FINA Short Course World Championships: Day 2 Finals Recap

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Read below for our full coverage of day two finals at the Short Course World Championships in Windsor, Canada. The session was highlighted by a world record by the U.S. team in the women’s 200 medley relay, and Australia, Hungary, Germany, South Korea and Russia all won gold medals.

Prelims recap and results
Heat sheet
Full results

Event schedule:

Women’s 200 medley relay FINAL
Men’s 100 back FINAL
Women’s 200 fly FINAL
Men’s 100 breast FINAL
Women’s 50 breast FINAL
Men’s 200 free FINAL
Women’s 100 free semifinals
Men’s 100 fly semifinals
Women’s 100 back FINAL
Mixed 200 free relay FINAL

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Women’s 200 Medley Relay FINAL

The United States dominated the women’s 200 medley relay from start to finish, winning by more than two seconds and crushing the world record. Ali DeLoof (26.12), Lilly King (28.78), Kelsi Worrell (24.44) and Katrina Konopka (23.93) combined to swim a time of 1:43.27, breaking the previous world record of 1:44.04 set by Denmark two years ago.

The win marks the second U.S. gold medal of the meet after Worrell led the women’s 400 free relay squad to a gold last night.

Italy’s team of Silvia Scalia, Martina Carraro, Silvia Di Pietro and Erika Ferraioli took silver in 1:45.38, and Denmark’s Mie Nielsen, Matilde Schroeder, Emilie Beckmann and Jeanette Ottesen got the bronze in 1:45.98.

Canada finished fourth, just out of the medals, in 1:46.00, and Australia was next in 1:46.27. Russia (1:46.61), Japan (1:47.90) and China (1:48.15) rounded out the field.

Men’s 100 Back FINAL

Russia’s Andrei Shabasov led for most of the second 50 and even led by an arm’s length with five meters to go. But Australia’s Mitch Larkin stormed home and timed his finish perfectly, touching the wall four one-hundredths in front.

Larkin touched in 49.65, while Shabasov came in just behind in 49.69. China’s Xu Jiayu took the bronze in 50.02.

Japan’s Junya Koga, swimming out in lane eight, was out first at the 50 but faded to fourth, finishing in 50.21. Just behind was Poland’s Radoslaw Kawecki in 50.22 and the USA’s Jacob Pebley in 50.24.

Romania’s Robert Glinta (50.52) and Russia’s Grigory Tarasevich (50.95) rounded out the field.

Women’s 200 Fly FINAL

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu pulled away from the USA’s Kelsi Worrell on the third 50 and then held on down the stretch to win gold in the 200 fly. It was Hosszu’s second gold medal of the meet after dominating the 400 IM Tuesday night.

Hosszu touched in 2:02.15, while Worrell finished second in 2:02.89, breaking Cammile Adams’ American record of 2:03.39 set last year. Worrell competed in this final less than 15 minutes after helping the U.S. women set a world record in the 200 medley relay.

China’s Zhang Yufei took the bronze in 2:05.10, just ahead of the USA’s Ella Eastin (2:05.66).

Russia’s Svetlana Chimrova was fifth in 2:06.20, and Australia’s Emily Washer (2:07.19), Canada’s Katerine Savard (2:07.49) and Japan’s Miyu Nakano (2:09.42) also qualified for the top eight.

Men’s 100 Breast FINAL

Germany’s Marco Koch pulled away over the last 10 meters and took gold in the men’s 100 breast at the Short Course World Championships in Kazan.

Koch touched in 56.77 to win the World title, 0.23 ahead of Russia’s Vladimir Morozov, who picked up the silver as he touched out four other swimmers who were all within a tenth of a second.

Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli got the bronze in 57.04, just ahead of Brazil’s Felipe Franca Silva (57.05), Russia’s Oleg Kostin (57.07) and the USA’s Cody Miller (57.08), all hard-luck finishers on the night.

Another American, Nic Fink, took seventh in 57.22, and Belarus’ Ilya Shymanovich touched eighth in 57.28.

Women’s 50 Breast FINAL

19-year-old American Lilly King pulled ahead of world record-holder Alia Atkinson of Jamaica to win the World title in the women’s 50 breast. King posted a time of 28.92, smashing her own American record of 29.17 set in the semifinals Tuesday night.

The time moves King to fourth all-time in the event, behind Atkinson, the USA’s Jessica Hardy and Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte. Hardy is actually the fastest American in history in the event, but her time does not count as an American record since she swam the time in late 2009 with the use of a full bodysuit that had already been banned in the U.S.

Atkinson finished second in 29.11, well off her world record of 28.64 set in October. Molly Hannis made it a 1-3 finish for the U.S. as she picked up bronze in 29.58.

Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen came in fourth in a strong 29.72, while Russia’s Natalia Ivaneeva was fifth in 30.14. Rounding out the final were Norway’s Susann Bjornsen (30.28), Australia’s Jessica Hansen (30.43) and Belgium’s Fanny Lecluyse (30.45).

Men’s 200 Free FINAL

South Korea’s Park Tae Hwan won his second gold medal in Windsor, taking gold in the 200 free after winning the 400 free in come-from-behind fashion Thursday night. Park touched in 1:41.03, edging out the championship record of 1:41.08 set by Ryan Lochte back in 2010.

South Africa’s Chad le Clos was in last place at the halfway split and in seventh at the 150. He made a real run on the last 50, coming home in 24.93, but he did not have enough left to catch Park, settling for silver in 1:41.65.

Russia’s Aleksandr Krasnykh, the silver medalist in the 400 free behind Park, picked up a bronze here with a time of 1:41.95.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Dylan Carter, the surprise top qualifier out of prelims, finished fourth in 1:42.48. Fifth went to South Africa’s Myles Brown in 1:43.22.

Rounding out the field were Australia’s Daniel Smith (1:43.22), Finland’s Matias Koski (1:43.51) and Denmark’s Anders Nielsen (1:43.69).

Women’s 100 Free Semifinals

Canada’s Penny Oleksiak is understandably a favorite of the home crowd in Windsor, and she thrilled the crowd when she posted a time of 52.19 to tie with Australia’s Brittany Elmslie for the top seed in the event headed into the final.

While that pair will share the two middle lanes, Japan’s Rikako Ikee (52.47) and Canada’s Sandrine Mainville (52.58) will be on either side as they qualified third and fourth, respectively.

The Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo qualified fifth in 52.76, just ahead of Italy’s Federica Pellegrini (52.77), who already won the 200 free Thursday night.

China’s Zhu Menghui (52.90) and Russia’s Veronika Popova (52.94) secured the last two spots for Thursday’s final, locking out the experienced duo of Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen (53.08) and the USA’s Amanda Weir (53.10).

Men’s 100 Fly Semifinals

Great Britain’s Adam Barrett pulled away from the USA’s Tom Shields and South Africa’s Chad le Clos to take the top seed for the final of the men’s 100 fly.

Barrett’s time of 49.21 improved him to sixth all-time in the event, but Shields and le Clos are two who have been faster. Shields qualified second in 49.46, and le Clos placed third in 49.84.

Australia’s David Morgan won the first semifinal in 50.06, and that was good for the fourth-best seed for Thursday night. France’s Jeremy Stravius was sixth in 50.38.

Also qualifying for the final were Australia’s Tomasso D’Orsogna (50.39), France’s Mehdy Metella (50.46) and Japan’s Takeshi Kawamoto (50.54).

Women’s 100 Back FINAL

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu pulled away from the field on the last 25 and ended up winning gold in the women’s 100 back by seven tenths of a second.

Hosszu touched in 55.54, a half-second off her own world record of 55.03 set back in 2014, but it was good enough for her third gold medal of the meet after winning the 400 IM Tuesday and the 200 fly earlier Wednesday night.

Canada’s Kylie Masse, a Windsor native, finished second in 56.24 to pick up a silver medal for Canada. Great Britain’s Georgia Davies touched out long course World Champion Emily Seebohm in Australia for the bronze, 56.45 to 56.46.

Another British swimmer, Kathleen Dawson, finished fifth in 56.73, and the USA’s Ali DeLoof was sixth after being in contention through the 75-meter mark.

Denmark’s Mie Nielsen finished second in 56.93, and Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina took eighth in 57.28.

Mixed 200 Free Relay FINAL

Buoyed by a stellar 20.44 split by second leg swimmer Vladimir Morozov, Russia won gold in the mixed 200 free relay to close out the second night of swimming in Windsor.

Aleksei Brianskii, Morozov, Mariia Kameneva and Rozaliya Nasretdinova captured the gold in 1:29.73. Nasretdinova had just enough at the end to hold off the Netherlands’ Maaike De Waard, who touched nine one-hundredths behind in 1:29.82.

After Jesse Puts and Nyls Korstanje swam the first two legs for the Dutch men, Ranomi Kromowidjojo split a blistering 23.34, the top time among women, and then De Waard brought her team home. Canada’s team of Yuri Kisil, Markus Thormeyer, Michelle Williams and Sandrine Mainville finished just one one-hundredth behind the Netherlands for bronze, touching in 1:29.83.

France just missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in 1:29.96, and Japan finished a second back in 1:30.95 after being in contention at the halfway point. Belarus finished sixth in 1:31.32, and Hungary was seventh in 1:32.98. Finland was disqualified.

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