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Hannah Miley won Great Britain’s first medal of the 2018 European Swimming Championships when she claimed bronze in the 400m individual medley final on Friday evening.
It was a sixth medal at the Europeans for Miley, who claimed silver in London two years ago and was also a 400m IM European champion back in 2010.
French swimmer Fantine Lesaffre claimed the first swimming gold medal of Glasgow 2018 with a winning time of 4:34.17, while Italian Ilaria Cusinato took silver.
Aimee Willmott had qualified second fastest for the final, but she just missed out on a medal after being edged out by Miley in the last 25m. Willmott finished 0.43 seconds behind Miley in fourth.
Miley said: “I’m very happy. Obviously I would have loved a different colour medal but it just comes down to the race and it’s so nice to be able to come away with a medal especially on the last couple of metres.
“I’ve been touched out so many times. I raced at my first European Championships back in 2006 and here I am medalling in 2018 at the age of almost 29 and it feels pretty good, especially for someone my size.
“In sport you don’t always get it your own way and being touched out is just part of that. You just have to deal with it. You can’t hide from it or shy away from it and feel sorry for yourself. I just have to accept that is what happens and use that to my advantage to learn from it.”
Wilmott said: “I knew it was close coming down the last 25 metres and was just trying to get my hand on the wall first. I only knew when I looked up how close it actually was.”
Britain dominated the 100m breaststroke semi-finals with Adam Peaty and James Wilby both winning in style.
But the British women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team just missed out on a bronze medal to Denmark. The team of Anna Hopkin, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Ellie Faulkner and Freya Anderson had to settle for fourth.
European Swimming Championships 2018 Results – Day 1 – Afternoon Session
Women’s 400m IM – Final
Hannah Miley has claimed a 400m IM bronze medal in the first final of the 2018 European Swimming Championships.
It is a sixth European Championships medal for Miley, who claimed silver in London two years ago and was also a 400m IM European champion back in 2010.
French swimmer Fantine Lesaffre claimed the first swimming gold medal of Glasgow 2018 with a winning time of 4:34.17, while Italian Ilaria Cusinato took silver.
Aimee Willmott had qualified second fastest for the final, but she just missed out on a medal and finished 0.43 seconds Miley in fourth.
MEDALS
GOLD: Fantine Lesaffre (France) 4:34.17
SILVER: Ilaria Cusinato (Italy) 4:35.05
BRONZE: Hannah Miley (Great Britain) 4:35.34
Men’s 400m Freestyle – Final
Mykhaylo Romanchuk claimed an emphatic victory in the men’s 400m freestyle final to win a gold medal for Ukraine.Romanchuk finished nearly two seconds clear of runner-up Henrik Christiansen, while Henning Muehlleitner came home in third.
MEDALS
GOLD: Mykhaylo Romanchuk (Ukraine) 3:45.18
SILVER: Henrik Christiansen (Norway) 3:47.07
BRONZE: Henning Muehlleitner (Germany) 3:47.18
Women’s 50m Freestyle – Semi-Finals
Denmark’s Pernille Blume set a new championship record of 23.85 in the first semi-final to lead the qualifiers into tomorrow’s final.
Sarah Sjöström won the other semi-final in 23.92, which would also have been a CR had Blume not just set her new benchmark moments earlier.
Men’s 50m Backstroke – Semi-Finals
Kliment Kolesnikov and Robert-Andrei Glinta won the two men’s 50m backstroke semi-finals this evening.
Russian Kolesnikov won the first sei-final in 24.25, while Romanian Glinta took the second semi in 24.12. Britain’s Nick Pyle was seventh in the second semi, in 25.10.
Britain’s Nick Pyle, fresh from his success at the European Junior Championships, swam a new PB of 25.10 but it was not enough to advance. He finished seventh in heat two.
Women’s 100m Butterfly – Semi-Finals
Brits Charlotte Atkinson and Alys Thomas both missed out on a place in the final of the women’s 100m butterfly.
Atkinson was seventh in the first semi with a time of 59.36, while Thomas was sixth in 58.44 in the second semi-final, which earned her a reserve spot for the final.
Sarah Sjöström led the way with a winning time of 56.66 in semi-final two, while Italian Elena Di Liddo won the first in 57.82.
Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Semi-Finals
Britain dominated the 100m breaststroke semi-finals with Adam Peaty and James Wilby both winning in style to take their places in tomorrow’s final.
In this morning’s qualifying heats, Peaty set a new championship record with an emphatic performance. Read more about his reaction to that swim further down the article, or check out the incredible highlights here…
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle – Final
The British women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team just missed out on a bronze medal to Denmark. The team of Anna Hopkin, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Ellie Faulkner and Freya Anderson had to settle for fourth.
MEDALS
GOLD: France 3:34.65
SILVER: Netherlands 3:34.77
BRONZE: Denmark 3:37.03
Men’s 4x100m Freestyle – Final
MEDALS
GOLD: Russia 3:12.23
SILVER: Italy 3:12.90
BRONZE: Poland 3:14.20
European Swimming Championships 2018 – Day 1 Finals – Video Highlights
European Swimming Championships 2018 Results – Day 1 – Morning Session
Women’s 400m IM – Heats
Aimee Willmott and Hannah Miley have both qualified for this afternoon’s 400m individual medley final, which starts at 5pm.
