2015 FINA World Championships: Day Six Finals Live Recap

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WOMEN’S 100 FREE FINALS

Bronte Campbell of Australia topped the competition in the women’s 100 free, turning in a 52.52 to replace her sister as the top ranked woman in the world for 2015. Sister Cate Campbell settled for third with a time of 52.82, adding .13 seconds onto her time of 52.69 from the Australian Championships. This marks the first occasion where sisters both won medals in the same event at the same World Championships.

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom added to her medals and claimed silver in the event with a time of 52.70. That betters her time of 52.78 posted earlier in the meet.

The Netherland’s Ranomi Kromowidjojo and teammate Femke Heemskerk finished in the middle of the pack for fourth and fifth. Kromowidjojo posted a 53.17, while Heemskerk touched in 53.58.

American’s Simone Manuel and Missy Franklin stuck close to each other throughout, finishing only .07 seconds apart. Manuel won out with a finishing time of 53.93 for sixth, while Franklin took seventh with a 54.00.

Duo Shen of China turned in a 54.76 for eighth.

MEN’S 200 BACK FINALS

Australia’s Mitch Larkin blasted to first in the men’s 200-meter back. Larkin powered into the final turn and took advantage of that final push to propel himself ahead of the competition turning in a 1:53.58 for the gold. Larkin’s time also further secures his spot at the top of the world rankings for 2015, lowering his time of 1:54.29.

Poland’s Radoslaw Kawecki finished second overall with a final time of 1:54.55. This betters his best time of 1:55.54, which he posted earlier in the meet, for 2015.

Russia’s Evgeny Rylov turned in a sizzling 1:54.60 to claim the bronze in the event. The eighteen-year-old improved upon his time of 1:55.54 which he posted earlier in the meet.

Ryosuke Irie of Japan posted a 1:54.81 to finish fourth in the event. Irie was .09 seconds off his 2015 best of 1:54.62 which he posted earlier this year at the BHP Super Series.

American Ryan Murphy took fifth with a time of 1:55.00. While Murphy lowered his 2015 best of 1:55.10 that he set earlier in the meet, this marks the first-time in the last eight meets that an American has not won the men’s 200 back.

China’s Jiayu Xu (1:55.20), USA’s Tyler Clary (1:56.26) and China’s Guangyuan Li (1:56.79) finished sixth, seventh, and eighth respectively.

WOMEN’S 200 BACK SEMI’S

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary blasts to the top of the 200 back field, posting a 2:06.18 to claim the top seed for tomorrow’s finals. Hosszu’s new time is a best for her for 2015, previously she poste a 2:06.81 at the Golden Tour, Nancy meet in France.

Despite a final 50 meters that was .70 seconds faster than Hosszu’s, Australia’s Emily Seebohm settled for the second-place seed with a finishing time of 2:06.56. This improves upon her best time of 2:06.69 for 2015.

USA’s Missy Franklin turned in a 2:07.79 for the third-place seed. This improves upon her time of 2:07.84 from earlier in the meet.

Canada’s Dominique Bouchard snagged fourth with a 2:08.16, improving upon her prelims time of 2:08.66.

Russia’s Daria Ustinova (2:08.74) and Canada’s Hilary Caldwell (2:08.99) claimed fifth and sxith respectively.

Eyglo Gustafsdottir (1:09.04) and Jenny Mensing (2:09.16) complete tomorrow’s finals line-up for the event.

MEN’S 50 FREE SEMI’S

Nathan Adrian turned in the fastest time in semi-finals of the men’s 50-meter free with a sizzling 21.37. That time not only earns him the top seed coming back for finals in the event and the top time for 2015 in the world, but it is also a new American record. Adrian’s time replaces Cullen Jones American record of 21.40 from 2009.

France’s Florent Manaudou grabbed the second-place seed with a 21.41. This lowers his 2015 best of 21.57 by .16 seconds.

Brazil’s Bruno Fratus joins Adrian and Manaudou in the middle lanes with a 21.60 for the third-place seed. This improves upon his best time of 21.74 from the Maria Lenk Trophy meet in Rio.

Italy’s Marco Orsi turned in a 21.86 to grab the fourth-place seed. This only sets him .02 seconds ahead of Great Britain’s Benjamin Proud who turned in a 21.88 for fifth.

Greece’s Kristian Gkolomeev finished sixth overall with a time of 21.89, while Ukraine’s Andrii Govorov turned in a 21.93 for the seventh-place seed.

Anthony Ervin of the USA and Vladimir Morozov of Russia turned in 22.02 each and will swim off for the final spot in the heat.

Following the men’s 800-meter free relay Ervin and Morozov faced off to compete for the eighth place seed. Morozov finished first with a time of 21.90 over Ervin’s 21.98.

WOMEN’S 200 BREAST FINALS

Japan’s Kanako Watanabe topped the competition in the women’s 200 breaststroke posting a final time of 2:21.15 for the gold. Watanabe was just shy of her 2015 best time of 2:20.90 which she posted at the Japanese National Championships.

Micah Lawrence of the USA held onto second despite a quick final 50 meters from Jessica Vall. Lawrence turned in a time of 2:22.44 for the silver, adding slightly to her time of 2:22.04 from earlier in the meet.

Denmark’s Rikke Pedersen tied Vall for third in the event with both posting a time of 2:22.76. For Vall, this is an improvement upon her time of 2:22.90 from earlier in the meet. Pedersen added 1.18 seconds to her 2015 best of 2:21.58 from the Swedish Grand Prix. China’s Jinglin Shi completed the three-way tie also adding to her 2015 best of 2:22.08.

