Only 7 swimming players were once faster and BR (again) crushed: this punishment is silver medal from Roos Vanotterdijk

From 1998 it was ago that a Belgian achieved another medal at the World Championship swimming. That honor was then reserved for Fred Deburghgraeve, who swam to gold in the 100 meter breaststroke.

With Roos Vanotterdijk he now gets a more than worthy successor. The 20-year-old Vanotterdijk swam to a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly stroke. She only had to tolerate world record holder Gretchen Walsh for herself.

For Belgium it is only the 4th World Cup medal once in a big bath. only 7 swimming players once In addition to his gold. Fred Deburghgrave also won bronze in 1994, Brigitte Becue did the same with a 3rd place in the 200 -meter breaststroke in the same year.

Vanotterdijk swam to silver in a fabulous time. She tapped after 55 “84, with which she pulverized her own Belgian record. That is 23 hundredths of a second faster than yesterday, when she swam to the final in 56” 07.

What is particularly striking is the fast -fast evolution that Vanotterdijk makes. For example, she swam a time of 57 “25 at the Olympic Games last year. At this World Cup she already went under the border of the 57 seconds. and now she has already passed the limit of the 56 seconds.

With her time of 55 “84, Vanotterdijk has also written some global history. For example, only 7 swimming players once she is now the 8th fastest swimmer ever on the 100 -meter butterfly stroke.

With its Belgian record, Vanotterdijk is more than a second from the world record. That is with 54 “60 in the name of Gretchen Walsh, who also beat her today.