Flash! Ryk Neethling Lowers 100m Individual Medley World Record Yet Again, Clocks 52.01

By Stephen J. Thomas

MOSCOW, January 26. BABY, it might have been extremely cold outside, but Springbok Ryk Neethling continued his hot form into the final meet of the European leg of the World Cup tour.

Perhaps drawing from his days as an endurance swimmer, Neethling continued to perform at the highest level while other leading competitors who had also taken on the demanding three meet European leg of the FINA World Cup started to wilt.

Tonight in the 100 IM, Neethling trimmed 0.10 of a second off the global standard he set in Berlin last weekend, touching in 52.01 to easily beat his countryman Roland Schoeman at 53.88. It was Schoeman who had set the pace in this event at the first meet in Stockholm when he clocked 52.51 to break German Thomas Rupprath’s WR of 52.58. Then just a few days later, Neethling lowered the mark by 0.40 to clock 52.11.

Earlier in the evening, Neethling also took gold in the 100 freestyle, clocking a classy 47.30 to beat American champ Jason Lezak (47.46). Interestingly, Schoeman who equalled the world record in Berlin failed to qualify here, finishing 14th in the prelims.

Neething had told SwimInfo during the Melbourne leg of the World Cup last November that he was keen to “earn some money” on the World Cup circuit this season after winning five events Down Under. The Olympic gold medalist will certainly tuck a few Rand away in the bank when he gets home, having edged further ahead in the men’s overall World Cup ranking with 1077 points from his 100 IM swim.

FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP
2004-2005

RESULTS
Day One: January 26,2005

Moscow, Russia

25 meter pool

Men's 100m Freestyle, Finals

1. NEETHLING Ryk 1977 RSA 47.30 968
2. LEZAK Jason 1975 USA 47.46 958
3. LAGUNOV Evgeny 1985 RUS 48.95 873
4. YEGOSHIN Yuriy 1985 UKR 49.01 870
5. RADZIONAU Andrei 1985 BLR 49.30 855
6. CIELO FILNO Cesar 1987 BRA 49.34 853
7. MANZHULA Aleksey 1980 RUS 49.65 837
8. SKRYNNIKOV Maxim 1983 RUS 49.94 822

Women's 200m Freestyle, Finals
1. LILLHAGE Josefin 1980 SWE 1:56.01 975
2. KOMISARZ Rachel 1976 USA 1:57.17 946
3. PARSHINA Daria 1988 RUS 1:58.39 917
4. MACKENZIE Linda 1983 AUS 1:58.53 914
5. DAVENPORT Lara 1983 AUS 1:58.71 910
6. BELIAKINA Daria 1986 RUS 1:59.98 881
7. PAVLOVA Olga 1985 RUS 2:00.05 879
8. VOLODINA Kira 1986 RUS 2:01.24 854

Men's 50m Breaststroke, Finals
1. LISOGOR Oleg 1979 UKR 26.67 1005
2. MOSES Ed 1980 USA 27.38 928
3. GRISHIN Denis 1974 RUS 27.83 884
4. BORYSIK Igor 1984 UKR 28.04 864
5. KASPROWICZ Kamil 1984 GER 28.09 860
6. DYMO Valeriy 1984 UKR 28.21 849
7. SILKOU Dzianis 1982 BLR 28.26 844
8. KOOL Philip 1984 GER 28.51 822

Women's 100m Breaststroke, Finals
1. BOGOMAZOVA Elena 1982 RUS 1:07.02 931
2. BOGGIATTO Chiara 1986 ITA 1:08.81 860
3. SAKAGUCHI Yuko 1979 JPN 1:08.89 857
4. UIMENOVA Ekaterina 1986 RUS 1:08.90 857
5. VOLOSCHOUK Agatha 1987 RUS 1:09.05 851
6. ISTATOVA Svetlana 1987 RUS 1:09.72 827
7. MALYKH Olesia RUS 1:09.76 825
8. KORMACHEVA Ekaterina 1982 RUS 1:09.80 824

