2024 ROTTERDAM QUALIFICATION MEET
- Thursday, November 28th – Sunday, December 1st
- Rotterdam, Netherlands
- LCM (50m)
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It was a relatively subdued day one of action at the 2024 Rotterdam Qualification Meet with swimmers from the Netherlands, Hungary, Great Britain and more diving in for some in-season racing.
The men’s 50m breast saw Koen de Groot get it done for gold, posting a winning effort of 27.41 to get to the wall first.
British swimmer Max Morgan was next in line with 27.67 while Christoffer Tofte Haarsaker of Norway collected bronze in 28.20.
In the women’s 50m breast, it was host nation swimmer Sterre Hendriks who grabbed the top spot, registering 31.99.
Behind her was Joy Willekus in 32.15 and Mabli Collyer of GBR touched in 32.18 to round out the podium.
The men’s 200m fly field was void of anyone getting under the 2:00 barrier with Joshua Gammon of Great Britain logging 2:00.02 for the fastest time.
Emile Fouzai logged 2:02.91 for silver while Patrick Braddock bagged bronze in 2:03.05.
Germany’s junior record holder Alina Baievych topped the women’s 200m fly podium with a time of 2:12.09. That easily defeated the field, with Leni von Bonin representing the next-quickest swimmer in 2:13.92 and Hungary’s Eszter Szabo Feltothy was 3rd in 2:15.99.
Additional Winners
- Gabriel Shepherd hit a time of 1:49.34 as one of two men’s 200m freestylers under the 1:50 barrier. Behind him was Jonathan Turck who touched in 1:49.85 while Koen Marsman logged 1:50.87 for bronze.
- The women’s 200m free saw British Olympian Freya Anderson get the job done in 2:00.64, well off her usual 1:56 range as an indication of where she’s at right now in the season.