FINA World Cup, Berlin: Day Two Prelims Complete

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BERLIN, Germany, November 14. THE second day of prelims at the FINA World Cup stop hosted in Berlin set up a few potential world records during finals this evening.

Men's 1500 free slower seeds
Brazil's Matheus Ribeiro topped the slower seeds with a 14:48.62, while Germany's Manuel Schwarz (15:01.54) and Andre Biere (15:13.55) turned in the second and third fastest times in the earlier heats. Ribeiro downed the national record of Luiz Lima set with a 14:55.44 in 1999.

Women's 100 free
The Netherlands' Inge Dekker (52.53), Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen (52.95) and Great Britain's Fran Halsall (52.95) cleared 53 seconds for the top three seeds in the event. Germany's Daniela Samulski took fourth overall in 53.05.

Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom (53.08), Australia's Sally Foster (53.16), Brazil's Tatiana Lemos-Barbosa (53.36) and Missy Franklin of the U.S. (53.50) also made finals.

Men's 200 free
The head-to-head showdown in the 200 free between Germany's Paul Biedermann and Michael Phelps of the U.S. won't happen as previously scheduled. Biedermann did his part with a top-seeded time of 1:42.73, but Phelps continued his struggles with a 12th-place 1:44.07 as he missed finals.

Canada's Brent Hayden (1:43.15), Great Britain's Ross Davenport (1:43.27), Brazil's Nicolas Oliveira (1:43.28), Russia's Evgeny Lagunov (1:43.33), Switzerland's Dominik Meichtry (1:43.41), Italy's Filippo Magnini (1:43.54) and South Africa's Darian Townsend (1:43.65) made up the rest of the championship field.

Women's 50 breast
World record holder Jessica Hardy (29.60) and Germany's Janne Schafer (29.87) both cleared 30 seconds for the top two spots in the sprint breast finale. Schafer lowered her German record of 30.33 set in 2007.

Germany's Kerstin Vogel (30.22) and Australia's Leisel Jones (30.22) tied for third, while The Netherlands' Moniek Nijhuis touched fifth in 30.36.

Brazil's Tatiane Sakemi (30.50), Germany's Caroline Ruhnau (30.53) and Japan's Nanaka Tamura (30.55) each finished in the 30.50s to completed the top eight. Sakemi erased the recently lifetime-banned Rebeca Gusmao's national mark of 30.90 set in 2006, while Tamura lowered her Japanese record of 30.64 set at the Stockholm stop.

Men's 100 breast
South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh surpassed 57 seconds to lead the way with a 56.70. Russia's Stanislav Lakhtyukhov qualified second in 57.16, while Brazil's Felipe Silva touched third in 57.49. Lakhtyukhov beat Roman Sloudnov's Russian record of 57.73 set in 2002.

South Africa's Neil Versfeld (57.63), Japan's Yuta Suenaga (57.86) and Italy's Fabio Scozzoli (57.89) beat 58 seconds to qualify fourth through sixth.

Russia's Grigory Falko (58.13) and The Netherlands' Robin van Aggele (58.32) grabbed the final transfer spots into the finale.

Women's 400 IM slower seeds
The U.S. had the top two times in the slower seeds as Maya DiRado (4:32.23) and Annie Zhu (4:38.73) earned the fastest times in the slower seeds. Germany's Nina Schiffer finished third in the morning with a 4:45.33.

Men's 100 fly
A sub-51 was not a guarantee to make finals with four swimmers in the 50s missing the top eight. Russia's Evgeny Korotyshkin led the way with a 50.23, while compatriot Nikolay Skvortsov qualified third in 50.45. Australia's Andrew Lauterstein touched second in 50.37.

The Netherlands' Joeri Verlinden (50.52), Germany's Ben Starke (50.53), South Africa's Garth Tune (50.61), Germany's Steffen Deibler (50.73) and Brazil's Frederico Castro (50.73) snagged the rest of the top eight spots.

Women's 100 back
Japan's Shiho Sakai put a charge into her world record with a time of 56.33. She just missed her global mark of 56.15 set in February. Germany's Daniela Samulski touched second in 57.37 to lower Janine Pietsch's national record of 58.02 from 2006.

Great Britain's Elizabeth Simmonds (57.52) and Brazil's Fabiola Molina (57.63) qualified third and fourth.

China's Gao Chang (57.82), South Africa's Chanelle van Wyk (57.94), Whitney Myers of the U.S. (57.95) and Australia's Belinda Hocking (58.12) comprised the rest of the championship field.

Men's 50 back
Japan's Junya Koga paced prelims in the sprint back with a 23.26, while South Africa's Gerhard Zandberg qualified second in 23.42. Russia's Stanislav Donets (23.48) and Spain's Aschwin Wildeboer (23.51) turned in third and fourth place times.

