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'Any rider who has children is considering what risks they take.' Vingegaard is healed from devastating injuries in Basque
Could Jonas Vingegaard be slowed down at the Tour de France by the mental scars of two serious crashes
His long-time Visma-Lease a Bike trainer Tim Heemskerk wouldn’t be drawn
“It’s difficult to say what effect these crashes have had on Jonas,” Heemskerk told Velo
“But I think any rider who has children is considering what risks they take in a race
“Cycling is more and more hectic and dangerous
Maybe there is a difference in the split-second decisions of riders who have family at home compared to riders with no children,” Heemskerk said last week on a phone call
“And for somebody with a history like Jonas
Also read: Inside Vingegaard’s Tour de France comeback plan
Vingegaard was sidelined for five weeks after his brutal crash last year at Itzulia Basque Country
He lost more training and racing time this year when he smashed his face and was left concussed at Paris-Nice
Vingegaard is back training and reconning stages for his rematch with Tadej Pogačar at the Tour de France
Some have speculated whether the 28-year-old still has the racing verve after two such consequential crashes in less than 12 months
the birth of Vingegaard’s second child last September expands the family-man’s out-of-peloton priorities
“I’m not saying all this has influenced Jonas,” said Heemskerk
who trained and mentored his athlete to two maillots jaune
Heemskerk might not find out how Vingegaard feels in the elbows and accelerations of the bunch until his rider breaks his racing hiatus
Stage 1 of the Critérium du Dauphiné on June 8 will be discovery day
Visma-Lease a Bike seems cursed by crashes
Wout van Aert is left with a visibly disfigured knee after the second of his two serious falls last year
and Olav Kooij were also victims of the V-LAB curse this year
Some speculated during the classics that Van Aert had lost his nerve after they saw moments of caution on the cobbles.
retired pro and EurosportNL commentator Bobbie Traksel recently theorized a shared fear of falls was creeping through the “Killer Bees.”
“They do not only give that fear to Van Aert, but also to Dylan van Baarle, where it is very clear to see. Also to Vingegaard,” Traksel said this spring in an episode of the “Kop over Kop” Podcast
“Fear was the reason Vingegaard didn’t go to the Itzulia Basque Country
If you have a few riders in the team with fear like that
The Dane has made an incredible recovery from his serious crash at Itzulia Basque Country
winning a stage of the Tour de France just 85 days since leaving hospital
Team Visma | Lease a Bike & Getty Images pic.twitter.com/ghWTLFiR5Z
— Velon CC (@VelonCC) July 10, 2024
Heemskerk can only look back to Vingegaard’s brave comeback from injury last year
“When I saw him at the Tour de France after the crash he had last April
I didn’t think he had any issues,” Heemskerk told Velo
“I think it was mentally super strong that he was able to race like that already after such a bad crash.”
Vingegaard admitted he had feared for his life after he slammed into a drainage ditch in the Basque Country
he was stepping onto the podium on the Champs-Élysées
Visma-Lease a Bike introduced a range of measures this winter to help keep its riders upright
“Cognitive training” and the use of radio relays out of its controversial data van are part of the Visma plan
The active development or maintenance of “peloton skills” didn’t factor into the framework for Vingegaard
“We see many riders race really well with just training preparation
He didn’t race at all before the Tour,” Heemskerk said
“But we know there are things like peloton skills that you cannot mimic in training
Heemskerk acknowledged Vingegaard’s race-craft could be rusty after they settled on their altitude-focused Tour de France training program
The eight-day Critérium du Dauphiné will have to de-fizz any nerves ahead of a hyper-stress lap of France in July
“Every rider is different,” Heemskerk said
“One rider maybe needs more peloton skills than another to feel at ease in racing.”
everybody will be hoping Vingegaard sees a smooth ride through the Critérium du Dauphiné
It’s only a short hop from there to the Grand Départ
Tour recon – Col de Peyresourde ⛰️ pic.twitter.com/kP2rg0pmEv
— Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) April 29, 2025
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The emergency services locked down several streets in Heemskerk for several hours on Thursday evening after a man showed up at a GP practice with a possibly contagious tropical disease. Sources involved told NOS that it could be Lassa fever
The 37-year-old man had visited a country in West Africa, the Veiligheidsregio Kennemerland reported
The GP determined that his symptoms resembled that of an infectious disease currently spreading in that country and alerted the emergency services
The man was quarantined in the building where the practice is located
The emergency services locked down the building and cordoned off several streets around it
a special ambulance team arrived to transport him to the LUMC
which manages the region's health and emergency services
The man had contact with five people - three employees of the GP practice and two ambulance workers
They were kept together in a room but were sent home at the end of the evening with instructions to contact the municipal health service GGD if they developed symptoms
including whether the man has an infectious tropical disease and
Lassa fever is caused by the Lassa virus and spreads through contact with saliva and blood
Nigeria is currently struggling with an outbreak
According to the public health service RIVM
about 20 percent of people who are infected with the Lassa virus develop symptoms
The RIVM considers the chance of Lassa fever spreading in the Netherlands as very small
the disease has been diagnosed here three times in the past 40 years
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Biobest has appointed Arjan Heemskerk as the new General Manager for its Dutch operations
who led Biobest Netherlands for a decade and has recently been promoted to President of Plant Products
another division within the global BioFirst Group
Arjan Heemskerk brings a wealth of experience to Biobest Netherlands
He previously served as Commercial Unit Lead EMEA Glass at Bayer Vegetable Seeds
where he focused on sustainable internal and external growth
Expressing his enthusiasm about joining the company
"I am excited to continue Biobest's mission of providing innovative biological crop protection solutions
I aim to deliver the highest quality products and services to Dutch growers
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a small ice yacht was first built that would become the most popular design ice yacht class in the World
The DN is now raced wherever the lakes freeze over
and this is largely due to its unique rig design
In the last couple of winters, it has gained the attention of the Dutch composite designers and carbon boat builders Holland Composites, a notable supplier to the A-Cat Class. But can the DN rig with its massive sidebend work in this development class too
Three-time A-Cat World Champion Mischa Heemskerk has been their chief test pilot for Holland Composites, and is trialing a version of that DN rig before the 2024 A-Cat World Championships in Punta Ala, Italy
This version has an 8’5m carbon tube mast – 500mm lower that the standard A-Cat mast – with side fairings to make it into a wing mast and a luff grove
It is stayed at the usual class hounds point
but has no spreaders commonly seen on the masts
it has adjustable Dyneema lower shrouds that are trimmed to allow a considerable range of sideways bend
This allows the power of the mast to be much more fine-tuned when going upwind and providing more controllable rig power
The lowers are then tensioned up to straighten the mast when going downwind
admittedly in the highly skilled hands of Heemskerk
the rig looks to be of a similar performance to the current setup
as the modern A-Cat rig is a hugely efficient driving power source already
so most modifications frequently result in a drop in efficiency
Their DN rig is still in the early stages of testing though
more controllable foiling power to the A-Cat if it can be optimized
This is a long road now to explore all the aspects and nuances of the design
Can it perform across the 5 to 22 knot class wind range
Will it work as well on the more popular and numerous Classic non-foiling version of the boat
With the mast designed for up to 2.5m of sidebend
but this is the excitement of a high-end development class sailing boat
We might see if the DNA team opt to use it in the World Championships
Maybe once we get used to that bizarrely bent mast
Tags: A-Class Catamaran, A-Class Catamaran World Championship, Mischa Heemskerk
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Celebrating a stage win at O Gran Camiño last year
Tim Heemskerk says the Danish star is not interested in outside noise as he attempts second stage race win of the year
Jonas Vingegaard’s start to the season has been "very promising" but his coach has warned his rivals that they can expect "Jonas 2.0" when he begins his serious preparations for a return to the Tour de France this summer
"Seeing him ride like this is already very promising
and that good shape and form he is taking now to Paris-Nice
But we also know and have to remember that this summer
I’m not saying he’s not in good shape right now
but when Jonas starts his Tour preparation
which Heemskerk says will count in their favour
"We'll have to see how the race will develop
We have two riders that can handle themselves
but there are a lot of strong riders that can give them a good run for the money," he said
before wrapping up his season by winning the Tour de Pologne
"It takes months to actually gain muscle mass again and get back to the explosive values which he had last year before Tirreno-Adriatico," Heemskerk said
"That's a process where at the end of December
"I also have to say that we have approached it a little bit more relaxed," he added
"For instance not doing any altitude work now to have a little bit extra in reserve for summer and autumn
"He's now really focused and I think that will give him a little bit extra in the tank for around May time
We will try to have the best version of Jonas for when the Tour comes and learn from what we're doing now."
hinting at a possible appearance at the cobbled Monument next month
is not remotely interested in what’s being said or written about in relation to the two riders schedules
he's not really ever on his phone," Heemskerk explained
"He is focused on his own things and he does not read what's written
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Trainer backs controversial altitude-heavy
race-lite approach as Vingegaard scrambles back from concussion: 'We know this works.'
who needs to race when you can go to altitude instead
“We know this approach works for him,” Vingegaard’s trainer Tim Heemskerk said
“Some people may say not racing much is ‘a risk,’ but for us it’s proven to work
“We understand that people want to see Jonas race more before the Tour de France
“But we make a plan that gives us a bigger chance in the key period that matters most to Jonas and all us who work with him.”
Vingegeaard revealed last week he will race just once before he squares off with Pogačar and the rest of the “Big-4” at the Tour de France
Despite earlier rumors, there’s no replacement stage-race to fill the void left when a concussion thwarted Vingegaard’s plan to race the Volta a Catalunya
Heemskerk defended a training decision that drew every reaction possible from social media physiologists
“We considered all options for preparing the Tour de France
He could race Romandie and go for the win there
The Tour is the race that matters most to him
and us at the team,” Heemskerk said in a WhatsApp call
but he wants to spend time with his family and be away from all the hecticness of racing
The Critérium du Dauphiné in June will be the first time in three months that Vingegaard will race after he crashed and abandoned Paris-Nice in mid-March
The eight-day tour will complete a long road back for the two-time maillot jaune
Heemskerk revealed to Velo the 28-year-old only returned to full training last week after he finally shook off the hangover of his brain injury
the Tour de France star was away from all-things-intensity for five full weeks
“It was a big setback,” Heemskerk said
“The leaders of a team want to win races
so it was a blow mentally and physically when you do months of training over winter
we’d spent a lot of winter working on Jonas’ muscle mass and explosivity too
he lacked that after last year,” Heemkerk said
referring back to his rider’s brutal crash in the Basque Country
“But we’re now with an opportunity to start back earlier than we used to
— SBS Sport (@SBSSportau) April 24, 2025
The Dauphiné is the first big date in Vingegaard’s summer schedule
He’ll line out against the monument-munching might of Pogačar for the first time this year at a June race seen as a harbinger of Tour de France form. Remco Evenepoel throws another challenge into this crucial tune-up tour
Vingegaard will spend another three weeks in thin air for a “now-or-never” finishing camp in Tignes
“We think Jonas is in a good place to make this work
At Paris-Nice he was in good shape already
but he’d not been to altitude yet,” Heemskerk said
“We know once he’s at with the team at Sierra Nevada [in May] we’ll get him to a really high level,” he continued
“This program is what worked when he won [the Tour de France] in 2022 and 2023.”
