Sophie Hansson & Arno Kamminga Set Meet Records At Swim Open Stockholm; Helena Rosendahl Bach Sets 2:06 Danish 200 Fly Record
Sophie Hansson and Arno Kamminga set meet records in the 100m and 50m breaststroke respectively as the Swim Open Stockholm wrapped up on Monday.
Hansson was 1:05.83 to 0.47 off the previous mark of 1:06.30 that had stood to fellow Swede Jennie Johansson since April 2017.
Out in 30.91 and back in 34.92, the 2020 European champion was 0.17 outside her national record of 1:05.66 set at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Tes Schouten, the world silver medallist, was second in 1:06.83, 0.08 ahead of Eneli Jefimova, the 17-year-old clocking 1:06.91.
Kamminga, the double Olympic silver medallist, wrapped up a fine meet by going 27.07 to take 0.01 off the previous meet record set by Cameron van der Burgh in April 2016.
His Netherlands teammate Caspar Corbeau was second in 27.37 with Andrius Sidlauskas completing the podium in 27.53.
Helena Rosendahl Bach went fifth in the 2024 200 fly rankings with a Danish record of 2:06.93, taking 0.22 quicker than her previous standard of 2:07.15 from the 2023 world in Fukuoka.
It was 0.51 swifter than the time in which she won world silver in Doha in February and also an Olympic QT.
Sarah Sjostrom claimed her third gold of the meet in the 100 free, going 53.05 to add to her wins in the 50 free and fly.
It was a dominant win for the Swede who had clear water between herself and Signe Bro who went 54.48 for second.
Kenzo Simons went 21.93 in the 50 free, the only man inside 22 as he was followed home by Netherlands teammate Thom Boer (22.01) and Ari-Pekka Liukkonen of Finland (22.20).
Victor Johansson topped the 800 free in 7:50.05 with Maya Werner heading the women’s race in 8:40.67.
Danas Rapsys won the 200IM in 2:01.27 after squeaking into the final in eighth place.
