DUBAI, UAE, August 31. THREE world records from Katinka Hosszu were the highlight of the first stop of the FINA World Cup in Doha last week. The Iron Lady came through tonight with another world mark in the 200 IM, while countryman Daniel Gyurta took down his own world record in the 200 breast to give Hungary a big night in the desert.

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Women’s 800 free

The meet started with an eight-person field in the women’s 800 free, led by world record holder Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain. She never challenged her world record of 7:59.34, but won comfortably with an 8:04.88.

Belmonte’s splits:
28.70
30.57 (59.27)
30.70 (1:29.97)
30.60 (2:00.57)
30.75 (2:31.32)
30.45 (3:01.77)
30.43 (3:32.20)
30.58 (4:02.78)
30.50 (4:33.28)
30.38(5:03.66)
30.24 (5:33.90)
30.45 (6:04.35)
30.37 (6:34.72)
30.53 (7:05.25)
30.33 (7:35.58)
29.30 (8:04.88)

Liechtenstein’s Julia Hassler was a distant second with an 8:24.07, while Michee Van Rooyen of South Africa picked up the third-place money with an 8:57.25. Also competing in the timed final heat was Bayan Jumaa of Syria, who finished fourth in 9:11.73.

Men’s 400 individual medley

Thomas Fraser-Holmes, coming off a successful summer at the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific championships, put a scare into Ryan Lochte’s world record of 3:55.50 after 200 meters but couldn’t hold the pace in the final half, posting a meet record 3:58.69 that took down Daiya Seto’s 3:58.84 from last August.

Fraser-Holmes’ splits:
(Butterfly) 25.40, 28.93
(Backstroke) 30.62, 29.55
(Breaststroke) 33.71, 34.16
(Freestyle) 28.64, 27.68

David Verraszto of Hungary took second with a 4:02.52, while Ous Mellouli of Tunisia captured third with a 4:09.09.

Also racing in the final were: Jeremy Desplanches (4:10.64), Martin Meier (4:11.51), Taki Mrabet (4:12.92), Ayrton Sweeney (4:14.57) and Gergo Kis (4:15.89).

Men’s 100 free

Chad Le Clos, the current points leader in the men’s division of the World Cup, took down a couple of established sprinters to take the first-place money check in the men’s 100 free with a 46.24. Germany’s Steffen Deibler was second with a 46.85, while Poland’s Konrad Czerniak took third with a 47.17.

Leith Shankland (47.30), Kenta Ito (48.25), Alexandre Haldemann (48.53), Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (48.80) and Markus Scheruebl (49.63) also raced in the final.

Women’s 200 freestyle

After chasing Federica Pellegrini’s world record of 1:51.17 in prelims with a 1:51.41, Katinka Hosszu could only manage a 1:52.25 in finals tonight.

Hosszu’s prelims splits:
25.77
28.24 (54.01)
28.91 (1:22.92)
28.58 (1:51.50)

Hosszu’s finals splits:
26.11
28.24 (54.35)
28.95 (1:23.30)
28.95 (1:52.25)

Hosszu didn’t have much of a challenge in the pool, as Austria’s Lisa Hasler was second with a 1:54.44, while Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto took third with a 1:55.99.

Hassler couldn’t get back on the podium after her 800 free swim, putting up a 2:00.99 for fourth. Jumaa, also coming off the 800 free, placed fifth with a 2:05.85. Taneal Baptiste (2:06.36), Michee Van Rooyen (2:08.26) and Eune Oendaal (2:08.54) competed in the final.

Men’s 50 breaststroke

A field of established breaststrokers couldn’t beat South African versatile sprinter Roland Schoeman, who scored a big paycheck in winning the 50 breast with a 26.16. Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli was second with a 26.37 and American Cody Miller picked up another $500 with a third-place time of 26.38.

Also in the final were: Andrei Nikolaev (26.71), Giulio Zorzi (26.87), Jorge Murillo Valdez (27.04), Eetu Karvonen (27.23) and Marek Botik (27.35).

Women’s 100 breaststroke

Texas A&M University alumni Alia Atkinson and Breeja Larson took the top two spots in the women’s 100 breast, with Atkinson taking the win with a 1:03.26 over Larson’s 1:04.85. Laura Sogar of the USA took third with a 1:06.93.

