Thursday, December 5, 2019

Morozov sets ER in breast, Hosszu wins 90th career medal at the 20th European Short-Course Swimming Championships, Glasgow Day 1



A couple of heroic efforts kicked off the 20th edition of the European Short-Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow. Russia’s Vladimir Morozov showed his magnificent versatility and clinched his first-ever title in breaststroke in style, with a new European Record in the 50m – and soon he added a second gold in the 4x50m free relay. Winning the 400m IM, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu claimed her 90th medal at major international meets and the 60th gold. Italy also had a great evening with five medals including a gold from Benedetta Pilato who bettered the junior WR three times this day in the 50m breaststroke.
Vladimir Morozov has always been recognised for his brilliance in the 25m pool, he has amassed 20 medals at the short-course Worlds and arrived here with 16 under his belt from s/c Europeans. Here he added two already, both gold, in a span of 15 minutes. What made his feat even more remarkable that he clinched the first one in the 50m breaststroke.
His speed amazed the swimming world in freestyle and backstroke sprinting events, in relays and in the 100m IM – but not in breaststroke (as an exception, he had one silver in 100m at the 2016 Worlds). This evening he upset the stroke’s specialists, however, what’s more, he smashed the European Record while clocking 25.51sec (Turkey’s Emre Sakci got silver, a first for his nation over this distance while the bronze was shared by Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli and Netherlands’ Arno Kamminga). Morozov was back soon and anchored Russia to a great win in the 4x50m free, ahead of Poland and Italy.
That was the fifth medal of the evening for the Italians. Earlier they achieved a 1-2 in the women’s 50m breast, Benedetta Pilato managed to reach a better speed than compatriot Martina Carraro and she improved the junior WR once more (29.32) after she had already bettered it in the heats and the semis.
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu routinely won the 400m IM for the third time after 2015 and 2017. What made this victory special was a double jubilee: it was her 90th medal at Olympics, World and European Championships (s/c included) and the 60th gold medal from these major meets. She could celebrate this in good company as team-mate Zsuzsanna Jakabos overtook Italy’s Ilaria Cusinato in the last 50m.
The opening day’s first final saw a fine comeback from Poland’s Radoslaw Kawecki. The 28-year old ruled the 200m back between 2011 and 2016 by winning this event at all l/c Europeans, s/c Europeans and s/c Worlds. The past two years didn’t unfold as he expected though, but here in Glasgow his tremendous underwater-kicking and speed put him back to the top of the podium – it was his 7th s/c European gold in his career. Here Germany’s Christian Diener came second and Luke Greenbank delivered the hosts’ first medal, a bronze.
Danas Rapsys was no match for the others in the 400m free, at one stage the Lithuanian could even set his eyes to a new WR but at the end he settled for a new Championship Record – Thomas Dean had another podium swim for Britain by out-touching Italy’s Gabriele Detti for the silver.
The European Championships return on Thursday with eight finals in the evening session – the morning heats start at 9.30 (GMT) while the finals kick-off at 17.00 GMT.

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For quotes and a daily summary with the medal standings see the other two attachments.
Men’s 200m backstroke
Gold: Radoslaw Kawecki (POL) 1:49.26
“I’m really happy because I won again, it’s a European gold but the time isn’t that good, it should have been better.”
Silver: Christian Diener (GER) 1:50.05
“I’m totally exhausted. What a difficult race it was! I must admit that I attended too many competitions all these weeks.”
Bronze: Luke Greenbank (GBR) 1:50.09
“I’m very pleased, I felt very good during the race. I’m very happy for this medal.”

Women’s 400m IM
Gold: Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 4:25.10
“I’m fine with this race. Last Saturday I did weight trainings as I need to turn on my Olympic preparations. Since I knew that here it wasn’t going to be a world record anyway, I rather opted to come here from heavy loads and see how I could swim. Considering this, it feels OK now.”
Silver: Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) 4:28.76
“It wasn’t that bad but my morning swim was a bit easier. The breaststroke is always ambiguous, if I do two turns badly then I can lose a second or so. The end was tough and I’m happy with this silver now.”
Bronze: Ilaria Cusinato (ITA) 4:29.13
“I’m very satisfied, this is more than one second better to my personal record. So many things happened in the last year, after all that I’m super consent. The pool is excellent, good and fast.”

Men’s 400m free
Danas Rapsys (LTU) 3:33.20 CR
“I’m having a long season because I’ve attended all meets of the World Cup. Those were long-course but I also like short-course. The world record? Maybe next time.”
Thomas Dean (GBR) 3:37.95
“This is amazing, I’ve arrived here without any expectations so this medal is a dream for me. I felt really good, the crowd pushed me, it was really, really amazing!” 
Gabriele Detti (ITA) 3:38.06
“I expected more, to perform a little bit better. Well, tomorrow is a new day I have to reset myself, recuperate and move on to the next race.”

Women’s 50m breast
Gold: Benedetta Pilato (ITA) 29.32 WJR
“I’m super satisfied! I don’t know what to say. I’m lost for my emotions, I don’t know what to say. I really wanted to win this one!”
Silver: Martina Carraro (ITA) 29.60
“I’m happy. I expected this medal so everything is fine now!”
Bronze: Mone McSharry (IRL) 29.87
“I don’t know how I made it to get a medal on an outer lane. I’ve just put my hands on the wall and this was the first time that I swim inside 30sec.”

Men’s 50m breast
Gold: Vladimir Morozov (RUS) 25.51 ER-CR
“Well, I didn’t know I could swim breaststroke that well... It’s an honour to race with these guys who are master of this stroke and you can imagine how happy I am now, but I have a relay to swim now.”
Silver: Emre Sakci (TUR) 25.82
“I’m so proud, I’m feeling good. What can I say: I’ve been training for this!”
Bronze (tied): Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) 25.84
“Not bad, it’s another podium so I’m happy. It could have been a little bit better, but hey, at the and of the day, I’m content and move on to the next races.”
Bronze (tied): Arno Kamminga (NED) 25.84
“My goal was to swim a PB. I broke the Dutch record already this morning and did it again this afternoon. Later this week the 200m will be another race.”

Men’s 4x50m free relay
Gold: Russia 1:22.92 – Vladimir Morozov:
“As a team we hoped to achieve a better time. The race was very close, though personally I can only show that I am satisfied with my two golds in one session and a new European record.”
Silver: Poland 1:23.74 – Marcin Cieslak 
“I’m super excited with this medal because this was a perfect race with a team of the perfect mix.”
Bronze: Italy 1:24.50 – Marco Orsi:
“I’m very happy for the podium. Italy continues its European streak in this competition.

Giovanni Izzo:
“I’m content that I’ve made the team. I’m very happy to swim with our giants.”

Federico Bocchia:
“This is my return to the national after one year. The feeling is great, thanks for the guys and the whole team.”
Archive photo via Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse

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