2024 European Junior Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

By Riley Overend on SwimSwam

2024 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tuesday, July 2nd – Sunday, July 7th
• Prelims at 9:30am local/Finals at 6pm local
• Lazdynai Pool, Vilnius, Lithuania
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Central
• Entries
• Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Recap/Day 2 Finals Recap
• Live Results
• Livestream ($)

Welcome back for Day 3 of the European Junior Championships, with finals of the boys 200 IM, girls 50 freestyle, girls 100 butterfly, boys 1500 free, and girls 4×200 free relay on tap for Thursday night in Lithuania.

There should be some fun showdowns, including an anticipated girls 50 free battle between European junior record holder Sara Curtis and Croatia’s Jan Pavalic, who was just .05 seconds behind the Italian sprinter during Wednesday’s semifinals at 24.78.

The third finals session will also feature semifinals of the both 200 backstrokes, both 200 breaststrokes, boys 50 free, and boys 100 fly.

Stay tuned for live updates below:

GIRLS 200 BACKSTROKE – SEMIFINAL

• World Junior Record: 2:03.35, Regan Smith (2019)
• European Junior Record: 2:06.62
• European Record: 2:04.94, Anastasia Fesikova (2009)
• Championship Record: 2:08.97, Polina Egorova (2017)
• 2023 European Junior Champion: Dora Molnar (Hungary), 2:11.06

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

BOYS 200 IM – FINAL

• World Junior Record: 1:56.99, Hubert Kos (2021)
• European Junior Record: 1:56.99, Hubert Kos (2021)
• European Record: 1:55.18, Laszlo Cseh (2009)
• Championship Record: 1:59.17, Tom Dean (2018)
• 2023 European Junior Champion: Miroslav Knedla (CZE), 2:00.26

PODIUM:

• Gold:
• Silver:
• Bronze:

GIRLS 50 FREESTYLE – FINAL

• World Junior Record: 24.17, Claire Curzan (2021)
• European Junior Record: 24.56, Sara Curtis (ITA), 2024
• European Record: 23.67, Sarah Sjostrom (2017)
• Championship Record: 24.67, Sara Curtis (ITA), 2024
• 2023 European Junior Champion: Sara Curtis (ITA), 25.14

PODIUM:

• Gold:
• Silver:
• Bronze:

BOYS 50 FREESTYLE – SEMIFINAL

• World Junior Record: 21.75, Michael Andrew (2017)
• European Junior Record: 21.83, Artem Selin (2019)
• European Record: 20.94, Frederick Bousquet (2009)
• Championship Record: 21.83, Artem Selin (2019)
• 2023 European Junior Champion: Lorenzo Ballarati (Italy) – 22.56

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

GIRLS 200 BREASTSTROKE – SEMIFINAL

• World Junior Record: 2:19.64, Viktoria Gunes (2015)
• European Junior Record: 2:19.64, Viktoria Gunes (2015)
• European Record: 2:17.55, Evgeniia Chikunova (2023)
• Championship Record: 2:21.07, Evgeniia Chikunova (2019)
• 2023 European Junior Champion: Justine Delmas (France) – 2:25.62

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

BOYS 200 BREASTSTROKE – SEMIFINAL

• World Junior Record: 2:08.83, Zhihao Dong (2023)
• European Junior Record: 2:09.64
• European Record: 2:06.12, Anton Chupkov (2019)
• Championship Record: 2:10.69, Anton Chupkov (2015)
• 2023 European Junior Champion: Steijn Louter (Netherlands) – 2:14.11

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

BOYS 200 BACKSTROKE – SEMIFINAL

• World Junior Record: 1:55.14, Kliment Kolesnikov (2017)
• European Junior Record: 1:55.14, Kliment Kolesnikov (2017)
• European Record: 1:53.23, Evgeny Rylov (2021)
• Championship Record: 1:55.79, Oleksandr Zheltyakov (2023)
• 2023 European Junior Champion: Oleksandr Zheltyakov (Ukraine) – 1:55.79

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

GIRLS 100 BUTTERFLY – FINAL

• World Junior Record: 56.43, Claire Curzan (2021)
• European Junior Record: 56.46
• European Record: 55.48, Sarah Sjostrom (2016)
• Championship Record: 56.95, Lana Pudar (2023)
• 2023 European Junior Champion: Lana Pudar (Bosnia-Herzegovina) – 56.95

PODIUM:

• Gold:
• Silver:
• Bronze:

BOYS 100 BUTTERFLY – SEMIFINAL

• World Junior Record: 50.62, Kristof Milak (2017)
• European Junior Record: 50.62, Kristof Milak (2017)
• European Record: 49.68, Kristof Milak (2021)
• Championship Record: 51.35, Egor Kuimov (2017)
• 2022 European Junior Champion: Casper Puggaard (Denmark) – 52.67

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

BOYS 1500 FREESTYLE – FINAL

• World Junior Record: 14:46.09, Franko Grgic (2019)
• European Junior Record: 14:46.09, Franko Grgic (2019)
• European Record: 14:32.80, Gregorio Paltrinieri (2022)
• Championship Record: 14:58.89, Kuzey Tuncelli (2023)
• 2023 European Junior Champion: Kuzey Tuncelli (Turkey) – 14:58.89

PODIUM:

• Gold:
• Silver:
• Bronze:

GIRLS 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL

• World Junior Record: 7:51.47, Canada (2017)
• European Junior Record: 7:57.33, Russia (2017)
• European Record: 7:45.51, Great Britain (2009)
• Championship Record: 7:58.99, Hungary (2017)
• 2023 European Junior Champion: Hungary, 8:00.25

PODIUM:

• Gold:
• Silver:
• Bronze:

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