DEBRECEN, Hungary, May 21. THE first evening of finals competitionat the European Long Course Championships is underway. FINALS Men's 400 free Germany's Paul Biedermann upended Hungary's Gergo Kis, 3:47.84 to3:48.09, to win the first continental title on offer at the meet.Biedermann moved up to 12th in the world with the swim on the wayto focusing on the 2012 London Olympics later this summer as he hasalready been pre-selected to the German team. Kis jumped to 15th inthe world with his effort, while Italy's Samuel Pizzetti earnedthird in 3:48.66 for 21st in the world. It took a superior final 50 meters for Biedermann to emerge withthe crown. He clocked a 26.82 down the final stretch after turningthird behind Pizzetti (first) and Kis (second) at the final wall,3:20.44, 3:20.80, 3:21.02. Kis brought it home in 27.29, whilePizzetti turned in a 28.22 final split. Great Britain's Robbie Renwick took fourth in 3:50.46, well off hissixth-ranked 3:46.73 from British Trials in March, while France'sSebastien Rouault earned fifth in 3:50.62. Rouault has been fasterthis year with a 3:49.15 from French Nationals in March. Italy's Gabriele Detti (3:51.92), Russia's Evgeny Kulikov (3:52.57)and Hungary's Patrik Rakos (3:52.80) completed the championshipfield in the finale. Women's 400 IM Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, who already threw down the second-fastesttime in the year with a 4:32.83 at the Indy Grand Prix in March,dominated the distance medley event this evening in front of apartisan crowd with a 4:33.76. Only Hannah Miley has been fasterthan her this year with a 4:32.67 from the British Trials back inMarch as well. Hungary definitely enjoyed the final outcome of the event as thehometown fans had the chance to cheer on a 1-2 finish withZsuzsanna Jakabos snaring second-place honors in 4:35.68. Shevaulted to seventh in the world, giving Hungary two out of the topseven swimmers this year. Only China (Li Xuanxu, Ye Shiwen) andAustralia (Stephanie Rice, Blair Evans) can boast of having twoswimmers in the top 10 in the event. Czech's Barbora Zavadova edged Sweden's Stina Gardell, 4:38.07 to4:38.46, to earn a spot on the podium with a bronze-medal winningperformances. Zavadova moved to 15th, while Gardell picked up 16th.Zavadova twice lowered the Czech record of 4:41.90 she set in 2009.First with a 4:40.85 during prelims before crushing it with herfinal time. Gardell also dropped Sweden's record of 4:41.83 she setin Ann Arbor last year. Her prelim time of 4:39.48 first blastedit, before she chopped another second off during finals. Slovenia's Anja Klinar (4:42.00), Italy's Stefanie Pirozzi(4:43.72), Italy's Alessia Polieri (4:48.72) and France's LaraGrangeon (4:53.98) rounded out the championship heat. Women's 400 free relay Germany's Brittany Steffen (54.21), Silke Lippok (55.07), LisaVitting (55.33) and Daniela Schreiber (53.37) won the women's 400free relay in 3:37.98. Steffen posted the top leadoff time in thefinale with a strong 54.21. That swim was a bit off her season bestof 53.65 from Germany earlier this month, which was good enough forfourth in the rankings. Sweden's Ida Marko-Varga (55.66), Michelle Coleman (54.08), SarahSjostrom (54.04) and Gabriella Fagundez (54.62) finished second in3:38.40, just half-a-second back of the winners. Italy's AliceMizzau (55.14), Federica Pellegrini (54.29), Erica Buratto (55.50)and Erika Ferraioli (54.91) wound up third in 3:39.84. Hungary (3:41.36), Greece (3:42.09), Norway (3:45.13), Belarus(3:45.67) and Iceland (3:47.39) completed the top eight swims. Men's 400 free relay France's Amaury Leveaux (48.59), Alain Bernard (48.29), FredBousquet (48.40) and Jeremy Stravius (48.27) earned the continentaltitle with a 3:13.55. Leveaux led the way on the first leg with a48.59 for France, but already has a 10th-ranked season best of48.48 from France in March. Italy's Andrea Rolla, Marco Orsi, Michele Santucci and FilippoMagnini finished second in 3:14.71 with Magnini dropping a strong47.97 anchor leg -- the fastest split of the finale. Russia'sVitaly Syrnikov, Oleg Tikhobaev, Nikita Konovalov and ViacheslavAndrusenko finished third in 3:15.13. Belium (3:15.34), Sweden (3:17.12), Hungary (3:17.23), Germany(3:17.55) and Switzerland (3:20.00) also competed for thecontinental crown in the event. Belgium set a national record,breaking the 3:17.97 set back in 2009 at the Rome WorldChampionships, while Hungary also dipped under the 3:18.01 set asits national mark back in 2010. SEMIFINALS With finals still to come later in the evening, Estonia's TriinAljand topped the women's 50 fly semis in 26.20 to move into thetop 10 in the world. Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom (26.22) and Poland'sAnna Dowgiert (26.36) finished second and third. Germany's Helge Meeuw paced the men's 100 back with a 53.80, movinghim to 11th in the world rankings after clocking a now 17th-rankedseason best of 53.93 at German Nationals earlier this month.Greece's Aristeidis Grigoriadis placed second in 53.89 to move to15th in the world, while Israel's Yakov Yan Toumarkin picked upthird in 54.26. Slovenia's Damir Dugonjic took home the top time in semis with a1:00.64 in the men's 100 breast. The swim just missed his18th-ranked season best of 1:00.60 set in March. Italy's MattiaPesce (1:00.72) and Fabio Scozzoli (1:00.90) will bracket Dugonjicduring finals. In another storyline in the men's 100 breast, Israel's Imri Ganielslashed the national record in the event with a 1:00.96 in prelims.That swim blasted the 1:02.16 set by Daniel Malnik back in 2009. Helater made finals with a fourth-place 1:01.01. Ganiel was put intoa sort of a swimoff with fellow Israeli Jowan Qupty to determineOlympic qualification. Qupty, who prior to this meet had a strongertime needed a court injunction citing discrimination to provide himwith a chance to make the Olympic team -- setting up a swimoffbetween Ganiel and Qupty today. Whoever had the best time wouldwind up getting the medley relay spot for Israel, and that went toGaniel today after Qupty's disqualification during prelims. It took a 2:09 to earn the top two seeds in the women's 200 backfinale as France's Alexianne Castel (2:09.03) and Germany's JennyMensing (2:09.49) made their way to the top of the semifinalrounds. Both have been faster this year as Mensing is ranked eighthin the world with a 2:08.30 from Germany earlier this month, andCastel clocked a ninth-ranked 2:08.57 in France in March. Ukraine'sDaryna Zevina checked in with a third-seeded 2:10.17 to move to23rd in the world. Serbia's Milorad Cavic, who recently rejoined Michigan's MikeBottom after years training together at The Race Club and atCalifornia, clipped Ukraine's Andriy Govorov, 23.41 to 23.43, forthe men's 50 fly top seed. Cavic shot to seventh in the world withhis swim, while Govorov earned eighth in the world. France's AmauryLeveaux (23.51) and Russia's Nikita Konovalov (23.55) finishedthird and fourth in semis. Leveaux moved to ninth, while Konovalovalready stands sixth in the world with a season-best 23.26 fromRussia in April. Results: European Long Course Championships: Day One. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as 8051 Processor , China Programing Microcontrollers, and more. For more , please visit 8051 Microcontroller Mini Projects today!
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