Lena Kreundel of Austria was fourth in 1:07.36, while Carolina Reitshammer (1:10.29), Sarra Lajnef (1:11.14) and Chelsea Meiring (1:15.56) also swam in the final. Anne Palmans scratched from the final.

Atkinson’s splits:
29.66, 33.60

Women’s 100 butterfly

Inge Dekker of the Netherlands cruised to an easy win in the 100 fly with a 56.03, the only swimmer under 57 seconds tonight. Marieke D’Cruz (formerly known as world champion Marieke Guehrer) was second with a 57.45, while Franziska Hentke’s 58.09 was good for third.

Danielle Villars (58.18), Martina Van Berkel (59.23), Claudia Hufnagl (1:00.95), Xinyi Zou (1:02.74) and Lizanne Viljoen (1:06.43) also swam in the final.

Dekker’s splits:
25.92, 30.11

Men’s 100 backstroke

Eugene Godsoe of the USA led the field at 50 meters in the 100 back final with a 24.46, with Germany’s Christian Diener and Australia’s Ashley Delaney close behind. Diener got the win with a strong back half with a 50.10 to Godsoe’s 50.14 and Delaney’s 51.11 to complete the medal podium. Godsoe wasn’t too far off the official American record of 49.64 swum by Peter Marshall in 2008. Nick Thoman swam a 48.94 in December 2009 to break the world record, but it occurred after USA Swimming’s ban on the polyurethane racing suits went into effect, so it stands as the world record but not the American record.

Robert Hurley (51.56), Miguel Ozeki (51.67), Hayate Matsubara (52.07), Kai Ng (55.39) and Youssef Said (55.76) were also in the final heat.

Women’s 50 backstroke

Hosszu returned to claim her second win of the night with a 26.10 in the 50 backstroke. Daryna Zevina gave Hosszu a bit of a challenge with a 26.45 for second, while Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk was third with a 26.70.

Hosszu’s swim beat the Hungarian national record of 26.33 that she set in prelims, which broke her own national record of 27.18 from last year.

Also swimming in the final were: Alia Atkinson (27.52), Anni Alitalo (27.58), Sanja Jovanovic (27.72), Carolina Colorado (27.99) and Joerdis Steinegger (28.73).

Men’s 200 butterfly

Tom Shields took on his American record of 1:50.08 from last week in Doha in today’s 200 fly final, but fell just 11 hundredths of a second short with a winning time of 1:50.19. Shields took the race out 2.5 seconds slower in an attempt to finish the race stronger. He did that with a 27.84 final 50 meters, but it didn’t result in a new record.

Shields’ splits in Doha:
24.12
27.46 (51.58)
28.39 (1:19.97)
30.11 (1:50.08)

Shields’ splits in Dubai:
25.09
28.77 (53.86)
28.49 (1:22.35)
27.84 (1:50.19)

Pawel Korzeniowski of Poland gave Shields a chase for the entire swim, posting a 1:51.64 for second. Nikolay Skvortsov of Russia was third with a 1:52.10.

Aleksandr Kudashev (1:53.11), David Verraszto (1:54.56), Ko Fukaya (1:55.26), Julio Galofore Montes (1:56.66) and Nouamane Batahi (2:03.86) also raced in the thrilling final.

Women’s 200 individual medley

Make that four world records for Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu in a week’s time, as she lowered her fresh mark of 2:02.61 from Doha with a 2:02.13. The difference appeared to be a much faster backstroke and freestyle tonight.

Hosszu’s splits in Doha:
26.94
30.27 (57.21)
36.33 (1:33.54)
29.07 (2:02.61)

Hosszu’s splits in Dubai:
26.84
30.01 (56.85)
36.33 (1:33.18)
28.95 (2:02.13)

Caitlin Leverenz of the USA took a distant second-place paycheck with a 2:06.76, off her American record of 2:04.91. Austria’s Lisa Zaiser was third with a 2:07.30 while Spain’s Mireia Belmonte was a surprising fourth with a 2:10.60.

Also racing in the historic final were: Franziska Hentke (2:11.13), Alia Atkinson (2:11.54) and Chaonan Zhu (2:17.09). Sarra Lajnef was disqualified.

Men’s 400 freestyle

Thomas Fraser-Holmes picked up another $1500 tonight, winning a very close 400 free final over Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic. The two traded the lead often, with the margin never more than four tenths of a second after the first 50 meters. Fraserr-Holmes got the win with a 3:38.22 to Stjepanovic’s 3:38.22.

