Anastasia Gorbenko & Ilya Shymanovich Enjoy Winning Doubles At Mare Nostrum
Anastasia Gorbenko and Ilya Shymanovich each enjoyed two trips to the top of the podium on the second day of the Mare Nostrum meet in Monaco.
Gorbenko won two titles in around 20 minutes. First up was the 200IM, clocking 2:10.18 ahead of 400IM winner Cyrielle Duhamel (2:12.30) and Sara Franceschi (2:12.98). The Israeli returned for the 50 back head to head where she again touched first in 27.55 ahead of Ingrid Wilm (27.65). Wilm had earlier been the only woman inside a minute in the 100 back when she touched in 59.62 ahead of Pauline Mahieu (1:00.08) and Adela Piskorska (1:00.72).
Ilya Shymanovich: Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
Shymanovich won the men’s 100m breaststroke in 59.77 with Olympic champion Nicolo Martinenghi making headway on the second 50 albeit not enough to challenge the Belarus swimmer who’s competing in Monaco as a neutral athlete. The Italian stopped the clock in 59.94 with Ludovico Viberti third home in 1:00.44. Shymanovich and Viberti were back for the skins final which the former won in 26.59 to 26.80.
Benedetta Pilato won the women’s 50 breast in 29.90, a day after she went 29.87 in prelims to elevate herself to second in the rankings behind Eneli Jefimova who went 29.83 last month. Anna Elendt was second in 30.29, 0.19 off her German record of 30.10.
Milou van Wijk twice visited the rostrum on Sunday. First up was the 100 free in which Siobhan Haughey came from 0.13 down at the turn to add the title to her 200 gold. The two-time Olympic medallist over 100m overhauled Van Wijk on the second 50 for victory in 53.58 to 53.76 with Italian Sara Curtis third in 54.69. Van Wijk then returned for the 50 free duel with Beryl Gastaldello which the Netherlands swimmer clinched in 24.51 to 24.87.
Ksawery Masiuk also made two trips to the podium. First up was the 200 back where the first three men home were separated by 0.34. Mathys Chouchaoui was the man to get the touch in 1:58.62 as Christian Bacico and Masiuk charged down the final 50 to stop the clock in 1:58.78 and 1:58.96 respectively. He returned for the head to head with Kliment Kolesnikov in the 50 back final where the world record-holder set a meet mark of 24.44 to the Pole’s 24.76.
Szebasztian Szabo won the men’s 50 free, getting his hand to the wall 0.05 ahead of Leonardo Deplano in 22.01 to 22.06.
Siobhan Haughey Clinches Freestyle Double
Siobhan Haughey came from 0.13 down at the turn to add the women’s 100 free title to her 200 gold. The two-time Olympic medallist over 100m overhauled Milou van Wijk on the second 50 for victory in 53.58 to 53.76 with Italian Sara Curtis third in 54.69.
Siobhan Haughey: Photo courtesy: Deepbluemedia
Kamil Sieradzki won the men’s 200 free in 1:48.36 with Tokyo Olympic champion Tom Dean next home in 1:48.91 and Lewis Clareburt concluding a busy day in third (1:49.14). The New Zealander had opened the session with victory in the 400IM in 4:17.14.
Alina Zmushka shared the 100m breaststroke title with Elendt on the opening day and returned on Sunday for the 200. The neutral athlete led throughout to lift the crown in 2:25.29 ahead of Rebecca Meder (2:25.77).
Lilou Ressencourt pulled away on the third 50 of the women’s 200 fly for a comprehensive victory in 2:09.79 with Lana Pudar next home in 2:13.29, Michel Arkhangelsky won the 100 fly (51.48) and Lilla Szabo took the women’s 400 free in 4:14.10.
Abdelrahman Elaraby won the men’s 50 fly duel with Oleg Kostin in 22.80 to 22.85 with Arina Surkova taking the women’s title ahead of Rikako Ikee in 25.73 to 26.01.