Yet Heemskerk knows that no amount of oxygen-deprived intervals will ready Vingegaard for the broiling intensity of the bunch
Vingegaard will have only 18 race-days on his 2025 resume when he lines up for the Tour de France
and he will only have 26 days of competition since he took the step below Pogačar last July on the Champs-Élysées
Pogačar and Evenepoel will see similar pre-Tour totals in what’s a reflection of the new norm to train rather than race
He didn’t race at all before the Tour,” Heemskerk said
“But we know there are things like peloton skills that you cannot mimic in training
“Peloton skills” and the mastercraft of moving around the bunch might be the elephant in the Visma-LAB boardroom
Jonas Vingegaard was in a lot of pain after the finish, looks like he hurt his left wrist quite bad. According to some info, he was also dizzy after the crash. With a cold and rainy weekend ahead, he might not start tomorrow’s stage…#ParisNice pic.twitter.com/bxLTbTJdlD
— Mihai Simion (@faustocoppi60) March 13, 2025
Vingegaard suffered devastating injuries and a five-week layoff last year in that descending crash in the Basque Country
His highly consequential spill 10 months later at Paris-Nice threw him back to the sidelines
If Vingegaard is left with any nerves or hesitancy
the Critérium du Dauphiné will have to act as an eight-day therapy session
The opening week of the Tour de France across the sinuous
complex parours of Normandy and Brittany won’t take prisoners of the timid
It’s likely that tricky parcours and narrow descents will be the least of Vingegaard’s problems in July
Heemskerk acknowledged Vingegaard’s archrival Pogačar has been “incredible” this year. The whole Visma-Lease a Bike entourage also previously recognized that the team needs to “close the gap” to the world champion
“Pogačar can win in almost any situation unless it’s a bunch sprint
It’s special to see,” Heemskerk said last week
“But what he does will not impact our approach
“Maybe we will make an analysis of his strengths
And while the Tour de France isn’t a w/kg contest
Heemskerk was keeping faith that the physiology counts for Vingegaard’s big rematch with Pogačar
That’s why he’s planning to make sure the Dane turns up for the French Départ a physiological monster
Heemskerk has mapped out a training framework based on their winning preparations in 2022 and 2023
Tweaks have been made to reflect lost race days
“There’s no point worrying about what Pogačar is doing,” Heemskerk told Velo
And that means making a good head-start on Jonas’ fitness
then considering what we might need to change after what we see in the Dauphiné
“With already a good training week this week and the upcoming period before we go to Sierra
we are making a head start on our rivals.”
The horrifying realization as the W/kg numbers came out latter that day that even though Vingegaard crushed every other climbing performance in history he still got brutalized by Pogacar
7 W/kg for 40 minutes is hard to comprehend
— Natskyge (@natskyge) April 26, 2025
Pogačar admitted after his solo blitz on Liège-Bastogne-Liège last weekend that he needs downtime after his audacious
Evenepoel bounced straight from Liège to the Tour de Romandie, and Primož Roglič … he’s racing the friggin’ Giro d’Italia
Vingegaard will be living like a monk and riding like a madman in his Tour de France boot camp
“In a few weeks he’ll be ahead of schedule compared to previous years,” Heemskerk said
“He missed out on racing but he’s got a head start on training and bodyweight before he goes to altitude.”
The Dauphiné is seen as the final level exam ahead of the Tour de France
It’s the race where every acceleration and micro-move is scrutinized and extrapolated to what comes a few weeks later
But Heemkerk suggested they won’t get the jitters at any disappointment in mid-June
The Dauphiné is really important because we will get an analysis of Jonas
And the three weeks after that give us a lot of time,” he said
“When I’ve seen Jonas in really good form before the Dauphiné I get a bit nervous
It makes me worry if he can keep his shape through to the end of the Tour,” Heemskerk continued
“It’s nicer to need to make one more little step than to already be at the top of the mountain.”
Vingegaard has 10 weeks to get out of the foothills and onto the upper slopes of Heemskerk’s fitness mountain
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Arts at CERN has welcomed Dutch artist Joan Heemskerk for a one-month residency at the Laboratory
Heemskerk is a member of the renowned art collective JODI
which was known for pioneering web-based art during the mid-1990s
her work explores the norms and challenges of the languages of the internet and computer programs
Heemskerk's residency is dedicated to artistic research and focuses on her project
Drawing inspiration from Tim Berners-Lee’s proposal at CERN that all scientists should be able to exchange ideas
this project seeks to craft a new universal language through a re-examination of the cryptographic characters Alice and Bob
the material clay and the iconic computer program “Hello
Heemskerk aims to explore the various laboratory facilities and engage in conversations with physicists
she is examining how CERN's digital systems transmit and exchange information
and how this compares to the ancient practice of conveying information using materials such as clay tablets
This interest has taken her from the archived computer-coded printouts of experimental physicist Louis Dick to the working processes and the intricacies of the CMS experiment’s trigger and data acquisition systems
On 31 October at 11 a.m., CERN’s Women in Technology group will host Heemskerk for a conversation about her artistic approach and current research, which will be followed by a Q&A session. More information about the event can be found here.
Arts at CERN invites scientists, engineers and everyone who might be interested in engaging exchanges with Heemskerk to come and meet the artist. These interactions will allow you to delve into discussions about your research, explore common areas of interest and get involved in Heemskerk’s artistic projects. If you're interested in contacting the artist or in taking part in her research in any way, please contact us at info.arts@cern.ch.
As part of her Collide Copenhagen residency award
Heemskerk will travel to Copenhagen next month where she will continue to exchange with scientists and to develop an artwork that will be shown in an exhibition at Copenhagen Contemporary
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Jonas Vingegaard’s coach has said the Danish rider lost a lot of muscle mass when he was in hospital after his crash and never recovered through the season
even though he was 2nd overall at the Tour de France
even without the Itzulia Basque Country (2.UWT) crash in early April
it was uncertain if he would have beaten Tadej Pogačar to Tour de France victory as the Slovenian rider was now on a much high level than before
Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) was already training hard in a bid to close the gap to Pogačar
especially after he had lost a lot of muscle mass when he was in hospital for two weeks after his crash
By starting his hard winter training so early
while Pogačar was having a post-season break
Heemskerk said Vingegaard had an advantage
“It is a huge advantage that we can start early with Jonas”
“We need that if we want to close the gap with Pogacar
Because after that crash Jonas lacked a few things
“Jonas was in the hospital for twelve days without any activity and that caused him to lose a lot of muscle mass
That had an impact on the rest of the year
but Jonas went straight from the hospital to rehabilitation and to the Tour de France
That all cost a lot of energy and he never fully recovered from that
Jonas needs time to get his body back into the balance it was in before that fall
“We can’t sit back and say that Jonas would have beaten Pogačar without that fall
We have to accept that Pogačar has raised the bar even higher this year
We know that we have a big task ahead of us.”
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The challenge The fresh foods company needed a flexible and scalable automation solution that would pick and stack orders
allowing Heemskerk to deliver the freshest food
just in time to supermarkets and other food service companies. The solution A robotic order picking installation at Heemskerk’s Rjinsburg facility in the Netherlands prepares orders according to each supermarket or food retailer’s needs
so that the products can be cross docked directly onto supermarket shelves instead of being stored at distribution centers. The application Order picking crates of fresh fruit
vegetables and ready-to-eat foods according to orders from supermarkets and food service companies.
Heemskerk Fresh & Easy has been ahead of the curve in creating products that make it easy for its customers to lead a healthy lifestyle
Wim Heemskerk started the company in the 1960s
selling chopped vegetable soup mixes that quickly became a regular dinner item in Dutch households for the convenience they offered to busy consumers
Sixty years on and Heemskerk is on top of its game
delivering anywhere between 3.5 million to 4 million fresh convenience products every single week to retail companies and fast food chain across the globe
Buoyed by a growing preference for more plant-based
Heemskerk has expanded its operations to offer more than 400 products such as fresh salads
ready-to-cook meal boxes and pre-cut vegetables and fruit that can satisfy diverse customer needs and tastes
Heemskerk faced challenges in the supply chain as the company needed to make just-in-time deliveries of fresh food products to supermarkets across the country
As food such as fresh salads and ready-to-cook meals have very short shelf lives
being able to reduce the amount of time that the food spent in the supply chain is crucial for Heemskerk and its supermarket customers who can stock the food for longer and reduce potential wastage
This coupled with diverse food demands from end customers meant that the existing manual order picking and dropping operations at the Heemskerk facility was no longer sufficient for the company
A shortage of skilled labor to support the large-scale process also increased manufacturing costs
These pain points prompted Heemskerk to invest in a robotics automation solution from ABB that offered the speed and flexibility to support the company with faster manufacturing processes and shorter lead times to supermarkets
ABB supplied a robot-centric solution to automate the order picking operations at Heemskerk’s production facility
At the beginning of the product flow is an ABB IRB 660 four-axis robot that removes crates containing the orders for a particular supermarket and places them on a conveyor belt
The crates then move to the order picking zone where six IRB 6700 six-axis robots positioned on a track pick up the crates and place them in “pigeon holes” that are designated for that supermarket
Two other IRB 6700 robots positioned on the other side of the order picking zone consolidate the order picked crates to create stable mixed high stacks
These crates are finally picked up by another IRB 660 four-axis robot that places the crates onto dollies to be transported directly to the supermarket
This form of order picking makes the solution more robust as it can seamlessly process an endless variety of orders – a concept that is very useful to the daily changing volume orders of the fresh food industry
While there are many benefits to be gleaned from the ABB robot solution
one of the most important advantages for Heemskerk and its supermarket customers is that the solution reduces the amount of time the fresh produce spends in the supply chain
minimizing wastage and creating a more sustainable solution for the fresh food industry
of all the food produced and packaged for human consumption is wasted every year
according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization
and industry players are increasingly ramping up their efforts to reduce the scale of wastage
The automated order picking capability of the ABB robotic solution allows logistics operators to cross dock products directly to supermarkets
The ability for retailers to receive already order picked quantities for each store increases its shelf life by about one day
in more traditional food logistics processes
the packaged food is first stacked in the supermarket chain’s storage unit where employees pick and stack the food according to orders from each of its stores only after which they are transported the stores
This process typically takes about half a day
lowering the already short shelf life of fresh and natural food
Another big advantage for Heemskerk is the flexibility that the ABB system offers
the ABB robots are able to quickly adapt to varying demands from supermarket and grocery store customers
whose volume and variety demands change almost every day and according to seasonality
Unlike traditional logistics automation that typically handle individual units in a time-consuming order picking process
the ABB robotic solution enables Heemskerk to deliver more than 60 large scale order picked deliveries every day
While the system processes over 800,000 crates every week
it can handle double or even triple that volume without needing any changes
this flexibility allows Heemskerk to quickly ramp up volume based on demand without added investment and on the other hand the solution eliminates underutilization of the automation system on the rare days when demand is low
The modular and standardized design of the ABB robot solution makes it very easy to add new robot zones to meet additional capacity
Heemskerk plans to add more robots to its current system to support its future growth
The entire solution can be installed in relatively low buildings and can even be split up into several modules that need not be necessarily placed next to each other
This makes the automated logistics solution ideal for brownfield applications
meaning reduced maintenance and spare parts costs
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In a press release, Staatsloterij announced that the grand prize of its most successful New Year’s Eve lottery ever has been won by two lucky participants in Heemskerk and the municipality of Bladel
Each winner will receive 15 million euros tax-free
was sold as two half tickets.The winner in the municipality of Bladel
purchased the ticket online and is already known to Staatsloterij
the winning ticket in Heemskerk was purchased at CIGO Gelukszaak Bekker
Staatsloterij has urged the Heemskerk winner to come forward and claim the prize
“What a fantastic end to 2024 for these winners
we’ve had the pleasure of making dozens of people millionaires
but distributing 15 euros million twice is truly extraordinary,” Rosner said
Staatsloterij provides winners with comprehensive support
dubbed "First Aid for Happiness." Rosner added
“We look forward to congratulating the winners and connecting them with a financial advisor
We’ll discuss who they might want to share the news with and offer guidance on adjusting to such a life-changing event.”
a longstanding Dutch tradition alongside oliebollen and champagne
tickets were sold at a rate of 40 per second — equivalent to 2,424 tickets per minute and 145,479 per hour
7.6 million tickets were sold for this year’s drawing
the 30 euros million grand prize also went to the southern Netherlands
with the winning ticket sold in the municipality of Woensdrecht
That winner took 11 days to come forward and claim their prize
Staatsloterij keeps their identities confidential
Staatsloterij is the oldest lottery in the Netherlands
Referencing Tim Berners-Lee’s proposal at CERN that all scientists should be able to exchange ideas
Joan Heemskerk’s project, Alice & Bob after Clay +=-> Hello, world!, seeks to develop a new universal language. Through a re-assessment of the cryptographic characters Alice and Bob
the material clay and the computer programme Hello, World!, the produced message
in the form of a light-beam or a radio-signal or something else entirely, would transcend galactic and life-form boundaries.
