2015 FINA World Championships: Day Seven Prelims Live Recap

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WOMEN’S 50 FREE

Australia’s Cate Campbell topped a loaded 50-meter free field in prelims finishing with a time of 24.40 to claim the top seed for tonight’s semis. Campbell will have to work to get closer to her 2015 best of 24.03 from BHP Super Series and to keep the competition at bay.

Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace of the Bahamas claimed the second place seed with a close 24.43, putting her only .12 seconds off her 2015 best of 24.31 from the Pan Am Games in Toronto.

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom turned in a 24.53 to claim a spot in the middle of the pool for semis. The Netherland’s Ranomi Kromowidjojo posted a time of 24.62 to grab the fourth-place seed.

The fifth place seed was grabbed by Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark. Ottesen turned in a 24.66, just shy of her 2015 best of 24.47 from the Canet stop of the Mare Nostrum circuit.

Germany’s Dorothea Brandt finished with a 24.71 for the sixth-place seed, while Australia’s Bronte Campbell touched with a 24.74 for the seventh-place seed. A slight slip for Campbell from her 2015 best of 24.19 from the Australian Championships.

Great Britain’s Fran Halsall completes the top eight qualifiers for tonight’s semis with a time of 24.80.

China’s Xiang Liu (24.82), France’s Anna Santamans (24.90), USA’s Simone Manuel (24.91), Canada’s Chantal Van Landeghem (24.94), Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros (24.97), Canada’s Michelle Williams (25.13), Denmark’s Pernille Blume (25.14) and Russia’s Mariia Kameneva (25.18) will also be swimming in semi-finals of the 50 free.

MEN’S 50 BACK

France’s Camille Lacourt posted the top time in prelims for the men’s 50-meter back with a finishing time of 24.56. This time matches his 2015 best 0f 24.56 which he posted at the French Championships earlier this year.

USA’s Matt Grevers grabbed the second-place seed with a time of 24.68 moving him up to third in the world rankings for 2015.

Australian teammates Ben Treffers and Mitchell Larkin snagged the third- and fourth-place seeds from separate heats. Trekkers turned in a 24.74 in heat six, while Larkin posted a 24.77 in heat five.

David Plummer of the USA clocked a 24.79 in heat six finishing in front of Great Britain’s Liam Tancock’s 24.91 from the same heat.

Jeremy Stravius (24.95) of France and Pavel Sankovich (24.97) claimed seventh and eighth respectively.

Germany’s Carl Schwarz (25.12), Israel’s Jonatan Kopelev (25.14), Italy’s Simone Sabbioni (25.21), POland’s Tomasz Polewka (25.25), Russia’s Grigory Tarasevich (25.27), Russia’s Vladimir Morozov (25.27) and Norway’s Lavrans Solli (25.28) will join the top eight in semi-finals later in the day.

Miguel Ortiz-Canavate and Guilherme Guido will swim off for the sixteenth spot.

WOMEN’S 50 BREAST

Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania claimed the top seed in the women’s 50-meter breaststroke with a stunning time of 29.74 effectively lowering her 2015 best of 29.88 from the Canet stop of the Mare Nostrum circuit. Meilutyte’s time secures her spot as the current top leader in the world, as she also holds the world record at a 29.48.

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson took the second-place seed with a 30.27, lowering her time of 30.54 from the Charlotte stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.

Jennie Johansson of Sweden moved up in the rankings with a time of 30.30. This lowers her 2015 best of 30.64 by .34 seconds.

Jessica Hardy of the USA turned in a 30.44 for the fourth-place seed, improving upon her time of 30.61 from the Charlotte stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.

Russia’s Yuliya Efimova finished second in her heat to claim the fifth-place seed with a 30.45. This is just shy of her 2015 best of 30.37 from the Santa Clara stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series. Close behind was Ukraine’s Mariia Liver who followed Efimova to the wall with a time of 30.60.

Belgium’s Fanny Lecluyse turned in a 30.75 for the seventh-place seed, while Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen clocked a 30.79 to complete the top heat for semi-finals.

The Netherland’s Moniek Nijhuis (30.81), Italy’s Martina Carraro (30.83), Canada’s Rachel Nicol (30.86), Italy’s Arianna Castiglioni (30.90), Israel’s Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir (30.90), China’s Ran Suo (31.12), Czech Republic’s Petra Chocova (31.21) and Australia’s Lorna Tonks (31.22) complete the top sixteen for tonight’s semi-finals.

MIXED 4X100 FREE RELAY

The USA mixed relay team of Conor Dwyer (49.47), Ryan Lochte (48.43), Margo Geer (53.12) and Abbey Weitzeil (53.49) clocked a quick 3:24.51 to claim the first-place seed in the mixed 400-meter freestyle relay. The relay team was just shy of the world record of 3:23.29 set by Australia in 2014.

Russia claimed the second-place seed with Andrey Grechin (49.21), Nikita Lobintsev (47.97) Veronica Popova (54.00) and Natalia Lovtcova (54.05) posting a combined 3:25.23.

The relay team of Luca Dotto (49.30), Fillippo Magnini (48.60), Federica Pellegrini (54.35) and Erika Ferraioli (53.98) from Italy turned in a time of 3:26.23 for the third-place seed.

Sweden’s Christoffer Carlsen (49.78), Simon Sjodin (49.70), Michelle Coleman (53.35) and Louise Hansson (53.77) finished with a time of 3:26.60 for the fourth-place seed.

Sebastiaan Verschuren (49.49), Kyle Stolk (49.44), Marrit Steenbergen (55.29) and Femke Heemskerk (52.69) of the Netherlands clocked a time of 3:26.91 for the fifth-place seed.

China (3:27.71) finished sixth in prelims while Canada and Brazil are tied for seventh with a time of 3:27.75.

MEN’S 1500 FREE

Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri claimed the top seed for finals in the men’s 1500-meter free posting a time of 14:51.04 to separate himself from the competition. Paltrinieri currently holds the top time for 2015 with a 14:43.87 from the Italian Championships earlier this year.

Connor Jaeger turned in a 14:53.34 for the second-place seed in heat five. Jaeger succeeded in lowering his 2015 best of 14:56.43 from the Santa Clara stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.

Yang Sun of China, the current world record holder, clocked a time of 14:55.11 to secure the third-place seed. Despite not being close to his world record of 14:31.02, Sun did succeed in lowering his 2015 best of 15:00.73 from the Chinese Championships.

Great Britain’s Stephen Milne posted a 14:55.17 for the fourth-place seed. Milne improved upon his time of 14:58.25 from the British Championships.

Egypt’s Akram Ahmed takes the fifth seed with a time of 14:55.42, while Canada’s Ryan Cochrane settled for sixth and a time of 14:55.96.

USA’s Michael McBroom will return as the seventh-place seed with a time of 14:57.07, and the Ukraine’s Mykhailo Romanchuk rounds out the top eight returners with a 14:57.82.

2015 FINA World Championships Prelims, Day 7 Heat Sheets – Results

2015 FINA World Championships Prelims, Day 7 – Results

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