In the absence of Anna Elendt (World Cup participation), Nele Schulze won the German championship title over 100 meters breaststroke.
The Flensburg native won the finals in Berlin on Friday (06/24/2022) with a personal best time of 1:08.11 minutes, well ahead of Bente Fischer (Neckarsulm/1:09.43) and Julia Titze from Munich (1:10.24). .
Schulze was happy afterwards on ZDF: “I didn’t want to lose this title under any circumstances. I can live very well with my time.”
Jahn wins the 100 meters backstroke
The established Christian Diener (Potsdam/55.67 seconds) surprisingly missed a medal in fourth place in the men’s 100 meters backstroke. In a very exciting race, gold went to Cornelius Jahn from Ahrensburg (55.17) ahead of Alexander Bauch (Darmstadt/55.323) and Marvin Dahler (Reutlingen/55.27).
Even Koch left behind
In addition to Christian Diener, former world champion Marco Koch was also left behind. He only finished eighth in the 100m breaststroke. The 32-year-old swam a time of 1:03.81 minutes on his branch line. Melvin Imoudu from Potsdamer SV secured the championship title in 1:00.21 minutes.
Koch won the gold medal at the 200m World Championships in 2015. The Darmstadt native, who is starting for Frankfurt, has not been able to match his previous level of performance for a long time.
Mrozinski wins gold in the 400 meters
Julia Mrozinski from Hamburg was the first to hit the women’s 400-meter freestyle distance in 4:11.31 minutes. Nicole Maier from Gladbach took silver in 4:12.21 ahead of Maya Werner from Heidelberg (4:14.67).
In the men’s 800 meter freestyle, Ahmed Mahmoud from Neckarsulm took advantage of the World Cup-related absence of top stars Florian Wellbrochk and Lukas Märtens and secured the title in 8:02.29 minutes. Silver and bronze went to Silas Beth (Bad Schwartau/8:03.06) and Cedric Büssing (Essen/8:05.88).