2015 FINA World Championships, Swimming: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

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Women’s 100 back

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu continued to be on fire at the 2015 FINA World Championships with a Hungarian record in the women’s 100-meter back prelims in Kazan.

Just a day after twice lowering the textile best in the women’s 200-meter IM, Hosszu clocked a world-best 58.78.

That swim not only beat Emily Seebohm’s 58.89 from the BHP Super Series as the top time this year, it broke Hosszu’s national record of 59.36 as she cleared 59 seconds for the first time.

The performance also moved Hosszu up to seventh all time in the event’s history.

All Time 100 Back

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Hosszu, however, elected to scratch the event to focus on the women’s 200-meter IM finals.

Seebohm nearly joined Hosszu under 59 seconds in prelims with a 59.04 to qualify second. Her teammate Madison Wilson, already under 59 this year with a 58.94 from Australian Nationals, qualified third in 59.17.

Denmark’s Mie Nielsen swam alongside Hosszu to the fourth seed with a 59.40, while USA’s Missy Franklin overcame a bad start to qualify fifth in 59.59.

Russia’s Anastasia Fesikova also cleared 1:00 with a sixth-seeded 59.84.

Great Britain’s Lauren Quigley (1:00.14), Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry (1:00.14), Iceland’s Eyglo Gustafsdottir (1:00.25) and Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros (1:00.33) closed out the top 10.

Great Britain’s Elizabeth Simmonds (1:00.38), Sweden’s Michelle Coleman (1:00.55), China’s Fu Yuanhui (1:00.55), China’s Chen Jie (1:00.58), Poland’s Alicja Tchorz (1:00.61) and Canada’s Dominique Bouchard (1:00.61) will also move on to the semifinals.

USA’s Kathleen Baker went out have in 28.53, the fastest of the field, but paid for it as she settled for 17th in 1:00.62. Hosszu’s later scratch pulled her into semis.

Men’s 100 back

Mitchell Larkin of Australia moved into the top 10 all time in the men’s 100-meter back with an Oceania record at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

Larkin raced his way to a sizzling time of 52.50. That swim blasted the previous world best from this year of 52.88 from Chris Walker-Hebborn at the British Nationals. It also moved Larkin to 10th all time in the event’s history.

All Time 100 Back

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USA’s Matt Grevers cruised through the final heat to qualify second overall in 53.21, while China’s Xu Jiayu qualified third in 53.29.

Great Britain’s Liam Tancock (53.35) and Japan’s Ryosuke Irie (53.37) comprised the rest of the top five.

Brazil’s Guilherme Guido (53.57), Great Britain’s Chris Walker-Hebborn (53.64), Russia’s Grigory Tarasevich (53.69), Russia’s Evgeny Rylov (53.74) and Germany’s Jan-Philip Glania (53.78) also made the top 10.

Italy’s Simone Sabbioni (53.83), France’s Jeremy Stravius (53.92), France’s Camille Lacourt (53.92), Israel’s Yakov Toumarkin (53.92), Australia’s Ben Treffers (54.00) and USA’s David Plummer (54.06) will also move on to the semis.

Women’s 100 breast

Russia’s Yuliya Efimova led a handful of 1:06s into the semifinals of the women’s 100-meter breast at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

Efimova put up the top time of the morning with a 1:06.31, well off her third-ranked time of 1:05.89 from the Mission Viejo Invitational in her first swim back from an anti-doping ban.

China’s Shi Jinglin qualified second in 1:06.45 to move into a fourth-place tie with Kanako Watanabe in the world rankings.

USA’s Jessica Hardy put up a 1:06.68 for the third seed to move to seventh in the world, while world-leader Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania earned the fourth seed with an easy speed 1:06.75. She leads the rankings this year with a 1:05.46 from the Canet stop of the Mare Nostrum circuit.

Meilutyte is looking to defend her 2013 championship, where she beat Efimova 1:04.42 to 1:05.02 for the win. Hardy finished bronze that year as well with a 1:05.52.

Watanabe (1:06.81), Iceland’s Hilda Luthersdottir (1:06.87) and Australia’s Taylor McKeown (1:06.97) also cleared 1:07 to make semis.

Sweden’s Jennie Johannson (1:07.09), Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson (1:07.09), Spain’s Jessica Vall (1:07.13), Belgium’s Fanny Lecluyse (1:07.29), Australia’s Lorna Tonks (1:07.32), Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen (1:07.39), Canada’s Rachel Nicol (1:07.52), Italy’s Arianna Castiglioni (1:07.52) and Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen (1:07.58) also claimed transfer spots into the semifinal heats.

USA’s Micah Lawrence missed a second swim with a 19th-place 1:07.73.

