FINA World Cup, Stockholm: Flash! Peter Marshall, Liu Zige, Zhao Jing, Therese Alshammar Set World Records in Day Two Finals

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, November 11. THE second night of finals at the FINA World Cup stop hosted in Stockholm featured four more world-record performances being put up on the scoreboard.

Peter Marshall, Liu Zige, Zhao Jing and Therese Alshammar each clocked world best efforts during the evening.

Men's 1500 free
Italy's Federico Colbertaldo raced to a World Cup record in the distance event with a winning time of 14:28.35. Grant Hackett held the previous record with a 14:29.51 set back in 2000. Colbertaldo fell short of his national record of 14:24.21. Faroe Islands' Pal Joensen finished second in 14:32.59, while Denmark's Mads Glaesner completed the podium in 14:39.88. Joensen clipped his national record of 14:32.64 set at the Moscow stop.

Women's 100 free
Great Britain's Fran Halsall downed the World Cup record with a winning time of 51.61. That time smashed Marleen Veldhuis' 2007 mark of 52.14 from the Berlin stop, and threatened Libby Trickett's world record of 51.01. It also downed Halsall's national standard of 51.79 heading into today.

Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen claimed silver with a 52.08 that tied her national record set last December, while Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom placed third in 52.60. She moved closer to Therese Alshammar's national record of 52.17.

Men's 200 free
At the 100-meter mark, it looked like Paul Biedermann's world record of 1:40.83 was definitely done. Three swimmers were under Biedermann's world-record pace at the halfway mark. But, Biedermann's backhalf triumphed as Canada's Brent Hayden had to settle for a winning time of 1:41.65. That effort lowered his national record of 1:41.77 set in August of this year.

South Africa's Darian Townsend wound up second in 1:41.99 to erase his national standard of 1:42.41 from the Moscow stop, while Brazil's Nicolas Oliveira placed third in 1:42.37.

Women's 50 breast
Jessica Hardy could not replicate the fireworks from her preliminary swim of 28.96 that is the only sub-29 second swim in the event's history. Hardy did, however, easily win her pet event with a scorching fast time of 29.29. Australia's Leisel Jones wound up taking second overall in 29.93 as the only other sub-30 of the race. Norway's Katharina Stiberg completed the podium with a 30.31.

Men's 100 breast
Out under world-record pace, South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh had to settle for the World Cup record with a smoking fast time of 56.17. Van der Burgh went out in 25.84, better than his world-record pace of 25.99, but could not sustain the pace. He wound up lowering his circuit standard of 56.36 set at the Moscow stop.

Teammate Neil Versfeld claimed second overall in a swift 56.55, while Ukraine's Igor Borysik took third in 57.21 to nip his national mark of 57.33 set last year.

Women's 400 IM
Spain's Mireia Belmonte closed out the distance medley event with a winning time of 4:26.40. That swim beat Joanna Maranhao-Melo's World Cup record of 4:26.98 set in Moscow last weekend.

South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim touched second in 4:28.23, while Canada's Tanya Hunks took third in 4:32.48.

Men's 100 fly
An incredibly exciting finish produced a winning time of 49.44 for Brazil's Kaio Almeida. While world record holder Evgeny Korotyshkin of Russia put a charge into his world record time of 48.99 by being under his world-record pace at the halfway mark, he settled for second in 49.49 with Almeida charging past him for the win. Australia's Andrew Lauterstein touched just behind the top duo with a third-place 49.54.

Women's 100 back
It took a 56-second performance to make the podium as world record holder Shiho Sakai of Japan won in 56.42 to set the World Cup record. That swim beat Natalie Coughlin's time of 56.51 set at the 2007 Singapore stop, but was short of Sakai's world record of 56.15.

Great Britain's Elizabeth Simmonds and Japan's Aya Terakawa tied for second overall with matching 56.92s. Simmonds clipped her national mark of 56.93 set in August.

Men's 50 back
Peter Marshall of the U.S. edged his world record in the sprint back with a swift time of 22.73. That time beat his world, American and World Cup record of 22.75 set at the Durban stop earlier this year.

