The fourth and penultimate day of the LEN European Short Course Championships began Saturday morning at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. 

This morning’s schedule included the 50m butterfly, 100m freestyle and 100m IM for the male sprinters and the 50m backstroke, 100m butterfly, 200m freestyle and IM events for women. 

Check out the results below and tune in to finals at 10 AM CST. 

2017 LEN European Short Course Championships

December 13-17

Copenhagen, Denmark

Royal Arena

Short Course Meters (25m)

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LIVE RESULTS

Men 50m Butterfly

RECORDS

World Record: 21.80 -- Steffen Diebler (GER), 2009

World Junior Record: 22.43

European Record: 21.80 -- Steffen Diebler (GER), 2009

Championship Record: 22.07 – Johannes Dietrich (GER), 2009

Long course world champion Ben Proud cruised to top time in Saturday morning’s prelims with a 22.39. He will look to go one better after his silver medal in the 50m freestyle on Friday night.  

1. Ben Proud (GBR) – 22.39
2. Sebastian Sabo (SRB) – 22.54
3. Aleksandr Popkov (RUS) – 22.58

Women 50m Backstroke

RECORDS

World Record: 25.67 – Etiene Medeiros (BRA), 2014

World Junior Record: 26.13

European Record: 25.70 – Sanja Jovanovic (CRO), 2009

Championship Record: 25.70 – Sanja Jovanovic (CRO), 2009

Katinka Hosszu races for another chance at a gold medal, and will have good competition from short course sprint specialist Kira Toussaint of the Netherlands. These two ladies went 1-2 in the 100m earlier in the week. 

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 26.44
2. Kira Toussaint (NED) – 26.49
3. Mimosa Jallow (FIN) – 26.52

Men 100m Freestyle

RECORDS

World Record: 44.94 – Amaury Leveaux (FRA), 2008

World Junior Record: 46.12 – Kyle Chalmers (AUS), 2016

European Record: 44.94 – Amaury Leveaux (FRA), 2008

Championship Record: 44.94 – Amaury Leveaux (FRA), 2008

Italy had two men blast prelims, with Luca Dotto and Lorenzo Zazzeri swimming the fastest and third-fastest times of the morning. In the absence of world No. 1 Vlad Morozov, who has chosen to focus on the 100m IM — which is also scheduled for the same session — this event opens up. Also in the mix is Budapest finalist Sergii Shevtsov, short course world champion Simonas Bilis, Olympic medalist Pieter Timmers, and Hungarian guns Dominik Kozma and Nador Nemeth all qualifying for tonight’s semifinals. 

1. Luca Dotto (ITA) – 46.81
2. Sergii Shevtsov (UKR) – 46.94
3. Lorenzo Zazzeri (ITA) – 47.00

Women 200m Freestyle

RECORDS

World Record: 1:50.43 – Sarah Sjöström (SWE), 2017

World Junior Record: 1:52.50 – Taylor Ruck (CAN). 2016

European Record: 1:50.43 – Sarah Sjöström (SWE), 2017

Championship Record: 1:51.17 – Federica Pellegrini (ITA), 2009

Current WR holder Sarah Sjöström scratched this event to rest for her preferred 100m butterfly race scheduled next. In her absence, veterans Femke Heemskerk, Charlotte Bonnet, and Michelle Coleman will battle for the European title. 

1. Femke Heemskeerk (NED) – 1:54.09
2. Veronika Andrusenko (RUS) – 1:54.46
3. Michelle Coleman (SWE) – 1:55.34
4. Charlotte Bonnet (FRA) – 1:55.51
5. Kathryn Greenslade (GBR) – 1:55.60
6. Melanie Costa Schmid (ESP) – 1:56.52
7. Lidon Munoz del Campo (ESP) – 1:56.97
8. Valentine Dumont (BEL) – 1:57.22

Women 100m Butterfly

RECORDS

World Record: 54.61 – Sarah Sjöström (SWE), 2014

World Junior Record: 55.64 – Rikako Ikee (JPN), 2017

European Record: 54.61 – Sarah Sjöström (SWE), 2014

Championship Record: 55.03 – Sarah Sjöström (SWE), 2015

Sjöström stayed in second gear while winning her heat by a second, with her 56.05 topping prelims for the morning. Short course world champion Hosszu scratched the event, already having the 50m back and 200m IM races in the same session.

1. Sarah Sjöström (SWE) – 56.05
2. Marie Wattel (FRA) – 56.86
3. Elinore De Jong (NED) – 56.99

Men 100m IM

RECORDS

World Record: 50.30 – Vladimir Morozov (RUS), 2016

World Junior Record: 51.65 – Michael Andrew (USA), 2017

European Record: 50.30 – Vladimir Morozov (RUS), 2016

Championship Record: 50.78 – Peter Mankoc (CRO), 2009

After swimming a 20.31 50m freestyle last night, WR holder Vlad Morozov was a no-show Saturday morning for this event. Countryman Sergei Fesikov was able to take top seed in his absence and will start as favorite for the final on Sunday night. Italian Marco Orsi qualified second for the semifinals after placing fifth overall, but he was third among the Italian swimmers and missed out earlier in the 100m freestyle.

1. Sergei Fesikov (RUS) – 51.79
2. Marco Orsi (ITA) – 52.13
3. Kyle Stolk (NED) – 52.48

Women 200m IM

RECORDS

World Record: 2:01.86 – Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2014

World Junior Record: 51.65 – Michael Andrew (USA), 2017

European Record: 2:04.64

Championship Record: 2:02.53 – Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2015

Star of the meet Hosszu, with four golds to her name already, will swim for a fifth Saturday night, easily taking top seed through prelims.

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 2:07.34
2. Ilaria Cusinato (ITA) – 2:09.91
3. Maria Ugolkova (SUI) – 2:09.96
4. Evelyn Verraszto (HUN) – 2:09.97
5. Fantine Lesaffre (FRA) – 2:10.08
6. Kristyna Horska (CZE) – 2:10.35
7. Alicja Tchorz (POL) – 2:11.22
8. Camille Dauba (FRA) – 2:11.54

Mixed 4x50m Free Relay

RECORDS

World Record: USA -- 1:28.57, 2014

World Junior Record: 1:33.37

European Record: Netherlands -- 1:28.70, 2017

Championship Record: Italy – 1:29.28, 2015

Russia will look for another relay gold medal and will start as the favorite for Saturday night's splash-and-dash relay final. 

We will see if Morozov is fit to be brought into the finals team after missing his individual heat this morning. Is he saving up for a run at the individual 50m freestyle world record?

Poland’s Pawel Juraszek threw down a 21.19 leadoff, and Finland’s Ari-Pekka Laukkonen swam a 20.81 for the fastest splits of the field. 

1. Russia – 1:30.46
2. Poland – 1:30.90
3. Netherlands – 1:31.03
4. Finland – 1:31.41
5. Italy – 1:31.50
6. Belarus – 1:31.70
7. Germany – 1:31.92
8. Denmark – 1:32.49

By Bobby Hurley