Katinka Hosszu collected her second gold of the 2017 LEN European Short Course Championships on Thursday night at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen. Meanwhile, Sarah Sjöström drastically missed the 50m butterfly final after misjudging her speed during the semifinals at the beginning of the session. Who would have predicted that...?

Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov again starred, swimming within 0.33 of the 100m backstroke world record, and teammate Kirill Prigoda won the 200m breaststroke to take Russia’s gold medal tally to four.

Medal Count — Day 2

2017 LEN European Short Course Championships

December 13-17

Copenhagen, Denmark

Royal Arena

Short Course Meters (25m)

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LIVE RESULTS

Women's 50m Butterfly

RECORDS

World Record: 24.38 – Therese Alshammar (SWE), 2009

World Junior Record: 25.14 – Rikako Ikee (JPN), 2017

European Record: 24.38 – Therese Alshammar (SWE), 2009

Championship Record: 24.58 – Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2015

Semifinals

Long course world-record holder Sarah Sjöström sensationally missed the final after finishing sixth in her semifinal in 25.80 and wound up ninth overall. This was the first of three semifinals for Sjöström, but this result came as a big shock as she is defending two-time European short course champion. 

1. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) – 25.28
2. Emilie Beckman (DEN) – 25.33
3. Aleksandra Urbanczyk (POL) – 25.60
4. Maiike De Waard (NED) – 25.60
5. Aliena Schmidtke (GER) – 25.62
6. Melanie Henique (FRA) – 25.66
7. Anastasiya Shkurdai (BLR) – 25.74
8. Kimberly Buys (BEL) – 25.78

Final

Kromowidjojo was the only sub-25 swimmer in the field, winning comfortably over 20-year-old Denmark native Emilie Beckman, who placed second to the delight of the crowd, and Dutch countrywoman Maaike De Ward. 

1. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) – 24.78
2. Emilie Beckman (DEN) – 25.16
3. Maaike De Ward (NED) – 25.46

Men's 200m Freestyle

RECORDS

World Record: 1:39.37 – Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009

World Junior Record: 1:41.95

European Record: 1:39.37 – Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009

Championship Record: 1:39.81 – Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009

Final

Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys dropped a bomb on this field, streaking to a 49.0 100m split and winning by more than a full second with his 1:40.85 — the third-fastest time ever swam in a textile suit. Rapsys is experiencing a breakout 2017, after a silver in Wednesday night's 200m backstroke (1:49.06) and long course bests of 1:45.75 and 1:56.11 in those two aforementioned events.

1. Danas Rapsys (LTU) – 1:40.85
2. Alexandr Krasnyk (RUS) – 1:42.22
3. Duncan Scott (GBR) – 1:43.07

Men's 200m Breaststroke

RECORDS

World Record: 2:00.44 – Marco Koch (GER), 2016

World Junior Record: 2:03.23

European Record: 2:00.44 – Marco Koch (GER), 2016

Championship Record: 2:00.53 – Marco Koch (GER), 2015

Final

Russian World Cup star Kirill Prigoda stormed out under WR pace, turning 57.8 at the 100m to have a commanding lead over Mikhail Dorinov and Marco Koch. Koch chased hard on the back end, but came up just short of Prigoda’s 2:01.11, a new personal best for him and first individual European gold medal. 

1. Kirill Prigoda (RUS) – 2:01.11
2. Marco Koch (GER) – 2:01.52
3. Mikhail Dorinov (RUS) – 2:01.85

Women's 100m Freestyle

RECORDS

World Record: 50.25 – Cate Campbell (AUS), 2017

World Junior Record: 52.01 – Penny Oleksiak (CAN), 2016

European Record: 50.58 – Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2017

Championship Record: 51.35 – Inge Dekker (NED), 2009

Semifinals

France placed two women in the top four for finals Friday night, with Charlotte Bonnet swimming a national record 51.71 to top the semifinals. Behind her she will have hometown hero Pernille Blume along with WR holders Sjöström, Kromowidjojo, and Italy’s Federica Pellegrini. 

1. Charlotte Bonnet (FRA) – 51.71
2. Pernille Blume (DEN) – 52.09
3. Femke Heemskerk (NED) – 52.10
4. Marie Wattel (FRA) – 52.35
5. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) – 52.49
6. Sarah SJostrom (SWE) – 52.65
7. Federica Pellegrini (ITA) – 52.85
8. Rozaliya Nasretdinova (RUS) – 53.02

Men's 400m IM

RECORDS

World Record: 3:55.50 – Ryan Lochte (USA), 2010

World Junior Record: 3:59.15

European Record: 3:57.27 – Laszlo Cseh (HUN), 2009

Championship Record: 3:57.27 – Laszlo Cseh (HUN), 2009

Final

Peter Bernek kept this title in Hungarian hands. Primarily known as a 400m freestyler, this is Bernek’s first major title in an individual medley event, and first time under four minutes in this race. 

