Katinka Hosszu Collects Another Handful of Finals on Day One of FINA World Cup Moscow

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MOSCOW, Russia, October 4. The fourth stop of the FINA World Cup series kicked off in Moscow with the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu powering her way to another handful of finals.

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Scheduled Events

• Women’s 800 free
• Men’s 400 IM
• Men’s 100 free
• Women’s 200 free
• Men’s 50 breast
• Women’s 100 breast
• Women’s 100 fly
• Men’s 100 back
• Women’s 50 back
• Men’s 200 fly
• Women’s 200 IM
• Men’s 400 free
• Women’s 50 free
• Men’s 200 breast
• Men’s 100 IM
• Women’s 200 back
• Men’s 50 fly

Women’s 800 free

Ekaterina Sorokina kicked off the meet with an 8:59.30 to lead the women’s 800-meter slower heats. Dinara Gimazetdinova took second in 9:12.30 with the faster heat to be swum this evening.

Men’s 400 IM

Four swimmers swam in the 400-meter IM slower heat this morning with China’s Wang Fu leading the way in 4:14.90.  Alexander Zotov (4:23.14) and Roman Yusupov (4:32.32) took second and third with Hong Kong’s Oscar Chi claiming fourth in 4:44.75.

Men’s 100 free

Belarus’ Artyom Machekin raced his way to the top seed in 48.37 among a pretty loaded men’s 100 free finale, while Russia’s Oleg Tikhobaev placed second in 48.41.  Germany’s Steffan Deibler and USA’s Tom Shields tied for third with 48.51s.

Russia’s Viacheslav Prudnikov (48.80), South Africa’s Chad le Clos (48.87), Evgeniy Ayzetullov (48.91) and Valerii Govako (49.10) also picked up spots in the finale.

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Women’s 200 free

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu began her march toward another likely huge haul of money and points with a 1:53.05 to lead qualifying this morning.  Russia’s Veronika Popova (1:56.65) and Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (1:58.48) took second and third in the morning.

Russia’s Daria Mullaekaeva (1:58.88), Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (1:59.76), Russia’s Valeria Salamatina (2:00.15), Denmark’s Julie Levisen (2:00.50) and Irina Shvaeva (2:00.85) also made the finale.

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Men’s 50 breast

Germany’s Marco Koch cranked out a 26.90 to top prelims in the sprint breaststroke event, while Sergei Geibel touched second in 27.19.  Russia’s Andrei Nikolaev posted a third-seeded 27.25, while Anton Panferov earned fourth in 27.27.

Igor Golovin (27.33), Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta (27.38), Japan’s Yasuhiro Koseki (27.40) and Sergey Silin (27.44) also transferred to the championship heat with top eight finishes.

Women’s 100 breast

Japan’s Rie Kaneto hit the wall in 1:06.61 to top qualifying this morning, while Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen joined her under 1:07 with a 1:06.91 for the second seed.  Russia’s Maria Astashkina qualified third in 1:07.73 with Natalia Ivaneeva taking fourth in 1:07.74.

Denmark’s Louise Dalgaard (1:07.84), Russia’s Vitalina Simonova (1:07.85), Ukraine’s Olga Tovstogan (1:08.00) and Daria Deeva (1:08.10) also snagged lanes in the finale.

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Women’s 100 fly

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker, who has made a heavy chunk of prize winnings owning the sprint events on the circuit so far, dominated prelims with a 57.05.  Anastasia Lyazeva took second in 8.46 with Alina Kashinskaya placing third in 59.71.

Ekaterina Shapanikvoa (1:00.10), China’s Xin Min (1:00.73), Daria Tcvetkova (1:00.81), Anna Polyakova (1:00.86) and Ekaterina Lvova (1:00.93) all cleared 1:01 to make the finale.

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Men’s 100 back

Germany’s Christian Diener (52.74) and Australia’s Bobby Hurley (52.79) both cleared 53 seconds to lead the way in prelims in the event.  USA’s Tom Shields hit the wall third in 53.08, while China’s Li Guangyuan picked up fourth in 53.28.

Ukraine’s Andriy Khloptsov (53.90), Finland’s Sergei Haukka (54.20), Latvia’s Pavels Vilcans (54.37) and Ukraine’s Sergiy Varvaruk (54.38) qualified fifth through eighth.

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Women’s 50 back

Denmark’s Mie Nielsen ripped off a 26.81 to lead everyone in the sprint backstroke this morning.  Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (27.37) and Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (27.45) qualified second and third.

