Rafael Munoz Perez misses on WR 0.06 (video)
Rafael Muñoz
Only 6 hundredths of a second was the difference with the World of Ian Crocker when Rafael Munoz Perez aantikte after his finals in the 100m butterfly. Rafael had previously announced an attack to do on the record from 2005, but came at the finish so slightly short. With his time of 50.46 he had improved his own European record, 3 weeks ago what he had put on 50.58. The video clearly shows that Rafael is very bad at the turning point, what took him hoogstwaarschjnlijk the record.
At location 2 Clement Lefert ended again in a new French record of 51.42, improving his own record in the semifinals with 0.08. Romain Sassot finished 3 at just over 2 seconds of the winner. Also in the women killed another French record, this time at the hands of Aurore Mongel. With 57.80 ducked under its old top time from Beijing. In the Chinese city during the Olympics, she came to 58.30. Number 2 Diane Bui Duyet finished in second in 58.64 small.
On the 200rug with the ladies, there was again a success for Sharon Rouwendaal . Although the 2.13.33 in the final ranking was not worth more than a 5th place, it improved by that time or her own Dutch Junior Record with 0.41 seconds. In March she swam in Strass Borg 2/13/74, so now it was just a little harder. Unfortunately for Sharon remained high in the Dutch seniors still out of reach, that is still the name of Jolanda de Rover of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles (2/12/38).
In the semifinals of the 200wissel fifteen minutes later Sharon was unable to qualify for the finals. With 2.23.16, she was 15th.
On the 200rug of the men was one equaling a French record to report. Benjamin Stasiulis swam 1.57.90 exactly as fast as Simon Dufour did in Barcelona in 2003. And in the semifinals of the men came 200wissel NR (National Record) behind the fastest man to stand. With Christophe Soulier 2.00.38 was the fastest Frenchman ever at this distance, well faster than the 2.1.08 that Xavier Marchand in 1997 managed to write. Christophe was his way, not the fastest time in the semifinals, which honor came in the name of Darian Townsend with 1.57.03.
