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On-Fire Kamminga Lowers Dutch Record In LCM 100 Breast To 58.65

Braden Keith
by Braden Keith 21

December 14th, 2019 News

2019 SWIM CUP AMSTERDAM

While competing on day 2 of the 2019 Swim Cup Amsterdam, 24-year-old Arno Kamminga brought the crowd to its feet by swimming the fastest 100m breaststroke ever by a Dutchman.

After establishing himself as the man to beat with a morning swim of 59.00 in the heats, Kamminga turned it on big-time to finish atop the podium in a lifetime best of 58.65. That mark overtakes his own previous national record 58.98 logged just last month while competing at the FINA World Cup Series stop in Kazan.

Splits for Kamminga’s race tonight in Amsterdam versus his previous record are as follows, showing Kamming had a lot left in the tank on the back half this time around:

Old Record of 58.98: 27.61/31.37

New Record of 58.65: 27.77/30.88

Kamminga made it to the semi-finals in this LCM 100 breast at this year’s World Championships, finishing 13th in a time of 59.49. As such, the man has dropped major time in just a few short months to get under the 59-second threshold for just the 2nd time of his career. In fact, his time tonight would have placed him 4th in the Gwangju final.

Kamminga’s 58.65 outing tonight easily clears the 59.93 FINA qualifying cut for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Dutchman accomplished the same feat in last night’s 200m breast, where he took gold in a time of 2:07.96.

The man recently earned double gold in Glasgow, taking the 100m and 200m breast events at last week’s European Short Course Championships.

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4 years ago

Interesting improvements to say the least by him and Toussaint during those last couple of months at quite a high age (for swimmers). I hope that neither of them will win a medal in Tokyo.

Boobstroke
4 years ago

Does anyone think we could get a sub 59 100m breaststroke final in Tokyo? I know it’s a long shot but Peaty, Wilby, Shymanovich, Kamminga, Martinenghi, Cordes, Miller, maybe Australian Wilson can dip below as well? Anyone got any other potential names? Ik I’m getting ahead of myself but damn the global depth in this race is amazing.

Boobstroke
Reply to  Boobstroke
4 years ago

So I’m dumb, how could I forget the Russians lol, Chupkov and Prigoda are certainly in the mix

Dbswims
Reply to  Boobstroke
4 years ago

Usa Wilson went sub 59 at worlds while Cordes is still stuggling to break a minute now.

Casas 100 back gold in Tokyo
Reply to  Boobstroke
4 years ago

You forgot the Asians too. Chinese Yan and Japanese Koseki were consistently under 59 in the past years.

Dbswims
Reply to  Casas 100 back gold in Tokyo
4 years ago

And now the only one we are missing from the 2019 100 br final is Balandin. He could also go sub 59.

Troyy
Reply to  Casas 100 back gold in Tokyo
4 years ago

And Chupkov dipped under 59 recently too and will probably keep improving his speed.

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  Boobstroke
4 years ago

i would’ve put Wilson instead of the 2 other Us swimmers ….

Troy
4 years ago

Meanwhile, it’ll be 2030 and Australia will still be looking for a sub 59 breaststroker.

Bogo
Reply to  Troy
4 years ago

Not sure if you’re serious after Wilson went 59.1 at world’s?

Troy
Reply to  Bogo
4 years ago

It’s a bit of hyperbole for sure and I know he’s knocking on the door but he’s not quite there yet.

Samuel Huntington
Reply to  Troy
4 years ago

USA also isn’t exactly full of fast breaststroke’s right now.

Dbswims
Reply to  Samuel Huntington
4 years ago

Wym? Usrpt is gonna put MA as the second person under 58 for the 1 breast.

Look at the world record line
4 years ago

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Dee
4 years ago

Martinenghi, now Kamminga… So the Olympic year rush begins.

Gheko
Reply to  Dee
4 years ago

It does, but they need to be 57 lowish to get anywhere near Adam.

Yozhik
Reply to  Gheko
4 years ago

Or it can be Adam at 57 middle to make things interesting. πŸ˜€ Olympic competition isn’t necessarily the fastest one for many swimmers.

Pvdh
Reply to  Yozhik
4 years ago

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Ol' Longhorn
Reply to  Yozhik
4 years ago

I think you meant 56 middle.

Superfan
Reply to  Gheko
4 years ago

And nothing is wrong with a silver or bronze!!!

Troy
Reply to  Gheko
4 years ago

They’re probably fine with swimming for silver at this point.

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Braden Keith

Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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