Records smashed on Super Saturday
Tonight’s session started with two fantastic races. In the men’s IPC semifinal 100m Breaststroke Dutch swimmer Chantalle Zijderveld clocked a smashing time of 1:16.69. By doing so she bettered her previous record of 1:18.14 by nearly 1.5 seconds! This resulted into a new European and World Record. Also Dutch Liesette Bruinsma bettered her time of 1:27.39 and swam a new World Record in her class: 1:24.63.
Extraordinary performance
Olivier van de Voort is having the time of this life at the Swim Cup event. In tonight’s semifinal IPC 100m Backstroke he swam a new World Record touching in 58.98. “I knew there was something in it for me but hadn’t expected to beat 59.31 by that much.” When Van de Voort was asked what this means for Rio he answers with a smile: “Just go for gold, just do it!” This extraordinary performance gave cause to the young volunteers in the swimming area to massively collect Olivier’s signature!
Boost for Schoenmaker
Michael Schoenmaker sets new Dutch Record in the 200m IPC Freestyle final by finishing in 3:05.07. This is a boost for the Dutch athlete who fought back after having had a difficult time as a consequence of a serious traffic accident.
Age group records smashed
16 Years old Dutchman Jelle Betten swam a Dutch age group record in the 100m backstroke final by clocking 57.78. In the 100m Butterfly final Dutchman Nyls Korstanje bettered the Dutch Junior record that he swam last night (54.62) by clocking 54.55. Also dutch woman Marrit Steenbergen bettered the Dutch Junior record (16 years) in the 100 meter semifinal Freestyle (54.70).
Ticket to London for Maarten Brzoskowski
The semifinal 200m Freestyle for men was very exciting in the end. Dutchman Maarten Brzoskowski and fellow countryman Sebastian Verschuuren fought for the first place. It was Brzoskowski though who finished first in 1:47.36. Verschuuren followed very closely and touched in 1:47.55. Brzoskowski’s result made him qualify for the European Championships in London.
Forecast for tomorrow
On the laste day of the Swim Cup we are very much looking forward to watching some exciting races amongst which the finals 200m Freestyle men and 10]0m Freestyle women. Tomorrow will also be the day when the FINA ranking will be revealed. At this moment Dutch swimmer Femke Heemskerk is in the lead, but if she also will be tomorrow?
