2016 FINA Short Course World Championships: Day 4 Prelims Recap

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Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Federation

Day four prelims was a short morning, but was highlighted by top showings in both the men’s 200 and 800 freestyle relays by Team USA. Additionally, Team USA’s Leah Smith and Lilly King swam to the top seeds in their respective events.

Heat Sheets

Prelims Results

Events:

  • Men’s 4×50 Freestyle Relay
  • Women’s 50 Backstroke
  • Men’s 50 Butterfly
  • Women’s 400 Freestyle
  • Women’s 100 Breaststroke
  • Men’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay

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Men’s 4×50 Freestyle Relay:

The men of Team USA topped the preliminary heats of the men’s 4×50 freestyle relay with a top qualifying time of 1:25.01. Dillon Virva (21.55), Michael Chadwick (20.81), Michael Andrew (21.51), and Paul Powers (21.14) earned the USA lane four for tonight’s final where they will have a shot at the gold medal.

The Russian Federation grabbed the second seed for tonight’s final with teammates Kirill Prigoda (22.10), Aleksei Brianskii (21.04), Nikita Lobintsev (21.23), and Aleksandr Popkov (20.96) posting a combined time of 1:25.33. Sprint freestyle ace Vladimir Morozov did not swim the event this morning, but could very well anchor their relay for tonight.

The foursome of Kosuke Matsui (21.61), Kenta Ito (21.02), Shinri Shioura (21.49), and Junya Koga (21.39) picked up the third place seed for Japan with a qualifying time of 1:25.51.

The Netherlands turned in a 1:26.20 for the fourth place seed, followed by South Africa and their time of 1:26.95.

Belarus (1:27.02), France (1:27.43), and China (1:27.69) complete the top eight qualifiers.

Women’s 50 Back:

Ali DeLoof of the USA topped the preliminary field of the women’s 50 backstroke with some outside smoke from lane zero of the final heat. DeLoof powered to a time of 26.25 to earn the top qualifying time.

Aussie backstroker Emily Seebohm picked up the second place seed with a 26.43 from heat eight, just ahead of Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros’ time of 26.48.

Hometown favorite Kylie Masse turned in a time of 26.57 for the fourth place seed, followed by a tie between Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina and the Netherlands’ Kira Toussaint. The two stopped the clock simultaneously at a 26.63 from heat eight.

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu grabbed the seventh place seed with a 26.70, while eighth went to Great Britain’s Georgia Davies and her time of 26.74.

Denmark’s Mie Nielsen (26.75), Colombia’s Isabella Arcila (26.76), Russia’s Mariia Kameneva (26.82), Great Britain’s Kathleen Dawson (26.84), the Netherlands’ Maaike de Waard (26.87), Czech Republic’s Simona Baumrtova (26.93), Italy’s Silvia di Pietro (26.95), and China’s Wang Xueer return as ninth through sixteenth.

Men’s 50 Fly:

Nicholas Santos of Brazil powered to the top qualifying time in prelims of the men’s 50 butterfly. Santos stopped the clock at a 22.53 to lead a tightly packed field into tonight’s semi-finals.

Japan’s Takeshi Kawamoto grabbed the second place seed with a time of 22.62, with the field narrowing behind him.

Aleksandr Popkov of Russia and David Morgan of Australia turned in close times of 22.68 and 22.69 respectively, from heats eleven and twelve.

Venezuela’s Albert Subirats posted a 22.75 to qualify fifth out of heat nine, while Great Britain’s Adam Barrett picked up the sixth place seed with a 22.76.

Medalists Tom Shields of the USA and Chad le Clos of South Africa earned the seventh and eighth place seeds respectively with times of 22.79 and 22.84.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Dylan Carter (22.85), Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin (22.85), Mexico’s Danel Carranza (22.89), Ukraine’s Andrii Khloptsov (23.01), Ukraine’s Andrii Govorov (23.07), Belarus’ Pavel Sankovich (23.09), Russia’s Daniil Pakhomov (23.19), and Lithuania’s Mindaugas Sadauskas (23.22) complete the top sixteen.

Women’s 400 Free:

Leah Smith of the USA continued to flex her distance prowess with a top showing in prelims of the women’s 400 freestyle. Smith turned in a time of 4:00.47 to top the qualifying field and set herself up for another chance at a gold medal. She was one of only two swimmers to qualify from outside of the sixth and final heat.

Russia’s Veronika Popova picked up the second place seed with the top time in the sixth and final heat of the 400. Popova held off the competition to qualify with a time of 4:01.11.

Chihiro Igarashi of Japan turned in a time of 4:02.23 to grab the third place seed, followed by a close qualifying time of 4:02.38 from Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu.

Australia’s Ariarne Titmus posted a 4:03.54 to return as the fifth place seed, while Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands finished sixth in prelims with a 4:04.07.

Zhang Yuhan of China and Aya Takano of Japan concluded the list of qualifiers with times of 4:04.49 and 4:04.89 respectively.

Women’s 100 Breast:

Lilly King of the USA blasted ahead of the competition in prelims of the women’s 100 breaststroke, setting herself apart from the competition with a time .71 seconds faster than the second place qualifier. King stopped the clock at a 1:04.05 from heat six of seven to return as the top seed for tonight’s semi-finals.

Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen finished second in heat six behind King with a time of 1:04.76, earning her the second place seed for tonight’s semi-finals.

Co-world record holder and championship record holder Alia Atkinson of Jamaica picked up the third place seed with a time of 1:05.27, while Great Britain’s Molly Renshaw posted a 1:05.44 for the fourth place seed.

Molly Hannis of the USA added her name to the top eight qualifiers with a time of 1:05.52, good for the fifth place seed.

Japan’s Miho Teramura grabbed the sixth place seed with a time of 1:05.61, just ahead of Finland’s Silja Kansakoski (1:05.67) and Great Britain’s Chloe Tutton (1:05.76).

Japan’s Misaki Sekiguchi (1:05.78), Australia’s Jessica Hansen (1:05.88), Russia’s Natalia Ivaneeva (1:05.89), Italy’s Martina Carraro (1:05.93), Ireland’s Fiona Doyle (1:05.95), Iceland’s Hrafnhildur  Luthersdottir (1:06.06), Canada’s Rachel Nicol (1:06.10), and Canada’s Kierra Smith (1:06.18) qualified ninth through sixteenth for the semi-finals.

Men’s 4×200 Free Relay:

The USA topped the second men’s preliminary relay heat with a qualifying time of 6:53.91. The group of Blake Pieroni (1:43.37), Jacob Pebley (1:43.89), Pace Clark (1:44.05), and Zane Grothe (1:42.60) earned the coveted spot in lane four for tonight’s finals.

Australia’s Clyde Lewis (1:44.07), Alexander Graham (1:43.39), Daniel Smith (1:42.97), and Jack Gerrard (1:44.29) grabbed the second place seed with a combined time of 6:54.72, while Denmark’s foursome of Sebastian Ovesen (1:43.93), Daniel Skaaning (1:44.01), Ander Lie Nielsen (1:42.64), and Francs Johannessen (1:44.30) picked up third with a close 6:54.88.

Japan and the Russian Federation posted close times of 6:57.49 and 6:57.74 to return as the fourth and fifth place seeds.

China (6:58.03), the Netherlands (6:58.55), and Great Britain (7:01.03) qualified sixth through eighth.

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