Filip Nowacki Posts 2:08 EJR In 200m Breaststroke; Up To Fifth British Performer All-Time
Filip Nowacki went fifth all-time in the British rankings with a 2:08.32 European junior 200 breaststroke record as he claimed two titles on day four of the continental junior championships in Samorin.
Nowacki had lowered the Championship and European Junior record to 2:09.11 in the semis which was also a PB for the 17-year-old before returning to the pool for the final. Out in 29.08, Nowacki split 1:01.49 (32.41)/1:34.75 (33.26)/2:08.32 (33.57) to emphatically lift the crown ahead of reigning champion Doruk Yogurtcuoglu (2:09.92) and Michele Longobardo (2:10.88).
Ross Murdoch: Photo Courtesy: British Swimming
Nowacki now sits within 1.02 of Ross Murdoch’s British record of 2:07.30 with the 2014 Commonwealth champion atop the all-time national standings. London 2012 silver medallist Michael Jamieson (2:07.43), James Wilby (2:07.49) and Andrew Willis (2:07.73) are the other men ahead of Nowacki who slots in 0.02 ahead of Adam Peaty and his 2:08.34 from the 2015 British championships.
It also propelled him to eighth fastest in the world this year 1.08 off Yamato Fukasawa’s rankings topper.
“I definitely had the Championship record on my horizon as I had been training really well, but I didn’t think I was going to swim that quick so I kind of surprised myself to be honest,” he told European Aquatics. “Doruk is a great competitor, he out-touched me to win this title last year and he’s a great talent. We’ve been competing against each other since last year. He swims a good time, I swim a little bit quicker, he swims a little bit quicker. Before my semi-final when I heard he had broken the Championship record in his race it made my heart go a little bit.”
Nowacki then played his part in the concluding victory earned by Great Britain as they made a successful defence of their mixed 4x100m medley title, lowering the Championship record and European junior record to 3:47.07.
Juska Swims Quickfire Double
Lithuania’s Tajus Juska secured the men’s 100 butterfly and men’s 50m freestyle titles in the space of half an hour. The 16-year-old was third at the 100 fly turn before he picked off the two men ahead of him to as he touched in 52.54, 0.10 ahead of Great Britain’s early leader Dean Fearn, with bronze going to Spain’s Isak Fernandez Rodrigo in 52.72.
His victory in the men’s 50m freestyle was earned in a time of 22.14 in a frantic finish that saw him touch just 0.03 ahead of Ukraine’s Nikita Sheremet, with bronze going to Spain’s 2024 silver medallist Luca Hoek le Guenedal in 22.28, a day after he became the first Spanish man to break 22secs in 21.99.
Tajus Juska: Photo Courtesy: Istvan Derencsenyi/European Aquatics
In the men’s 200m backstroke final Ireland’s defending champion John Shortt led for much of the race but had to settle for bronze in 1:58.45 as Italy’s Daniele del Signore, last year’s 100m backstroke champion, replicated his 2024 finish in this event in a time of 1:57.94, with victory going to Hungarian newcomer Zsombor Racz in 1:57.89.
The women’s 200m backstroke saw the two Spanish swimmers who have dominated this competition finish in first and second place, with gold going to defending champion Estella Tonrath in 2:10.02 and silver to Nahia Garrido in 2:12.47. Romania’s 2024 silver medallist Aissia-Claudia Prisecariu won bronze in 2:13.10.
Germany’s Lena Ludwig successfully defended her women’s 200m breaststroke title in 2:27.48, with silver going to Poland’s newcomer Paulina Baran in 2:27.78 and Switzerland’s Kay-Lyn Lohr earning bronze in 2:27.95.
Robert-Andrei Badea retained his 400m medley title in dominant fashion, leading from start to finish to clock 4:18.22. Spain’s Cristobal Vargas took silver in 4:19.26 ahead of Turkiye’s Onur Oksuz, who clocked 4:19.92.
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