Sven Schwarz ensured the climax on the second day of the German Swimming Championships in Berlin.
The Hanoverian powdered over 800 meters of freestyle not only the two -week -old German record of Lukas Märtens (7: 39.10 minutes), in 7: 38.12 minutes he also set a European record. He was seven hundredths of a second faster than Irish Daniel Wiffen in his Olympic victory in Paris.
“I can’t describe what has just happened there,” said Schwarz. The 23-year-old had pressed the pace right from the start to qualify for the World Cup in Singapore with a good time. His two worst rivals Florian Wellbrock and Oliver Klemet could not follow. “I was able to go through the first 500 meters without much effort. I already knew that I had to be on the road very quickly. But I didn’t think about this time,” said Schwarz.
For the World Cup, he now has his ticket certain that the second German starter would be Märtens, who at the DM did not start over 800 meters. Whether he will perceive his right to start is not yet certain with the starter. For Märtens, Wellbrock could start over the 800 meters.
European champion Melvin Imoudu from Potsdam SV, on the other hand, had to surrender over 100 meters of chest to the German record holder Lucas Matzerath from SG Frankfurt. Born in Berlin, Isabel Gose, born in Berlin, won over the 1,500 meter freestyle with a time of 1: 52.34 minutes.
Sending: RBB24, 02.05.2025, 10 p.m.
