FINA World Cup, Dubai: Day Two Finals Live Recap

Katinka Hosszu Hungary 200m Medley Women Swimming 32nd LEN European Championships Berlin, Germany 2014 Aug.13 th - Aug. 24 th Day08 - Aug. 20 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

DUBAI, UAE, September 1. FINA World Cup reigning champions Katinka Hosszu and Chad le Clos put themselves in a position to defend their titles after a strong couple of days in Dubai.

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HEAT SHEETS

Men’s 1500 free

Hungary’s Gergo Kis opened the night with a winning time of 14:53.06 in the men’s metric mile.  He finished a second ahead of compatriot David Verraszto, who took second in 14:54.69.  Tunisia’s Ahmed Mathlouthi wound up third in 14:58.97 as the only other sub-15:00.

Kis’ Splits:

14:53.06 862
50m  28.09
31.00
100m  59.09
31.12
150m  1:30.21
30.49
200m  2:00.70
30.77
250m  2:31.47
30.48
300m  3:01.95
30.52
350m  3:32.47
30.62
400m  4:03.09
30.72
450m  4:33.81
31.14
500m  5:04.95
29.37
550m  5:34.32
30.15
600m  6:04.47
30.59
650m  6:35.06
30.60
700m  7:05.66
30.54
750m  7:36.20
30.39
800m  8:06.59
30.16
850m  8:36.75
29.89
900m  9:06.64
29.69
950m  9:36.33
29.62
1000m  10:05.95
28.64
1050m  10:34.59
28.71
1100m  11:03.30
28.99
1150m  11:32.29
29.24
1200m  12:01.53
29.22
1250m  12:30.75
29.48
1300m  13:00.23
29.26
1350m  13:29.49
29.09
1400m  13:58.58
28.35
1450m  14:26.93
26.13

Austria’s David Brandl (15.21.34) and Markus Ambors (15:23.88) took fourth and fifth, while Miles Williams (15:41.83), China’s Wu Yuhang (16:14.42) and Syria’s Welliam Maski (16:14.45) made up the rest of the top eight in the timed final event.

Women’s 400 IM

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

After going out under world record pace at the 200, the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu settled in for her fifth gold medal of the meet with a 4:22.06 in the distance medley finale.  She had made an initial run at her 4:20.83 world record from the Doha stop of the FINA World Cup, but was unable to keep up that pace the rest of the swim.

Hosszu’s Splits:

4:22.06 986
50m  27.73
31.50
100m  59.23
32.89
150m  1:32.12
32.48
200m  2:04.60
38.30
250m  2:42.90
38.88
300m  3:21.78
30.64
350m  3:52.42
29.64

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte took second with a time of 4:27.66, while USA’s Caitlin Leverenz posted a third-place time of 4:30.72.

Switzerland’s Martina van Berkel (4:39.39), Austria’s Jordis Steinegger (4:43.67) and China’s Luo Yue (4:54.92) also competed in the finale.

Women’s 100 free

Photo Courtesy: Minas Tenis Clube

Photo Courtesy: Minas Tenis Clube

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker took down her third gold medal of the meet with a 52.01 in the women’s 100-meter freestyle.  That’s just a second off Libby Trickett’s world record of 51.01 from 2009.

Dekker’s Splits:

(1) 24.94 52.01 943
27.07

Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz hit the wall second in 53.03, while Austria’s Lena Kreundl earned third in 54.34.

South Africa’s Lehesta Kemp (54.72), China’s Chen Yuxi (56.58), Liechtenstein’s Julia Hassler (56.67), China’s Bao Ying (57.45) and Syria’s Bayan Jumaa (57.48) claimed the other finishes in the finale.

Men’s 200 free

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes won his third gold medal of the meet with a close victory in the 200 free.  He clocked a 1:42.54 to clip Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic’s 1:42.88 for the victory.

