European Junior Championships: Three European Junior Records Tumble -- July 8, 2009

European Junior Championships: Three European Junior Records Tumble -- July 8, 2009

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, July 8. DURING the first night of long course meter swimming at the European Junior Championships, three continental junior marks were rewritten.

France's Agnel Yannick turned in a time of 3:48.17 in the men's 400 free to post a junior mark with Hungary's Peter Bernek (3:50.53) and Spain's Adrian Mantas Mota (3:52.12) finishing second and third.

The Italian men's 400 free relay team of Francesco Donin, Luca Leonardi, Fabio Gimondi and Stefano Mauro Pizzamiglio clocked a junior record of 3:16.58, while France (3:20.08) and Germany (3:22.39) completed the top three.

In the men's 50 fly semifinals, Ukraine's Andriy Govorov checked in with a junior standard of 23.63. He went on to win the finale in 23.66 with Italy's Tommaso Romani (24.15) and Greece's Fotios Koliopoulos (24.36) taking second and third.

In other finals action, Italy's Ilaria Scarcella won the women's 50 breast in 31.71, while Germany's Vanessa Grimberg (31.87) and Poland's Paulina Zachoszcz (31.89) also cleared 32 seconds. Ireland's Grainne Murphy snagged the women's 400 IM title in 4:40.88. Great Britain's Aimee Willmott (4:44.81) and Italy's Stefania Pirozzi (4:45.37) completed the podium.



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