2x bronze on day 3 of EK Budapest (video)
The 3rd day of the Championships in Boedepest medals, the first pool match for the Dutch delegation. After the golden race of Linsy Heister in the open water swimmers were the pool so far with empty hands, but today there was change. In the 200m freestyle knew Sebastiaan Verschuren seize the bronze. With all he would 1.46.91 world record holder Paul Biedermann (1.46.06) and Nikita Lobintsev (1.46.51) to tolerate for themselves.
The intervals of Sebastian were 25.31 - 52.28 (26.97) - 01.19.48 (27.20) - 1.46.91 (27.43).
In the 100m freestyle at the ladies followed the 2nd bronze for Femke Heemskerk . After her super split during the 4x100m freestyle relay on Monday there was the hope that Femke could do a shot at the title, but this was Francesca Halsall clearly a size too big. She won the race in 53.58, for Aliaksandra Herasimenia in 53.82. Femke took the bronze with 54.12, a fraction above its time in the semifinals.
For both of Sharon Rouwendaal as Nick Driebergen there next finals respectively in the 100m backstroke and the 50m backstroke. 01/01/72 ended with Sharon as 8th in the semifinals, Nick placed himself as 6th with 25.30 for the finals tomorrow. Bastiaan Lijesen made the final in the 50m back, not quite. He swam 25.36 and became the 10th.