Joan Heemskerk will complete a two-month residency, which will be split between CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary and dedicated to artistic research and exploration
She will work side by side with physicists, engineers and laboratory staff.
With the support of the curatorial teams of Arts at CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary
the residency will be followed by a phase of designing and producing a new artwork that will become part of an exhibition at Copenhagen Contemporary in 2025, which will examine the impact of technology on humanity.
“CERN has a long history of innovating ideas and is a unique environment for developing new forms of science and art
It fits within the mission of Arts at CERN to welcome an artist who has continually challenged our collective understanding and imagination of the digital realm
We are delighted to support Joan Heemskerk in exploring the possibility of a new language
in dialogue and with the support of our community”
says Mónica Bello, head of Arts at CERN.
“At Copenhagen Contemporary we regard artists as primary investigators of contemporary culture. As a pioneer of digitally based art, Joan Heemskerk has challenged our notions of technology from the early days of the internet – and we are beyond excited to work with her on a new project”
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Visma-Lease a Bike not forcing US sensation in any direction after breakout first season
Monuments, grand tours, stage races: Matteo Jorgenson can do it all – and Visma-Lease a Bike plans to keep it that way
Jorgenson’s trainer Tim Heemskerk told Velo the team won’t put any limits on its U.S
“We’re still discovering Matteo’s capacities,” Heemskerk told Velo
“We don’t want to try to focus him on any one thing just yet,” said the team staffer
“We might only do that if we see he could really
Visma-Lease a Bike will give Jorgenson room to roam all over the 2025 cycling season
it’s a strategy that reaped revelatory success in 2024
Jorgenson delivered headline victories at Paris-Nice and Dwars door Vlaanderen in just his first months with his new “super team.”
He only a few months later finished eighth overall at the Tour de France for USA’s best result in 10 years
“We want to keep Matteo’s calendar open for now,” Heemskerk said in a recent call
“He just had an amazing season by doing a bit of everything
Visma-Lease a Bike will wait for Jorgenson’s direction to find itself
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Jorgenson played “MVP” this year for Visma-Lease a Bike
The long, lean Idahoan stepped up in the classics when Wout van Aert was injured. He filled the gap in Jonas Vingegaard‘s mountain train when Sepp Kuss couldn’t start the Tour de France
It was a rookie season Jorgenson described as “perfect.”
His nomination for the prestigious Velo d’Or award suggests many others agree
and still some way from the peak of his powers
“Matteo is still developing,” Heemskerk said
“The next years are when we might see him naturally going in a certain direction
like really going for a win in a classic or grand tour
“It’s at that point we will need to make choices for his program that give the best preparation toward that goal,” Heemskerk said
Jorgenson is signed through 2026 with his Dutch powerhouse team
He’ll be 27 years old and nudging toward his physiological prime in his contract year
Visma-Lease a Bike’s fortunes in its ongoing wars with Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel might have led Jorgenson down a certain path by that point
“Matteo’s direction will depend on how he grows with us
but also on management and how we need to fill roles for our plans,” Heemskerk said
“But we’ll need to all agree it’s the right direction and if we need to change things,” the trainer said
“But we’re not at the time to need to do that yet.”
Heemskerk acknowledged Jorgenson’s multi-tool schedule isn’t ideal
can put a ceiling on performance and squeeze the brakes on potential breakthroughs
Heemskerk also trains Vingegaard and will work with Visma’s new signing Simon Yates
He’ll be scouring Jorgenson’s power files this winter to pull out some extra percentages in the new year
Matteo can switch from classics to stage races
but it’s difficult for us to manage,” he said
“It’s certainly a lot more complicated than with Jonas
“We managed to juggle and keep all those balls in the air this year
we can understand how to do it better next year,” Heemskerk continued
Heemskerk is convinced 2024 was only the start for USA’s breakout star
This season was Jorgenson’s first working in the dialed-down
The Dutch team’s methodology is a whole galaxy away from the self-funded
home-researched approach Jorgenson put himself through in his fledgling years with Team Movistar
“We can bring in lots of new ideas for Matteo’s training but we cannot do it all in one year,” Heemskerk said
“The second season is when a rider knows the teammates and staff and understands the philosophy,” he said
“And people say the magic with coaching happens only after three years.”
The question on everybody’s lips is whether there’s a grand tour future for Jorgenson in his second or third year with “The Killer Bees.”
Eighth at the 2024 Tour de France while playing superdomestique for Vingegaard suggests a Kuss-style conversion could be in the cards
He showed already he can do a strong third week in the Tour,” Heemskerk told Velo
Jorgenson recently said he’s in no rush to lead over three weeks in 2025
“We’re yet to realize Matteo’s potential,” Heemskerk said
and we’ve become familiar now from working together in racing and at the training camps
So we know for sure there is more to come,” said the team trainer
It seems the sky is the limit for Jorgenson
He could be pushing toward peak orbit by 2026
Two-time Tour de France champion already back on the bike and ironing out the wrinkles ahead of a 2025 showdown with Tadej Pogačar
Jonas Vingegaard is already laying the foundations for his Tour de France rematch with Tadej Pogačar.
Visma-Lease a Bike trainer Tim Heemskerk told Velo that Vingegaard is tracing an accelerated 2025 roadmap after he shut down his season ahead of time with accumulated fatigue
“Jonas is back in training and doing well,” Heemskerk told Velo
“We’re already building up toward 2025
next year,” said Vingegaard’s long-time coach
Vingegaard has been rolling steady miles and helping care for his newborn child at home in Denmark
Pogačar and the rest of the pro peloton are in full-sofa off-season mode
It’s just the head start Vingegaard needs after he was left a half-wheel behind in 2024
His season was turned upside down and never fully put right after that devastating crash in the Basque Country
“We can build up to put in a really good foundation for next year by starting training this early,” Heemskerk said on a recent call
“It’s something we really needed
“Jonas is training really well on the bike
but focussing on his strength and conditioning also,” he said
“This means he can start to normalize again after he lost some muscle mass last year.”
Heemskerk wasn’t able to confirm Vingegaard’s program for 2025 or comment on the speculation his athlete would debut at the Giro d’Italia
Visma-Lease a Bike’s top staff are making painstaking reviews of a 2024 season that got away from them and will confirm calendars later in the winter
Heemskerk did however suggest that the Tour de France, and a rematch with Pogačar
Vingegaard will need every extra kilometer he can get ahead of the July grand départ
“We can only accept Pogačar raised the bar this year,” Heemskerk said
big advantage we could start early with Jonas
We need it if we’re to push on and close the gap with Pogačar.”
But Visma-Lease a Bike knows a few weeks of extra base training won’t give Vingegaard a golden bullet
Pogačar blew everybody away this year in what was a season for the ages
and a mammoth contract extension are just the start of Pogačar’s 2024 roll of honor
“We cannot sit back and say that Jonas could have beaten Pogačar this year with proper preparation and not losing time to the crash,” Heemskerk told Velo
“We need to evaluate and look at everything to beat him
“We know we have a very big task ahead of us.”
Three months after a career threatening crash, Jonas Vingegaard is back at his best level and took his 4th TDF stage win, spanking Pogacar in an uphill sprint. Definitely one of the most incredible comebacks I’ve ever seen. Hats off, Jonas. #TDF2024pic.twitter.com/5GBxSA7RUI
— Mihai Simion (@faustocoppi60) July 10, 2024
Heemskerk is part of Vingegaard’s closest circle
He helped Vingegaard find his Tour de France form just months after the crash in April that left him with smashed bones and busted lungs
The Dutchman accepted recent comments from Visma-Lease a Bike director Frans Maassen and new recruit Victor Campenaerts
Vingegaard will need to be beyond 110 percent to beat Pogačar next year
Vingegaard won’t be bothered by the critics who called him out for hanging up his bike as early as August
Heemskerk said the 27-year-old is refreshed and restored after a season that put him through a whirlwind transition from a hospital bed to the Tour de France podium
and their newborn second child has given Vingegaard just the boost he needed for another prizefight with Pogi
mentally and physically,” Heemskerk said
Our biggest problem right now is to prevent him being too good too early
That can happen with guys this talented.”
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— Velon CC (@VelonCC) August 20, 2024
Vingegaard ended his season early through necessity
It could pay unexpected dividends in the year to come
The Dane’s early return to training affords him time to iron out the wrinkles still left over from a horrendous crash that happened some seven months ago
“Jonas had 12 days in hospital without activity
and it affected him all year,” Heemserk said
to the Tour de France,” he continued
“That all took a lot of energy and he never fully recovered.”
Vingegaard has been playing catch up in training this month
he’ll start the new season at square one
“Jonas still needs some time to normalize again,” Heemskerk said
“He needs time to let his body come back to the balance he was at last year before the crash
“We’ve got time to really work on the weaknesses now
He lost some of that due to his crash,” Heemskerk said
Will a “bonus” month of training help bring Vingegaard level with Pogačar by Tour de France-time next July
“Every week it starts to look better again
Everything will come back to how it was,” Heemskerk said
“And then after that we have to make the next step we need to keep competitive.”
Pogacar has beaten Vingegaard twice in the Tour
2025. Bring it on, Tadej! pic.twitter.com/lWRohu3nvF
— Mr Blue(Pede B) (@cycletips123) July 23, 2024
we are discussing the madness that occurred at the Ft Lauderdale Pro Swim
Ledecky’s world record in the 800 free proves that age is seemingly just a number for her
but it also makes the Rio 2016 swim she beat out more memorable
Marchand has a few areas of improvement to work on if he hopes to return to his Paris form at the World Championships this summer in Singapore
having tight battles in both the 200 and 400 IM but ultimately touching 2nd in both
Cal Bear and Mexican swimmer Humberto Najera took down a pair of national records in the men’s backstroke events
October 05th, 2021 Europe, International, News
Dutch Olympian Femke Heemskerk has announced she will be retiring from competitive swimming effective after the current International Swimming League season (ISL)
Heemskerk is a member of Team Energy Standard
one of the squads set to battle it out in the playoffs next month
the 34-year-old freestyle ace stated the following on social media today
“After 20 years of racing international competitions I’m announcing my retirement during the last competition of the ISL (November / December).
I’m very happy that I’ve learned so much during my swimming career, swam so much faster than I’ve ever imagined, won more medals than I’ve ever wished for and I’m so grateful I got to work with the best of the best and raced my idols till the new generation and upcoming stars.
I’m going to enjoy this last months as a professional athlete and hope to see you all there in Eindhoven! ❤️”
Heemskerk made her first elite international squad competing at the 2005 FINA World Championships and hasn’t looked back, amassing 60 elite medals over the course of her prolific career. She is a 4-time Olympian, having competed in 2008, 2012, 2016 and this past summer in Tokyo, Japan, collecting 4x100m free relay gold in Beijing, as well as silver in the same event in London 4 years later.
Heemskerk most recently took gold in the women’s individual 100m freestyle at the 2020 European Championships. She owns the Dutch national marks in the 100m and 200m freestyle events in long course and the 200m free short course.
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The best female swimmer to not win an individuK Olympic medal
I feel like we don’t pay enough attention to swimmers like Femke
it’s always the leading swimmers in men’s events who we talk about
There are so many female swimmers out there that have had an outstanding career but will never get the same hype
But I will consider Femke as one of the greatest swimmers of all time
Always smiling and congratulating her competitors
A pleasure to watch her race and be such a role model in the sport
She’s also done so much to bring the mental toll of performing at this level to the public discourse in the Netherlands (whether intentionally or not)
Will never forget her 2015 interviews in Kazan – she’s a legend in so many ways
What a swimmer to have had in a small country like the Netherlands
you’ll never hear a bad word said about her
Just recently you could find some bad words about her
How she totally disrespected a fellow Dutch athlete on the 50 freestyle
to only withdraw from the semi-final on the Olympics.
