The Dutch relay swimmers failed to win a medal in the 4×100 meter medley on Saturday on the final day of the World Championships in Budapest, despite a national record. The Netherlands therefore ends the tournament with two slices.
Marrit Steenbergen, Maaike de Waard, Tes Schouten and Kira Toussaint clocked the fifth time in the final in the Duna Arena (3.57.24). The foursome was therefore slightly faster than the previous Dutch record (3.53.28), which was set in 2012. was swum.
The gold went to the American women in 3.53.78 and Australia (3.54.25) and Canada (3.55.01) also took the podium. The Netherlands had qualified second for the final battle. Only the Australian swimmers were faster in the series.
The two medals of the Netherlands this World Cup were won by Arno Kamminga and the mixed relay team in the 4×100 meter medley. Kamminga took silver in the 100-meter breaststroke and subsequently also belonged to the bronze relay team, which also consisted of Toussaint, Nyls Korstanje and Steenbergen. The number of final places of the Dutch team is nine.
At the previous World Swimming Championships, in 2019 in Gwangju, South Korea, the Netherlands took only one place and that was silver for Ranomi Kromowidjojo, who has since stopped in the 50-meter butterfly.
Medals Netherlands on the last 6 World Cups
- 2022 – 2 (1 silver, 1 bronze)
- 2019 – 1 (1 silver)
- 2017 – 4 (3 silver, 1 bronze)
- 2015 – 4 (4 silver)
- 2013 – 4 (1 Gold, 3 Silver)
- 2011 – 6 (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze)
Sjöström swims to twentieth World Cup medal
Sarah Sjöström took her twentieth World Cup medal on the final day. The 28-year-old Swedish won gold in the 50-meter freestyle in a time of 23.98 seconds. The silver went to the Polish Katarzyna Wasick (24.18) and the American Meg Harris (24.38) took bronze. Sjöström already won the title in the 50-meter butterfly on Friday.
Ruta Meilutyte won the world title in the 50m breaststroke. The 25-year-old Lithuanian beat the Italian favorite Benedetta Pilato with 0.1 second difference. Meilutyte already won Olympic gold in the 100-meter breaststroke ten years ago and also became world champion at that distance in 2013.
Justin Ress won gold in the 50m backstroke (24.12). The American was initially disqualified for allegedly tapping underwater. That is why his compatriot Hunter Armstrong was honored. However, Ress successfully appealed the disqualification.
Gregorio Paltrinieri took the world title in the 1,500-meter freestyle in a European record (14.32.80). Italy was also allowed to cheer in the 4×100 meter medley. Thomas Ceccon, Nicolò Martinenghi, Federico Burdisso and Alessandro Miressi beat the American formation, which surprisingly had to concede 0.28 seconds.