ISL MATCH #7 – DAY TWO
- Thursday, November 5th: 10AM – 12 noon Local Time (3AM-5AM U.S. Central Time, 6PM – 8PM J+1 Japan)
- Friday, November 6th: 10Am – 12 noon Local Time (3AM-5AM U.S. Central Time, 6PM – 8PM J+1 Japan)
- Duna Arena – Budapest, Hungary
- Short Course Meters (SCM) Format
- ISL Technical Handbook
- 2020 ISL Scoring Format
- 2020 ISL Prize Money and Bonuses
- How to Watch
- Omega Results
- Full Match 7 Results
- Teams: Energy Standard/DC Trident/Toronto Titans/Iron
One of the breakout stars of International Swimming League (ISL) season #2 is Iron’s Emre Sakci, the Turkish breaststroking phenom who has been on a tear in both individual events and relays.
Today, while competing in match #7, Sakci threw down another lifetime best, this time in the 100m breaststroke. Stopping the clock in a mighty 55.97 in the 100m breaststroke, the 22-year-old just missed out on the top prize, which was claimed by Energy Standard’s Ilya Shymanovich.
Shymanovich touched in 55.85, a new 100m breast European Record, while Sakci’s 55.97 marked his first time ever under the 56-second threshold. In doing so, Sakci easily overtook his previous PB and Turkish national record of 56.62 from match #3.
Splits for Sakci’s swim 55.97 swim here include: 26.42/29.55 to rank him among the best-ever performers in the short course meters version of this 1breast in slot #4. This is on top of Sakci hitting a new European Record in the 50m breaststroke yesterday with his monster 25.29.
Top 100 Breaststroke Performers All-Time
| RANK | TIME | SWIMMER | NATION | MEET | DATE |
| 1 | 55.61 | Cameron van der Burgh | RSA | 5/10/2010 | |
| 2 | 55.85 | Ilya Shymanovich | BLR | 2020 ISL SCM – Match 7 | 11/6/2020 |
| 3 | 55.92 | Adam Peaty | GBR | 2019 ISL Series – Las Vegas | 12/21/2019 |
| 4 | 55.97 | Emre Sakci | TUR | 2020 ISL SCM – Match 7 | 11/6/2020 |
| 5 | 56.02 | Kirill Prigoda | RUS | 2017 Euro’s Champs scm | 12/15/2017 |
| 6 | 56.06 | Arno Kamminga | NED | 2019 Euro’s Champs scm | 12/7/2019 |
| 7 | 56.11 | Yasuhiro Koseki | JPN | 2019 JPN SCM Champs | 10/26/2019 |
| 8 | 56.15 | Fabio Scozzoli | ITA | 2017 Euro’s Champs scm | 12/16/2017 |
| 9 | 56.16 | Oleg Kostin | RUS | Russian National SC Swimming Championships | 11/19/2017 |
| 10 | 56.25 | Felipe Franca | BRA | Trofeu Jose Finkel | 9/1/2014 |
And not only at the end … in my opinion, the kick of Shymanovich is completely illegal.
Please have a look to this video from european’s 2019 ( min. 2:30 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jou99Vk_8OU
Was I the only one who noticed the dolphin kick at the end of his skins races?