Danish Open 2013 Day 4: Pedersen beats the 200 breast European record

Mar 29, 2013

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On this final day of the Danish Open / Trials, the big story was Rikke MÃ¸ller Pedersen setting a new European record in the women’s 200 meter breaststroke, clocking 2:20.53 where Yuliya Efimova’s record from the London 2012 Olympics was 2:20.92. Jeanette Ottesen made the Danish Barcelona 2013 ‘stability’ qualification time standard with 1 hundredth of a second, winning the women’s 50 freestyle in 25.21, ahead of Mie Ã˜. Nielsen (25.48) and Pernille Blume (25.50) and Danish junior record-setting Julie Levinsen in 25.63. Magnus Westermann won the men’s 50 freestyle in a new Danish junior record of 23.07, Erik Persson from Sweden the men’s 200 breaststroke in 2:14.55.

(Rikke powering to her 200 breast European Record. Photo courtesy of Dan Hjelm)

Faroe born Magnus JÃ¡kupsson won the men’s 200 backstroke in 2:03.98, Iceland’s EyglÃ³ Ã“sk GÃºstafsdÃ³ttir the women’s 200 backstroke in 2:11.43. Viktor B. Bromer won the men’s 100 butterfly in 53.94, and Christina Munkholm the women’s 100 butterfly in 1:00.43. The expected high-level 1500 swims sort of fizzled out with Lotte Friis not participating in the women’s event, Mads GlÃ¦sner scratching the men’s event due to shoulder problems and PÃ¡l Joensen also canceling because of some kind of sickness that I understand that several swimmers had been struggling with. The gold in the women’s 1500 freestyle therefore going to Anina Nicole Lund in 17:15.55 and the gold in the men’s 1500 freestyle to Anton Ã˜rskov Ipsen in 15:41.38, Faroese young gun Alvi Hjelm substituting for PÃ¡l with a 16:11.88 and bronze in the men’s event.