The 2nd Meeting International de la Mediterranee in Marseille was
completed yesterday after three days of great swimming action. Mireia Belmonte
from Spain, who won two Olympics medals at London 2012 put on an excellent
performance and won two gold medals (800 m FR & 200 m FL) during the first
day of the meeting. She also took the 4th place in the 200 m FR
(2:02.18) finishing after Melanie Costa (1:58.70), Patricia Ortega (2:00.42)
and Beatrice Gomez (2:01.88). We also had a small surprise at men’s 50 m BK
where Camille Lacourt (24.94) beat world record holder, Liam Tancock, who
finished second (25.46).
The second day of the meeting was Francesca Halsall’s day. She won the
100 m FL with a dominant 58.37 and after a few minutes she returned to win the
50 m FR (24.91). In men’s 50 m FR, Nathan Adrian won the race (21.75) only 0.08
sec ahead of Florent Manaudou who finished second. In the other events,
Belmonte won the 400 m FR (4:09.73) and Konrad Czerniak the 100 m FL (53.19),
in an event where Camille Lacourt was disqualified because he broke his stroke
while trying to cope with a problem he had with his goggles.
During the third and last day of the meeting, Nathan Adrian has now the
world leading time for the 100 m FR (48.11), almost a second ahead of Anthony
Ervin (49.08). Francesca Halsall claimed another two victories in the 100 m FR (54.61)
and the 50 m FL (26.91) with Natalie Coughlin finishing seconds in both events
(54.79 and 27.42 respectively). Another great race was men’s 50 m FL where
Florent Manaudou finished ahead of Fred Bousquet by just 0.01 sec (23.51 to
23.52), in a race where world record holder, Rafa Munoz, finished third (24.02).
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