Qualified 16th and decided not to participate
Whereas the other athlete would have been very very happy to perform and swim in the semi’s
She was given an opportunity to qualify in the event after covid stole her ability to compete in Rotterdam
she then beat her compatriot handily and *earned* the birth
If apparently the finals do not fit into your schedule
If I would have a qualifying moment ahead of me
I would do everything in my power to avoid external factors influencing my presence
The way she acted ruined someone else carreer
I was okay with it up until she withdrew from the Olympic semifinal
If she had swum the race out that’s one thing
But to take the spot and then drop the race
Former Masters swimmer and coach Loretta (Retta) thrives on a non-stop but productive schedule
that includes having earned her MBA while working full-time in IT while owning French 75 Boutique while also providing swimming insight for BBC
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Milou van Wijk segna il primato personale nei 100 stile libero (53.18) e diventa la numero uno al mondo nel 2025 alla Diamond Speedo Race
Katie Grimes e Claire Weinstein ha stabilito il nuovo record del mondo nella staffetta 4×200
Siobhan Haughey ha cancellato il record del Mare Nostrum nei 200 metri stile libero stabilito 12 anni fa dall’olimpionica Camille Muffat
Siobhan Haughey in her second swim of the evening posted a new Mare Nostrum Record in the 200 free
taking down Camille Muffat’s 1:54.66
i Campionati del Mondo di Doha ci hanno dato la possibilità di conoscere atleti che potrebbero essere protagonisti delle Olimpiadi di Parigi
Heemskerk swam on the world record setting 4×100 free relay
She also swam on the 4×200 free relay
as well as the 200 free (1:56.86) individually
While the Netherlands oddly enough did not win any relay medals at this addition of the Euro’s
Heemskirk did manage to get on the podium with a 3rd place finish in the 100 free
The Netherlands were back on top in the 4×100 free relay in Shanghai
Femke anchored the gold medal relay in a field best split of 52.46
pulling ahead of the US in the final lap to touch first
where she was the top seed headed into finals (1:55.54) but fell to 7th in the final heat (1:57.63)
where she was 2nd seed out of semis (53.67) and ended up tying for 4th (53.72) just outside of the medals
Femke once again came in clutch for the Dutch
splitting 52.86 on the 2nd leg of the 4×100 free relay and helping the Netherlands to a bronze medal
She also placed 5th in the 100 free (53.67) and and 11th in the 200 free (1:56.98)
her first major meet where she medaled in both the 100 (silver
as well as the 4×100 free relay (silver)
Femke has field best split in both the 4×100 (50.58) and 4×200 (1:51.22) while she had the 2nd best split in the 4×50 (23.24) with only her teammate Ranomi Kromowidjojo swimming faster (22.88)
she set a championship record en route to a gold medal in the 100 free (51.37) and placed 3rd for bronze in the 200 free (1:51.69)
Heemskerk swam the 100m and 200m freestyles and both the 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays
The Netherlands finished fourth in the 4x100m freestyle relay
and Heemskerk’s best individual result was 16th in the semifinals of the 200m freestyle
Maud Van Der Meer and Ranomi Kromowidjojo to win the bronze medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay
Heemskerk split a 52.84 on the second leg of the relay
Swimming the third leg on the 4x100m Mixed freestyle relay
Heemskirk helped Netherlands to a silver medal; teaming with Ben Schwietert
Heemskerk took in a medal haul of 4 silvers at the 2018 Euro champs
She placed 2nd in the 100 (53.23) and 200 (1:56.72) free
while also helping the Netherlands to 2nd place finishes in the women’s and mixed 4×100 free relays
Heemskerk won the silver in the 50 freestyle (23.67) and 100 freestyle (51.60) and grabbed the bronze in the 200 free (1:52.36) in Hangzhou
She also was a part of relay teams which won four silvers (mixed 4×50 free
women’s 4×50 free) and a bronze (women’s 4×50 medley)
Mark Segal April 30
The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) announced today the appointment of Irene Heemskerk as Head of the new ECB climate change centre
The climate change center was established earlier this year to bring together the work on climate issues in different parts of the bank
The role of the center is to shape and steer the ECB’s climate agenda internally and externally
building on the expertise of all teams already working on climate-related topics
Heemskerk joins the ECB from the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation
where she currently works as a Sustainability Fellow
Between 2017 and 2020 she served at De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) as Advisor to the Chair of the Network for Greening the Financial System
and also held the position of Policy Advisor on Climate Risks and Sustainability at DNB
Heemskerk will begin her new role at the ECB in June 2021
and will report to ECB President Christine Lagarde
“The climate change centre will focus the ECB’s efforts to address climate change
knowledge and enthusiasm required to lead the climate change centre’s work and to strengthen the ECB’s role in the fight against climate change within its mandate.”
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East Village © 2012 – 2015 Remko Heemskerk
It’s pretty common to find photographs or paintings of iconic New York City landscapes and streetscapes
but there’s usually not much of a reason behind the artist’s choice other than that everyone knows these sites or they’ll likely sell well
created this print series from the inspiration of his personal experiences living in the city
whether it be the view from his apartment window or the spot where he and his wife kissed goodbye every morning
The visual element that sets Heemskerk’s work apart is its bright
Rather than using realistic colors or traditional black-and-white
he chose a style that he feels reflects the vibrancy of New York City and its residents
Remko Heemskerk moved to New York three years ago when his wife got a job at the UN
He had left behind a 15-year career as a graphic designer and art director
so decided to start drawing again when they landed in Greenwich Village
His work quickly evolved into the now-world-famous block-color building and streetscapes
all of which have a personal story for the couple
Shepard Fairey’s stencil on the Bowery represented for the couple “the gateway to the Lower East Side,” where they would go for “cheap beer and good snacks.”
The artist sketches his ideas on paper and then transfers them to Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
where he uses color to highlight a specific building or aspect
Some buildings are so grey and boring that I can’t see them without color
I always say that my artwork is pure architecture but the color represents the vibe and the people in the city
A striking composition is more important than reality
Sometimes I put photos in Photoshop and copy and paste everything until I have the perfect picture
Those files can be a basis for an illustration file
That is just what I like about being an illustrator
Heemskerk and his wife are now back in the Netherlands, where he is still creating works from photographs taken while in the city. His cheerful work is so popular, in fact, that NYC & Company hired him to design their See the City campaign encouraging tourism to all five boroughs
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'We know these guys are mentally really tough' Tim Heemskerk says 27-year-old is making rapid progress in his return to fitness after broken collarbone
Jonas Vingegaard’s coach says the Tour de France champion is on track in his return from injury and could join a Visma-Lease a Bike training camp in Tignes next month.
Tim Heemskerk praised Vingegaard’s mental and physical strength
and said his rider was firmly on track to increase his training load as he aims to be on the Tour start line in Florence on 29 June.
"We're dealing with a two-time Tour de France champion," Heemskerk said
"We know these guys are mentally really tough but also can recover really fast
At the time of crashing these guys are already really fit
Vingegaard is currently at home in Denmark and is continuing to gradually increase his outdoor riding
Heemskerk said he was encouraged by the communication he’d received from Vingegaard’s medical team
including physiotherapists but that he was prepared to "put the brakes on" should the 27-year-old need to pause his return to training.
"Every time the messages we've got are that he's improving so fast," he explained
"That's the same for every time there's been something going on in the last six years when I was working with him.
"Every day we've been keeping in touch with each other and every day it's going in the direction of maybe doing some normal training again in just a matter of time."
Heemskerk pointed out that the nature of Vingegaard’s injuries inevitably mean that his return to fitness won’t always be plain sailing
"You have to remember with this that it's not always going to be a straight line," he said
"Maybe some days things will not go in the direction we want
it looks like every day is going towards improvement
"But you cannot predict tomorrow or the day after
maybe then there is pain or something going on
but at the moment it looks like every day we can add a little bit and every day we're getting closer to getting back on track
"I'm positive at the moment seeing that every day we can add a little bit to his riding and every day
we get the feedback that this is going in the right direction from the physio working with him in Denmark."
With roughly eight weeks until the Florence Grand Départ
Heemskerk's aim is for Vingegaard to gradually increase his training volume with the aim of joining up with his teammates at Visma-Lease a Bike’s final Tour training camp in Tignes.
he reiterated the sentiment of Visma CEO Richard Plugge and said that Vingegaard would only travel to Italy if he was fully fit and ready.
He said: "When we really look at how much time we have till the start of the Tour
then we know that Jonas is at the best place at the moment to build base levels
to maybe start doing some intervals soon and to continue working with the physio in Denmark.
Denmark is not the place to prepare for the Tour
when things are going in the right direction
he'll be able to join a part of the preparation with all the other riders
We have a team going now to Sierra Nevada preparing and then that team will also go to the Criterium du Dauphine and then to Tignes."
"I really hope we will improve every day so that he's able to join the team in Tignes and be part of a group," he added
I think that's the most important thing now and I know it will be really important in the next two
But Heemskerk suggested that could change depending on how the next weeks play out.
"Maybe it's just training all the way and there might be no race,” he said
“But it will depend also on what the feedback from Jonas will be in the next two to three weeks.
my thoughts are just about tomorrow and this next little training block..
I think in two weeks from now we will have a really
really better view of where we are at to enable us to predict a programme.
I'm just thinking about the fact that we just have eight weeks for training time."
22 May 2024 | Tennis SA
National Volunteer Week recognises the diverse passions and talents everyone brings
Thank you for your commitment and the positive impact within the tennis community
I have been a volunteer I think since around the age of 8 (36 years!)
It started out at my soccer club where my grandparents and parents were heavily involved
I would help my Oma with cleaning the club and my Mum with canteen duties
I’d say I started being a tennis volunteer at around 11-12
My Dad was on the junior committee at the club so I would help him with different things
Q: Tell us about your favourite part of your role
My favourite part of the role is seeing the young kids enjoy themselves out on court and the excitement they get when they connect with a tennis ball for the first time
And just the friendships made from being involved in a club
My favourite tennis memory is a bit tricky and I probably have 2
The first being awarded Life Membership of my club
which was a huge honour to be acknowledged for my work and commitment and the other memory is playing SAPSASA and being selected when I was a year 5
I then got selected the next 2 years so went for 3 years
After year 7 SAPSASA I got selected for a talent camp and went away with other kids to a camp at Wirrina Cove
1924 to Anna Maria and Cornelis Vollebregt in Zoetermeer
She was fourth oldest in a family of eight children
Hendrica is predeceased by first husband Nick (January 1984)
Tom and son-in-law Gene Beaudoin; cherished grandchildren
Jaryn Vaile and Kirstie (Adam) Williams; great-grandchildren Annalie and Cedar Haigler
Lennon and Ivy Boes with baby due July 2019
Olivia and Elaina Heemskerk and Eila Williams; sister Annie Van Wieringen; several brothers and sisters-in-law; and several nieces and nephews from Holland
Hendrica is predeceased by her brothers and sister
Rita and Nick immigrated from Holland in 1953 and made their first home on the former ACT Ranch in the Ellison district of Kelowna
They eventually moved back to Ellison in 1961 where they resided on a dairy farm on Bulman Road until 2000
Rita was a meticulous and gifted seamstress
fabulous baker and warm hostess who also loved to knit and crochet
Throughout her years she was actively involved in the CWL
leading singing at Church and St Vincent de Paul and as well knitting hundreds of blankets and vests for orphanages overseas
Rita and Leo resided at the Village at Mill Creek
and after Leo’s death Mom moved to Cottonwoods and then Glenmore Lodge
Her last 6 weeks were spent in Abbotsford at Menno Home near family
The Heemskerk family wishes to thank all these care facilities for their compassionate care given over the years
A life well lived and loved – and she loved well
A Funeral Service will be held on February 2
Donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, www.cancer.ca, or the Heart and Stroke Foundation, www.heartandstroke.ca in Rita’s memory
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en de gastvrijheid toen wij bij haar logeerden
Our heartfelt condolences to all the friends & family of Mrs
We have many fond memories of a very kind and gracious lady
I also remember some very good baked goods coming from the Heemskerk kitchen.!
I have such fond memories of your beautiful mom
please know that your mom was a beautiful woman
This is how I remember this lovely lady back in the 1950’s when my parents emigrated from Holland to Kelowna and became good friends with the Heemskerks
My thoughts and prayers are with all the family with the loss of this beautiful soul
lovely women and very caring with a beautiful smile all the time we might
Pete would bring us to the farm and we would sit in the kitchen with a bowl of her homemade ice cream
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by Jessie Tu | November 11
Detectives in Amsterdam have created a hologram of a young sex worker who was murdered more than a decade ago to bring awareness to the case which remains unsolved
Szabo’s deceased body was found with multiple stab wounds
Dreijer-Heemskerk hopes that the hologram of the young worker
displayed in Amsterdam’s red light district
will help members of the public jog their memories and lead to the capture of the killer
“A young woman, only 19, [was] taken from life in such a horrific way,” Dreijer-Heemskerk said
“[I] hope people will remember the case again when they see this [hologram]
There are certainly several people who know who committed that crime.”