1. Peter Bernek (HUN) – 3:59.47
2. Philip Heintz (GER) – 4:03.16
3. Gergely Gyurta (HUN) – 4:03.36

Women 100m Backstroke

RECORDS

World Record: 55.03 — Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2014

World Junior Record: 55.99

European Record: 55.03 — Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2014

Championship Record: 55.42 — Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2015

Final

Hungary collected another gold with Hosszu taking care of business in the 100m backstroke. This is Hosszu’s second gold of the meet and Hungary’s third, to see the country sit second on the medal tally. Kira Toussaint actually flipped even with the Iron Lady at the 75, but Hosszu was too much on the last 25m.

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 55.66
2. Kira Toussaint (NED) – 56.21
3. Maria Kameneva (RUS) – 57.01

Men's 100m Backstroke

RECORDS

World Record: 48.92 – Matthew Grevers (USA), 2015

World Junior Record: 49.84 – Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2017

European Record: 48.95 – Stanislav Donets (RUS), 2010

Championship Record: 48.97 – Stanislav Donets/Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS), 2009

Semifinals

The 48.92 world record of Matt Grevers is well and truly on alert Friday night with Kliment Kolesnikov carrying momentum from his two wins Wednesday night. The 17-year-old came within 0.33 of the mark in his semifinal performance. 

1. Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) – 49.25
2. Simone Sabbioni (ITA) – 50.26
3. Robert Glinta (ROU) – 50.30
4. Christian Diener (GER) – 50.41
5. Radoslaw Kawecki (POL) – 50.60
6. Apostolos Christou (GRE) – 50.67
7. Kacper Stokowski (POL) – 50.67
8. Andrei Shabasov (RUS) – 50.76

Women's 100m IM

RECORDS

World Record: 56.51 – Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2017

World Junior Record: 57.75 – Rikako Ikee (JPN), 2017

European Record: 56.51 – Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2017

Championship Record: 56.67 – Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2015

Semifinals

Hosszu wasn’t able to reproduce her 56.7 from the morning after a few extra races tonight but still did enough to comfortably qualify fastest for the final. 

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 57.64
2. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 59.40
3. Jenna Laukkanen (FIN) – 59.43
4. Susann Bjoernsen (NOR) – 59.65
5. Evelyn Verraszto (HUN) – 59.85
6. Amit Ivri (ISR) – 59.98
7. Marrit Steenbergen (NED) – 59.98
8. Lena Kreundl (AUT) – 1:00.14

Men 100m Butterfly

RECORDS

World Record: 48.08 — Chad le Clos (RSA), 2016

World Junior Record: 49.53 — Zhuhao Li (CHN), 2017

European Record: 48.48 — Evgeny Korotyshkin (RUS), 2009

Championship Record: 48.93 — Evgeny Korotyshkin (RUS), 2009

Final

In another tight final in which just 0.08 separated the podium — and first and seventh were divided by 0.39 — Italy went 1-2 with Matteo Rivolta and Piero Codia also swimming the only sub-50 second times in the final. 

1. Matteo Rivolta (ITA) – 49.93
2. Piero Codia (ITA) – 49.96
3. Marius Kusch (GER) – 50.01

Women 800m Freestyle

RECORDS

World Record: 7:59.34 – Mirea Belmonte Garcia (ESP), 2013

World Junior Record: 8:12.30 – Jianjiahe Wang (CHN), 2017

European Record: 7:59.34 – Mirea Belmonte Garcia (ESP), 2013

Championship Record: 8:04.53 – Alessia Filippi (ITA), 2008

Final

In a head-to-head battle, Germany’s Sarah Koehler led the first 400m slightly ahead of Hungary’s Olympic medalist Boglarka Kapas. They stayed within 0.1 of each other at every turn, with Kapas taking lead over the lead through to the 700m turn. In the end, Koehler’s 29.47 last 50m was too much for Kapas and powered her to victory.

1. Sarah Koehler (GER) – 8:10.65
2. Boglarka Kapas (HUN) – 8:11.13
3. Simona Quadrella (ITA) – 8:16.53

Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay

RECORDS

World Record: 1:37.17 – USA, 2013

World Junior Record: 1:42.42

European Record: 1:37.46 – Great Britain, 2013

Championship Record: 1:38.33 – Italy, 2015

Final

In an amazing relay to finish the night, 0.04 separated the podium teams and the gap between first and sixth was just 0.51. Amazingly, Belarus and Germany had a 1.1-second lead at the 150m mark, before Ranomi Kromowidjojo massively out-split their anchors with a 23.09 to touch for gold. 

That wasn’t even the fastest split of the field. Denmark’s Pernille Blume split 23.05 and Charlotte Bonnet was close behind in 23.17. 

Other notable splits were Kira Toussaint (back, 26.13), Pavel Sankovich (back, 22.89), Fabio Scozzoli (breast, 25.21), and Konrad Czerniak (free, 20.46). 

1. Netherlands – 1:37.71 [Championship Record]
2. Belarus – 1:37.74
3. France – 1:37.75

By Bobby Hurley