Peter Marshall of the U.S. (23.56), Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin (23.62), Germany's Helge Meeuw (23.70) and Australia's Ashley Delaney (23.74) garnered other top eight spots.

Women's 200 fly
South Africa's Mandy Loots picked up the top seed in 2:06.77, while Germany's Franziska (2:06.87) and China's Liu Zige (2:06.96) also cleared 2:07 for second and third place.

Denmark's Micha Ostergaard (2:07.08), Japan's Yui Miyamoto (2:07.67), Jasmine Tosky of the U.S. (2:08.26), China's Liu Lan (2:08.81) and Finland's Emilia Pikkarainen (2:09.36) also finished among the top eight.

Men's 200 IM
Michael Phelps bounced back from missing the 200 free finale with a top-seeded time of 1:55.92. Lithuania's Vytautas Janusaitis qualified second in 1:56.31, while South Africa's Darian Townsend touched third in 1:56.36.

Poland's Lukasz Wojt (1:56.44), Spain's Alan Cabello (1:56.50), Kyle Whitaker of the U.S. (1:56.80), Portugal's Diogo Carvalho (1:56.88) and South Africa's Chad Le Clos (1:57.02) completed the championship field.

Women's 400 free
Denmark's Lotte Friis led a quintet of 4:04s in the middle distance prelims. Friis touched in 4:04.15, while Chile's Kristel Kobrich placed second in 4:04.34. The Netherlands' Rieneke Terink (4:04.46), Amber McDermott of the U.S. (4:04.79) and Spain's Erika Villaecija (4:04.95) rounded out the top five.

Spain's Eider Santamaria (4:05.22), Germany's Franziska Jansen (4:07.43) and Germany's Jaana Ehmcke (4:07.44) also made the finale.

Men's 50 free
World record holder Roland Schoeman, who holds the fastest time ever with a 20.30, led the way with a 20.69 in prelims. He was one of five swimmers to clear 21 seconds in prelims as Russia's Sergey Fesikov (20.84), Australia's Matthew Abood (20.89), Brazil's Nicholas Santos (20.90) and Germany's Steffen Deibler (20.99) all posted 20-second times.

France's Fred Bousquet (21.06), Sabir Muhammad of the U.S. (21.07) and Sweden's Stefan Nystrand (21.26) also made finals.

Women's 200 breast
Japan's Rie Kaneto earned the top seed in the event with a time of 2:21.68, while Germany's Caroline Ruhnau touched second in 2:21.75. Denmark's Rikke Moller Pedersen placed third in 2:22.02 with Australia's Leisel Jones taking fourth in 2:22.14.

Japan's Nanaka Tamura (2:22.99), Switzerland's Patrizia Humplik (2:23.43), Julie Stupp of the U.S. (2:23.66) and Germany's Karoline Degenhardt (2:24.46) completed the top eight.

Women's 100 IM
Sweden's Therese Alshammar clocked a sterling time of 59.04, just about a half-a-second off Zhao Jing's world record of 58.40 from Stockholm. Whitney Myers of the U.S. touched in 59.16, just shy of Natalie Coughlin's American record of 58.80. Meanwhile, The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder (59.20) and Great Britain's Fran Halsall (59.64) qualified third and fourth.

Norway's Ingvild Snildal (59.69), Russia's Olga Klyuchnikova (59.77), Norway's Katharina Stiberg (59.88) and Belarus' Sviatlana Khakhlova (1:00.57) pocketed the rest of the spots in the championship field.

Men's 200 back
Austria's Markus Rogan paced the pack with a 1:50.54 in prelims, while Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin (1:51.05) and Artem Dubovskoy (1:52.28) qualified second and third. Australia's Ashley Delaney touched fourth in 1:52.43.

South Africa's George Du Rand (1:52.63), Russia's Evgeny Aleshin (1:52.67), Germany's Jan-Philip Glania (1:52.98) and Germany's Felix Wolf (1:53.46) also claimed spots in the finale.

Women's 50 fly
Sweden's Therese Alshammar cruised in prelims with a top time of 25.06, off her world record time of 24.46 from Stockholm. Australia's Felicity Galvez touched second in 25.28, while The Netherlands' Inge Dekker (25.42) and Hinkelien Schreuder (25.45) qualified third and fourth.

Norway's Ingvild Snildal touched fifth in 25.45, while Australia's Marieke Guehrer (25.53), Lara Jackson of the U.S. (25.61) and France's Diane Bui Duyet (25.84) wound up placing sixth through eighth. Jackson's time lowered the American record of 25.70 set by Rachel Komisarz back in 2008.

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