Betty’s story is particularly poignant in a number of ways,” she continued
“[She] worked long hours as a sex worker and kept working until just before she gave birth to her son
This son was placed with a foster family shortly afterwards and never had the chance to get to know his mother.”
Police have announced a €30,000 (AUD$48,832) reward to encourage witnesses to come forward with any information
It’s part of their extensive week-long campaign to draw the public’s attention to Szabo’s tragic death
The hologram is being displayed in a house in the Amsterdam Red Light District that has been devoted entirely to the murder case
where large stickers have been stuck on windows providing information about the case
television screens display footage of the crime scene and final images of Szabo seen alive
It was the first time Amsterdam police used 3D visualisation technology to make a holographic representation of a murdered victim — something the coordinator of the Amsterdam Wanted and Missing Persons Team
“This is the first time we do something like this and
before deciding to use a hologram for the campaign
we brainstormed with different parties both within and outside the police on whether we should go ahead with this and how we should set it up
there has also been contact with her relatives about this
We are committed to doing this with dignity and with the clear purpose of achieving some form of justice for Betty by finding her murderer or murderers.”
“We believe that Betty’s hologram may create a certain connection with her and thus convince a person to come forward
so that informants know who they’re doing it for
and the hologram is a way of taking this a step further.”
Detectives hope the campaign will also bring awareness to the risk and dangers sex workers face in their employment
Female sex workers face higher rates of violence and homicide than the general population. In France, ten sex workers were killed in a six-month period in 2019. Three years prior, the French government passed a law making it illegal to pay for sex
forcing workers to conduct their business in riskier
by Jessie Tu
Gina Rinehart has released a statement blaming “the left media” for the Liberal party’s election loss over the weekend
but a new study reveals factors contributing to women adjusting well
A man who groped 18 women at a Melbourne nightclub has been given a two-year community corrections order & 180 hours of unpaid community work
New research has revealed that women who out-earn their male partners in heterosexual households report lower relationship satisfaction
They are important opportunities for women to reclaim public spaces at night
step (or run) into their physical power and lift each other up in the process
The uselessness of most DEI measures may be a feature
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We acknowledge and pay respect to the past
present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural
spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
with the Masters SC Championships to follow at the same venue from December 10-16
Poland will host its second ever European Championship while partnering with the state tourism department to promote the country
Italian Sara Curtis won her fourth gold medal after just three days of racing at European Juniors
extending the country’s lead on the medal table
The 16-year-old Tuncelli dropped more than 12 seconds from his PB and broke the World Junior Record by over four seconds in a stunning 14:41.89
El repaso tras concluir los 14 días de acción en cuatro disciplinas deportivas
en los que 800 deportistas compitieron por 75 medallas doradas
October 07th, 2021 Europe, European Championships, International, News, Previews & Recaps
The Royal Dutch Swimming Federation has released its 20-person roster for the upcoming European Short Course Swimming Championships which will be held in Kazan
While the nation will send some of its top swimmers to the meet, two of the Netherlands’ most successful swimmers in recent history are absent from the roster. Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Femke Heemskerk
who between them have won 40 short course Euros medals
Heemskerk is the less surprising omission considering that she recently announced her upcoming retirement
The 4-time Olympic sprinter and current Energy Standard team member will retire from the sport after her final ISL match of the season
Kromowidjojo on the other hand is a more surprising swimmer to opt-out of the competition as she has not shared any similar plans to Heemskerk
The most likely reason that she won’t swim at Euros is that her International Swimming League team
is set to begin competing in playoffs on November 11
Considering that Iron is the lowest-ranked team advancing into the playoffs
Kromowidjojo could be saving up to maximizing her point-scoring ability during ISL playoffs
Along with those women, the Dutch will bring Olympic silver medalist in the 100 and 200 breaststroke Arno Kamminga, Olympic finalist in the 100 backstroke Kira Toussaint, and Olympic finalist in the 50 freestyle Thom de Boer
At the most recent European Short Course Championships
the Netherlands finished 3rd on the medals table with 5 gold
Check out the full Dutch roster for the 2021 European Championships below
Watch out for young Tim Hoogerwerf making his first National Team for the Dutch
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Femke Heemskerk Given Hope to Race 50 Freestyle in Tokyo
Femke Heemskerk‘s hopes of competing in the 50 free at the Tokyo Games are still alive after the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB) upheld an appeal by the two-time Olympic relay medallist
The 33-year-old had initially recorded the second-fastest qualification time for the one-length race to seemingly book her spot in the event in Tokyo when she went 24.71 at the 2019 Swim Cup Amsterdam
However, she was forced to miss the Rotterdam Qualification Meet in December after her partner tested positive for Covid-19 and looked on as Valerie van Roon went inside 25 seconds for the first time in 24.63 to claim the second spot and oust Heemskerk in the process.
Now the KNZB has ruled in favour of the two-time world relay champion and will reveal in the coming days how they intend to find a solution that will be satisfactory to all parties
A statement on the governing body’s website read:
“In the disciplinary case regarding the qualification of the Olympic Games women’s 50m freestyle
“Because Heemskerk was forced to miss the Rotterdam Qualification Meet (RQM) in December after her husband had tested positive for COVID-19
she felt that she deserved another chance at this (part)
The disciplinary committee ruled in her favour today
“The KNZB is now considering the decision and will come up with a response to the situation that has arisen within a few days.”
It has been a positive few days for Heemskerk who scorched to a speedy 53.76 in the 100 free at the Flanders Qualification Meet at the weekend
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Femke Heemskerk will retire after the conclusion of the International Swimming League season following a career that has encompassed Olympic
The 34-year-old competed at four Olympics, winning gold on her Games debut at Beijing 2008 as part of the Netherlands 4×100 freestyle relay team.
She was a member of the quartet who won silver four years later at London 2012 and on top of her Olympic medals, Heemskerk will leave the pool with eight world – two of them gold – and 18 European medals, including three trips to the top of the podium.
There were also seven world short-course titles among a haul of 18 and 14 European 25m medals of which five were gold.
Heemskerk’s astonishing longevity was underlined this year when she won her first individual international long-course title at the age of 33 with victory over 100m freestyle in Budapest.
At the Tokyo Olympics in July, Heemskerk reached the 100 free final where she placed sixth.
Now she has announced she will retire following the ISL in which she will compete for Energy Standard at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Stadium in Eindhoven, Netherlands, with the playoffs starting next month.
Should Energy qualify for the final as expected, she will conclude her fine career on 7/8 January with the host city yet to be announced.
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Among the many messages sent by current and former swimmers were ones from Sarah Sjostrom
Chad Le Clos and Pieter van den Hoogenband
a legend of the pool with three Olympic titles
Federica Pellegrini indicated that she too will be in Eindhoven for the Aqua Centurions
saying: “Together until the last stroke,” with the 2004 Olympic champion’s career also drawing to a close
Freya Anderson said: “Thank you for being such an inspiration ❤️ congrats beaut❤️” echoing words she spoke to Swimming World before Tokyo
“To see Femke winning her first individual gold at 33 sort of takes the pressure off you I guess
“Because I’ve been junior swimming and even at the worlds when I was 16 I’ve always had that pressure on me – oh you have to be good now
32) still going and being successful sort of makes you relax a bit and think maybe your time will be a bit later on.”
Heemskerk made her global debut at in 2005 at the World Championships in Montreal
where she swam the heats of the 4×100 and 4×200 free
Heemskerk was a member of the so-called ‘Golden Girls’ sprint relay with Ranomi Kromowidjojo
the quartet remained unbeaten and during that period they became Olympic
world and European champions – in both short and long cours – and in 2008 they swam a world record that stood for six years
She will head for the next chapter of her life having competed in four Olympics
eight long-course and four short-course World Championships
seven European Championships in the 50m pool and 10 short-course
December 15th, 2019 Europe, International, News, Previews & Recaps
We reported how Spanish standout Hugo Gonzalez qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in the men’s 200m IM
but the 20-year-old wasn’t the only one to accomplish the feat on the final day of action at the 2019 Swim Cup Amsterdam
Ron Polansky of Israel also scored an OLY-qualifying effort in the men’s 200m IM
He produced an outing of 1:59.45 to get under the FINA A cut of 1:59.67 in the men’s 200m IM final
Dutch racers Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Femke Heemskerk each qualified for the women’s 50m free after their commanding performances in the event this evening
2012 Olympic champion in the event Kromo first put up a fierce time of 24.42 in the morning to easily clear the 24.77 needed to include this event on her Tokyo agenda
The 29-year-old sealed the deal with her almost identical outing of 24.46 this evening that landed her atop the podium
also clearing the Olympic standard with a silver medal-worthy result of 24.71
This makes a 2nd event for veteran Heemskerk
who already notched an Olympic qualifying time in the 100m free in last night’s action
The Dutch ace logged a winning 100m free mark of 53.23 to dip under the Tokyo threshold of 53.62
representing the only woman of last night’s final to do so
Kromo doubled up on her 50m free victory with another gold in the 100m fly this evening. Stopping the clock in 59.36, Kromo led a trio of sub-minute swimmers, followed by Emilie Lovberg‘s (NOR) 59.38 and Maria Ugolkova‘s (SUI) 59.49
while Ugolkova’s was within .20 of her fastest result ever
Equaling the Olympic qualifying standard in the men’s 100m fly was Isreali swimmer Tomer Frankel
The man touched the wall under the FINA A cut of 51.96
with his performance consisting of splits of 24.29/27.63
The European Short Course Champion in the event, Marius Kusch, settled for silver in 32.31 followed by Dutchman Joeri Verlinden‘s 52.36
Visiting British swimmer Elliott Clogg of the City of Sheffield posted a winning 200m back mark of 1:57.96
That checks in as a huge personal best for the 19-year-old English national teamer
crushing his previous PB of 1:59.83 from this year’s British Summer Championships
Clogg’s time now ranks the Sheffield swimmer as the 7th fastest British performer all time
Ron Polonsky of Israel also qualified for Tokyo in the 200 IM with 1:59.45
Frenkel actually went 0.04 seconds under the Olympic A cut
is she locked out of Tokyo since these two have “made” the standards now
I’d suspect the two fastest during the qualifying period would go
but many countries have their own unique ways of choosing the team members
But I’m unaware of any women of the Netherlands that are faster than these two flying dutchwomen
Indeed the two fastest go in the qualification period
There are a few outsiders who have a small chance at beating the 24,7 from Heemskerk
Men’s 200 Back is suddenly a really competitive event in Britain
McNally & Clogg 1.57… Trials should be interesting
The minute a sub-53 100 backstroker shows up
We’ve been waiting a long time though
One of these 2backstrokers is bound to have the speed to go a good 100 for that relay?!?
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little known facts and general items of interest from around the world
#1 Olympic Flame on Display
The Olympic Games may have been postponed until July 2021
but the spirit of 2020 lives on through the Olympic Flame
The flame will be on limited public display at Japan’s J-Village National Training Center in Fukushima throughout April to represent a ‘symbol of hope for all countries of the world during these most challenging of times.’
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach commented
“The Olympic flame could become the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds itself at present.”
#2 Femke Heemskerk Gets Married Early
Dutch Olympian Femke Heemskerk was set to marry Guido Frackers later this year but plans changed in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
“A global crisis almost ensured that we couldn’t be together
So that’s why we got married last Tuesday!
💍 Few months earlier than planned… But when life gives you lemons…”
Heemskerk said that she couldn’t cross the border from Canada into the United States just as Frackers’ fiancee
so “we got married on a Tuesday in Vancouver in a coffee shop
“We got married 6 months earlier than planned
Our witnesses were 2 people waiting for their coffee.”
“I can tell you it takes longer to get a cappuccino than to get married in Vancouver
but we made it safely to Palm Springs as husband and wife.”
