2024 European Junior Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap
By Riley Overend on SwimSwam
2024 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tuesday, July 2nd – Sunday, July 7th
Prelims at 9:30am local/Finals at 6pm local
Lazdynai Pool, Vilnius, Lithuania
LCM (50m)
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Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap
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Day 3 Finals Recap
Day 4 Prelims Recap/Day 4 Finals Recap
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Live Results
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The penultimate night of the European Junior Championships features finals of both 800 freestyles, the girls 200 butterfly, girls 100 free, and boys 800 free relay along with semifinals of the boys 100 free, both 100 backstrokes, both 100 breaststrokes, both 50 butterflies, and girls 200 IM.
After stealing the show on Thursday with a world junior record in the boys 1500 freestyle (14:41.89), Turkish distance specialist Kuzey Tuncelli will take on the boys 800 free final to kick off this evening’s finals session.
Catch up on this morning’s prelims session here.
Stay tuned for live updates below:
Boys 800 Free – Final
World junior record: 7:43.37 – Lorenzo Galossi (ITA), 2022
European junior record: 7:43.37 – Lorenzo Galossi (ITA), 2022
Meet record: 7:47.45 – Petar Mitsin (BUL), 2023
2023 European junior champion: Petar Mitsin (BUL) – 7:47.45
PODIUM
GOLD: Kuzey Tuncelli (TUR) – 7:48.01
SILVER: Muhammed Yusuf Ozden (TUR) – 7:56.18
BRONZE: Johannes Liebmann (GER) – 7:58.39
Turkish 16-year-old Kuzey Tuncelli dominated the boys 800 free by more than eight seconds en route to the victory in 7:48.01, narrowly missing Petar Mitsin‘s meet record (7:47.45) from last year.
Tuncelli shaved more than half a second off his own Turkish record of 7:48.53 from the 2024 World Championships in February, where he placed 12th. He was six seconds faster tonight than he was at last month’s European Championships (7:54.12), where he placed 6th.
Fellow Turkish standout Muhammed Yusuf Ozden (7:48.01) and Germany’s Johannes Liebmann (7:58.39) rounded out the podium as the only other swimmers under eight minutes in the final.
Girls 200 Fly – Final
World junior record: 2:04.06 – Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2023
European junior record: 2:06.26 – Lana Pudar (BIH), 2023
Meet record: 2:06.26 – Lana Pudar (BIH), 2023
2023 European junior champion: Lana Pudar (BIH) – 2:06.26
PODIUM
GOLD: Sarah Dumont (BEL) – 2:09.64
SILVER: Laura Cabanes Garzas (ESP) – 2:09.96
BRONZE: Alina Baievych (GER) – 2:10.09
Belgium’s Sarah Dumont held off top semifinals qualifier Laura Cabanes Garzas of Spain (2:09.96) for a tight girls 200 fly win in 2:09.64.
Dumont dropped a couple tenths off her previous-best 2:09.92 from May. Cabanes Garzas has been as fast as 2:09.03 last month.
Germany’s Alina Baievych secured bronze in 2:10.09, taking almost a second off her previous-best 2:10.78 from last summer.
Boys 100 Free – Semifinals
World junior record: 46.86 – David Popovici (ROU) – 2022
European junior record: 46.86 – David Popovici (ROU) – 2022
Meet record: 47.30 – David Popovici (ROU) – 2021
2023 European junior champion: Boldizsar Magda (HUN) – 49.52
Top 8 Qualifiers
Vlaho Nenadic (CRO) – 48.88
Carlos D’Ambrosio (ITA) – 49.28
Luca Hoek le Gueneda (ESP) / Gabriel Shepherd (GBR) – 49.36
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Justin Cvetkov (SRB) – 49.50
Lorenzo Ballarati (ITA) – 49.53
Tajus Juska (LTU) – 49.55
Michael Raje (GER) – 49.80
Croatian 18-year-old Vlaho Nenadic was the lone boys 100 free semifinalist under 49 seconds tonight at 48.88, dropping more than half a second off his previous-best 49.50 from last year’s 5th-place finish at the World Junior Championships.
Italian 17-year-old Carlos D’Ambrosio reached the wall four-tenths of a second behind Nenadic in 49.28, only .15 seconds shy of his personal-best 49.13 from March.
Spain’s Luca Hoek le Gueneda tied with Great Britain’s Gabriel Shepherd for the No. 3 seed heading into Sunday’s final at 49.36.
Lithuania’s Tajus Juska, who on Friday became the fastest 15-year-old 50 freestyler of all time, qualified 7th in 49.55, not far behind Italy’s Lorenzo Ballarati (49.53) and Serbia’s Justin Cvetkov (49.50). Juska dropped .17 seconds off his previous-best 49.72 from April.
Girls 100 Free – Final
World junior record: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak (CAN), 2016
European junior record: 53.61 – Freya Anderson (GBR), 2018
Meet record: 53.97 – Marrit Steenbergen, 2015
2023 European junior champion: Smilte Plytnykaite (LTU) – 55.31
PODIUM
GOLD: Sara Curtis (ITA) – 54.22
SILVER: Minna Abraham (HUN) – 54.28
BRONZE: Grace Davison (IRL) – 55.11
Boys 100 Back – Semifinals
World junior record: 52.53 – Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2018
European junior record: 52.53 – Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2018
Meet record: 52.91 – Ksawery Masiuk (POL), 2022
2023 European junior champion: Oleksandr Zheltyakov (UKR) – 54.18
Top 8 Qualifiers
Girls 100 Breast – Semifinals
World junior record: 1:04.35, Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 2013
European junior record: 1:04.35, Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 2013
Meet record: 1:05.48, Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 2013
2023 European junior champion: Eneli Jevimova (EST) – 1:06.81
Top 8 Qualifiers
Boys 100 Breast – Semifinals
World junior record: 59.01, Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 2017
European junior record: 59.01, Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 2017
Meet record: 59.23, Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 2017
2023 European junior champion: Jonas Gaur (DEN) – 1:01.78
Top 8 Qualifiers
Girls 50 Fly – Semifinals
World junior record: 25.46 – Rikako Ikee (JPN), 2017
European junior record: 25.66
Meet record: 26.10 – Lana Pudar (BIH), 2023
2023 European junior champion: Lana Pudar (BIH) – 26.10
Top 8 Qualifiers
Boys 50 Fly – Semifinals
World junior record: 22.96 – Diogo Ribeiro (POR), 2022
European junior record: 22.96 – Diogo Ribeiro (POR), 2022
Meet record: 23.48 – Noe Ponti (SUI), 2019
2023 European junior champion: Casper Puggard (DEN) – 23.67
Top 8 Qualifiers
Girls 200 IM – Semifinals
World junior record: 2:06.89 – Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2023
European junior record: 2:11.03
Meet record: 2:12.41 – Leah Schlosshan (GBR), 2023
2023 European junior champion: Leah Schlosshan (GBR) – 2:12.41
Top 8 Qualifiers
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