Holland’s Veldhuis Wins Four at World Cup 3; Bal and Almeida Win Three, Lezak Outsprints Neethling

By Phillip Whitten

November 25. THE USA’s Jason Lezak out-sprinted South Africa’s Ryk Neethling for the second straight day, taking the 50 free on Day 2 of the World Cup 3 meet in Daejon, Korea, in 21.62 seconds. Neethling followed four-hundredths behind.

Neethling fought off a determined challenge by Argentina’s Jose Meolans to win the 200 free, 1:45.40 to 1:46.16. It was Neethling’s 12th victory in the first three meets on this season’s tour.

Two other Americans posted victories tonight. Former Stanford star, Randall Bal, took the 50 (24.33) and 200 back (1:53.52) to complete his sweep of the dorsal events. Brazil’s Lucas Salatta was second in the longer race at 1:54.72.

Tanica Jamison scored with a victory in the 100 IM. The ex-Texas standout clocked 1:02.33, almost half a second ahead of Sweden’s – and UCLA’s – Malin Svahnstrom.

Holland’s Marleen Veldhuis was the only four-time winner in Daejon, as she breezed tonight in the 100 free in 53.24, almost three seconds in front of her closest challenger, then won a tough 50 fly in 26.72. Yesterday she took the 50 and 200 free.

One other swimmer, besides Bal, completed the hat trick tonight. Brazil’s Kai Almeida, 21, flew through the 100 fly in 51.05 to secure an easy win over Russia’s Nikolai Skvortsov, ensuring his second-straight butterfly triple. Almeida’s teammate, Lucas Salatta, added the 200 IM to his 400 IM triumph yesterday. In the shorter race, he topped Sho Uchida of Japan by .03 in 1:58.94.

Korea’s Min Ji Shim, winner of the women’s 50 back yesterday, took the 100 tonight in 1:02.08. Korea picked up another gold when Jeong Nam Yu won a hard-fought 1,500 in 15:04.58.


FINA WORLD CUP 3
Daejon, South Korea
Nov 24 – 25, 2005
25-meter pool

RESULTS
Day 2: November 25, 2005

Event 18 – Women's 100m free
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 VELDHUIS Marleen79 NED 53.24
2 WANG Junyao 88 CHN 56.03
3 JAMISON Tanica 81 USA 56.06
4 MCCLEERY Ashleigh87 AUS 56.48
5 SVAHNSTRÖM Malin80 SWE 56.68
6 LEE Keo Ra 89 KOR 56.70
7 MASHIMA Eriko 83 JPN 56.84
8 LEE Eun Hae 85 KOR 57.65

Event 19 – Men's 200m free
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 NEETHLING Ryk 77 RSA 1:45.40
2 MEOLANS Jose 78 ARG 1:46.16
3 UCHIDA Sho 87 JPN 1:47.35
4 PALMER Kirk 86 AUS 1:48.80
5 PROSSER Cameron 85 AUS 1:49.70
6 IM Jae Yeop 87 KOR 1:50.23
7 SIM Ki Hyuk 90 KOR 1:51.10
8 SMITH Cameron 86 AUS 1:51.25

Event 20 – Women's 50m breaststroke
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 YAN Lei 91 CHN 32.16
2 KIM Go Eun 90 KOR 32.20
3 SUN So Eun 88 KOR 32.37
4 HORSTMANN Rebecc89 GER 32.53
5 TANEDA Megumi 86 JPN 32.67
6 HEHN Keri 81 USA 32.93
7 HOTTA Manami 89 JPN 33.29
8 CHOI Min Gi 92 KOR 33.83

Event 21 – Men's 100m breaststroke
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 RICKARD Brenton 83 AUS 59.70
2 LIMA Felipe 85 BRA 1:00.14
3 FISCHER Eduardo 80 BRA 1:00.44
4 SUENAGA Yuta 85 JPN 1:00.48
5 YONEHARA Kyosuke80 JPN 1:00.62
6 XIE Zhi 87 CHN 1:01.11
7 KIMURA Daisuke 81 JPN 1:02.40
8 KIM Sun Jae 82 KOR 1:03.23

Event 22 – Women's 400m individual medley
Rank Name YB Nation Result

1 FUJINO Maiko 83 JPN 4:37.37
2 MCCLEERY Ashleigh87 AUS 4:40.33
3 MAN-HSU Lin 89 TPE 4:46.83
4 STEINKE Juliane 89 GER 4:53.29
5 LEE Su Jeong 90 KOR 4:57.69
6 DENG Biying 91 CHN 5:00.87

Event 23 – Men's 100m butterfly
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 ALMEIDA Kaio 84 BRA 51.05
2 SKVORTSOV Nikolay84 RUS 52.46
3 TAKAMOTO Shota 86 JPN 52.80
4 YU Jeong Nam 83 KOR 52.91
5 KANEDA Kazuya 87 JPN 54.23
6 SCHILHA Fabian 87 GER 54.49
7 CHUNG Yong 88 KOR 55.31
8 HEYL Hannes 87 GER 56.44