#3 – 2026 Asian Games Logo Revealed
The 2026 Asian Games are set for September 19th – October 4th in Aichi-Nagoya
Japan and they now have their logo decided
After more than 850 entries were received from throughout
the design of Aichi Sangyo University Associate Professor Hiroshi Miyashita was ultimately selected
Miyashita’s emblem contains the initial letters of “Asian”
“Aichi” and “Nagoya” with the A represented by the purple curve and the center line
and the N featuring through the purple and gold curves
“The smooth curves describe the liveliness of sports,” the Aichi-Nagoya Organising Committee said
gold and green inspires the image that people get together as one and go forward to the future by heading to bright red sun
the symbol of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).”
#4 Commonwealth Champion Aimee Willmott Gets Engaged
Despite the worldwide lockdown as a result of combatting the coronavirus (COVID-19), 2018 Commonwealth Games champion Aimee Willmott shared some exciting
The 27-year-old University of Stirling swimmer said ‘yes’ to the marriage proposal of Harry Booker
Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach at Sport Scotland Institute of Sport
“Yesterday this happened and I couldn’t be happier to be ‘in lockdown for life’ with anyone else,” read Willmott’s post
Willmott took the 400m IM gold medal on the Gold Coast and is seeking to make her 3rd Olympic team for Great Britain
Yesterday this happened… and I couldn’t be happier to be ‘in #lockdown for life’ with anyone else
I love you @HarryBooker5 ❤️💍 pic.twitter.com/3z1r3sy377
— Aimee (Willmott) Booker (@aimee_willmott) April 4, 2020
#5 Thailand & Malaysia Sees Weightlifters Banned From Olympics
Chinese news outlet Xinhua has reported that the nations of Thailand and Malaysia have both been banned from sending weightlifters to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo due to multiple doping cases
The ban applies regardless of the Olympics being postponed one year due to the COVID-19 situation
‘The Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA) and the Malaysian Weightlifting Federation (MFW) have also been suspended as members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for three years and one year
9 Thai weightlifters had tested positive for banned substances at the 2018 World Championships
leading to the nation withdrawing from international competitions
Malaysia had 3 weightlifters caught doping in a calendar year
The nations have until April 22nd of this year to appeal the bans
2019 stands as Italy’s most successful Short Course European Championship ever
they beat out the country’s 2010 performance
Check out which nation took home the overall points trophy
which athlete entered the list of most medals per a single European SC Championships and more
L’Italia ha ottenuto un risultato da record ai Campionati Europei in Vasca corta di Glasgow.Con 41 atleti convocati
October 30th, 2019 Europe, International, News
The Netherlands has announced its 8-person squad set for the European Short Course Championships taking place in early December in Glasgow
Says KNZB head coach Marcel Wouda of the squad
“A small and high-quality team is going to Glasgow
with only swimmers who consciously choose to swim a peak race on a short course.”
Notably absent from the squad is Ranomi Kromowidjojo
the Netherlands’ most decorated athlete at the 2017 edition of the European Short Course Championships
Kromo took gold in the women’s 50m fly and 100m free
Maaike de Waard is another individual medalist who is missing from this year’s roster
with de Waard claiming 2 bronze medals across the 50m back and 50m fly
The Dutch relays were also successful 2 years ago
with the nation topping the women’s 200m free relay podium
as well as claiming gold in the mixed free and mixed medley relays
the remainder of the squad will need to step it up to repeat results from 2017
“A number of other top swimmers choose to let this edition of the European Championship short course pass by and give priority to the Swim Cup Amsterdam
The Swim Cup is scheduled weekend later on the long track and is dominated by Olympic qualification,” says Wouda
Although Kromo, Kim Busch, Kamminga, Puts, and Toussaint are all members of International Swimming League (ISL) Team Iron, the squad is most likely not going to be one of the four teams headed for the final Vegas showdown slated for mid-December
whose spot among the top 4 ISL teams bound for Vegas is all but locked
Among the men’s national records that bit the dust on day 1 in Rotterdam, courtesy of Thom de Boer in the men’s 50m free and Arno Kamminga in the men’s 50m breast
the women’s events also brought the heat at this Olympic qualifer
In the women’s 50m free, racing veteran Ranomi Kromowidjojo topped the podium with ease
hitting a time of 24.38 to further establish herself as the Netherlands’ premier 50m freestyler
That nearly matched her already Olympic-qualifying effort of 24.35 which rendered her the 6th place finisher at the 2019 World Championships
A shakeup happened in the runner-up spot, however, as Valerie Van Roon sneaked into the wall for silver in a time of 24.63
That result is significant for two important reasons
her performance checks in as a huge lifetime best for 22-year-old Van Roon who had never before been under the 25-second threshold
Van Roon’s previous PB rested at the 25.21 she raced at 2018’s Swim Cup – The Hague
is that Van Roon’s time now qualifies her as the 2nd 50m freestyler for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games set for next year in Tokyo
Her 24.63 time not only dipped under the FINA ‘A’ cut of 24.77
but it also outperforms 1 of the 2 previous Olympic qualifiers headed into this meet
Entering Rotterdam, Femke Heemskerk had already tentatively qualified for the Olympic Games in the women’s 50m free and 100m free individual events from her semifinal finishes from last year’s World Championships
Teammate Kromowidjojo had already qualified for the same events as well
Per the Dutch Olympic selection policy, the first phase of Olympic qualification began with the 2019 World Championships and ends with Rotterdam
Any swimming events without two qualifiers after this weekend would still be up for grabs if anyone could notch a qualifying time at either the 2021 Swim Cup Eindhoven in April or the 2021 European Championships
Unfortunately for Heemskerk, the 33-year-old had to withdraw from Rotterdam at the last minute to the fact that her husband had tested positive for coronavirus
the pair are in quarantine and the Olympic medalist was unable to compete here
Her time from Gwangju which previously put her on the list for Olympic qualification stood at 24.71
All that needed to happen for Heemskerk to retain her OLY qualification was for no one but Kromo to be faster than 24.71
she now moves into the 2nd Olympic qualifying spot with Heemskerk unable to race
As we mentioned Heemskerk still has a qualification spot in the individual 100m free at this point
Should hold trials in June and the top two go
All the times at meet x plus times at meet y stuff is bogus and leads to out of form athletes at big meets
Btw this is not a criticism of Heemskerk and I am not implying anything about her possible performance level next year
It is simply an observation based on watching thr same thing happen year in year out
Why not welcome a new name rather than focus on who is missing the spot
Because Femke didn’t actually race for this spot
The time van Roon made would be Heemskerk 4th time ever in her whole career
So it is not a given she would have beaten van Roon
She races at other races for her spot but simply was not fast enough
Haha …For better or For Worse …
but this feels really unfair towards Heemskerk
You need to go into an isolated quarantine 14 days before an important competition
That means no spouse or significant other or any family or roommates can be in your household during that time period
If you want to chance it go ahead but you can’t blame anyone but yourself
I wonder if having the vaccine would allow you to compete
you’re getting downvotes but you’re not wrong
tough lesson and there’s no guarantee she would have been faster anyway
If this was the only opportunity to qualify for the Olympics it might have been better to stay in a hotel
anyone could have come into contact with someone who had covid and been forced to quarantine if that’s what the rules are
April 13th, 2022 Europe, International, News
The 2022 FINA World Aquatic Championships are spanning June 17th through July 3rd and now we know which athletes will be representing the Netherlands in the pool and open water in Budapest
Reminder you can view the SwimSwam 2022 FINA World Championships roster index here.
Along with its World Para Swimming Championships and World University Games rosters
an 18-strong lineup of an even number of men and women will be representing the orange in Hungary
For the first time since 2005, the Dutch roster on the women’s side does not include the iconic names of Femke Heemskerk and Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Heemskerk made her World Championships debut in 2005 while Kromo was the next edition in 2007
with both women having recently announced their retirements
the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB) says that their relay lineups will be determined in Budapest
Also noteworthy is the fact that national record holder Arno Kamminga does not have the 50m breast listed by him
The 26-year-old Kamminga nabbed a qualification time in that event; however
he told SwimSwam his decision to race it will come once the competition is underway
Dutch Roster for 2022 FINA World Championships
the Netherlands finished 14th in the overall medal table
with just one individual silver medal earned at the hands of Kromo in the women’s 50m fly
World Para Swimming Championships Roster for NED
Femke already participated at the World Champs of Montreal 2005
so I guess it is the first time in 17 years
The last World Champs without Kromo or Femke
Alex Popov won both sprint frees and some 18 year old boy pushed fly and IM to new levels
FINA qualifying period for WCs includes the dates Caspar went 59.5 and 2.08.5 (Dec 2020)
KNZB has a tighter window for WC qualifying
He will likely get to swim the 100 in Budapest
but it’s at the Federation’s discretion
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Jonas Vingegaard’s fitness continues to improve
The Visma – Lease a Bike is riding in France as the next step in his rehabilitation after the severe crash almost two months ago at the Tour of the Basque Country
Vingegaard spent 12 days in the hospital in Vitoria Gasteiz
In an interview with Danish media outlet, B.T.
Heemskerk said the two-time Tour de France progressed to the point where he can tackle the tough mountains of Tignes and engage in high-altitude training
“He has been away with his family in Mallorca
but now he begins high-altitude training,” the Dutch trainer said
and now it’s starting to look like normal training.He arrived at the high altitudes yesterday
He just needs to acclimatize to the heights.”
Heemskerk added how surprised at how much Jonas Vingegaard has improved since the crash
He still cannot say whether the Dane will be ready for the Tour de France
he hopes that Jonas Vingegaard can get into shape for Visma’s high-altitude training camp in June
where the team’s Tour riders will gather in Tignes for their final preparation before the Tour starts on June 29
“We are trying to improve his fitness on the bike
but also strengthen his shoulder through exercises and get him closer to his optimal weight,” Heemskerk added
“My hope is that he can train with the rest of the team when they come to Tignes after Dauphiné for the training camp ahead of the Tour and become a full-fledged member of the team
the most important thing is today and tomorrow.”
Good luck Jonas, step by step 💪 pic.twitter.com/xw6YkpfBrk
— Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) May 30, 2024
he first went to Mallorca with his family to test his strength in a hilly terrain before heading to Tignes
“He has prepared himself in the best possible way by climbing a bit and training descents in Mallorca
where he really picked up speed again for the first time
It was about being in a place with good weather
where he could enjoy time with his family around training
it’s more about performance with normal training
“I think it was good for him to be with his family down there
It was good for him to get a break with good weather and to train.”
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Swimmers continued to put up some strong performances in Marseille
with key athletes placing themselves in the finals across multiple events on day 2 of the Golden Tour Camille Muffat
Among them was Katinka Hosszu, who followed up her impressive 4:33.83 gold medal-winning 400m IM from last night with the top seeded 200m fly this morning. Clocking 2:10.66, Hosszu earned lane 4 and will be flanked by teammate Liliana Szilagyi
Belmonte is the reigning Olympic champion in this event
but was well behind the top 2 this morning
the 28-year-old knew she also had the 800m free on the docket in the heats and planned accordingly
Belmonte took the top seed in that grueling event
who has already collected 1 gold here in Marseille with her 4:10.98 performance in the 400m free last night
Hosszu also took on another event, reaping the fastest time in the women’s 200m IM ahead of America’s Kathleen Baker
Hosszu notched 2:11.98 to Baker’s 2:13.53
while Belmonte was also in the race for her 3rd swim of the night
Belmonte collected a mark of 2:19.91 for the 6th seed
British swimmer Georgia Davies claimed the pole position in the women’s 50m back in 28.14, with Kira Toussaint and Baker right behind with morning efforts of 28.26 and 28.37
Baker already won the 100m back last night
clocking the fastest time in the world this season in 59.05
Dutch swimmer Femke Heemskerk made her presence known here in Marseille
crushing the field in the women’s 100m freestyle prelims
Hitting her fastest time of the season in 53.58
Heemskerk notched the 5th fastest time in the world this season to take the top seed
French National Record holder Charlotte Bonnet was also strong this morning
producing the 2nd fastest time of her career
Femke Heemskerk produced a speedy 53.76 in the 100 free and Arno Kamminga secured a golden breaststroke double at the Flanders Qualification Meet in Antwerp
Heemskerk split 25.80/27.96 to enjoy a winning margin of 1.55secs with Kim Busch touching some way back in 55.31 and Marrit Steenbergen in third (56.29)
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Heemskerk, a member of the Netherlands’ 4×100 free relay that won gold at Beijing 2008 and silver four years later in London, missed the Rotterdam qualification meet in December as she quarantined following her husband’s positive test for Covid-19
There was heartbreak then for Heemskerk as Valerie van Roon eclipsed her time in the 50 free
Heemskerk returned to finish third in the 50 fly in 26.65 behind Kromowidjojo (25.88) and Maaike de Waard (26.08)
Kamminga won the 200m breaststroke in 2:08.84 ahead of 2015 world champion Marco Koch who clocked 2:09.34 and followed that up with victory in the 50br in 27.63
The three-time European short-course champion split 28.98/33.16/33.03/33.67
Just three men contested the final with Kasper Tanghe
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After becoming just the fourth man to join the 2:06 club when he went 2:06.85 in December, Kamminga told Swimming World: “I love racing the big guys out there
I love racing Anton (Chupkov) or the Japanese guys or anyone at the same level
I want to be pushed every single time.”
