EINDHOVEN QUALIFICATION MEET (NED)
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- April 9th – April 11th
- Prelims at 9:30am local/Finals at 4:30pm local
- Pieter van den Hoogenband Stadium
- Olympic Selection Policy
- One of several OLY qualifying opportunities
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After establishing a new European Record yesterday in the women’s 50m backstroke, Dutch ace Kira Toussaint did anything but rest on her laurels at this Eindhoven Qualification Meet.
Racing in the final prelims session of this 3-day affair, 26-year-old Toussaint busted out a new national record in the 100m backstroke, touching in a lifetime best of 58.74.
Opening in 28.51 and bringing it home in 30.23, Toussaint’s time this morning overtook her own previous Dutch national record and lifetime best of 58.91. That outing was posted at the Rotterdam Qualification Meet last December to make the Olympic squad.
In that previous big-time swim, Toussaint’s splits included 29.01/29.90 showing how the former Tennessee Vol attacked this morning’s race with more speed on the front end.
With the final set to take place in a few hours, Toussaint remains ranked as the world’s #3 performer this season.
2020-2021 LCM Women 100 Back
KayleeAUS
McKeown06/13
57.452 Regan
Smith USA 57.64 07/29 3 Kylie
Masse CAN 57.70 06/19 4 Kathleen
Dawson GBR 58.08 05/23 5 Olivia
Smoliga USA 58.31 05/15
View Top 26»History-wise, Toussaint’s new 58.74 national record bumps her up a few spots on the all-time performers’ list. She now becomes the 18th fastest performer all time.
And a 58.65 for Toussaint in finals!!
Very sad to see that she is still allowed to compete.
She proved she was innocent?
It was a false positive.
So ignorant
The thing that I absolutely love about her success is the fact that her mother is a double Olympic medalist in the backstroke from the 1984 Olympics! Jolanda de Rover was bronze in the 100 back and gold in the 200 back. Really really strong pedigree!