Roos Vanotterdijk Falls Simply Shy Of Belgian 50 Again File Amid Two Medals At Flanders Cup
Roos Vanotterdijk used to be simply 0.01 off her Belgian 50 again listing as she made two journeys to the rostrum at the first day of the Flanders Cup 2025 in Antwerp.
The 20-year-old touched in 27.98, a sliver off her 27.97 nationwide same old from the Flemish Championships in February 2023. She used to be totally dominant, completing 1.34 forward of Fleur Verdonck (29.32) with Lotte Vanhauwaert (29.81) 3rd house.
Vanotterdijk returned for the 50 loose which concluded the ladies’s day one programme. Milou van Wijk of the Netherlands claimed the honours in 24.70, 0.07 forward of Belgian record-holder Florine Gaspard (24.77) with Vanotterdijk taking her 2d medal of the meet with bronze in 25.02.
John Shortt: Picture Courtesy: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan
Fellow Belgian Vincent van Hooydonck received the boys’s 50 loose in 22.64 forward of Irish pair Shane Ryan (22.72) and Evan Bailey (22.96, the trio the one males inside of 23secs.
It used to be the second one shuttle to the rostrum for Bailey and Van Hooydonck who stuffed the highest two spots within the males’s 100 fly, Bailey playing a transparent victory in 54.12 to 55.41.
John Shortt marked his 18th birthday with a convincing victory by way of greater than 8 seconds within the 200 again. The Swim Eire athlete stopped the clock in 1:58.58, 8.03secs forward of Noah Verreth (2:06.61) with Alexander Van Hoey Billiet 3rd in 2:06.97.
Commonwealth Formative years Video games champion Ellie McCartney led for all however the first 50m of the 200m breaststroke because the Swim Eire athlete loved a transparent victory in 2:27.10.
Lisa Mamie, the 2022 Eu champion, adopted her house in 2:31.41 with Djanilla Breaking point of the Netherlands 3rd in 2:33.74.
Eszter Szabo Feltothy of Hungary used to be in transparent water within the 200 fly, clocking 2:15.84 to revel in a profitable margin of seven.79secs over Sam de Bont (2:23.63).
Siri Vanderlinden overtook long-time chief Maria Godden by way of the general flip of the 400 loose to win in 4:18.59 to 4:21.07.
Ivo Kroes received the boys’s 100br in 1:02.16, Claudio Buttarelli took the boys’s 400IM in 4:32.74 and Bram Loots got here from 2d with 100m closing to win the boys’s 1500 in 15:52.46.
The Flanders Cup runs till Sunday 9 February on the Olympic Swimming Centre in Antwerp.