He was “craving some racing” and Antwerp is his second competition in little more than a week following the Geneva International Challenge where he won the 200br and finished second in the 50 and 100 behind Nicolo Martinenghi
Maaike de Waard: Photo Courtesy: Xinhua/Youth Olympic Games
De Waard upset Netherlands team-mate and short-course world record-holder Kira Toussaint in the 50 back
The seven-time world short-course medallist stopped the clock in 28.06
0.08 ahead of national record holder Toussaint (28.14) with Kromowidjojo rounding out the podium at 28.31
Jade Smits set a Belgian record of 28.69 in fourth
lowering her own mark of 28.77 from Hengelo in August last year
Nyls Korstanje won the 50-100 fly double last weekend in Geneva and he continued his winning form
Fanny Lecluyse won the women’s 100br in 1:08.13 ahead of Josephine Dumont (1:09.24) and Tes Schouten (1:09.58)
Luc Kroon won the 200 free in 1:49.45 after a final 50 of 27.10 propelled him past Alexandre Marcourt who touched 0.06 behind in 1:49.51
Kroon returned to take the 400m title in 3:57.12
Jesse Puts had the narrowest of wins in the 50 free
Arjan Knipping took the 200IM in 2:03.29 and a Netherlands men’s quartet clocked 3:28.30 in the 4×100 free
La staffetta 4×50 metri misti femminili conquista la medaglia d’argento ai Campionati Europei in vasca corta
Russia topped the overall European Short Course Championships medal table
but Greece is among the nations that made major improvements from 2017
December 03rd, 2019 Europe, European Championships, International, News, Previews & Recaps
The women’s 50 looks like it’s going to be a shootout in the final – any of the six entered sub-24 could come out on top
Pernille Blume (photo: Jack Spitser)
Tied with the top seed is Denmark’s Pernille Blume and the Netherlands’ Femke Heemskerk
Blume was the 2017 bronze medalist in what remains her PB of 23.49
doesn’t have the ISL finale to worry about in a few weeks
but the other four have been better over the last month
The scene in the 100 is very similar to the 50
Heemskerk and Gastaldello are tied with the top time in the field at 51.81
Heemskerk’s 51.29 from last year makes her the official top seed
and her consistency over the years make her tough to go against
with both of them set to compete in the ISL final
it’s tough to know exactly how much rest they’ll have here
We’ve also seen 52s this year from Blume, the 2017 bronze medalist, Great Britain’s Freya Anderson and Italian Federica Pellegrini
Femke Heemskerk
Photo Andrea Masini/ Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
the field thins out a bit and the medal picture becomes a little clearer
Pellegrini and Anderson’s times from ISL London are separated by just 0.11
Heemskerk has the quickest best time at 1:51.69 and she also has a 1:51.91 under her belt from last year
Anderson’s 1:53.33 from a few weeks ago broke a longstanding British Record
and Pellegrini has proven she always swims best when the pressure is on
A win would be her sixth in the event at this meet
will look to capitalize and get on the podium if one of the top-three slips up
Pellegrini is a four-time medalist in this event but has never won gold
and after her impressive showing at ISL London
but based on her recent form could take off a few seconds and shake things up
Simona Quadarella
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is the big favorite in the 800 after taking silver at Worlds last December and then winning the long course title in the 1500 in the summer
She’s been 8:12.19 this year and has a best of 8:08.03 from Hangzhou
but every time one of these “Going to Glasgow” articles pops up
I imagine a mountain goats song about swimming
I think between Hopkin and Anderson Britain will get 4 individual womens freestyle medals here
I’m not sure that they’ll both get medals in the 100
I do think the article under-estimates Hopkin mind
she’s been on fire for Arkansas and on a steep upward curve for the last 12-18 months
So if we’re doing bold predictions here’s mine: Hopkin to do the 50-100 double 🙂
I reckon Hopkin will win the 50 and medal in the 100 (possibly win
And I think Anderson will medal in the 200 free and also has a chance in the 100 free
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invested heavily and the ambition to make healthy food tasty and easy remains undiminished
The importance of fruit and vegetables and the role of plant-based food will become increasingly important in the future
The company wants to continue to respond to this
Heemskerk sees growth changing shape as a result of all market developments
The company therefore believes that a different management structure is needed to take the right next steps for the company to be 'fit for the future'," it said in a press release
is stepping down from the board and will be and remain closely involved with Heemskerk as owner
Jantine Heemskerk will take over his role as Managing Director
A replacement will be sought for her duties as Commercial Director
Peter van Duijvenbode has indicated that after 10 successful years
including 6.5 years as Operational Director
he wants to seek his challenge outside Heemskerk during 2023
realising the new building and completing large automation and robotisation projects
it is time for him for something new." Carlos Musters will stay on as (Interim) Finance Director for the time being
"The upcoming period will be dominated by implementing the above changes and ensuring the right replacement
Heemskerk is confident that this step will take the company forward and make it 'fit for the future'
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Femke Heemskerk claimed the second 50 free slot for Tokyo 2020 at the Eindhoven Qualification Meet after she eclipsed Valerie Van Roon‘s time of 24.63 in December which had initially earned her a nomination to the Netherlands team
Booking a ticket to Tokyo came down to both women having a chance to record a time faster than Van Roon’s 24.63 from the Rotterdam Qualification Meet and whoever did so would take the second slot behind Ranomi Kromowidjojo
If neither woman exceeded that time then it would stand and Van Roon would be on her way to the Olympics
Heemskerk looked ominous in the prelims as she set a PB of 24.28 – the fastest in the field – with Van Roon clocking 24.85
Kromowidjojo the meat in the sandwich in 24.39
Heemskerk was second in Friday’s final behind Kromowidjojo (24.11) but what was of crucial significance was her time of 24.43 which means Van Roon – who was third in 24.84 – will no longer be making the trip to the Olympics for the 50 free
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Arno Kamminga set a new Dutch record of 26.80 in the 50br
taking 0.08 off his own mark from the Rotterdam Qualification Meet in December
The 25-year-old holds all the national breaststroke records
standing at fourth all-time in the 100br (58.43) and fifth in the 200br in 2:06.85
Jesse Puts won the men’s 50 free in 21.87
The issue arose when Heemskerk was forced to miss the Rotterdam Qualification Meet after her partner tested positive for Covid-19
who won gold as part of the Netherlands’ 4×100 free relay quartet at Beijing 2008
had previously clocked 24.71 at the 2019 Swim Cup Amsterdam meaning she would take the second 50 free spot along with Kromowidjojo as long as no-one went quicker
However, she was forced to look on as Van Roon went inside 25 seconds for the first time in 24.63 in Rotterdam to claim the second spot and oust Heemskerk in the process.
The matter wasn’t over however and the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB) disciplinary committee upheld Heemskerk’s appeal in January.
Following mediation with both swimmers it was decided that the pair would have the opportunity to record a faster time on Friday in Eindhoven with the times they’ve already recorded still standing.
As it turned out it was Heemskerk who claimed the second berth and she said:
“I am especially proud of my great PB.
“Twice I swam faster than previously.
“I was really looking forward to this day, but I am also happy that it is over. It was a tight race.
“Two days ago I read a nice quote from tennis star Martina Navrátilová. She said the ball doesn’t know how old she is.”
Van Roon’s disappointment was clear as she said:
“You’ve already done that a hundred or a thousand times. It is important to execute your plan.
“These are five very nasty and tough months.”
Van Roon will no doubt be devastated, her joy at booking her spot in December shared then on social media.
