Records rare
Swimmers say full World Cup schedule leaves them tired
Posted: Sunday February 28, 1999 01:42 PM
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Agnes Kovacs of Hungary won three events at the festival. Shaun Botterill/Allsport |
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) -- Germany's Thomas Rupprath missed
breaking his 50-meter backstroke world record by nine-hundredths of
a second Sunday as the Arena Festival swim short course World Cup
ended amid complaints that no new records were set.
German swim officials said there are too many swim meets,
leaving swimmers too tired to race good times. In 16 previous
years, the two-day meet had produced 58 world and 52 European
records.
"It can't go on like this -- we have to reduce the number of
competitions in international swimming," said Ruediger Tretow,
president of the German Swim Federation.
Rupprath had one of the few outstanding times at the event, the
11th of an expanded 12 World Cups, which many top swimmers skipped.
He won in 24.22 seconds, while his record is 24.13.
"I'm speechless that I missed my world record by just
nine-hundredths," said Rupprath.
Hungary's Agnes Kovacs captured the women's 50 and 200 meter
breastroke to give her three firsts at the event after winning
Saturday's 100. Britain's Sue Rolph also dominated the freestyle,
winning the 50 and 100, while Ukraine's Jana Klotchkova won the 00
and 400 medley.
Germany's Christian Keller also took three firsts in the men's
medley races, winning the 200 Sunday to go along with his 100 and
400 triumphs Saturday. He was among several swimmers who wrapped up
the $10,000 prize for the best results in the 12 World Cups.
Arena Festival Results
Men
50 freestyle - 1. Alexander Luederitz, Germany, 22.17 seconds.
2. Sergej Achichmin, Russia, 22.42. 3. Thierry Wouters, Belgium,
22.56. 4. Lorenzo Vismara, Italy, 22.62. 5. Mitja Zastrow, Germany,
22.64. 6. Stefan Herbst, Germany, 22.82.
200 freestyle - 1. Pieter van den Hoogenband, Netherlands, 1
minute 44.96 seconds. 2. Stefan Herbst, Germany, 1:47.26. 3. Chad
Carvin, United States, 1:47.50. 4. Alexei Yegorov, Russia, 1:48.26.
5. Christian Troeger, Germany, 1:48.62. 6. Andrew Clayton, Britain,
1:48.76.
1,500 freestyle - 1. Joerg Hoffmann, Germany, 14:37.92. 2. Luiz
Lima, Brazil, 14:56.82. 3. Thomas Lohfink, Germany, 15:03.66. 4.
Luis Rodriguez, Spain, 15:23.30. 5. Marco Lindner, Germany,
15:27.69. 6. Sylvain Lemieux, Canada, 15:49.20.
100 breastroke - 1. Fredrik Deburghgraeve , Belgium, 1:00.14. 2.
Dimitri Komornikov 1:00.44. 3. Pavel Anochin, Russia, 1:01.20. 4.
Nathan Hewitt, Australia, 1:01.34. 5. Kevin Kling, United States,
1:01.50. 6. Stephan Perrot, France, 1:01.82.
100 butterfly - 1. Denis Silantyev, Ukraine, 52.19. 2. Michael
Mintenko, Canada, 53.70. 3. Denis Pankratov, Russia, 53.86. 4.
Anatoli Polyakov, Russia, 53.90. 5. Joris Kejzer, Netherlands,
54.23.
50 backstroke - 1. Thomas Rupprath, Germany, 24.22. 2. Tomislav
Karlo, Croatia, 25.13. 3. Robert Borucki, Poland, 25.19. 4. Sergei
Ostaptchuk, Russia, 25.31. 5. Sebsatian Halgasch, Germany, 25.48.
6. Fabian Riess, Germany, 25.81.
200 backstroke - 1. Guillermo Mediano, Spain, 1:55.62. 2. Sergei
Ostaptchuk, Russia, 1:55.77. 3. Yong Fu, China, 1:56.80. 4. Jens
Thiele, Germany, 1:57.76. 5. Rugerio Romero, Brazil, 1:58.13.