Men’s 200 free

The men’s 200-meter semifinals are loaded with some top names, paced by 400-meter free victor Sun Yang of China at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

Sun, who won the 400-meter free last night, put up a 1:46.00 this morning to earn the top seed. That swim fell a bit short of his second-ranked 1:45.75 from Chinese Nationals.

Great Britain’s James Guy put up a 1:46.10 to clear his seventh-ranked season best of 1:46.32 from British Nationals.

Germany’s Paul Biedermann, the world best with a 1:45.60 from German Nationals, put up a 1:46.20 for the third seed.

Australia’s Cameron McEvoy, ranked fourth in the world with a 1:45.94 from Australian Nationals, picked up the fourth seed in 1:46.39.

Great Britain’s Calum Jarvis (1:46.61), Russia’s Danila Izotov (1:46.65), USA’s Conor Dwyer (1:46.73) and The Netherlands’ Sebastiaan Verschuren (1:46.88) closed out the top eight.

Russia’s Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:46.91), Australia’s David McKeon (1:47.00), Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (1:47.10), South Africa’s Chad le Clos (1:47.17), USA’s Ryan Lochte (1:47.18), Brazil’s Joao De Lucca (1:47.47), South Africa’s Myles Brown (1:47.48) and Argentina’s Federico Grabich (1:47.73) also will battle for finals spots in semis.

Women’s 1500 free

The astonishing dominance of Katie Ledecky in the distance freestyle continued as she cut half-a-second off her world record in the women’s 1500-meter free during prelims at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

Ledecky raced her way to a 15:27.71 this morning to break her own world record of 15:28.36 set at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships.

Comparative Splits
Name, Time, Year, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650, 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 950, 1000, 1050, 1100, 1150, 1200, 1250, 1300, 1350, 1450, 1500

Katie Ledecky, 15:28.36, 2014:

28.56, 59.34 (30.78), 1:30.41 (31.07), 2:01.85 (31.44), 2:32.89 (31.04), 3:04.03 (31.14), 3:35.23 (31.20), 4:06.57 (31.34), 4:37.74 (31.17), 5:09.13 (31.39), 5:40.41 (31.28), 6:11.76 (31.35), 6:42.96 (31.20), 7:14.25 (31.29), 7:45.55 (31.30), 8:16.90 (31.35), 8:47.98 (31.08), 9:19.11 (31.13), 9:50.07 (30.96), 10:20.96 (30.89), 10:52.08 (31.12), 11:23.08 (31.00), 11:53.81 (30.73), 12:24.95 (31.14), 12:55.66 (30.71), 13:26.65 (30.99), 13:57.56 (30.91), 14:28.52 (30.96), 14:59.37 (30.85), 15:28.36 (28.99)

Katie Ledecky, 15:27.71, 2015:

28.56, 59.09 (30.53), 1:30.41 (31.32), 2:01.83 (31.42), 2:33.05 (31.22), 3:04.01 (30.96), 3:35.14 (31.13), 4:06.41 (31.27), 4:37.76 (31.35), 5:08.95 (31.19), 5:40.01 (31.06), 6:11.18 (31.17), 6:42.37 (31.19), 7:13.42 (31.05), 7:44.35 (30.93), 8:15.29 (30.94), 8:46.44 (31.15), 9:17.76 (31.32), 9:48.63 (30.87), 10:19.55 (30.92), 10:50.59 (31.04), 11:21.84 (31.25), 11:52.66 (30.82), 12:23.58 (30.92), 12:54.50 (30.92), 13:25.50 (31.00), 13:56.39 (30.89), 14:27.51 (31.12), 14:58.25 (30.73), 15:27.71 (29.47)

Her swim was so dominant that even her 800-meter free cut is historic. She posted an 8:15.29 at the 800-meter mark, which ranks as eighth all time in the event’s history. Only one swimmer has ever swum the 800-meter free naturally faster than Ledecky’s split, Rebecca Adlington with an 8:14.10 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Denmark’s Lotte Friis led the battle for the second seed with a 15:54.23 to rank second in the world, 26 seconds behind Ledecky. Australia’s Jessica Ashwood posted a 15:56.52 to stand third in prelims and third in the world rankings as well.

Chile’s Kristel Kobrich (16:01.63), New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle (16:02.84), Hungary’s Boglarka Kapas (16:06.25), The Netherlands’ Sharon van Rouwendaal (16:09.12) and Italy’s Aurora Ponsele (16:12.01) also made tomorrow night’s finale.

2015 FINA World Championships, Swimming: Day 2 Prelims – Results

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 100 back
Men’s 100 back
Women’s 100 breast
Men’s 200 free
Women’s 1500 free

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