Splits:

Fraser-Holmes:

(2) 24.02 (2) 50.14 (1) 1:16.48 1:42.54 910
26.12 26.34 26.06

Stjepanovic:

(1) 23.93 (1) 49.87 (2) 1:16.49 1:42.88 901
25.94 26.62 26.39

Poland’s Pawel Korzeniowski closed out the podium with a third-place time of 1:43.50.

South Africa’s Leith Shankland (1:44.78), Serbia’s Stefan Sorak (1:45.93), Russia’s Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:46.11), Switzerland’s Alexandre Haldemann (1:46.42) and Austria’s David Brandl (1:46.47) also put up times in the finale.

Women’s 50 breast

Photo Courtesy: Azaria Basile

Photo Courtesy: Azaria Basile

After clocking a 29.15 this morning, Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson looked to be in good shape this evening in the sprint breaststroke.  She blew away the field with a 29.12 for the win tonight. That’s her second win of the meet, along with a sizzling effort in the 100 breast.

USA’s Breeja Larson, meanwhile, took second in 29.98, while Austria’s Lisa Zaiser hit the wall third in 31.31.

USA’s Laura Sogar (31.51), Austria’s Caroline Reitshammer (32.10), South Africa’s Chelsea Meiring (33.28), South Africa’s Kira Baptiste (35.57) and Anne Palmans (36.00) also vied for the title tonight.

Men’s 100 breast

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta, just a day after taking down the world record in the 200 breast, clipped Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli for the 100 breast title, 57.11 to 57.40.  Germany’s Marco Koch also got into the mix with a third-place time of 57.42.

Splits:

Gyurta:

(6) 27.48 57.11 923
29.63

Scozzoli:

(1) 26.78 57.40 909
30.62

Koch:

(2) 27.12 57.42 908
30.30

USA’s Cody Miller (57.79), USA’s Mike Alexandrov (58.25), Finland’s Eetu Karvonen (58.37), Japan’s Yukihiro Takahashi (59.77) and Colombia’s Jorge Valdez (1:00.05) also competed in the finale.

Men’s 100 fly

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

Defending FINA World Cup points champion Chad le Clos nearly popped a world record in the 100 fly with a sizzling time of 48.59 tonight.  That swim just missed Evgeny Korotyshkin’s global standard of 48.48 from the Berlin stop of the 2009 FINA World Cup.  Le Clos needed a world record to keep pace with Daniel Gyurta in the overall points standings this year.  That’s le Clos’ third win of the meet thus far, and is the Commonwealth and South African record, as well as the best in textile.

Splits:

Korotyshkin’s world record:

22.88, 48.48 (25.60)

Le Clos:

22.64, 48.59 (25.95)

USA’s Tom Shields raced his way to second in 49.00, just off his American record of 48.80 from the Doha stop last year.  Germany’s Steffen Deibler wound up third tonight in 49.33.

Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin (50.57), Poland’s Konrad Czerniak (50.61), Finland’s Riku Poytakivi (51.85), Japan’s Ko Fukaya (53.21) and Austria’s Sascha Subarsky (53.25) also contended for the title tonight.

Women’s 100 back

Photo Courtesy: FINA/Qatar Swimming/Alexandra Panagiotidou

Photo Courtesy: FINA/Qatar Swimming/Alexandra Panagiotidou

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu won her sixth gold medal of the meet with a blistering time of 55.77 in the women’s 100-meter back.  That’s just half-a-second off Shiho Sakai’s world record of 55.23 from the 2009 Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup.  Hosszu has been so impressive in the first two stops of the FINA World Cup, she likely could just stop now and still finish in the top three of the overall points standings when all was said and done.

Splits:

Sakai’s world record:

26.73, 55.23 (28.50)

Hosszu:

27.30, 55.77 (28.47)

Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina hit the wall second in 57.52 with Colombia’s Carolina Colorado taking third in 58.73.

