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Wednesday, 02 August 2006 |
Thunderstorms stop swimming at European Championships in Budapest
Thunderstorms caused a major problem at the European Championships in Budapest and brought the swimming events to an early finish on Tuesday.
The outdoor venue became impossible for any further action to take place at as rain poured down and thunder rumbled loudly in the sky.
The women's 200m backstroke final was among the contests that had to be postponed and will now be raced on Wednesday.
However, before the bad weather began, Therese Alshammar led a Swedish one-two in the women's 50m butterfly final and won ahead of world record holder Anna-Karin Kammerling.
Therese Alshammar, silver medallist in the 50m and 100m freestyle at the 2000 Olympics, pulled clear in the second half of the race and claimed her win in 26.06 seconds.
Chantal Groot of the Netherlands took the bronze for the fourth time in five European Championships, clocking 26.49 and the Ukraine's Serhiy Breus made a strong finish to hold on to his men's 50m butterfly crown in a championship record 23.41secs from world and Olympic 50m freestyle silver medallist Duje Draganja of Croatia (23.62).
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