Germany Alisa Fatum is one of the legends of the ice swimming world.
And the 29-year-old Queen of the Ice from Leipzig, Germany proved her mastery of the long axis strokes (i.e., freestyle and backstroke) with a 100m backstroke title to serve as one of the highlights of Day One at the 2024 IISA 1st European Championship.
Women’s 100m Backstroke Top 10 Results
- Alisa Fatum (29) 1:18.01
- Tiffany Pierrejean (21) 1:21.33
- Janneke Harmsen Bakker (47) 1:21.65
- Marta Piasecka (33) 1:21.67
- Andrea Klementova (21) 1:22.30
- Kovacs Delia Ana (48) 1:24.96
- Karine Cure (46) 1:25.64
- Magdalena Bigea (47) 1:26.29
- Sian Clement (47) 1:26.61
- Zuzanna Wince (26) 1:26.72
The full results of the 100m backstroke are posted here.
The Championships will continue through February 4th.
320 swimmers from 27 countries including Albania, Cyprus, Great Britain, Lithuania, Portugal, Turkey, Andorra. Czech Republic. Greece, Luxembourg, Romania, Ukraine, Armenia, Denmark, Hungary, Malta, Russia, Austria, Estonia, Iceland, Moldova, San Marino, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Monaco, Serbia, Belarus, Finland, Israel, Montenegro, Slovakia, Belgium, France, Italy, Isle of Man, Netherlands, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Spain, Bulgaria, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Sweden, Croatia, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Poland, and Switzerland will take part.
Race Day 1 on February 2nd 2024
- 500m freestyle
- 50m butterfly
- 100m backstroke
- 50m breaststroke
- 4x50m mixed freestyle relay
- 500m freestyle
Race Day 2 on February 3rd 2024
- 1000m freestyle
- 100m freestyle
- 100m breaststroke
- 4x50m VIP relay
Race Day 3 on February 4th 2024
- 250m freestyle
- 50m backstroke
- 100m butterfly
- 50m freestyle
- 4x250m country relay freestyle
With the water temperature at 4°C, all the events will be streamed live on the IISA YouTube TV channel (watch here).
For more information, visit here.
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