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Olympian Jacob Whittle Scores 48.03 100 Free Personal Best In Rotterdam

2023 ROTTERDAM QUALIFICATION MEET

The 2023 Rotterdam Qualification Meet saw its penultimate night of action unfold with Dutch swimmers vying for qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games.

However, it was 19-year-old Jacob Whittle who stole the show in the men’s 100m freestyle final.

After producing a solid morning outing of 48.48 in the heats, Whittle fired off a new lifetime best of 48.03 to ultimately claim the gold.

Whittle opened in 23.34 and brought it home in 24.69 for the new PB, overtaking his previous career-quickest effort of 48.11 from 2 years ago. He held off Dutch swimmers Stan Pjnenburg and Sean Niewold who notched respective results of 48.76 and 48.84 for silver and bronze.

British teammate and former national record holder Lewis Burras notched a prelims swim of 48.40 this morning before being disqualified during the final. He reportedly just raced for the 50m distance tonight and ‘time trialed’ a result of 21.85 to register the 7th-best time of his career.

Whittle’s time presents solid evidence the teen’s change of training base from Loughborough to Bath has been just the catalyst he needed to kick his career back into gear heading into Paris. Reconnecting with former Derventio eXcel coach Jamie Main at Bath, we’ll see what Whittle can produce tomorrow when the 50m free event takes place.

In the meantime, Whittle’s new 48.03 PB maintains his position as the 5th-quickest performer in British history in the 1free event.

Top 5 British Men’s LCM Performers All-Time

  1. Matthew Richards – 47.45, 2023
  2. Lewis Burras – 47.63, 2022
  3. Tom Dean – 47.83, 2022
  4. Duncan Scott – 47.87, 2019
  5. Jacob Whittle – 48.03, 2023

On the season, Whittle now ranks 6th in the world.

2023-2024 LCM Men 100 Free

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3Jack
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USA47.0806/18
4Chris
GUILIANO
USA47.2506/18
5Maxime
GROUSSET
FRA47.3306/18
6Kyle
CHALMERS
AUS47.4807/31
7Nandor
NEMETH
HUN47.4906/19
8Caeleb
DRESSEL
USA47.5306/18
9Josh
LIENDO
CAN47.5505/16
10Hunter
ARMSTRONG
USA47.5902/17
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John
11 months ago

Why is Ben Proud not in the Top 5 British Men’s LCM Performers All-Time list?

Jonny
11 months ago

I recon…

Lead off – burras
2nd whittle
3rd scott
4tu richards

Jonny
Reply to  Jonny
11 months ago

And let deano and jimmy do the heats

Sapnu puas
Reply to  Jonny
11 months ago

Low-key Dean over Burras

Swimm
Reply to  Jonny
11 months ago

Dean has stated he wants 5 medals. In order to do so he’d need to be top 2 in the 100Fr or he won’t get the medley relay. I expect him to be higher up the pecking order. Scott maybe to ropiest?

Scuncan Dott v2
Reply to  Swimm
11 months ago

Dean’s 100 Free slightly dropped off this year, Dean most vulnerable imo.

Dee
Reply to  Scuncan Dott v2
11 months ago

Don’t think we have evidence for that tbh – His hands separated as he dived in at trials, and he didn’t swim another tapered 100fr due to the 4×1 DQ. He was actually a lot faster at Sette Colli & AP than he usually is at that time of year. He looked rough this weekend though, so we’ll see how it unravels – Good problems to have though.

Last edited 11 months ago by Dee
Scuncan Dott v2
Reply to  Dee
11 months ago

He swam heats of both the mixed free and men’s medley at Fukuoka, 47.93 and 48.36 respectively from flying starts, almost causing the medley to miss the final. I know it was at the end of a gruelling champs for him but in Budapest he had just as gruelling a programme and split 47.45 in the medley at the end of those champs.

Sapnu puas
11 months ago

Oh we are so back

Scuncan Dott v2
Reply to  Sapnu puas
11 months ago

Feel like we’ve been saying this for the last 3 years straight when it comes to the 4×1 Free. Hopefully this is the year tho.

Troyy
Reply to  Sapnu puas
11 months ago

You never left.

Summer Love
Reply to  Sapnu puas
11 months ago

Hopefully they don’t DSQ again

Dee
11 months ago

It’s crazy that Whittle will still be a teenager in Paris – It feels like he has been around an age. Encouraging to be setting a PB in his first meet post training switch, and it will be huge for GB if he can resume his progression and reach the heights that looked likely as a 16yo.

Burras did a 50 trial as GB travel to Romania tomorrow, meaning he’ll be unable to race the 50 here. Tom Dean looked very heavy and well off his best – But the group just came back from a very long altitude block and, as we know, different people respond differently coming back down and racing.

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