Japan’s Rie Kaneto took sixth with a time of 2:23.19, adding to her time of 2:21.90 from the Japanese National Championships.

Russia’s Vitalina Simonova (2:23.59) and Canada’s Kierra Smith (2:23.61) finished seventh and eighth respectively.

MEN’S 100 FLY SEMI’S

Tom Shields of the USA and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary turned in matching times during semi-finals of the men’s 100-meter fly. From separate heats the two competitors each posted a 51.03 to situate themselves in the middle of the pool for the upcoming finals. Shields succeeded in shaving .06 seconds off his prelims time of 51.09, while Cseh missed out on another sub-51 swim.

Chad Le Clos was close behind Shields in heat one of the semis touching the wall with a 51.11 to situate himself in the third-place seed. Le Clos dropped .55 seconds to improve upon his 2015 best time of 51.66 from the Monte Carlo stop of the Mare Nostrum circuit.

Poland’s Konrad Czerniak grabbed the fourth-place seed with a time of 51.29, improving upon his time of 51.37 which he posted at the Spanish Nationals earlier this year.

Zhuhao Li of China and Mehdy Metella of France kept it close in heat two finishing .06 seconds apart. The young Li won out touching the wall in 51.33, while Metella turned in a 51.39.

Singapore’s Joseph Schooling (51.40) and Poland’s Pawel Korzeniowski (51.51) complete the top eight that will be competing in finals.

WOMEN’S 50 FLY SEMI’S

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom rebounded quickly from the women’s 100-free to top the competition in semis of the 50 fly with a 25.06. Sjostrom’s time lowers the World Championships record of 25.07 set by Sweden’s Theresa Alshammar in 2009.

Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen turned in a 25.27 for the second-place seed. Ottesen improves on her 2015 best time of 25.48 from the Danish Open.

Great Britain’s Fran Halsall posted a 25.71 from heat two for a spot in the middle of the pool for finals. Halsall shaved .15 seconds off her best of 25.86 from prelims.

Ying Lu of China grabbed the fourth-place seed with a time of 25.79, adding .10 seconds to her prelims time of 25.69.

Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace of the Bahamas and Egypt’s Farida Osman kept it close in heat one finishing .07 seconds apart. Vanderpool-Wallace got her hand to the wall first finishing with a time of 25.81, while Osman settled for the sixth-place seed and a 25.88.

Inge Dekker of the Netherlands (25.90) and Anna Dogwiert of Poland (25.91) finished seventh and eighth respectively.

MEN’S 200 BREAST FINALS

Germany’s Marco Koch bested the competition in the men’s 200 breaststroke turning in a final time of 2:07.76. Koch’s win ends Daniel Gyurta’s winning streak in the event and neared his meet record of 2:07.23 from 2013. Gyurta slipped to third in the event finishing with a time of 2:08.10.

Kevin Cordes of the USA posted a time of 2:08.05 to claim silver in the event. Cordes improved upon his time of 2:08.69 from earlier in the meet.

Great Britain’s Andrew Willis finished fourth overall in the event with a time of 2:08.52, dropping .07 from his time of 2:08.59 from the British Championships.

Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan slipped to fifth overall with a finishing time of 2:09.12.

Dmitriy Balandin (2:09.58), Russia’s Anton Chupkov (2:09.96) and China’s Feilian Mao (2:10.02) finished sixth, seventh, and eighth respectively.

MEN’S 4X200 FREE RELAY FINALS

Great Britain’s relay team made history by winning the 800-meter free relay for the first time ever, ending the USA’s five-meet winning streak in the event. Daniel Wallace (1:47.04), Robert Renwick (1:45.98), Calum Jarvis (1:46.57) and James Guy (1:44.74) turned in a combined 7:04.33 to claim the gold medal and move to the top of the 2015 world rankings. An impressive anchor leg from Guy secured the win as he overtook Michael Weiss of the USA to close the race.

The USA relay team led for the first three legs of the race with Ryan Lochte (1:45.71), Conor Dwyer (1:45.33) and Reed Malone (1:46.92) all turning in quick splits. Weiss’ split of 1:46.79 was not a bad split, there was just no stopping Guy from getting to the wall. Combined the USA finished in 7:04.75 for the silver medal.

Australia’s Cameron McEvoy (1:46.46), David McKeon (1:47.05), Daniel Smith (1:46.38) and Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:45.45) turned in a time of 7:05.34 for the bronze medal. Although Grant Hackett did not swim the relay in finals, because he was part of the relay in prelims he will still receive a medal for his swim earning him his fifth medal in the event (gold in 1998, 2001, & 2003; bronze in 2005 & 2015).

Russia finished fourth overall with a 7:06.89, separating themselves from the pack with a 2.12 second difference between the final finishers.

Germany claimed fifth with a time of 7:09.01, while Belgium earned themselves sixth overall with a 7:09.64 finish.

The Netherlands (7:09.75) and Poland (7:10.34) finished seventh and eighth respectively.

2015 FINA World Championships Finals, Day 6 – Results

Scheduled Events

Women’s 100 Free (Finals)
Men’s 200 Back (Finals)
Women’s 200 Back (Semis)
Men’s 50 Free (Semis)
Women’s 200 Breast (Finals)
Men’s 100 Fly (Semis)
Women’s 50 Fly (Semis)
Men’s 200 Breast (Finals)
Men’s 800 Free Relay (Finals)
Men’s 50 Free (Swim-Off)

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