After this first day of the Antwerp 2012 European Junior Championships, Russia leads the medal table with 2 gold medals ahead of Germany’s 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, and Spain’s 1 gold and 1 silver. Italy’s Gabriele Detti won the boys’ 400 freestyle in 3:49.27, arguably the best performance of the day, while Spain’s Maria Vilas Vidal hauled most medals by securing both medals that her country won.
Girls 50 breaststroke
Young Margarethe Hummel (GER, born 1997 against girls born 1996) was favorite with an entry time of 31.91 ahead of Anna Stankovics (HUN) in 32.02 and Julia Willers (GER) in 32.28. Sophie Tyler (GBR) clocked the best time in the prelims (32.07) and semifinal (31.71) before Hummel hit hard in the final with a time of 31.55 and 842 FINA points ahead of Taylor in 31.76 and Sztankovics in 31.98.