Here is the latest progression of the event:
23.24 Robert Hurley, AUS – Sydney 10-26-08
23.05 Peter Marshall, USA – Stockholm 11-12-08
22.87 Randall Bal, USA – Berlin 11-16-08
22.75 Peter Marshall, USA – Durban 10-17-09
22.73 Peter Marshall, USA – Stockholm 11-11-09

Japan's Junya Koga took second in 22.98 to smash his national record of 23.46 set back in February. Adam Mania of the U.S. snatched third place with a time of 23.02.

Women's 200 fly
China's Liu Zige has now smashed both the short course and long course world records in the 200 fly. After taking the long course global mark to a stunning low at the Chinese National Games, Liu checked in with a 2:02.50 in the short course event today. She smashed Yuuko Nakanishi's world record of 2:03.12 set February 2008. Liu also crushed Yang Yu's national mark of 2:04.04 set in 2004.

Here are the comparative splits:
Liu: 27.31, 58.36 (31.05), 1:29.77 (31.41), 2:02.50 (32.73)
Nakanishi: 28.25, 59.50 (31.25), 1:31.26 (31.76), 2:03.12 (31.86)

Australia's Felicity Galvez finished second in 2:03.91, while Sweden's Petra Granlund complete the podium with a 2:06.01.

Men's 200 IM
South Africa's Darian Towsend provided some outside smoke with a near world record swim of 1:51.79. That performance missed Ryan Lochte's global mark of 1:51.56, but downed Ous Mellouli's World Cup mark of 1:52.41 and Townsend's national standard of 1:52.51.

Michael Phelps, swimming in his circa 2010 gear, finished second in 1:53.93, while Lithuania's Vytautas Janusaitis placed third in 1:54.34.

Women's 400 free
France's Coralie Balmy cruised to victory in the middle distance event with a time of 3:57.75, while Denmark's Lotte Friis checked in with a second-place time of 4:00.66. Friis lowered her national mark of 4:01.64 set last year in Berlin. France's Camille Muffat rounded out the top three in 4:03.02.

Men's 50 free
France's Fred Bousquet clocked a World Cup record time of 20.64, and nearly cleared the French national record of 20.48 held by Amaury Leveaux. South Africa's Roland Schoeman placed second in 20.81, while Sweden's Stefan Nystrand touched third in 21.03 in the splash-and-dash.

Women's 200 breast
In an exciting finish, three swimmers vied for the title with 2:18s. Serbia's Nadja Higl surfaced triumphant with a time of 2:18.54, while Denmark's Rikke-Moller Pedersen placed second in 2:18.73. Japan's Rie Kaneto rounded out the top three in 2:18.80.

Women's 100 IM
China's Zhao Jing added the sprint medley world record to her resume with a 58.40. That effort wiped out the 58.51 set by Sweden's Therese Alshammar during the Durban stop of the World Cup this year. She crushed the Chinese record of 59.38 she set in February.

Here are the comparative splits:
Zhao: 26.57, 58.40 (31.83)
Alshammar: 25.97, 58.51 (32.54)

The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder finished second in 58.65 to lower her national mark of 58.88 set in Moscow, while Great Britain's Fran Halsall took third in 58.81.

Men's 200 back
In a touch-out triumph, Austria's Markus Rogan downed Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin, 1:47.64 to 1:47.66, for the victory. Rogan lowered his national mark of 1:47.84 set in 2008, while Vyatchanin beat his Russian standard of 1:48.69 set in Moscow.

World record holder George Du Rand of South Africa completed the podium with a time of 1:48.95.

Women's 50 fly
Sweden's Therese Alshammar ended the meet on a high note with a world-record time of 24.46. That readout cleared her previous global mark of 24.75 set at the Durban stop. Australia's Marieke Guehrer finished second in 24.72 to lower her national record of 24.99 from last year, while Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen touched third in 25.18.

Here is the recent progression of the world record:
25.32 Felicity Galvez, AUS – Manchester 4-11-08
25.31 Therese Alshammar, SWE – Stockholm 11-12-08
24.99 Marieke Guehrer, AUS – Berlin 11-16-08
24.75 Therese Alshammar, SWE – Durban 10-17-09
24.46 Therese Alshammar, SWE – Stockholm 11-11-09

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