A post shared by Valerie van Roon (@valerievanroon)
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The meet at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Stadium gives swimmers the chance to qualify for Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics plus the European Championships in Budapest
Kamminga was 0.01 outside his national record when he went 28.89 in morning heats and he returned in the evening to lower that once more
The trials season has already thrown up several performances that have stirred international waters
One of them being Nicolo Martinenghi‘s rise to third all-time over both 50 (26.39) and 100br (58.37)
Kamminga had been third over two lengths before the Italian’s exploits – his time of 58.43 now fourth all-time
The three-time European short-course champion will race the 100br in Eindhoven on Saturday with the 200 – in which he is a member of the 2:06 club – on Sunday
Rosey Metz won the women’s race in 30.72
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Sharon van Rouwendaal – who holds national records over 200 back
400-1500free and 200 fly – took the four-length backstroke title
The Rio 2016 open water champion – who set the national mark of 2:07.78 at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai – was fourth at 50 and third at 100 before turning second 0.15 behind Kira Toussaint at 150
Van Rouwendaal then showed a clean pair of heels to the rest of the field with a final 50 of 32.53 to stop the clock at 2:10.42
That was enough to book a spot in the event in Tokyo where she will also compete in the open water
“This qualification allows me to enter the Olympic Village earlier
“With 2.09 you don’t get a medal
but it was my time in the semi-final in London 2012
“It’s also nice to have an incentive
In Rio I also swam the 400 freestyle as a wake-up call
Saso Boskan of Slovenia won the men’s race in 2:02.66 with Dennis Kamps the first Netherlands swimmer home in 2:03.96
Nyls Korstanje won the men’s 100 fly in 51.93
splitting 23.93/28.00 to go within 0.18 of Joeri Verlinden‘s national record of 51.75 from London 2012
Korstanje’s effort was 0.01 outside the cut for Tokyo although he has another chance at the European Championships in Budapest next month
Maaike de Waard won the women’s race in 58.50
Bernhard Reitshammer of Austria won the men’s 200IM in 1:59.56 ahead of Arjan Knipping (2:00.39)
German pair Kathrin Demler and Marie Pietruschka occupied the top two slots in the 200IM in 2:12.45 and 2:13.36 with Marrit Steenbergen the first Netherlands swimmer to touch in third in 2:14.74
Dutch sprinter Femke Heemskerk chatted with Brett Hawke on his podcast about her summer and return to racing amidst the COVID pandemic
Heemskerk swims for former swimmer Marcel Wouda and is training for her fourth Olympic Games in Tokyo at the age of 32
Femke Heemskerk talked about how she handles her mental preparation during big meets and how to deal with race day anxieties (13:00)
as well as what she thinks makes a great coach for her (20:50)
Heemskerk went over how she has been able to stay consistent for so long (25:00) as she was a gold medalist in the 4×100 freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympic Games for the Netherlands alongside Inge Dekker
Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Marleen Veldhuis as it was the Netherlands first relay Olympic gold medal since 1936
Femke Heemskerk was sixth in the 100 freestyle final at last year’s World Championships and she expressed her chances at a gold medal in next year’s Olympic Games (30:00) saying that if she gets a lane in the final she will have a chance
She went over her weekly practice schedule (33:00) and how she is training to stay efficient and not necessarily be the strongest
Heemskerk discussed her pre-race plan she focuses on and what her mindset has been before some of the best races of her career (37:00)
as well as what the atmosphere is in the ready room at big meets
She has been primarily known as a great relay swimmer
having won gold medals at the 2008 Olympics and 2009 & 2011 World Championships in the 4×100 freestyle relay and talked about why she has always been better on relays (42:00)
Heemskerk finished by saying how she used visualization techniques ahead of the Rio Olympic Games (51:40) to help train her mind for different scenarios
8x Olympic medalist Regan Smith graces the cover of SwimSwam Magazine’s 2025 Women In Swimming Issue
Okaro dives into her experience at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2024 Short Course World Championships
Aquatics GB released their Singapore roster
with Olympic multi-gold medalist Duncan Scott heading up the British lineup for the World Championships
November 20th, 2014 Britain, Europe, International, News
The Danish National Championships kicked off today in Copenhagen
The highlight of the first night of competition was the women’s 50 freestyle which saw Dutch teammates Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Femke Heemskerk face off against Danish star Jeanette Ottesen
The race did not disappoint as Heemskerk posted the fastest time hitting the wall in a 23.79 followed by Kromowidjojo who touched in a time of 23.88 and Ottesen who finished in a time of 23.89
Heemskerk’s time is a season’s best and puts her second in the world rankings behind Kromowidjojo who posted a 23.64 earlier this year
who missed her own national record by one one-hundredth of a second
is now tied with Inge Dekker for fifth in the world
Since Heemskerk and Kromowidjojo are international competitors they are not able to collect any hardware so Ottesen walked away with the gold
Rikke Moller Pedersen collected her first gold of the competition posting a time of 2:19.58
She was just under a second off her season’s best of 2:18.76
Julie Aglund Lauridsen took advantage of the fact that Lotte Friis was not entered in the 800 freestyle and took the event in a time of 8:26.96
Her time places her 18th in the world rankings
Magnus Jakupsson was the star of the men’s competition coming away with victories in both the 100 IM and 100 backstroke
Jakupsson won the 100 IM in a time of 54.47 finishing just ahead of Daniel Skaaning who hit the wall in a time of 54.78
He then went on to win the 100 backstroke in a time of 53.82
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Angela Martinez Guillen won her first over individual World Cup title in her home country
Italy swept the podium on the men’s side
Olympic champions Kristof Milak and Tom Dean are among the newly announced commitments to the Monaco Mare Nostrum stop from May 17-18
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Femke Heemskerk’s swim in the women’s 200 free final on Friday evening in Tilburg
the first of the 2014 Dutch Short Course National Championships
was a classic Heemskerk charge-the-start swim
She swam a 1:51.75 en route to an over four second margin of victory
which just missed her own Dutch National Record of 1:51.72 set three weeks ago at the International Swimming Festival
Heemskerk was out on an incredible 53.80 – much
much faster than she was in the National Record breaking swim
giving high hopes for her 100 free later in this meet (she was a lifetime best in that event three weeks ago as well in 51.6)
She and Hungarian Katinka Hosszu are separating themselves from the world a little bit in this race
while there are still many of the world’s top 200 freestylers who have yet to race SCM this year
The swimmer most likely to challenge them is Emma McKeon of Australia
who won three gold medals at their short course nationals today and still has the 200 free to come later this weekend
though Maake de Waard was impressive in a new lifetime best of 27.15 in the 50 backstroke
who is the National Record holder in 100 SCM but living and training in the collegiate system in the United States now is at a different point of her training
Sebastiaan Verschuren won the men’s 200 free in 1:45.37 – the Netherlands men’s deepest event at the moment
In what seems to be an ever-refreshing cycle for the country in this event dating back to the great Pieter van den Hoogenband
another good young swimmer is coming up behind Verschuren: 18-year old Kyle Stolk
He broke the National Junior Record with a 2nd-place swim of 1:46.50
Ferry Weertman (1:46.72) and Joost Reijns (1:46.80) were close behind in 3rd and 4th
as was another teenager Maarten Brzoskowski in 1:46.81
returning from a wildly-successful World Cup series
won the women’s 100 fly in a new Championship Record of 56.51
While the record will be a nice tag to her resume
she was immaculately consistent at 56.0’s throughout the seven-meet World Cup
the biggest news out of this meet was the success of the Dutch para-team
which looked motivated coming off of a year where they hosted the 2014 European Championships
The 14-year old Kruger also got the European Record in the 50 back in 32.41
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The second night of the 2019 Dutch Swimming Championships were well underway in the Netherlands
This night consisted of the following men’s and women’s events: 400 free
In first was Marij van der Mast with a time of 4:20.31
She was followed by Laura Setz in a time of 4:21.45
In third was Lena-Marie Precht in a time 4:21.82
Imani de de Jong was fourth in a time of 4:22.53
In fifth was Kaja Reinhardt in a time of 4:27.78
Silke Holkenborg touched in sixth in a time of 4:29.30
Gaia Sterre Mirotti (4:31.32) and Fabienne Wenske (4:34.31) rounded out the top eight finishing in seventh and eighth
Tes Schouten touched first in a time of 1:08.38
She was followed by Rosey Metz (1:08.82) and Alice Ruhnau (1:11.14)
Anna Kroniger was fourth in a time of 1:11.79
In fifth was Maike Jung in a time of 1:11.89
Anna van Droffelaar was sixth in a time of 1:11.91
Kim Herkle (1:12.04) and Malaika Schneider Hamburger (1:12.21) rounded out the top eight
Arno Kamminga touched first in a time of 59.90
In second was Maximilian Pilger in a time of 1:01.13
Ties Elzerman followed in third with a time of 1:01.79
In fourth was Lucas Matzerath in a time of 1:02.22
Wietse Waninge touched in fifth with a time of 1:02.77
Juri Dijkstrawas sixth in a time of 1:03.48
Yannis Merlin Willim was seventh in a time of 1:03.98 and Charles Grondel was eighth in a time of 1:05.16
Maaike de Waard touched in a meet record time of 27.85
Kira Toussaint touched in second in a time of 28.02
Valerie van Roon was third with a time of 29.02
Tessa Vermeulen was fourth in a time of 29.07
In fifth was Marieke Tienstra in a time of 29.13
In sixth was Tamara van Vliet in a time of 29.37
Jade Smits Brabo was seventh in a time of 30.06
Sirintana Beune touched in eighth in a time of 30.44
In first was Alexander Bauch in a time of 26.05
Kenzo Simons followed closely in a time of 26.06
Marvin Dahler also was close behind in a time of 26.07
Ensger Kotterink Feijenoord was fourth in another close time of 26.36
Meik Boepple touched in fifth in a time of 26.97
Austin Namesnik was seventh in a time of 27.32
Jari Groenhart was eighth in a time of 28.43
Lotte Hosper touched first in a meet record time of 4:53.56
In second was Annika Huber in a time of 5:03.94
In third was Silke Molendijk in a time of 5:06.37
Isabel Aardema touched in fourth with a time of 5:13.73
Christina Duell was fifth with a time of 5:14.47
In sixth was Inge Vieveen with a time of 5:16.00
Lize Janna de Vries was seventh with a time of 5:17.78
In eighth was Zanthe Janssen in a time of 5:21.44
Arjan Knipping touched first in a time of 4:18.56
In second was Thomas Jansenin a time of 4:26.80
Julian Haller touched in third in a time of 4:32.93
In fourth was Jari Groenhart in a time of 4:34.23
In fifth was Tim Dennis in a time of 4:34.68
Cedric Buessing touched in sixth with a time of 4:36.80
Niko Frese was seventh in a time of 4:47.05
In eighth was Lars Verhalle in a time of 4:48.65
In first was Marie Brockhaus in a time of 2:15.28
In second was Jana Markgraf in a time of 2:17.87
In third was Femke Spiering in a time of 2:19.00
Rosalie Kleyboldt was fourth in a time of 2:19.63
and Tessa Giele (2:28.62) rounded out the top seven
Maarten Brzoskowski was first in a time of 1:59.72
Bjoern Kammann was second in a time of 2:01.77
In third was Yannick Plasil in a time of 2:01.91
Kenrick Leidner was fourth in a time of 2:07.69
Stefan Ullosat was fifth in a time of 2:08.23.In sixth was Junior de Bruin in a time of 2:11.01
In seventh was Gerard Willighagen in a time of 2:11.90
Freek Hollander rounded out the top eight in a time of 2:18.69
Femke Heemskerk was first in a meet record time of 53.52
In second was Ranomi Kromowidjojo in a time of 54.13
In third was Maud van der Meer in a time of 55.30
Julia Mrozinski was fourth in a time of 55.33
Kira Toussaint (55.76) and Jessica Felsner (55.76)
Kyle Stolk touched first in a time of 49.20
In a close second was Stan Pijnenburg in a time 49.40
Nyls Korstanje followed in a close third in a time 49.61
In fifth was Damian Wierling in a time 49.78
Dion Dreesens was sixth in a time of 50.44
Ben Schwietert (50.49) and Max Nowosad (50.85) rounded out the top eight
Lausanne-Sport is preventing a conflict of interest in the event of participation in the European Cup with a formal change of ownership
which is managed by the British consortium Ineos
transferred legal ownership of the club to an independent company based in the UK on March 1
Lausanne-Sport did not specify which company was involved in its announcement
Another consequence was the resignation of President Leen Heemskerk
The Dutchman will be replaced by Vice-President Vincent Steinmann
The transfer of legal ownership was made "to avoid potential conflicts of interest with other football clubs owned by Ineos should Lausanne-Sport successfully qualify for the European Cup at the end of the current season"
Ineos also owns Manchester United and Nice
As semi-finalists in the Swiss Cup and sixth in the Super League
Lausanne-Sport have an intact chance of playing in Europe next season for the first time in 15 years
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Day two of the 2017 Bergen Swim Festival was highlighted by a top showing from Mathys Goosen
Olympian Femke Heemskerk improved up her 200 free world ranking
as did Mie Nielsen in the women’s 100 back
Kyle Stolk delivered the top time in the men’s 200 free at the second finals session
Jan Micka and Stan Pijnenburg posted matching times of 1:50.52 to tie for silver
Femke Heemskerk posted the top time in the women’s 200 free at a 1:56.59
moving her to seventh in the world rankings
Katinka Hosszu touched second overall with a 1:58.04
more than a second off her 2017 best of 1:56.81
Robin Neumann rounded out the top three with a 1:59.39
The knock-out round of the men’s 50 fly was won by Mathys Goosen with a time of 24.70
followed by Viktor Bromer’s third-place finish of 25.06
Goosen collected his second win of the session with a top showing in the men’s 100 back
Daniel Dudas turned in a second place finish of 1:00.43
A trio of Olympians highlighted the knock-out round of the women’s 50 fly with butterfly champ Sarah Sjostrom claiming the gold
Ranomi Kromowidjojo delivered a second place finish of 26.77
while Hosszu added a bronze medal to her name with a 28.92
Erik Persson claimed the gold medal in the men’s 200 breast with a top time of 2:10.17
finishing more than five seconds ahead of the competition
While his time falls within the top 20 world rankings for 2017
Persson’s 2017 best sits at a 2:07.85
Arno Kamminga was second overall with a time of 2:15.47
followed by Laurent Carnol’s 2:18.48
Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir dominated the women’s 200 breast
touching more than six seconds ahead of the competition
Luthersdottir posted a final time of 2:26.24
while Hosszu added a third medal to her name with a second place finish of 2:33.11
Silje Mikkelborg finished a close third with a 2:33.71
Mie Nielsen posted the only sub-minute time in the women’s 100 back at a 59.63
Nielsen’s time improves upon her 2017 best of 59.81 from the Flanders Cup
Hosszu added a fourth medal to her name with a 1:01.05
while Femke Heemskerk took third overall with a 1:01.77
Sjodin picked up a gold medal in the men’s 200 IM
Raphael Stacchiotti finished just behind with a 2:01.76
followed by Kyle Stolk’s time of 2:04.71
Hosszu collected her first gold medal of the session with a top showing in the women’s 200 IM
The 2016 Olympic champion touched first in a 2:16.44
while her season best sits at a 2:09.38 from the Hungarian Championships
Marjolein Delno grabbed second with a close 2:17.70
followed by Robin Neumann’s third place finish of 2:19.40
Jan Micka exuded dominance in the men’s 1500 free with a 15:17.29
finishing close to one minute ahead of the competition
Daniel Dudas touched second overall with a 16:14.38
just ahead of Sondre Saltnes Urdal’s 16:18.04