Angelina Köhler Sets 50 Fly Record As She Books Ticket To Short-Course Europeans At German Championships
Angelina Köhler was on fine form on the first two days of the German Championships as she lowered the national 50 fly record and clocked qualifying times for next month’s short-course Europeans.
Köhler won the 200 fly on the opening day in Wuppertal, clocking 2:07.54. She followed that up with a 25.42 victory in the 50 to book a second berth at the continental meet which takes place from 2-7 December in Lublin, Poland.
That followed her 25.31 blast over two lengths in prelims where she sliced 0.18 from Aliena Schmidtke’s previous standard of 25.49 that had stood since the 2017 European s/c Championships.
The Doha 200 fly world champion also won the 200 free although her time of 1:58.13 was outside the cut.
Noelle Benkler also booked her ticket to Lublin in the 400IM (4:35.87) while Lise Siedel’s winning time of 2:06.49 saw her qualify as an under-23 athlete.
Timo Sorgius did likewise in the 200 free in 1:43.34.
A maximum of 30 swimmers can qualify for Lublin with qualifying times divided into two categories, one for ‘open’ and one for ‘athletes under the age of 23.’
Several swimmers, including the likes of Anna Elendt and Lukas Märtens, have already booked their slots on the Germany team thanks to their performances at the World Championships in Singapore. Elendt won the 100m breaststroke title with Märtens taking the 400 free gold and 800 bronze.