By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
2021 LEN EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Swimming: Monday, May 17th – Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
- Budapest, Hungary
- Prelims at 10:00 am local/Finals at 6:00 pm local
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Reported by James Sutherland.
WOMEN’S 1500 FREE FINAL
- European Record: 15:38.88, Lotte Friis (DEN), 2013
- European Championship Record: 15:50.52, Boglarka Kapas (HUN), 2016
- FINA ‘A’ Cut: 16:32.04
- Simona Quadarella (ITA), 15:53.59
- Anastasia Kirpichnikova (RUS), 16:01.06
- Martina Caramignoli (ITA), 16:05.81
Reigning world champion Simona Quadarella successfully defends her European title in the women’s 1500 free in dominant fashion, opening up an early lead and soaring to victory in a time of 15:53.59. The swim marks Quadarella’s fifth-fastest ever, and improves her season-best of 15:57.03.
Out in Lanes 1 and 2, Italy’s Martina Caramignoli and Russia’s Anastasia Kirpichnikova were locked in a battle for the minor medals, with Kirpichnikova slowly pulling away over the latter half of the race to touch second in 15:XX. Kirpichnikova’s silver marks Russia’s first medal in this event at the European Championships, having only been contested since 2008.
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