Austria’s Jordis Steinegger (1:00.44), China’s Zhu Chaonan (1:01.24), Croatia’s Sanja Jovanovic (1:01.40), China’s Tian Yunjing (1:02.21) and South Africa’s Kira Baptiste (1:07.72) rounded out the championship eight.

Men’s 50 back

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

USA’s Eugene Godsoe dominated the sprint backstroke finale in 23.00 with Germany’s Christian Diener taking a distant second in 23.40.  Australia’s Bobby Hurley placed third in 23.41.

Australia’s Ashley Delaney (23.69), Spain’s Miguel Ozeki (23.81), Hong Kong’s Henry Kong (24.87), Youssef Said (25.55) and Australia’s Lennard Bremer (25.77) also swam in the finale.

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 collected her seventh gold-medal check with a 2:04.68 in the women’s 200-meter fly.  She pretty much had the pool to herself with Germany’s Franziska Hentke taking a distant second in 2:06.07.

Hosszu’s Splits:

(1) 27.97 (1) 59.20 (1) 1:31.41 2:04.68 909
31.23 32.21 33.27

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte hit the wall third in 2:06.19, while Switzerland’s Martina van Berkel missed the podium with a fourth-place 2:07.05.

Switzerland’s Danielle Villars (2:08.86), Austria’s Claudia Hufnagl (2:10.27) and South Africa’s Lizanne Viljoen (2:29.00) also competed in the championship heat.

Men’s 200 IM

Photo Courtesy: FINA/Qatar Swimming/Alexandra Panagiotidou

Photo Courtesy: FINA/Qatar Swimming/Alexandra Panagiotidou

South Africa’s Chad le Clos just missed the World Cup record in the 200 IM as he scored his fourth gold medal of the meet with a 1:51.56.  That was just off Kosuke Hagino’s 1:51.50 from the Tokyo stop of the FINA World Cup last year. With the win, le Clos moved back ahead of Daniel Gyurta in the points lead.

Le Clos Splits:

(1) 23.48 (1) 51.62 (1) 1:25.42 1:51.56 948
28.14 33.80 26.14

Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes cashed another podium check with a second-place time of 1:53.77, while Germany’s Marco Koch earned third-place honors in 1:55.19.

Hungary’s David Verraszto (1:55.29), USA’s Cody Miller (1:55.51), Switzerland’s Jeremy Desplanches (1:59.06), Tunisia’s Taki Mrabet (1:59.52) and Liechtenstein’s Christoph Meier (2:00.48) closed out the rest of the heat.

Women’s 400 free

Photo Courtesy: Pia Ellegaard Mortensen

Photo Courtesy: Pia Ellegaard Mortensen

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia snagged her second title of the meet with an easy-speed 4:02.05 in the 400 free.  Last year about this time, she blasted the world record with a 3:54.52 at the Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup, so there’s definitely more in her tank.  She just didn’t need it tonight.

Belmonte Garcia’s Splits:

4:02.05 909
50m  ﴾1﴿ 28.81
30.67
100m  ﴾2﴿ 59.48
30.67
150m  ﴾1﴿ 1:30.15
30.59
200m  ﴾1﴿ 2:00.74
30.37
250m  ﴾1﴿ 2:31.11
30.63
300m  ﴾1﴿ 3:01.74
30.63

Liechtenstein’s Julia Hassler put up a second-place time of 4:03.73, while Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto placed third in 4:09.87.

Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (4:18.47), China’s Chen Yuxi (4:19.08), Germany’s Franziska Hentke (4:21.43), South Africa’s Michee van Rooyen (4:26.25) and Syria’s Bayan Jumaa (4:27.15) finished fourth through eighth.

Men’s 50 free

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

USA’s Josh Schneider took home the men’s splash-and-dash title with a time of 21.11, while Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell picked up second-place honors in 21.31.  Finland’s Ari-Pekka Liukkonen hit the wall third in 21.39.

