Euro Meet: Long Course torture Featured at the First Day

January 29th, 2010 by admin




 

The first day of swimming long course meter meets the Euro held in Luxembourg featuring nothing but the events that most swimmers try to convince to leave. Women’s 800 free, men’s 1500 free, 400 IM and 200 flies were all on the record today.Isabella Harle topped the women’s 800 freestyle with a time of 8:46.64, while Giorgia Consiglio finished second in 8:50.52. Franziska Jansen completed the top three in 8:53.17. Heerden Herman followed with an effort of 15:30.84 in winning the 1500 men free. Sergiy Frolov ranked second in 15:43.41, while Valerio Cleri claimed third 15:56.06.The 400 IMS were next in what should be a day of the Ironman swim. Nina Schiffer won the women’s 400 IM with 4:51.93, while Rieneke TERINKA was second in 4:52.72. Adeline Martin wound up third in 4:56.62. Yannick Lebherz surface victorious in the men’s 400 IM in 4:24.77.Denys Dubrov finished second in 4:27.00 with Raphael Stacchiotti pick third in 4:27.16.Finally, the 200 flies concluded the first day of the most feared people swimming. Franziska Hentke won the women’s race in 2:14.85. Katharina Schiller took second in 2:17.94 with Elena Sheridan third win in 2:20.41. Christophe Lebon touched first in the men’s 200 fly with a 2:01.24.Dubrov claimed a second silver medal with 2:05.10, while Jamie Berger was third in 2:05.61.

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