2015 FINA World Junior Championships: Day Six Finals Live Recap

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Men’s 100 free finals

Australia’s Kyle Chalmers blasted the meet record in the men’s 100-meter free finals at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Chalmers raced his way to a sizzling 48.47 to crush the 48.87 set by Pedro Spajari yesterday.

That swim moved Chalmers up to 17th in the world rankings, and smashed his previous season best of 48.69 that led all 18-and-unders.

18-and-Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats

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Maxime Rooney uncorked a smoking 48.87 for the USA to take silver, while Brazil’s Felipe Souza rounded out the podium with a third-place 49.30.

Spajari could not replicate his semifinal speed with a fourth-place 49.56.

Italy’s Alessandro Miressi (49.61), Canada’s Markus Thormeyer (49.76), Romania’s Robert Glinta (49.87) and Italy’s Alessandro Bori (50.16) closed out the finale.

Women’s 200 breast finals

Turkey’s Viktoria Zeynep Gunes unleashed a world best time in the women’s 200-meter breast at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Gunes blazed her way to a stunning time of 2:19.64 to win the finale at the end of a sterling meet.

That performance beat Kanako Watanabe’s 2:20.90 from Japanese Nationals as the top time in the world this year.

Gunes also vaulted to fourth all time in the event’s history as she joined an exclusive 2:19 club.

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Incidentally, Gunes also crushed her own World Junior record of 2:22.69 set at the 2015 French Open in Vichy last month.

Russia’s Mariia Astashkina took second in 2:24.57 with teammate Sofia Andreeva earning third in 2:24.88.

Japan’s Runa Imai (2:25.52), Italy’s Giulia Verona (2:25.90), Great Britain’s Katie Matts (2:27.41), Great Britain’s Georgia Coates (2:28.31) and Japan’s Yukino Miyasaka (2:29.50) comprised the rest of the championship heat.

Men’s 200 back finals

Spain’s Hugo Gonzalez clipped a pair of Americans for the men’s 200-meter back title at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Gonzalez checked in with a top time of 1:58.11, just missing the meet record of 1:57.92 set by Luca Mencarini back in 2013.

USA’s Michael Taylor (1:58.39) and Austin Katz (1:58.51) placed second and third to round out the podium.

18-and-Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats

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Great Britain’s Luke Greenbank (1:58.74), Italy’s Jacopo Bietti (1:59.58), Australia’s Tristan Ludlow (2:00.01), Poland’s Jakub Skierka (2:00.57) and Russia’s Roman Larin (2:01.12) finished fourth through eighth.

Women’s 100 fly finals

Japan’s Rikako Ikee closed out her impressive meet with another triumph, this time in the women’s 100-meter fly at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Ikee clocked a meet-record time of 58.28 in the finale. That swim eclipsed the previous record of 58.34 set by Svetlana Chimrova back in 2013.

Penny Oleksiak of Canada picked up silver with a time of 58.50, while Australia’s Gemma Cooney earned the bronze with a time of 58.98.

18-and-Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats

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USA’s Cassidy Bayer (59.04), Australia’s Lucia Lassman (59.53), Hungary’s Szonja Szokol (59.74), Russia’s Polina Egorova (59.74) and China’s Wang Jingzhuo (1:00.04) also competed in the finale.

Men’s 1500 free finals

Brazil’s Brandonn Almeida demonstrated some serious closing speed as he overhauled USA’s Taylor Abbott in the men’s 1500-meter free at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Almeida won the finale in a time of 15:15.88, while Abbott took second in 15:16.35 after leading for nearly the entire race.

Spain’s Cesar Castro edged China’s Qiu Ziao for third, 15:17.10 to 15:17.54.

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Greece’s Dimitrios Negris (15:18.74), Australia’s Joshua Parrish (15:21.15), Hungary’s Kristof Rsovszky (15:24.91) and South Africa’s Matthew Meyer (15:25.76) closed out the top eight in the timed final event.

Women’s 50 free finals

Russia’s Mariia Kameneva just missed the meet record in the women’s 50-meter free at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Kameneva hit the wall in 25.12, just ahead of Japan’s Rikako Ikee’s second-place time of 25.19.

Both swims came up short of Rozaliya Nasretdinova’s 2013 meet record of 25.02.

Australia’s Shayna Jack placed third overall in 25.24.

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Russia’s Daria S. Ustinova (25.39), China’s Tang Yuting (25.59), Hungary’s Flora Molnar (25.59), USA’s Ashley Volpenhein (25.68) and USA’s Lauren Pitzer (25.93) also competed in the finale.