Germany’s Steffen Deibler (21.40), Poland’s Konrad Czerniak (21.49), South Africa’s Roland Schoeman (21.52), Japan’s Kenta Ito (21.65) and Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin (21.86) also competed in the finale.

Women’s 200 breast

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

After a pair of silvers here in Dubai, USA’s Breeja Larson moved to the top of the podium with a 2:20.02 in the 200 breast finale.   That’s a big outcome for Larson, who is battling to finish in the top six in the cluster to pick up some major cash.

Larson’s Splits:

(1) 31.17 (1) 1:06.06 (1) 1:42.37 2:20.02 887
34.89 36.31 37.65

Austria’s Lisa Zaiser took second overall in 2:23.48 with USA’s Laura Sogar hitting the wall third in 2:24.95.

Sarra Lajnef (2:33.13), Austria’s Jordis Steinegger (2:35.07), Morocco’s Ines Khiyara (2:43.41), South Africa’s Michee van Rooyen (2:49.38) and Syria’s Nermeen Jurdy (2:52.71) comprised the rest of the finale.

Women’s 100 IM

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

After setting the world record with an astonishing 56.86 this morning, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu cruised to victory tonight in the sprint medley with a 57.75. That was her incredible eighth victory here in Dubai as she is just steamrolling her way to huge money in the points leaderboard.

Hosszu’s Splits:

(2) 26.74 57.75 984
31.01

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson continued to pile up the cash with another podium as she took second in 58.26, while USA’s Caitlin Leverenz stopped the clock third in 59.86 for a third-place check of her own.

Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (1:00.00), Austria’s Lisa Zaiser (1:02.16), Sarra Lajnef (1:08.87), South Africa’s Kira Baptiste (1:09.19) and Anne Palmans (1:13.22) finished fourth through eighth.

Men’s 200 back

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Photo Courtesy: PSV Cottbus

Germany’s Christian Diener dominated the 200 back with a time of 1:49.14, while USA’s Tom Shields placed a distant second in 1:51.92 as both kept on piling up points in the FINA World Cup circuit leaderboard.  Japan’s Hayate Matsubara posted a third-place time of 1:52.62.

Diener’s Splits:

(1) 25.40 (1) 52.54 (1) 1:20.29 1:49.14 919
27.14 27.75 28.85

USA’s Eugene Godsoe (1:53.17), Australia’s Ashley Delaney (1:54.53), Austria’s Bernhard Reitshammer (1:58.56), Australia’s Lennard Gremer (1:58.92) and South Africa’s Reynier Pretorius (2:02.94) picked up the rest of the championship finishes.

Women’s 50 fly

Photo Courtesy: FINA/Qatar Swimming/Alexandra Panagiotidou

Photo Courtesy: FINA/Qatar Swimming/Alexandra Panagiotidou

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker pocketed her fourth title of the meet with a 24.59 in the women’s sprint fly, while Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz took second in 25.74.  Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu collected her ninth medal of the meet, and first non-gold, with a third-place 26.14.

Dekker’s time challenged Therese Alshammar’s world record of 24.38 from the Singapore stop of the 2009 FINA World Cup, but came up just a bit short.

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson (26.63), Austria’s Lena Kreundl (26.97), Colombia’s Carolina Colorado (27.30), Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (27.65) and China’s Zou Xinyi (27.91) also swam in the finale.

Mixed 200 free relay

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

South Africa’s Roland Schoeman (21.43), Leith Shankland (21.50), Lehesta Kemp (24.81) and Taneal Baptiste (26.48) raced their way to victory in the event with a 1:34.22.

Austria’s Markus Scheruebl (22.80), Gottfried Eisenberger (21.91), Lena Kreundl (25.48) and Lisa Zaiser (25.05) took second in 1:35.24, while Switzerland’s Alexandre Haldemann (22.16), Jeremy Desplanches (22.73), Danielle Villars (25.40) and Martina van Berkel (26.16) finished third in 1:36.45.

China (1:36.53) and Syria (1:43.81) also competed in the finale.

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