Another Katinka Hosszu World Record Keys Day 2 Prelims at FINA World Cup Stop in Dubai

Paolo Barelli LEN President Katinka Hosszu HUN Opening Press Conference 32nd LEN European Championships Berlin, Germany 2014 Aug.13 th - Aug. 24 th Day04 - Aug. 16 Photo G. Scala/Deepbluemedia/Inside

DUBAI, UAE, September 1. No one has been able to stop the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu from marching to a third-straight FINA World Cup circuit victory.  She already won the past two years, and is well out in front on the points chart with another 20-point bonus for her fifth world record this morning in Dubai.

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Men’s 1500 free

China’s Wu Yuhang topped the slow-seeded heat this morning in 16:14.42.  Bahrain’s Khlaed Ismaeel took second in 17:10.68 with Basel Ibrahim finishing third in 18:46.38.

Women’s 100 free

Photo Courtesy: FINA/Qatar Swimming/Alexandra Panagiotidou

Photo Courtesy: FINA/Qatar Swimming/Alexandra Panagiotidou

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker cruised to the top seed in the heats with a 54.08, that’s more than a second ahead of South Africa’s Lehesta Kemp.  Kemp took second in 55.41 with Austria’s Lena Kreundl finishing third in 55.72.

Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz (55.78), Liechtenstein’s Julia Hassler (57.11), China’s Chen Yuxi (57.17), Syria’s Bayan Jumaa (57.25) and China’s Bao Ying (58.01) also will swim in the finale.

Men’s 200 free

Photo Courtesy: Peter H.Bick

Photo Courtesy: Peter H.Bick

Five 1:46s went up on the board this morning with Australia’s Bobby Hurley topping qualifying in 1:46.07.

Poland’s Pawel Korzeniowski (1:46.51), Austria’s David Brandl (1:46.55), Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (1:46.80) and South Africa’s Leith Shankland (1:46.93) all also cleared 1:47 to make the top five.

Russia’s Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:47.01), Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:47.03) and Switzerland’s Alexandre Haldemann (1:47.12) rounded out the championship field.

Women’s 50 breast

Photo Courtesy: Azaria Basile

Photo Courtesy: Azaria Basile

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson scorched prelims with a time of 29.15, and could challenge Jessica Hardy’s world record of 28.80 during the finale.

USA’s Breeja Larson (29.76) and Laura Sogar (31.49) qualified second and third in the sprint breast with Larson being in range to challenge Hardy’s official American record of 29.58.

Why the disparity in Hardy records, you might ask? In October of 2009, USA Swimming instituted a domestic techsuit ban, while the rest of the world did not implement the ban until Jan. 1 2010.  Therefore, any American record set after the domestic ban while swimming in a techsuit internationally was not ratified by USA Swimming.  That’s led to a handful of separate records, particularly in short course meters.

Austria’s Lisa Zaiser (31.80) and Caroline Retishammer (32.05) finished fourth and fifth.

South Africa’s Chelsea Meiring (33.19), Sarra Lajnef (34.21) and Anne Palmans (35.77) also made the finale.

Men’s 100 breast

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Fresh off setting the 200 breast world record last night, Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta topped qualifying in the 100 with a 58.22. He could make a run at Cameron van der Burgh’s world record of 55.61 from 2009 tonight.

Finland’s Eetu Karvonen blasted a second-place 58.41, while USA’s Cody Miller placed third in 58.50.

Germany’s Marco Koch (58.52), USA’s Mike Alexandrov (59.00), Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli (59.04), Russia’s Andrei Nikolaev (59.10) and Japan’s Yukihiro Takahashi (59.84) also earned spots in the finale tonight.

Men’s 100 fly

Photo Courtesy: FINA/Qatar Swimming/Alexandra Panagiotidou

Photo Courtesy: FINA/Qatar Swimming/Alexandra Panagiotidou

In a heavyweight matchup, South Africa’s Chad le Clos (51.33) and USA’s Tom Shields (51.78) set up a potentially epic battle tonight by going 1-2 in prelims.

Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin (52.08), Poland’s Konrad Czerniak (52.13), Finland’s Riku Poytakivi (52.14), Germany’s Steffen Deibler (52.16), Austria’s Sascha Subarsky (52.36) and Japan’s Ko Fukuya (52.66) put up the rest of the top eight times.

Women’s 100 back

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu put Shiho Sakai’s 2009 world record on notice this morning with a blistering time of 55.38.  That swim is not far off Sakai’s world record of 55.23 from the Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup circuit that year.

Sakai’s Splits:

26.73, 55.23 (28.50)

Hosszu’s Splits:

27.21, 55.38 (28.17)

Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina touched second in 58.36 with Colombia’s Carolina Colorado also clearing 1:00 with a third-place 59.76.

Austria’s Jordis Steinegger (1:00.28), China’s Zhu Chaonan (1:01.03), Croatia’s Sanja Jovanovic (1:01.03), Finland’s Anni Alitalo (1:02.13) and China’s Tian Yunjing (1:03.78) will also swim in the finale.

