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MOSCOW, Russia, November 6. THE second set of preliminaries at the FINA World Cup stop hosted by Moscow featured some fast short course swimming. This evening should show some potentially significant performances if the morning was any indication.
Men's 1500 free slower seeds
A trio of Russians cleared 15:16 in the slower-seeded heats with Alexander Shimin posting the top time of 15:10.96. Victor Polyakov (15:14.71) and Igor Akhlyustin (15:15.76) were also among the top three in prelims.
Women's 100 free
Hungary's Evelyn Verrastzo topped the preliminary rounds with a time of 53.23. The performance beat her national record of 54.22 set in November 2008. Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom placed second in 53.35, while Finland's Hanna-Maria Seppala took third in 53.36. Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen completed the top four with a 53.37 to account for the 53-second performers.
Australia's Marieke Guehrer (54.04), Sweden's Claire Hedenskog (54.13), Ukraine's Darya Stepanyuk (54.22) and Russia's Victoriya Andreeva (54.31) grabbed the rest of the transfer spots into finals.
Men's 200 free
Russia's Nikita Lobintsev rolled to the top seed with a top time of 1:43.44. He came within half-a-second of the Russian record of 1:43.09 held by Danila Izotov. Canada's Brent Hayden claimed second in 1:44.20, while Switzerland's Dominik Meichtry took third in 1:44.37. Russia's Mikhail Polishchuk placed fourth in 1:45.12.
South Africa's Darian Townsend (1:45.23), Russia's Artem Lobuzov (1:45.84), Russia's Alexander Sukhorukov (1:45.88) and Denmark's Mads Glaesner (1:45.90) made up the rest of the top eight.
Women's 50 breast
Another superstar showdown is setup in the sprint breast as Australia's Leisel Jones qualified first with a 30.50 and world record holder Jessica Hardy of the U.S. checked in with a third-seeded time of 31.27. Russia's Daria Deeva split the difference with a second-place 31.09, while teammate Ekaterina Balkakova took fourth in 31.31.
Sweden's Joline Hostman (31.42), France's Sophie De Ronchi (31.53), Russia's Natalia Vinourenkova (31.57) and Denmark's Rikke Moeller Pedersen (31.63) placed fifth through eighth.
Men's 100 breast
Ukraine's Igor Borysik clocked a time of 57.78 for the top seed in prelims, just a bit off his national record of 57.33 set in 2008. World record holder Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa qualified second in 57.94, while teammate Neil Versfeld placed third in 58.38. Russia's Stanislav Lakhtyukhov finished fourth in 58.56.
Russia's Sergey Geybel (58.67), Russia's Grigory Falko (59.15), Ukraine's Valeriy Dymo (59.23) and Russia's Aleksandr Triznov (59.52) also moved on to the finale.
Women's 400 IM slower seeds
South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim easily posted the fastest time out of the slower-seeded heats with a 4:29.56. Greece's Lysistrati Halkides (4:45.72) and Russia's Alexandra Veselova (4:49.23) turned in the second and third-fastest times of the morning heats.
Men's 100 fly
South Africa's Lyndon Ferns recorded the top time in the morning with a 51.08, while Russia's Evgeny Korotyshkin took second in 51.27. South Africa's Garth Tune (51.31) and Russia's Artem Voronov (51.76) will bracket them in the center lanes of the finale.
Russia's Nikolay Skvortsov (51.85), Russia's Nikita Konovalov (51.97), Belarus' Pavel Sankovich (52.17) and South Africa's Chad Le Clos (52.34) completed the top eight.
Women's 100 back
Russia claimed the top two spots in the finale as Mariya Gromova (58.64) and Kseniya Moskvina (58.85) were the best times of the morning. South Africa's Chanelle Van Wyk placed third in 59.51 to lower her national record of 59.70 set at the Durban stop this year. Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom touched fourth in 59.56, while Whitney Myers of the U.S. qualified fifth in 59.57.
Brazil's Fabiola Molina finished sixth in 59.67, while Ukraine's Daryna Zevina (1:00.06) and Russia's Alina Kasinskaya (1:01.26) also grabbed finale spots.
Men's 50 back
The sprint back finale will feature a load of home country swimmers. Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin (23.75), Stanislav Donets (23.95), Vitaly Melnikov (24.32), Anton Butymov (24.39) and Sergey Makov (24.60) will give the finale plenty of host nation swimmers for the fans to cheer.
