2015 FINA World Championships: Day Eight Prelims Live Recap

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SCHEDULED EVENTS

Men’s 400 IM
Women’s 400 IM
Men’s 400 medley relay
Women’s 400 medley relay

HEAT SHEETS

Men’s 400 IM
With pre-meet favorite Kosuke Hagino of Japan out of the meet due to injury, teammate Daiya Seto will be looking to give Japan its first men’s win of the meet. The defending champion qualified third for tonight’s final with a 4:12.17.

Chase Kalisz, the 2013 silver medalist in the event, is the top qualifier with a 4:11.83. This was Kalisz’s first swim of the meet, waiting through seven days of competition to finally race. He had a close race with Hungary’s David Verraszto, who posted a 4:11.99 in Kalisz’s heat.

USA’s Tyler Clary got into the final with a 4:12.22 for fourth. Daniel Wallace of Great Britain, the reigning Commonwealth Games champion, was fifth overall in 4:13.07. Rounding out the top eight are: Jacob Heidtmann of Germany (4:13.62), Roberto Pavoni of Great Britain (4:13.91) and Yang Zhixian of China (4:15.47).

Women’s 400 IM
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu is looking to add a gold medal bookend to her world championships experience and sweep the IMs. She led the field with a 4:32.78 in a smooth and controlled swim. She chased Ye Shiwen’s world record of 4:28.43 in winning the 2013 title, and will be looking for an IM world record sweep after her 2:06.12 from the 200 IM on Monday.

Barbara Zavadova of the Czech Republic qualified second with a 4:35.60, breaking her national record. Canada’s Emily Overholt, who was disqualified in this event at the Pan American Games last month for an illegal touch, got through to finals with a 4:35.86 for third overall.

Hannah Miley of Great Britain and Maya DiRado of the United States tied for the win in heat three with matching times of 4:36.11 to tie for fourth place in qualifying. Behind them in the remaining places for the final will be: Japan’s Sakiko Shimizu (4:36.16), Great Britain’s Aimee Willmott (4:36.82) and France’s Lara Grangeon (4:38.20).

Shiwen finished 15th overall with a 4:42.96, while American Elizabeth Beisel, the 2011 world champion, placed 12th in 4:38.96.

Men’s 400 medley relay
A disqualification by Hungary was good news for Russia, as it gave the host country a spot in the finals of the men’s 400 medley relay. Breaststroker Daniel Gyurta left the blocks .19 too early, resulting in the DQ.

The United States team of Matt Grevers (52.85), Cody Miller (59.23), Tim Phillips (51.03) and Ryan Lochte (47.95) put the Americans at the top of a close group of eight with a 3:31.06. Right behind in a previous heat was Australia with a 3:31.86. The United States will go with an entirely different group of four, while Australia used double backstroke champion Mitch Larkin in their relay.

France appeared to use its fastest swimmers in each stroke to qualify third with a 3:32.51, while Japan also put in its top athletes to post the fourth-fastest time with a 3:32.82.

Germany (3:32.94), Great Britain (3:33.37), Poland (3:33.50) and Russia (3:34.02) rounded out the top eight. Russia will make up some ground with the likely addition of Vlad Morozov to freestyle in the finals.

Women’s 400 medley relay
China, the country that owns the meet record with a 3:52.19 from the 2009 world championships, goes in as the top seed in the meet’s final event with a 3:57.04. Fu Yuanhui (59.24), Shi Jinglin (1:06.35), Chen Xinyi (57.42) and Qiu Yuhan (54.03) contributed to the top-seeded time.

The United States will take lane five for the final, with their world record of 3:52.05 in sight. Kathleen Baker (59.98), Micah Lawrence (1:07.10), Kendyl Stewart (56.86) and Margo Geer (53.18) did their part to get a lane for the USA. All four will likely be replaced in tonight’s final be the faster swimmers in each stroke.

Sweden used Sarah Sjostrom on butterfly, so expect them to be in the hunt and exceed the 3:57.29 the foursome posted this morning for third overall. Australia will also make big improvements in the final with Emily Seebohm and one of the Campbell sisters set to swim tonight. Australia qualified fourth with a 3:57.95.

Denmark used its top swimmers to qualify fifth with a 3:58.38. Canada (3:59.02), Great Britain (4:00.02) and Japan (4:00.43) also got into the final.

2015 FINA World Championships Prelims, Day 8 – Results

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