Men's 400m Individual Medley, Timed Final
1. BEREZUTSKY Igor 1984 RUS 4:08.20 959
2. NAZARENKO Dmytro 1980 UKR 4:10.30 935
3. SANO Hidemasa 1984 JPN 4:11.28 925
4. LUCAS Adam 1983 AUS 4:11.77 919
5. KRYLOV Andrey 1984 RUS 4:14.62 889
6. KOVRIGUIN Alexey 1981 RUS 4:16.90 865
7. DRYMONAKOS Ioannis 1984 GRE 4:17.09 863
8. ZATSEPIN Alexey 1984 RUS 4:20.48 830

Women's 100m Butterfly, Finals
1. MORAVCOVA Martina 1976 SVK 57.08 1004
2. KOMISARZ Rachel 1976 USA 58.23 945
3. DOI Ayako 1980 JPN 58.55 930
4. SOUTIAGUINA Natalia 1980 RUS 59.77 874
5. VLADYKINA Vasilisa 1987 RUS 1:00.86 828
6. BESPALOVA Irina 1981 RUS 1:01.13 817
7. KOPACHENYA Hanna 1980 BLR 1:01.17 816
8. DAVENPORT Lara 1983 AUS 1:02.10 779

Men's100m Backstroke, Finals
1. BAL Randall 1980 USA 52.00 951
2. MIYASHITA Junichi 1983 JPN 52.82 908
3. ILLICHOV Pavlo 1983 UKR 53.33 882
4. OLEYNYK Andriy 1983 UKR 53.51 873
5. JANUSAITIS Vytautas 1981 LTU 53.79 859
6. OSTAPCHOUK Serguei 1976 RUS 53.94 852
7. DONETS Stanislav 1983 RUS 53.97 851
8. MAKOV Sergey 1985 RUS 54.41 830

Women's 50m Backstroke, Finals
1. ZUBKOVA Kateryna 1988 UKR 27.45 977
2. OIKAVA Masaki 1984 JPN 27.85 936
3. KHAKHLOVA Sviatlana 1984 BLR 28.07 914
4. TERAKAWA Aya 1984 JPN 28.14 907
5. ITO Hanae 1985 JPN 28.66 859
6. BAS Aleksandra 1985 BLR 28.86 841
7. DE NARDI Valentina 1983 ITA 29.02 827
8. LUTSENKO Tatiana 1987 RUS 29.18 814

Men's 200m Butterfly, Finals
1. MATSUDA Takeshi 1984 JPN 1:54.14 956
2. SKVORTSOV Nikolay 1984 RUS 1:54.82 939
3. MIKI Jiro 1983 JPN 1:55.08 933
4. POLYAKOV Anatoly 1980 RUS 1:57.44 878
5. STARKE Benjamin 1986 GER 1:57.72 872
6. JEONG Doo Hee 1984 KOR 1:58.53 854
7. GANIKHIN Maxim 1986 RUS 2:01.27 797
8. SANO Hidemasa 1984 JPN 2:02.24 778

Women's 200m Individual Medley, Finals
1. BELIAKINA Daria 1986 RUS 2:13.15 905
2. LILLHAGE Josefin 1980 SWE 2:13.38 900
3. LOVTSOVA Natalia 1988 RUS 2:13.84 891
4. MALUTINA Viktoria 1990 RUS 2:14.95 869
5. AMANO Misa 1986 JPN 2:15.01 868
6. MARTYNOVA Yana 1988 RUS 2:15.31 862
7. KARPEEVA Svetlana 1985 RUS 2:17.27 826
8. BERGLUND Ann 1984 SWE 2:17.60 820