Maria Kameneva (28.16), Madezhda Vinyukova (28.17), Daria Kartashova (28.26), Polina Egorova (28.43) and Arina Surkova (28.53) also will battle in the finale tonight.

Men’s 200 fly

Denmark’s Viktor Bromer put up a time of 1:54.14 to pick up the top seed in the 200 fly this morning.  Russia’s Nikolay Skvortsov followed with a 1:55.68 for second, while USA’s Tom Shields racked up another finale with a third-seeded 1:55.73.

Russia’s Aleksandr Kudashev (1:56.12), South Africa’s Chad le Clos (1:56.15), Japan’s Masato Sakai (1:56.52), Hungary’s David Verraszto (1:56.66) and China’s Zheng Tong (1:57.52) all beat 1:58 to earn spots in the championship.

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Women’s 200 IM

The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu collected another finale with a 2:08.30 this morning in the 200 IM.  Spain’s Mireia Belmonte hit second in 2:09.25 with Russia’s Veronika Popova taking third in 2:12.96.

Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (2:13.26), Russia’s Vitalina Simonova (2:14.21), Alina Kendzior (2:15.26), Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen (2:15.97) and Russia’s Maria Astashkina (2:16.54) qualified fourth through eighth.

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Men’s 400 free

Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta captured the top seed with a 3:47.76 as the top four all put up 3:47s this morning.  Australia’s Bobby Hurley (3:47.84), China’s Hong Jinlong (3:47.92) and Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes (3:47.95) also clocked 3:47s.

Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (3:48.01), Ukraine’s Sergiy Frolov (3:48.23), Mikhail Polishchuk (3:48.63) and China’s Li Yongwei (3:50.76) will also vie for the title tonight.

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Women’s 50 free

Although Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu certainly has been amazing with her multi-event prowess, one of the storylines that has been impressive on the women’s side this year has been Inge Dekker’s ownership of the sprint events.  After leading the 100 fly earlier, she returned with a 24.47 to top the 50.

Russia’s Elizaveta Bazarova (25.09) and Daria S. Ustinova (25.12) qualified second and third.

China’s Wu Yue (25.19), Hosszu (25.21). Denmark’s Julie Levisen (25.27), Arina Surkova (25.44) and Daria Kartashova (25.52) also captured transfer spots into the championship heat.

Men’s 200 breast

Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta (2:06.87) and Germany’s Marco Koch (2:06.91) will stage yet another breaststroke battle after claiming the top two spots in the finale.  Gyurta and Koch regularly meet up in finals in meets throughout the world, so this is a familiar rivalry.

Russia’s Kirill Prigoda (2:08.46) and Sergey Silin (2:08.46) placed third and fourth.

Vladislav Finochenko (2:09.32), Oleg Kostin (2:10.20), Anton Tischenko (2:10.82) and Dmytro Oseledets (2:10.85) also made the finale, all under 2:11.

Of three disqualifications, Yasuhiro Koseki’s was the biggest as he could have contended for the title.

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Men’s 100 IM

Russia’s Viacheslav Prudnikov clocked a 54.45 to top the sprint medley with Estonia’s Martin Liivamagi posting a second-seeded 54.54.

Anton Panferov (54.82), USA’s Tom Shields (55.08), Russia’s Evgeny Koptelov (55.50), Russia’s Semen Makovich (55.59), Australia’s Bobby Hurley (55.71) and Dmitry Zhilin (55.76) rounded out the top eight.

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Women’s 200 back

Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina hit the wall in 2:06.17 to pace prelims, while the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu overcame a bad start to take second in 2:06.65.

Anastasia Osipenko (2:07.25), Denmark’s Mie Nielsen (2:08.60), Russia’s Irina Prikhodko (2:10.11), Russia’s Polina Lapshina (2:10.91), China’s Chen Jie (2:11.70) and Spain’s Mireia Belmonte (2:11.82) made their way into the championship heat as well.

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Men’s 50 fly

USA’s Tom Shields dominated prelims of the sprint fly in 22.81 with Finland’s Riku Poeytaekivi earning second in 23.25.  Germany’s Steffan Deibler hit the wall third in 23.29.

Russia’s Evgeny Korotyshkin (23.43), South Africa’s Chad le Clos (23.49), Evgeny Sedov (23.65) and Vladislav Seryy (23.76) also garnered lanes in the finale.

Russia’s Viacheslav Prudnikov and Oleg Tikhobaev tied for eighth with matching 23.93s to set up a swimoff.

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