400IMs & Medley Relays Make Up Final Heats Session At Euro S/C

European S/C Championships, Day 6 Prelims: 400IMs & Medley Relays Make Up Final Heats Session

The final prelims session of the European Short Course has arrived with the 400IMs and 4×50 medley relays to be contested in Lublin, Poland.

Women’s 400m Individual Medley

The two-per-nation rule intervened in the very first race of the session where Spanish women filled the top three slots. Alba Vasquez Ruiz topped the field by a clear margin as the only woman to go inside 4:33 in 4:32.56. She was followed by teammates Emma Carrasco Cadens (4:34.18) and Paula Gonzalez Miralles (4:34.34) with the latter missing out by 0.16. Ellen Walshe of Ireland was third through in 4:34.60.