2016 FINA World Cup Beijing: Day One Finals Live Recap

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Everything you need to follow along live with day one finals of the 2016 FINA World Cup Series in Beijing. Hit refresh for all the latest coverage.

Men’s 100 Free:

Vlad Morozov maintained his spot atop the leaderboard in the men’s 100 free with a final time of 45.99. Today’s win marks the fourth consecutive win in this event for him, further solidifying his spot as the men’s leader on the money list.

Japan’s Katsumi Nakamura took second overall with a final 46.95, followed by Belgium’s Peter Timmers’ 47.22.

Lin Yongqing of China picked up fourth with a 47.63, while Great Britain’s Benjamin Proud was fifth overall with a 48.21.

Ling Huanan (48.35), Spain’s Miguel Ortiz-Canavate (48.40), and China’s Liu Zhaochen (49.34) rounded out the top eight.

Women’s 200 Free:

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu posted the top time in finals of the women’s 200 free, stopping the clock at a time of 1:53.89.

The rest of the field was comprised of swimmers from China led by Al Yanhan’s second place finish of 1:55.18. Zhang Yufei finished close behind with a final time of 1:55.26.

Zhang Yuhan and Shen Duo delivered almost matching times to finish fourth and fifth respectively. Zhang touched just .01 seconds ahead of Shen with a 1:55.67, leaving Shen fifth place and a 1:55.68.

Sun Meichen (1:55.94), Li Bingjie (1:55.99), and Wang Shijia (1:56.30) completed the top eight.

Men’s 50 Breast:

Felipe Lima of Brazil turned up the heat in finals of the men’s 50 breaststroke claiming the gold in a final time of 26.10.

Russia’s Vlad Morozov slipped to second with a final 26.77, followed closely by China’s Li Xiang’s 26.79.

Yan Zibei of China and Bradley Tandy of South Africa turned in similar times of 26.90 and 26.92 to finish fourth and fifth respectively.

Germany’s Marco Koch (27.12), Zhang Zhihao (27.15), and Sun Jiajun (27.53) posted sixth through eighth.

Women’s 100 Breast:

The women’s 100 breaststroke final was highlighted by a large field of talent led by Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson. Atkinson moved up from her fifth place seed to claim the gold in a time of 1:03.42. Atkinson has twice tied the World Record in this event (1:02.36) and continues to chase that time.

Katie Meili of the USA held off a swift back half from Russia’s Yuliya Efimova to finish second overall with a 1:04.00. Efimova took third overall with a 1:04.49.

Japan’s Rie Kaneto posted a 1:05.13 to finish fourth, while China’s Shi Jinglin was fifth with a time of 1:05.22.

The USA’s Breeja Larson (1:06.54), China’s Yu Jingo (1:07.37), and Zhang Jailing (1:07.46) were sixth through eighth.

Women’s 100 Fly:

Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark brought her A game to the finals of the women’s 100 fly, moving up from a sixth place qualification to win the gold. Ottesen stopped the clock at a 56.37 to sneak by China’s Lu Ying.

Lu led the race through the first half, but was unable to hold off a swift second 50-meters from Ottesen, settling for second and a time of 56.48.

The top seed going into the event, Katinka Hosszu, slipped to third with a time of 56.67.

Madeline Groves of Australia delivered a 57.24 for fourth, while fifth went to Yang Junxuan’s 57.89.

Liu Siyu (57.90), Liu Jing (58.23), and Hong Kong’s Kin Lok Chan (58.33) finished sixth through eighth respectively.

Men’s 100 Back:

Xu Jiayu swam to victory in front of his home country of China with a winning time of 50.22 in finals of the men’s 100 back.

Belarus’ Pavel Sankovich posted a close second with a time of 50.26, while Australia’s Bobby Hurley picked up the bronze with a time of 50.40.

Stanislav Donetc of Russia claimed fourth with a time of 50.62, followed closely by Japan’s Takeshi Kawamoto’s 50.65.

Wang Peng (52.88), Colombia’s Omar Pinzon Garcia (53.09), and Zhou Yibing (55.05) rounded out the top eight.

Women’s 50 Back:

Katinka Hosszu claimed her second gold of the day in the women’s 50 back with a final time of 26.68.

China’s Liu Xiang turned in a close time of 26.75 for the silver medal, while Cheng Haihua posted a 26.82 for the bronze.

Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina finished fourth overall with a 26.83, followed by China’s Wang Xeer’s 26.87.

Chen Jie (26.93), Jiang Lihang (28.25), and Alia Atkinson (29.23) posted sixth through eighth.

Men’s 200 Fly:

South Africa’s butterfly king Chad le Clos continued to reign over the men’s 200 fly, stopping the clock at a swift 1:49.82 to keep his title.

Daiya Seto of Japan slipped to second, stopping the clock at a final time of 1:52.59, just ahead of Germany’s Philip Heintz and his time of 1:52.88.

Fourth went to Wang Zhou and his time of 1:57.64, while Chou Wei-Liang took fifth with a 1:58.41.

Cho Cheng-Chi (1:58.62), Zhou Shuchang (1:58.64), and Xiao Lei (1:58.84) finished sixth through eighth.

Women’s 200 IM:

The Hungarian duo of Katinka Hosszu and Zsuzsanna Jakabos delivered a 1-2 finish in finals of the women’s 200 IM posting times of 2:07.37 and 2:09.58 respectively.

