earlier in the meet,but was not enough to push her past Hannah Miley's 2:10.77 forseventh in the world. Great Britain's Sophie Allen finished about ahalf-a-second back in second with a 2:11.49 for ninth in the world,besting her 10th-ranked season best of 2:11.71 from British Trialsin March. Hungary's Evelyn Verrastzo also gave the partisan crowd aback-to-back 1-3 effort with a bronze-winning 2:11.63 to earn 11thin the world rankings. Germany's Theresa Michalak (2:12.26), Sweden's Stina Gardell(2:12.29), Ukraine's Ganna Dzerkal (2:14.33) and Germany'sAlexandra Wenk (2:14.95) placed fourth through seventh, whileSpain's Beatriz Gomez Cortes drew a disqualification. Men's 200 breast Hungary picked up its third straight continental title of the nightwith Daniel Gyurta throwing down a meet record in the distancebreast. Gyurta posted a 2:08.60 for the win, vaulting from 10th inthe world to third. Only Kosuke Kitajima (2:08.00) and Ryo Tateishi(2:08.17) have been faster, with the three being the only sub-2:09sthus far this year. Gyurta upended his meet record of 2:08.95 setin Budapest in 2010 with a superior backhalf after turning third atthe 100-meter mark. Germany's Marco Koch earned second in 2:09.26, edging his nowfifth-ranked season best of 2:09.48 set at German Nationals earlierthis year. He leapfrogged Andrew Willis (2:09.33) to stand fourthin the world rankings behind Gyurta. Greece's Panagiotis Samilidisalso cleared 2:10 with a third-place time of 2:09.72 to tie ClarkBurckle and Eric Shanteau for seventh in the world rankings. Germany's Christian Vom Lehn (2:10.61), Italy's Flavio Bizzarri(2:12.47), Ukraine's Igor Borysik (2:12.51), Switzerland's YannickKaeser (2:13.23) and Hungary's Akos Molnar (2:13.33) comprised therest of the championship heat. Women's 100 back Germany's Jenny Mensing became the first non-Hungarian winner ofthe night with a 1:00.08 for the victory. Her fastest time thisyear is a sixth-ranked 59.85 from German Nationals earlier in themonth. Italy's Arianna Barbieri placed second in 1:00.54, off her15th-ranked 1:00.26 from prelims, while Czech's Simona Baumrtovafinished third in 1:00.57. France's Alexianne Castel, who qualifiedsecond through semis with a 1:00.48, elected to scratch the finale. Ukraine's Daryna Zevina (1:00.59), Spain's Duane Da Rocha Marce(1:00.89), Italy's Carlotta Zofkova (1:01.01), Bulgaria's EkaterinaAvramova (1:01.48) and France's Cloe Credeville (1:01.54) placedfourth through eighth in the finale. Men's 200 fly Hungary jumped back into the win column in the distance fly with a1-2 finish. Laszlo Cseh smoked the field with a winning time of1:54.95 to move to third in the world behind only Takeshi Matsuda(1:54.01) and Nick D'Arcy (1:54.71), while Bence Biczo finishedsecond in 1:55.85, just off his eighth-ranked season best of1:55.77 that lead the semifinal heats. Greece's Ioannis Drymonakosclipped Austria's Dinko Jukic, 1:56.48 to 1:56.53, for bronze asboth moved into the top 20. Serbia's Velimir Stjepanovic (1:57.06), Italy's Francesco Pavone(1:57.07), France's Jordan Coelho (1:58.24) and Switzerland'sAlexandre Liess (1:59.13) rounded out the top eight. Men's 50 back Israel's Jonatan Kopelev clinched the sprint back title in 24.73,pushing to second in the world rankings behind only DanielOrzechowski's 24.44 from Brazil in April. Kopelev's previous besthad been the 24.98 he used to lead semis. Italy's Mirco Di Torafinished second in 24.95 for sixth in the world rankings, whilethreeway tie for third occurred with France's Dorian Gandin,Israel's Guy Barnea and Hungary's Richard Bohus posting matching25.14s. Belarus' Pavel Sankovich (25.25), Norway's Lavrans Solli (25.28)and Greece's Aristeidis Grigoriadis (25.46) completed thechampionship field. Women's 800 free relay Italy's Alice Mizzau (1:58.67), Alice Nesti (1:59.50) and DilettaCarli (1:59.40) kept Italy in the mix for the title before turningthings over to superstar Federica Pellegrini. Pellegrini scorchedItaly's anchor leg with a stunning time of 1:55.33 to secure thevictory with a 7:52.90 overall. Hungary's Zsuzsanna Jakabos, Evelyn Verraszto, Agnes Mutina andKatinka Hosszu took second for the host nation with a 7:54.70,while Slovenia's Sara Isakovic, Anja Klinar, Ursa Bezan and MojcaSagmeister wound up third in 7:59.73. Germany (8:00.55), Austria (8:09.13), Ireland (8:09.15) and Ukraine(8:11.44) finished fourth through seventh, while Spain wasdisqualified. Germany's Silke Lippok posted the top leadoff timewith a 1:57.77, nearly besting her top 200 free time this year of1:57.61 from German Nationals earlier this month. SEMIFINALS France's Amaury Leveaux paced semis of the men's 100 free with atime of 48.52. That time nearly clipped his 10th-ranked season bestof 48.48 from French Nationals in March. Italy's Filippo Magnini,who popped a 47 as a relay anchor for his team's 400 free relayearlier in the week, cruised into second with a 48.84. Germany'sMirco Di Carli (48.96) and Romania's Norbert Trandafir (49.08)qualified third and fourth. Norway's Ingvild Snildal pocketed the women's 100 fly top seed witha time of 58.07, jumping from 16th in the world with a 58.32 fromAmsterdam in March to 13th. Sweden's Martina Granstrom touchedsecond in 58.39 for 19th in the world, while Greece's KristelVourna placed third in 58.79. Russia's Irina Novikova touched in 2:26.39 to top the women's 200breast semis. Her time moved her just into the top 25. Sweden'sJoline Hostman placed second in 2:27.89, while Norway's SaraNordenstam earned third in 2:27.91. In preliminary qualifying, Ukraine's Sergiy Frolov paced the men's800 free with a 7:57.54 to move to eighth in the world rankings,while Italy's Gabriele Detti took ninth in the world with a7:57.61. Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri (7:57.92) and France'sSebastien Rouault (7:57.94) earned third and fourth. Paltrinieri97:51.97) and Rouault (7:52.23) likely have the most in the tankfor the finale as the two stand second and third in the worldrespectively with their season bests behind only Sun Yang(7:47.11). Search For More News About: Federica Pellegrini. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as China Custom PCB Boards , Double Sided PCB Manufacturer, and more. For more , please visit Multilayer PCB Board today!
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