200 medley - 1. Christian Keller, Germany, 1:58.46 Minuten. 2.
Xufeng Xie, China, 1:59.50. 3. Tom Wilkens, United States, 2:01.06.
4. Brett Lummis, Britain, 2:01.76. 5. Jordi Carrasco, Spain,
2:03.40. 6. Kresimir Cac, Croatia, 2:03.66.
Women
100 freestyle - 1. Sue Rolph, Britain, 54.33. 2. Katrin
Meissner, Germany, 54.39. 3. Simone Osygus, Germany, 55.71. 4.
Jekaterina Kibalo, Russia, 55.90. 5. Lacey Boutwell, United States,
56.37. 6. Daniela Samulski, Germany, 56.47.
400 freestyle - 1. Kirsten Vlieghuis, Netherlands, 4:08.77. 2.
Natasha Bowron, Australia, 4:10.29. 3. Kerstin Kielgass, Germany,
4:10.46. 4. Desiree Beckers, Germany, 4:13.40. 5. Alicja Slosarek,
Poland, 4:13.44. 6. Hannah Stockbauer, Germany, 4:15.66.
50 breaststroke - 1. Agnes Kovac, Hungary, 31.48. 2. Janne
Schaefer, Germany, 31.84. 3. Sylvia Gerasch, Germany, 31.90. 4.
Sarah Poewe, South Africa, 32.17. 5. Amanda Beard, United States,
32.55. 6. Hester Broekhuizen, Netherlands, 32.6.
200 breastroke - 1. Agnes Kovac, Hungary, 2:24.54. 2. Amanda
Beard, United States, 2:28.39. 3. Yuko Sakaguchi, Japan, 2:28.58.
4. Ina Hueging, Germany, 2:28.61. 5. Anne Poleska, Germany,
2:29.56. 6. Martyna Krawczyk, Poland, 2:31.78.
50 butterfly - 1. Katrin Jaeke, Germany, 27.61. 2. Anna Nyiry,
Hungary, 27.66. 3. Daniela Samulski, Germany, 27.76. 4. Nicola
Jackson, Britain, 27.77. 5. Chantal Groot, Netherlands, 27.78. 6.
Marietta Uhle, Germany, 28.04.
200 butterfly - 1. Junko Onishi, Japan, 2:08.84. 2. Sophia Skou,
Denmark, 2:08.88. 3. Maria Pelaez, Spain, 2:09.14. 4. Eva Risztov,
Hungary, 2:10.41. 5. Mandy Loots, South Africa, 2:11.42. 6. Ning
Hu, China, 2:11.94.
100 backstroke - 1. Antje Buschschulte, Germany, 1:00.02. 2.
Yoshiko Saito, Japan, 1:00.88. 3. Julia Fomenko, Russia, 1:01.84.
4. Anke Scholz, Germany, 1:02.50. 5. Anna Nyiry, Hungary, 1:02.78.
6. Anne Wiesner, Germany, 1:03.95.
100 medley - 1. Jana Klotchkova, Ukraine, 1:02.80 Minuten. 2.
Agnieszka Braszkiewycz, Poland, 1:03.06. 3. Annika Mehlhorn,
Germany, 1:03.08. 4. Daniela Wolski, Germany, 1:04.02. 5. Janine
Pietsch, Germany, 1:04.14.
400 medley - 1. Jana Klotchkova, Ukraine, 4:34.28. 2. Yasuko
Tajima, Japan, 4:37.81. 3. Mandy Loots, South Afrca, 4:45.99. 4.
Katia Sarakatsani, Greece, 4:48.08. 5. Janine Pietsch, Germany,
4:48.24. 6. Annika Mehlhorn, Germany, 4:49.19.
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