Willmott won heat two in a time of 4:38.28, while Miley was third in heat three with a time of 4:39.52. Abbie Wood just missed out on qualification, finishing fifth in heat three in 4:43.80. Willmott’s time was the second fastest of all qualifiers, but was still more than two seconds off the pace of French swimmer Fantine Lesaffre.
FINAL LINE-UP
Fantine Lesaffre (France) 4:36.17
Aimee Willmott (Britain) 4:38.28
Ilaria Cusinato (Italy) 4:39.02
Zsuzsanna Jakabos (Hungary) 4:39.26
Hannah Miley (Britain) 4:39.52
Catalina Corro Lorente (Spain) 4:40.69
Anja Crevar (Serbia) 4:40.99
Carlotta Toni (Italy) 4:42.06
Men’s 400m Freestyle – Heats
Ukraine’s Mykhaylo Romanchuk topped the qualifiers for this afternoon’s final, winning heat three in a time of 3:46.95. But there will be no further British involvement as Stephen Milne (3:50.05) and Jay Lelliott (3:50.21) were unable to make it out of heats three and four.
FINAL LINE-UP
Mykhaylo Romanchuk (Ukraine) 3:46.95
Poul Zellmann (Germany) 3:47.14
Henning Muehlleitner (Germany) 3:47.29
Felix Auboeck (Austria) 3:48.01
Victor Johansson (Sweden) 3:48.05
Henrik Christiansen (Norway) 3:48.14
Jan Micka (Czech Republic) 3:49.17
Wojciech Wojdak (Poland) 3:49.67
Women’s 50m Freestyle – Heats
Sarah Sjöström leads the qualifiers for this afternoon’s 50m freestyle semi-finals. The Swedish star won heat six in a time of 24.14 to top the qualifying list ahead of Denmark’s Pernille Blume (24.27) and Russia’s Mariia Kameneva (24.39).
Britain’s Anna Hopkin will be placed as a reserve after clocking 25.53 to finish seventh in the fifth heat, while Lucy Hope (26.22) was eighth in heat three and Freya Anderson (25.70) was ninth in heat six.
Men’s 50m Backstroke – Heats
Britain’s Nick Pyle qualified for this afternoon’s 50m backstroke semi-finals, finishing sixth in heat six with a time of 25.49, but Luke Greenbank’s 26.23 in heat three wasn’t enough for him to advance. Ireland’s Shane Ryan leads the way among the qualifiers, having won the sixth heat in 24.32.
Women’s 100m Butterfly – Heats
Sarah Sjöström returned for her second qualifying heat of the morning, and was the only swimmer to go under 57 seconds.
The Swedish swimmer won heat four in a time 56.87 to advance to this afternoon’s semi-finals. Her closest challengers from qualifying were Italian duo Elena Di Liddo (57.91) and Ilaria Bianchi (57.92).
British duo Alys Thomas and Charlotte Atkinson also qualified for the semis. Thomas swam a time of 58.93 in heat four, while Atkinson clocked 59.66 in heat three.
Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Heats
Adam Peaty cruised through to the semi-finals of the 100m breaststroke, going more than a second clear of any of his qualifying rivals.
Peaty won heat four in 57.89, and was followed by James Wilby (59.12) and Ross Murdoch (59.14) as Great Britain filled the top three qualifying positions.
Unfortunately for Murdoch, he’s unable to advance to the semis because only two swimmers from the same country are able to qualify. Therefore, it will be Peaty and Wilby who advance for Team GB, while Murdoch misses out by an agonising 0.02 seconds.
ADAM PEATY REACTION: “Today I had a job to do, and I’ve got an even more important job to do later. I’m in good shape, so who knows what could happen. I’ve got a ban – I’m not talking about 56, I’m not talking about world records. I’m just getting back to enjoying it.
“I want to rebuild that confidence people have in me – this is what I was born to do. I was born to race and in a home arena I can really thrive.”
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Heats
Britain’s relay team of Lucy Hope, Anna Hopkin, Eleanor Faulkner and Freya Anderson have qualified for the final after finishing fourth in heat two.
The final will be held at around 6pm tonight. Joining the Brits in the final will be heat winners France and Holland, along with Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Russia, plus Poland and Denmark (both teams clocked 3:41.28 in their heats).
FINAL LINE-UP
Netherlands
Italy
France
Russia
Switzerland
Germany
Great Britain
Denmark
Poland
Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Heats
Great Britain’s relay team of Calum Jarvis, Craig McLean, David Cumberlidge and James Guy missed out on qualification to tonight’s final.
Their time of 3:17.31 was only enough for joint seventh with Sweden in heat two. Both teams have been listed as reserves for the final.
Italy and Poland were the two heat winners, and will be joined in the final by Hungary, Russia, Serbia, Holland, Germany and Greece.
FINAL LINE-UP
Italy
Poland
Hungary
Russia
Serbia
Netherlands
Germany
Greece
Women’s 800m Freestyle – Heats
Italian Simona Quadarella stormed through the 800m freestyle prelims with a time of 8.23.93 that was more than four seconds faster than anyone else.
Hungary’s Ajna Kesely (8:27.96), Russia’s Anna Egorova (8:29.27) and Germany’s Sarah Koehler (8:31.96) were the best of the rest in qualifying.
