Natsumi Hoshi Grabs Top Seed in 200 Fly, Katinka Hosszu Misses Finals at 2015 FINA World Championships

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Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi led the way through the women’s 200-meter fly semis at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

Hoshi touched out Germany’s Franziska Hentke in the second semifinal, 2:06.36 to 2:06.64, with the pair finishing 1-2 heading into finals.

Hentke has the world best time this year with a 2:05.26, her personal best effort that also stands as the German record. Hoshi, meanwhile, has much more in the tank with a 2:04.69 lifetime best that is the Japanese record from 2012.

The pair could push each other to challenge Jessicah Schipper’s meet record of 2:03.41 from the 2009 World Championships.

Hungary’s Liliana Szilagyi turned in a third-seeded time of 2:07.05, while China’s Zhang Yufei snared the fourth seed in 2:07.08.

USA’s Katie McLaughlin (2:07.52), USA’s Cammile Adams (2:07.57), Australia’s Brianna Throssell (2:07.57) and China’s Zhou Yilin (2:07.69) qualified fifth through eighth to make up the rest of the championship heat tomorrow.

In a bit of a stunner, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu fell to 13th with a 2:08.91 as she looks to be worse for wear after her historic world record in the women’s 200-meter IM.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Men’s 100 free semis
Women’s 50 back semis
Men’s 200 fly finals
Women’s 200 free finals
Men’s 50 breast finals
Women’s 200 fly semis
Men’s 200 IM semis
Men’s 800 free finals
Mixed 400 medley relay finals

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