Australia's Ashley Delaney (24.13), Peter Marshall of the U.S. (24.33) and South Africa's Garth Tune (24.65) also snared spots in the finale.
Women's 200 fly
Brazil's Joanna Maranhao-Melo ripped off a 2:06.49 to claim the top seed during prelims. France's Aurore Mongel checked in with a second-place time of 2:08.58, while Australia's Felicity Galvez touched third in 2:08.73.
South Africa's Mandy Loots placed fourth in 2:08.80 with teammate Kathryn Meaklim taking fifth in 2:09.97. Hungary's Zsuzsanna Jakabos pocketed sixth in 2:10.91.
Russia's Veronika Popova (2:13.93) and Anna Kiselva (2:14.72) snagged the final two transfer spots.
Men's 200 IM
Brazil's Henrique Rodrigues finished just ahead of South Africa's Darian Townsend, 1:58.73 to 1:58.84, for the top seed in the 200 IM. Austria's Markus Rogan (1:59.43) and Russia's Andrey Krylov (1:59.83) qualified in the top four as well.
Russia's Alexander Tikhonov (1:59.89), Croatia's Sasa Impric (2:00.02), South Africa's Chad Le Clos (2:00.17) and Belarus' Pavel Sankovich (2:00.20) also made the finale.
Women's 400 free
Denmark's cruised into the top spot in finals with a time of 4:06.63. Russia's Anastasia Ivanenko qualified second in 4:08.00, while teammate Tatiana Ponomarenko claimed the third seed in 4:09.19. Russia's Regina Sych wound up fourth in 4:11.54.
Germany's Jaana Ehmcke (4:12.01), Hungary's Agnes Mutina (4:12.06), Russia's Kira Volodina (4:12.51) and France's Camille Radou (4:14.17) completed the top eight.
Men's 50 free
South Africa's Roland Schoeman turned in the top seeded time in the splash-and-dash with a time of 21.12, while Russia's Evgeniy Lagunov clocked a 21.29 for second. Lagunov finished just off his national record of 21.15 set last December. Croatia's Alexei Puninski touched third in 21.46, while Sweden's Stefan Nystrand took fourth in 21.48 in a tie with Brazil's Bruno Fratus.
South Africa's Lyndon Ferns (21.54), Canada's Brent Hayden (21.55) and Ukraine's Andriy Govorov (21.70) also grabbed spots in the finale.
Women's 200 breast
Russia's Olga Detenyuk posted the top preliminary time with a readout of 2:24.00. Australia's Leisel Jones qualified second in 2:24.15, while Denmark's Rikke Moeller Pedersen placed third in 2:24.62. Switzerland's Patrizia Humplik took fourth in 2:25.33.
Russia's Vitalina Simonova (2:25.45), South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim (2:25.78), Sweden Joline Hostman (2:26.01) and Russia's Anastasia Chaun (2:26.64) rounded out the top eight.
Women's 100 IM
Sweden's Therese Alshammar, who set the world record in the sprint medley at the Durban stop last month with a 58.51, checked in with a 58.95 during prelims today. Finland's Hanna-Maria Seppala clocked a second-seeded 59.55, while Hungary's Evelyn Verraszto finished third in 1:00.10.
The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder touched fourth in 1:00.16 with Whitney Myers of the U.S. (1:00.36) and Russia's Svetlana Karpeeva (1:00.42) taking fifth and sixth.
France's Sophie De Ronchi (1:00.60) and Russia's Olga Klyuchnikova (1:00.65) claimed the final two transfer spots into the finale.
Men's 200 back
Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin posted the top time in prelims with a 1:53.04, while compatriots Evgeny Aleshin (1:54.37) and Stanislav Donets (1:54.43) finished second and third. South Africa's George Du Rand touched fourth in 1:54.48.
Australia's Ashley Delaney (1:54.65), Russia's Artem Dubovskoy (1:54.89), Germany's Felix Wolf (1:55.20) and Russia's Vitaly Borisov (1:56.80) picked up the other championship field slots.
Women's 50 fly
Sweden's Therese Alshammar, who also set the world record in the sprint fly at the Durban stop with a 24.75, earned the top seed in 25.57 today. Australia's Marieke Guehrer placed second in 25.70, while Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen finished third in 26.11. Australia's Felicity Galvez claimed fourth in 26.20.
Singapore's Li Tao finished fifth in 26.25, while The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder (26.30), Russia's Vasilisa Vladykina (26.50) and Russia's Svetlana Pening (26.69) snagged sixth through eighth to complete the day of preliminary swimming.
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