Men's 400m Freestyle, Finals
1. PRILUKOV Yuri 1980 RUS 3:45.04 923
2. NEGREIROS Armando 1985 BRA 3:46.09 911
3. KOPTUR Dzmitry 1978 BLR 3:46.74 903
4. LUCAS Adam 1983 AUS 3:47.51 894
5. PARK Tae Hwan 1989 KOR 3:47.66 892
6. UMANETS Valentin 1986 RUS 3:47.77 891
7. PRINSLOO Troyden 1985 RSA 3:49.09 875
8. ROMANOVICH Vitaly 1987 RUS 3:50.04 864

Women's 50m Freestyle, Finals
1. KHAKHLOVA Sviatlana 1984 BLR 24.65 945
2. MORAVCOVA Martina 1976 SVK 24.79 929
3. DELAROLI-CAZZIOLATO Flavia 1983 BRA 25.03 903
4. LILLHAGE Josefin 1980 SWE 25.26 878
5. YAMADA Kaori 1981 JPN 25.77 827
6. AOKI Kei 1987 JPN 25.91 814
7. NASYROVA Ekaterina 1985 RUS 25.93 812
8. HANCHAR Maryia 1985 BLR 26.03 803

Men's 200m Breaststroke, Finals
1. FALKO Grigory 1987 RUS 2:06.51 994
2. PIPER Jim 1981 AUS 2:06.98 983
3. MOSES Ed 1980 USA 2:08.13 956
4. KAWAGOE Taiki 1984 JPN 2:09.95 917
5. OVCHINNIKOV Alexander 1984 RUS 2:11.13 892
6. BORYSIK Igor 1984 UKR 2:12.04 874
7. KRIVASHEEV Denis 1987 RUS 2:12.29 869
8. IVANOV Andrey 1976 RUS 2:13.41 847

Women's 800m Freestyle, Timed Final
1. IVANENKO Anastasia 1989 RUS 8:20.59 976
2. KIDA Yumi 1985 JPN 8:27.17 938
3. KOMISARZ Rachel 1976 USA 8:28.35 932
4. CORFE Melissa 1986 RSA 8:30.15 922
5. MACKENZIE Linda 1983 AUS 8:36.09 890
6. GIMHOLT Teresia SWE 8:38.98 876
7. BULAKHOVA Maria 1988 RUS 8:39.35 874
8. PARSHINA Daria 1988 RUS 8:46.37 839

Men's 100m Individual Medley, Finals
1. NEETHLING Ryk 1977 RSA 52.01 WR 1077
2. SCHOEMAN Roland 1980 RSA 53.88 969
3. SERGEYEV Sergiy 1970 UKR 55.01 910
4. JANUSAITIS Vytautas 1981 LTU 55.35 893
5. SILKOU Dzianis 1982 BLR 55.38 892
6. KASPROWICZ Kamil 1984 GER 55.43 890
7. MILOSLAVSKIS Romans 1983 LAT 55.83 871
8. MIKI Jiro 1983 JPN 56.04 861

Women's 200m Backstroke, Finals
1. ITO Hanae 1985 JPN 2:06.65 959
2. ZUBKOVA Kateryna 1988 UKR 2:06.84 955
3. KOMAROVA Stanislava 1986 RUS 2:07.47 941
4. TERAKAWA Aya 1984 JPN 2:07.50 940
5. IGARASHI Takami 1984 JPN 2:08.78 912
6. CORFE Melissa 1986 RSA 2:11.87 849
7. RAEVSKAYA Irina 1984 RUS 2:12.74 833
8. MOSKVINA Ksenia 1989 RUS 2:13.42 820

Men's 50m Butterfly, Finals
1. TAKAYASU Ryo 1981 JPN 23.44 939
2. SERDINOV Andriy 1982 UKR 23.66 913
3. SKVORTSOV Nikolay 1984 RUS 23.73 905
4. STARKE Benjamin 1986 GER 24.00 874
5. MARCHENKO Igor 1975 RUS 24.03 871
6. PADALETS Alexander 1984 RUS 24.14 859
7. LAGOUN Pavel 1979 BLR 24.27 846
8. NACHAEV Ravil 1974 UZB 24.29 843

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