Event 24 – Women's 100m backstroke
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 SHIM Min Ji 83 KOR 1:02.08
2 JUNG Yoo Jin 89 KOR 1:02.87
3 LUCAS Amy 89 AUS 1:02.89
4 LEE Su Jeong 90 KOR 1:04.06
5 LEE Go Woon 90 KOR 1:04.17
6 SAH Hee 91 KOR 1:05.02
7 YUN Se Eun 89 KOR 1:05.57
8 FORSTER Jenny 88 USA 1:05.58

Event 25 – Men's 50m backstroke
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 BAL Randall 80 USA 24.33
2 MAKOV Sergey 85 RUS 24.71
3 VYATCHANIN Arkady84 RUS 24.75
4 SUNG Min 82 KOR 24.94
5 ALESHIN Evgeny 79 RUS 25.44
6 NAKANO Takashi 84 JPN 25.48
7 HEYL Hannes 87 GER 26.21
8 LEE Seung Hyeon 89 KOR 26.59

Event 26 – Women's 200m butterfly
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 DENG Biying 91 CHN 2:08.44
2 PALMER Kylie 90 AUS 2:09.74
3 KOWN You Ri 89 KOR 2:10.54
4 PARK Kyung Hwa 84 KOR 2:14.41
5 LEE Mi Rim 91 KOR 2:19.53
6 PARK Ji Eun 89 KOR 2:22.57
7 KIM Sol Lip 90 KOR 2:23.23

Event 27 – Men's 200m individual medley
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 SALATTA Lucas 87 BRA 1:58.94
2 UCHIDA Sho 87 JPN 1:58.97
3 ZHANG Zishan 87 CHN 1:59.94
4 HAN Kyu Chul 81 KOR 2:00.57
5 SAMUELSSON Erik 85 SWE 2:02.30
6 LI Le 86 CHN 2:06.09
7 SIN Su Jong 88 KOR 2:08.86
8 SONG Il Heon 88 KOR 2:09.03

Event 28 – Women's 400m free
Rank Name YB Nation Result

1 MCCLEERY Ashleigh87 AUS 4:08.57
2 PALMER Kylie 90 AUS 4:09.70
3 POLL Claudia 72 CRC 4:10.73
4 LEE Ji Eun 89 KOR 4:16.06
5 JUNG Ea Hyun 91 KOR 4:19.88
6 TOWN Jennifer 92 HKG 4:22.84
7 NG Ka Man 89 HKG 4:22.89
8 CHO Youn Soo 91 KOR 4:25.63

Event 29 – Men's 50m free
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 LEZAK Jason 75 USA 21.62
2 NEETHLING Ryk 77 RSA 21.66
3 MEOLANS Jose 78 ARG 22.02
4 THANING Karl 77 RSA 22.32
5 LENTON Matt 86 AUS 22.50
6 NEUWERT Steve 83 AUS 22.70
7 NORDENLILJA David81 SWE 22.75
8 PROSSER Cameron 85 AUS 23.22

Event 30 – Women's 200m breaststroke
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 TANEDA Megumi 86 JPN 2:26.44
2 FUJINO Maiko 83 JPN 2:27.37
3 KIM Ji Yeon 90 KOR 2:28.25
4 HEHN Keri 81 USA 2:32.97
5 LEE You Jin 94 KOR 2:33.04
6 HOTTA Manami 89 JPN 2:33.82
7 KIM Ga In 90 KOR 2:33.83
8 JUNG Da Rai 91 KOR 2:34.26

Event 31 – Men's 1500m free
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 YU Jeong Nam 83 KOR 15:04.58
2 SMITH Cameron 86 AUS 15:05.73
3 HAN Kuk In 89 KOR 15:24.09
4 CLAAR Johan 84 SWE 15:31.80
5 CHO Sung Mo 85 KOR 15:38.89
6 MOK Jeong Soo 89 KOR 16:00.27
7 CHENG Ka Ho 89 HKG 16:36.74

Event 32 – Women's 100m individual medley
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 JAMISON Tanica 81 USA 1:02.33
2 SVAHNSTRÖM Malin80 SWE 1:02.94
3 MAN-HSU Lin 89 TPE 1:03.73
4 LEE Eun Hae 85 KOR 1:04.22
5 PARK Na Ri 88 KOR 1:04.58
6 LUCAS Amy 89 AUS 1:05.24
7 JUNG Yoo Jin 89 KOR 1:05.34
8 JAHN Kristina 89 GER 1:05.44

Event 33 – Men's 200m backstroke
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 BAL Randall 80 USA 1:53.58
2 SALATTA Lucas 87 BRA 1:54.71
3 NAKANO Takashi 84 JPN 1:55.08
4 EMBACHER Toni 87 GER 2:00.84
5 LEE Seung Hyeon 89 KOR 2:02.01
6 HAN Myung Seck 89 KOR 2:03.19
7 CHEAH Geoffrey 90 HKG 2:10.22

Event 34 – Women's 50m butterfly
Rank Name YB Nation Result
1 VELDHUIS Marleen79 NED 26.72
2 WANG Junyao 88 CHN 26.92
3 HONG Wenwen 86 CHN 27.48
4 SIN Hae In 89 KOR 27.87
5 LEE Bo Eun 76 KOR 28.02
6 SUN So Eun 88 KOR 28.14
7 JAMISON Tanica 81 USA 28.27
8 GEOROFF Andrea 83 USA 28.42

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