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson finished third overall after a dynamic breaststroke leg moved her up from seventh to second. Atkinson was unable to hold off Jakabos, however, settling for third with a 2:09.60.

Zhang Jiaqi of China took fourth with a 2:10.97, followed by Zhang Sishi’s 2:12.92.

China’s Li Binjie (2:14.94), Zhao Shan (2:15.74), and China’s Shen Duo (2:18.02) rounded out the top eight.

Men’s 400 Free:

South Africa’s Myles Brown outlasted the competition in the men’s 400 free final. Brown grabbed an early lead at the 100-meter mark and never looked back, stopping the clock at a 3:40.38 to finish first by more than two seconds.

Bobby Hurley of Australia claimed second place with a time of 3:42.52, while the bronze went to China’s Qiu Ziao and his time of 3:44.80.

Poul Zellmann of Germany posted a time of 3:45.07 for fourth, just ahead of China’s Yang Jingtong’s 3:46.44.

An Ting-Yao (3:48.76), Cao Jiwen (3:48.82), and Hou Mingda (3:51.91) were sixth through eighth respectively.

Women’s 50 Free:

China’s Zhu Menghui and Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen delivered matching times in finals of the women’s splash and dash, stopping the clock simultaneously at the 24.00 mark. For Zhu the 24.00 marks a World Junior record.

Tang Yi of China finished third with a 24.81, while the USA’s Katie Meili was fourth with a 24.92.

The field narrowed as Wu Chengying (25.01), Han Tingru (25.02), and Fu Yuanhui (25.05) posted similar times for fifth through seventh.

Eighth place went to Russia’s Natalia Lovtcova and her final time of 25.22.

Men’s 200 Breast:

Germany’s Marco Koch secured the gold medal in finals of the men’s 200 breaststroke, touching with a final time of 2:03.21 to claim his first win of the session.

Daiya Seto of Japan finished close behind with a time of 2:03.81, holding off the USA’s Josh Prenot throughout much of the race. Prenot settled for third and a 2:05.62.

Mao Feilian of China took fourth overall with a time of 2:05.82, followed by Wang Boyu’s 2:07.35.

Yan Zibei (2:07.85), Cai Bing Rong (2:08.34), and Lee Hsuan-Yen (2:08.92) completed the top eight.

Men’s 100 IM:

Vlad Morozov rebounded from his fourth place seed to finish first in the men’s 100 IM with a time of 51.06. Morozov has enjoyed a lot of success in the 100 IM having set the World Record multiple times throughout the first cluster of the FINA World Cup series.

China’s Wang Shun took second with a time of 51.64, while Germany’s Philip Heintz rounded out the podium with a 52.45.

Zhang Qibin finished fourth overall with a 53.41, followed closely by Ling Huanan (53.65) and Hu Yixuan (53.92).

Seventh and eighth place went to China’s Qian Zhiyong (54.72) and Japan’s Daiya Seto (57.01).

Women’s 200 Back:

Daryna Zevina of Ukraine maintained her spot atop the leaderboard in the women’s 200 back finishing first with a final time of 2:01.61. Zevina currently holds the World Cup record at a 1:59.35 from the 2016 Paris-Chartres stop when she gave Katinka Hosszu’s 1:59.23 World Record a scare.

Hosszu finished second overall with a time of 2:04.68, while Xu Huiyi rounded out the podium with a 2:06.42.

Liu Yaxin took fourth with a 2:07.02, followed closely by Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos and her time of 2:07.03.

Zhu Chaonan (2:07.05), Yang Yifan (2:08.53), and Yin Yan Claudia Lau (2:15.73) were sixth through eighth.

Men’s 50 Fly:

Chad le Clos of South Africa picked up his second win of the session in finals of the men’s 50 fly with a 22.14 finish.

Great Britain’s Benjamin Proud (22.77) and Japan’s Takeshi Kawamoto (22.86) posted the only other sub-23 second swims.

China’s Li Zhuhao was fourth with a 23.05, just ahead of Belarus’ Pavel Sankovich and his time of 23.06.

Wang Peng (23.14), Josh Prenot (23.57), and Bradley Tandy (23.61) completed the top eight.

Women’s 800 Free:

The Chinese duo of Hou Yawen and Li Bingjie posted the top times in finals of the women’s 800 free. Hou led throughout much of the race, stopping the clock at a final time of 8:16.81 for first and to flirt with the World Junior Record of 8:16.11. Bingjie was second with a time of 8:19.34.

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu earned the bronze medal with a time of 8:25.62, followed by China’s Dong Jie’s 8:31.46.

LV Zeying took fifth place with a time of 8:32.88, while Chen Yejie finished sixth with a 8:38.72.

Yang Chang and Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos were seventh and eighth with times of 8:40.32 and 8:42.36 respectively.

Men’s 400 IM:

Daiya Seto of Japan claimed his first gold medal of the session with a win in the men’s 400 IM. Seto stopped the clock at a final 4:04.26, ahead of Germany’s Philip Heintz and his second place finish of 4:05.56.

The USA’s Josh Prenot took third overall with a final time of 4:07.29.

Germany’s Marco Koch was fourth with a 4:11.75, followed by Wang Yizhe’s 4:13.52.

Cho Cheng-Chi (4:17.04), Wang Zhou (4:19.20), and Wen Ren-Hau (4:21.80) rounded out the top eight.

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Rohit Raj

7 years ago

stroke

Rohit Raj

7 years ago

Nice