FINA World Cup, Rio De Janeiro: Therese Alshammar, Miyuki Nakemura, Thiago Pereira Double Up in First Session of Finals

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, September 11. THE first session of short course meter finals is complete at the FINA World Cup held in Brazil.

Women's 800 free
Japan's Sakiko Nakamura won the distance event for the day with a time of 8:27.53, ranking her fifth in the early world rankings. Katie Goldman (8:12.65), Blair Evans (8:14.86), Jessica Atwood (8:22.06) and Wendy Trott (8:23.29) are the early front-runners in the rankings. Argentina's Cecilia Biagioli finished second today in 8:30.21, while Brazil's Poliana Okimoto took third overall in 8:32.88.

Men's 100 free
Much to the delight of the Rio crowd, Brazil's Cesar Cielo touched out Germany's Steffen Deibler, 47.16 to 47.18, for the sprint victory. The pair is now ranked second and third in the early world rankings, with Matthew Abood in the early lead with a 47.07 from July. The close win for Cielo might be the first step to erasing the memory of a touch-out loss to Nathan Adrian in the 50 free at the Pan Pacific Championships. Brazil's Andre Daudt wound up third today in 47.78 as the only other sub-48 second time of the finale.

Women's 200 free
Brazil's Tatiana Lemos Barbosa gave the Rio crowd a second-straight partisan victory with a 1:58.08 for the win. She moved to 14th in the early world rankings. Japan's Sakiko Nakamura took her second podium of the day with a second-place 1:59.43 after winning the 800 free. Brazil's Manuella Lyrio completed the podium with a time of 1:59.74 as the only other sub-2:00 of the championship heat.

Men's 50 breast
Brazil's Felipe Silva and Henrique Barbosa battled in the sprint breast with Silva surfacing as the victor, 26.56 to 26.79. Silva trumped his previously top-ranked time of 26.63 from prelims in the early world rankings. Barbosa moved to second in the same rankings, ahead of Fabio Scozzoli's 26.90. Alessandro Terrin (26.93) is the only other sub-27 second performer of the short-lived short course season so far. Brazil's Joao Gomes Jr. finished third today in 27.04.

Women's 100 breast
Sweden's Joline Hostman cruised to victory in the event with a top time of 1:07.44. That improved upon her eighth-ranked time of 1:07.85 from prelims yesterday, but did not improve her position. Brazil's Tatiane Sakemi finished second in 1:09.25, while Germany's Kerstin Vogel claimed third in 1:09.73.

Men's 400 IM
Brazil's Thiago Pereira turned in the top-ranked time in the early world rankings in the distance medley with a time of 4:06.47. That swim cleared the previously top-ranked effort of 4:07.06 posted by Jayden Hadler in July. Brazil's Henrique Rodrigues touched second in 4:12.37, while compatriot Diogo Yabe finished third in 4:17.64. Rodrigues' time moved him into the early top 10 in the world.

Women's 100 fly
Sweden's Therese Alshammar, a World Cup circuit regular, dominated the 100 fly with a time of 57.04. She improved to second in the early world rankings with only Felicity Galvez owning a faster time with a 56.34 from July. Brazil's Gabriella Silva took second in 58.21, while Japan's Nao Kobayashi touched third overall in 58.77. Silva fell short of her top-seeded prelim time of 57.60 that now stands third in the world.

Men's 100 back
Brazil's Guilherme Guido and Randall Bal of the U.S. joined the 51-club in the early world rankings with Guido winning today, 51.44 to 51.56. The times put the two into second and third in the world. Ashley Delaney (51.41) stands atop the rankings, while Daniel Arnamnart and Hayden Stoeckel also are sub-52 with matching 51.81s from July. Peter Marshall of the U.S. rounded out the podium with a third-place time of 52.17.

Women's 50 back
Japan's Miyuki Takemura earned the sprint back crown with a time of 27.12. That time moved her to third in the early world rankings, trailing only Marieke Guehrer (26.81) and Emily Seebohm (26.82). Brazil's Fabiola Molina took second in 27.47, while The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder placed third in 27.57. Both swimmers moved into the early top 10.

Men's 200 fly
Brazil's Leonardo De Deus held off Russia's Nikolay Skvortsov, 1:53.78 to 1:54.00, for the victory. De Deus and Skvortsov moved to third and fourth in the early world rankings with Chris Wright (1:51.74) and Jayden Hadler (1:53.10) owning the top two spots. Japan's Ryusuke Sakata finished third overall today in 1:54.65.

Women's 200 IM
Brazil's Joanna Maranhao Melo won the event going away with a 2:12.56. She jumped into the early top 10 in the world rankings, while compatriot Fabiola Molina finished second in 2:15.24. Brazil's Larissa Cieslak took home third in 2:15.68.

Men's 400 free
Japan's Kenichi Doki (3:47.20) and Brazil's Lucas Kanieski (3:47.53) battled throughout the middle distance event with Doki coming up with the title. Both swimmers moved into the early top 15 in the world rankings. China's Jiang Yuhui placed third in 3:50.20.

Women's 50 free
Sweden's Therese Alshammar doubled up with a 24.46 to win the sprint free. She touched just ahead of The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder (24.50). The two moved to second and third in the early world rankings behind only Yolane Kukla's 24.14 from July. Brazil's Flavia Delaroli took third in 24.62 to finish ranked fourth in the world.

Men's 200 breast
Japan's Kozuki Otsuka and Brazil's Tales Cerdeira put on a show in the men's 200 breast with Otsuka emerging triumphant by the slimmest of margins, 2:05.60 to 2:05.61. The times pushed Otsuka and Cerdeira to the top of the early world rankings. Christian Sprenger held the previous top-ranked time of 2:06.47. Brazil's Henrique Barbosa finished third in 2:06.45 to move to third in the world, bumping Sprenger back to fourth.

Men's 100 IM
Brazil swept the podium in the sprint medley with Thiago Pereira winning his second medley of the day in 52.35. He clipped the previously top-ranked time of 52.39 set by Kenneth To back in July. Henrique Rodrigues finished second in 53.68 to grab an early top 5 time in the world, while Fernando Silva complete the Brazilian sweep with a third-place 54.14.

Women's 200 back
Japan's Miyuki Takemura snatched her second backstroke win of the day with a 2:06.24 in the distance dorsal. She moved to fourth in the early world rankings behind Belinda Hocking (2:03.47), Melissa Ingram (2:05.42) and Meagan Nay (2:05.88). Germany's Jenny Mensing took second in 2:09.44, while Sweden's Therese Svendsen placed third overall in 2:11.82.

Men's 50 fly
Germany's Steffen Deibler clocked the top-ranked time in the world with a 22.49 for the win. He far surpassed the previous best of 22.95 set by Geoff Huegill in July. Brazil's Nicholas Santos placed second in 23.23, while Brazil's Glauber Henrique Silva took third in 23.35.

Day One Finals Results

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