WATER SPORT NEWS - The 2018 Uster International Meet took place in Zurich, Switzerland this weekend with some of Europe’s speediest swimmers in attendance. The Long Course Meters meet was staged as an opportunity for swimmers from all around the globe to gauge their progress leading into this summer’s Pan Pacific Championships.
On the men’s side some notable performances were seen in the sprint events, especially on the men’s side with Japan’s Shinri Shioura taking a victory in the 50 free with a quick time of 22.51. Great Britain’s Benjamin Proud touched second in a 22.54 while Andriy Govorov out of the Ukraine nabbed the bronze in a time of 22.80.
Shioura also took the gold in the 100 free on day one of the meet, setting a new meet record in the event with a quick in-season time of 48.89. Belgium’s Pieter Timmers took second there in time of 49.08 while Hungary’s Nandor Nemeth took third with the last sub-50 second time in 49.90.
Great Britain’s Proud would go on to win the men’s 50 fly in meet record fashion by posting a 22.96, ahead of Govorov who swam a 23.07. Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh took the bronze in the event with a 23.92.
Kristof Milak out of Hungary took the men’s 200 fly in a new meet record time of 1:57.66 while fellow countryman Cseh took the silver in a solid 1:59.05. Cseh was able to hold off Milak across the 100 fly by posting a 52.58, to Milak’s 52.63.