Men’s 50 back

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Australia went 1-2 in the sprint backstroke with Bobby Hurley (24.14) and Ashley Delaney (24.39) leading qualifying this morning.

Germany’s Christian Diener (24.45), USA’s Eugene Godsoe (24.46), Spain’s Miguel Ozeki (24.63), Hong Kong’s Henry Kong (25.06), Australia’s Lennard Bremer (25.85) and Youssef Said (25.99) all cleared 26 seconds to make the championship heat.

Women’s 200 fly

Katinka Hosszu Hungary 400m Medley Women Gold Medal Swimming 32nd LEN European Championships Berlin, Germany 2014 Aug.13 th - Aug. 24 th Day06 - Aug. 18 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

Photo Courtesy: Andrea Staccioli Insidefoto

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu was able to put it in cruise control in the 200 fly as just one heat competed to set up the finale.  With nine swimmers vying for eight spots, Hosszu posted an easy speed 2:04.91.  She will likely make a run at Liu Zige’s world record of 2:00.78 when it counts tonight.

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte (2:06.38), Switzerland’s Martina van Berkel (2:07.94), Switzerland’s Danielle Villars (2:10.74), Austria’s Claudia Hufnagl (2:10.84), Germany’s Franziska Hentke (2:10.98), Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (2:11.19) and USA’s Caitlin Leverenz (2:11.54) will also swim in the finale.  South Africa’s Lizanne Viljoen was the ninth swimmer with a 2:26.86.

Men’s 200 IM

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes raced his way to the top of the heap with a 1:58.22 heading into the finale.

South Africa’s Chad le Clos (1:58.45), USA’s Cody Miller (1:58.50) and Germany’s Marco Koch (1:58.67) also beat 1:59 to comprise the top four in the finale.

Tunisia’s Taki Mrabet (1:59.55), Switzerland’s Jeremy Desplanches (2:00.61), Hungary’s David Verraszto (2:00.86) and Liechtenstein’s Christoph Meier (2:01.06) finished fifth through eighth.

Women’s 400 free

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia stopped the clock in 4:07.64 to lead all qualifying in the middle distance event this morning. Liechtenstein’s Julia Hassler turned in a time of 4:09.98 for the second seed.

Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (4:15.05), Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (4:16.56), Germany’s Franziska Hentke (4:19.21), China’s Chen Yuxi (4:20.59), Syria’s Bayan Jumaa (4:27.43) and South Africa’s Michee van Rooyen (4:29.50) battled their way into the championship heat as well.

Men’s 50 free

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

USA’s Josh Schneider threw down a time of 21.24 to top all-comers in the splash-and-dash this morning, while Poland’s Konrad Czerniak finished second in 21.59.  Germany’s Steffen Deibler raced to third in 21.62.

Japan’s Kenta Ito (21.72), Finland’s Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (21.75), Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin (21.80) and South Africa’s Roland Schoeman (21.83) rounded out the top seven.

Spain’s Miguel Ozeki and Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell tied for eighth with matching 21.95s to setup a swimoff.

Women’s 100 IM

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu captured her fifth world record of the FINA World Cup tour as she became the first female ever to clear 57 seconds in the sprint medley.  She obliterated her previous record of 57.25 from a few days ago in Doha with a sweltering 56.86 this morning.  That’s another $10,000 check going into Hosszu’s coffers.  She’s now set all three IM records, and downed the 100 and 200 IM global marks twice in just two stops of the circuit.

Hosszu (Doha) Splits:

26.26, 57.25 (30.99)

Hosszu (Dubai) Splits:

26.32, 56.86 (30.54)

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson (59.09), USA’s Caitlin Leverenz (1:01.34), Austria’s Lisa Zaiser (1:01.49), Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (1:02.71), Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (1:03.15), Sarra Lajnef (1:06.16) and South Africa’s Kira Baptiste (1:09.60) will swim against Hosszu in the finale.

Men’s 200 back

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

USA’s Eugene Godsoe led a trio of swimmers under 2:00 with a 1:59.30 for the top seed.  Germany’s Christian Diener (1:59.59) and Australia’s Lennard Bremer (1:59.71) also put up 1:59s this morning.

Australia’s Ashley Delaney (2:00.02), USA’s Tom Shields (2:00.12), Austria’s Bernhard Retshammer (2:00.26), Japan’s Hayate Matsubara (2:00.40) and South Africa’s Reynier Pretorius (2:03.26) will also vie for the title tonight.

Women’s 50 fly

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

If it is a sprint event, there’s a high likelihood that The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker will be at the top out of prelims.  She did it again in the fly with a 25.33 this morning.  Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson raced to second in 26.32 with Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz placing third in 26.51.

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu, just minutes after setting the 100 IM world record, qualified fourth with a 26.61.  Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (26.68), Austria’s Lena Kreundl (26.70), Colombia’s Carolina Colorado (27.19) and China’s Zou Xinyi (28.28) also picked up spots in the finale.

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