Fraser-Holmes’ splits:
24.93
27.30 (52.23)
27.58 (1:19.81)
27.96 (1:47.77)
28.11 (2:15.88)
28.28 (2:44.16)
27.66 (3:11.82)
26.40 (3:38.22)

Stjepanovic’s splits:
24.43
27.03 (51.46)
28.11 (1:19.57)
28.04 (1:47.61)
28.18 (2:15.79)
28.49 (2:44.28)
27.92 (3:12.20)
26.12 (3:38.32)

Ahmed Mathlouthi of Tunisia picked up third with a 3:41.43, while Aleksandr Krasnykh took fourth with a 3:42.64. Also rounding out the final were: David Brandl (3:42.99), Stefan Sorak (3:43.27), Gergo Kis (3:51.45) and Markus Ambros (3:53.52).

Women’s 50 freestyle

Inge Dekker took her second victory of the night with a 23.95 in the splash-and-dash freestyle event. Marieke D’Cruz finished second to Dekker once again with a 24.36, while Aleksandra Urbanczyk was third with a 24.51.

Lehesta Kemp (25.21), Lena Kreundl (25.34), Ying Bao (25.69), Chelsea Meiring (26.73) and Taneal Baptiste (27.39) also swam in the final.

Men’s 200 breaststroke

After sitting out the long course 200 breaststroke at the European championships two weeks ago, Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta returned to his pet event in the short course meters pool with a fury, breaking his own world record tonight in Dubai with a 2:00.48. That takes 19 hundredths of a second off his own record of 2:00.67 from the short course European championships in 2009.

Gyurta’s splits, 2009:
27.74
58.46
1:29.33
2:00.67

Gyurta’s splits, 2014:
27.75
31.00 (58.75)
30.89 (1:29.64)
30.84 (2:00.48)

Marco Koch of Germany, who won the 200 breast at Euros two weeks ago, settled for second tonight with a 2:01.28 that breaks his own national record of 2:01.62 from last December’s European championships.

Koch’s splits:
28.02
31.00 (59.02)
31.01 (1:30.03)
31.25 (2:01.28)

Yukiro Takahashi was a distant third in the history-making swim with a 2:05.00. Finishing fourth through eighth were: Ayrton Sweeney (2:08.74), Lennard Bremer (2:08.78), Jeremy Desplanches (2:09.53), Jorge Murilla Valdez (2:09.73) and Maximilian Reindl (2:10.08).

Men’s 100 individual medley

George Bovell, a 2004 Olympic bronze medalist in the 200 IM now putting a focus on sprint freestyle, returned to his IM roots to post a win in the 100 IM tonight with a 51.79. Two Americans took the rest of the podium spots, with butterfly specialist Tom Shields taking second with a 52.14 and Cody Miller placing third in 52.46.

Fabio Scozzoli (53.26), Leith Shankland (53.44), Boris Stojanovic (53.86), Taki Mrabet (54.42) and Giulio Zorzi (55.71) also competed in the final.

Women’s 200 backstroke

Hosszu’s final individual event of the night was another show of her dominating form, as she won the 200 back by more than two seconds with a 2:01.17. That lowers her national record of 2:01.60 from the World Cup meet last week in Doha, but is still a long way off Missy Franklin’s world record of 2:00.03 from 2011.

Hosszu’s splits:
28.38
30.18 (58.56)
31.43 (1:29.99)
31.18 (2:01.17)

Daryna Zevina picked up another silver medal with a 2:03.76 with Carolina Colorado taking third with a 2:06.96. Joerdis Steinegger (2:08.04), Evelyn Verraszto (2:08.51), Martina van Berkel (2:09.35), Yunjing Tian (2:13.65) and Yue Lao (2:16.57) completed in the big final.

Men’s 50 butterfly

In the final individual event of the night, Le Clos picked up another win – and another $1500 in cash – with a 22.02 in the 50 fly. He’s still a bit off Roland Schoeman’s national record of 21.87 set in 2009. Schoeman tied with Tom Shields for second place with matching times of 22.51. Shields almost beat his American record of 22.46 that he swam in 2012 at the short course world championships.

Completing the championship heat were: Yauhen Tsurkin (22.68), Steffen Deibler (22.70), Konrad Czerniak (23.23), Alexandre Haldemann (23.28) and Riku Poytakivi (23.49).