Men’s 200 fly finals

Japan’s Nao Horomura turned on the afterburners down the stretch to win the men’s 200-meter fly at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Horomura closed on Russia’s Daniil Pakhomov with a winning time of 1:56.80. Pakhomov faded to second in 1:56.93.

Both swimmers fell half-a-second off Andrew Seliskar’s meet record of 1:56.42 set back in 2013.

USA’s Mike Thomas placed third overall in a time of 1:57.61.

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Italy’s Giacomo Carini (1:58.04), USA’s Zach Harting (1:59.42), Bulgaria’s Antani Ivanov (1:59.93), Hungary’s Mark Tekauer (2:00.51) and New Zealand’s Wilrich Coetzee (2:00.62) finished fourth through eighth.

Men’s 50 breast finals

Lithuania’s Andrius Sidlauskas cracked 28 seconds to win the men’s 50-meter breast at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Sidlauskas moved closer to Peter John Stevens’ World Junior record of 27.74 from 2013 with a winning time of 27.99 tonight.

Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi claimed silver overall in the sprint breast with a time of 28.03, while Croatia’s Nikola Obrovac took home the bronze with a time of 28.11.

China’s Shen Hao wound up fourth overall in 28.18, while Great Britain’s Charlie Attwood hit the wall fifth in 28.28.

USA’s Reece Whitley (28.33), Russia’s Anton Chupkov (28.41) and USA’s Michael Andrew (28.44) finished sixth through eighth to comprise the rest of the championship finale.

Women’s 200 free finals

Canada’s Taylor Ruck tracked down the meet record in the women’s 200-meter free at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Ruck hit the wall in 1:57.87, downing the previous record of 1:58.12 set by Tamsin Cook earlier this week as a relay leadoff.

Russia’s Arina Openysheva finished second in the finale with a 1:58.28, while USA’s Hannah Cox claimed bronze in a time of 1:59.28.

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Japan’s Sachi Mochida (1:59.39), Italy’s Rachele Ceracchi (2:01.09), Great Britain’s Holly Hibbott (2:01.29), Russia’s Daria Mullakaeva (2:01.45) and Brazil’s Rafaela Raurich (2:01.89) closed out the finale.

Men’s 400 medley relay finals

Russia dominated the men’s 400-meter medley relay en route to a meet record at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Russia’s Roman Larin, Anton Chupkov, Daniil Pakohomov and Vladislav Kozlov won the finale in 3:36.44.

That swim downed the meet record of 3:38.13 set by Japan in 2013, and just missed clearing the World Junior record of 3:36.38 set by Philipp Shopin, Chupkov, Pakhomov and Kozlov at the 2015 European Games.

USA’s Michael Taylor, Reece Whitley, Michael Andrew and Maxime Rooney raced their way to a silver in 3:37.51.

Australia’s Clyde Lewis, Matthew Wilson, Brayden McCarthy and Kyle Chalmers earned bronze in 3:40.21.

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Brazil (3:42.78), Spain (3:43.10), Canada (3:44.12), Turkey (3:44.99) and Singapore (3:47.40) also competed in the finale.

Women’s 400 medley relay finals

Russia finished the meet with a medley relay sweep as the women crushed the World Junior record in the women’s 400-meter medley relay at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Irina Prikhodko, Mariia Astashkina, Polina Egorova and Mariia Kameneva raced their way to a sizzling 4:01.05.

That swim not only blasted the meet record of 4:40.48 set in 2013, it cut more than two seconds from the World Junior record of 4:03.22 set by Kameneva, Astashkina, Egorova and Arina Openysheva at the 2015 European Games in Baku this summer.

Australia’s Minna Atherton, Ella Bond, Gemma Cooney and Shayna Jack claimed silver in 4:02.42.

Japan’s Natsumi Sakai, Runa Imai, Rikako Ikee and Sachi Mochida picked up bronze in 4:03.10.

USA’s Claire Adams, Kennedy Lohman, Cassidy Bayer and Lauren Pitzer placed fourth in 4:03.90.

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Canada (4:04.51), Italy (4:08.34), Germany (4:10.25) and Slovenia (4:13.82) comprised the rest of the final heat.

2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships: Day 6 Finals – Results

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Men’s 100 free finals
Women’s 200 breast finals
Men’s 200 back finals
Women’s 100 fly finals
Men’s 1500 free finals
Women’s 50 free finals
Men’s 200 fly finals
Men’s 50 breast finals
Women’s 200 free finals
Men’s 400 medley relay finals
Women’s 400 medley relay finals

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