World Cup, Berlin: Femke Heemskerk Doubles Up, Dana Vollmer Downs Another U.S. Record During Day Two Finals

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BERLIN, Germany, October 31. THE second day of short course meter finals swimming is complete at the World Cup stop in Berlin.

Men's 1500 free
The Netherlands' Job Kienhuis won the distance event for the day with a top-ranked time of 14:40.11. He cleared the previously top-ranked time in the world of 14:41.29 set by Samuel Pizzetti at the Italian Short Course Championships in August.

Faroes' Pal Joensen finished a distant second in 14:47.39 to move to fifth in the world rankings, while Germany's Jan Wolfgarten took third in 14:50.48. Hungary's David Verraszto (14:50.81), Russia's Alexander Shimin (15:01.84), Argentina's Esteban Paz (15:02.61), Japan's Junpei Higashi (15:03.22) and Hungary's Balazs Zambo (15:12.05) rounded out the top eight.

Women's 100 free
The Netherlands' Femke Heemskerk raced to victory in a time of 51.96 to become just the eighth member of the 51-second club. USA's Dana Vollmer took second in 52.50 to lower her preliminary U.S. record of 52.71 set this morning. Vollmer has been faster in an un-ratified effort of 52.16 set in December 2009 when USA Swimming had enacted a domestic techsuit ban prior to the international ban going into place on Jan. 1, 2010. Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom placed third in 52.65 as the top three swimmers here all ascended to the top three in the world rankings.

Germany's Daniela Schreiber took fourth in 53.07, while Australia's Angie Bainbridge placed fifth in 53.11. Germany's Britta Steffen (53.45), Australia's Merindah Dingjan (54.27) and Canada's Chantal Vanlandeghem (54.95) also swam in the finale.

Men's 200 free
Germany's Paul Biedermann touched out Poland's Mikhail Polishchuk and Germany's Ben Starke, 1:44.36 to 1:44.61 and 1:44.65. Each of the top three times are among the top 10 in the world rankings.

Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski (1:45.01), Russia's Artem Lobuzov (1:45.54), Germany's Stefan Herbst (1:46.03), Russia's Vladimir Bryukhov (1:46.67) and The Netherlands' Stefan De Die (1:47.00) made up the rest of the finale.

Women's 50 breast
Russia's Yuliya Efimova moved to the top of the world rankings with a time of 30.16. She cleared the previously top-ranked effort of 30.21 set by Jessica Hardy at the Jose Finkel Trophy Meet in September. Sweden's Jennie Johansson took second in 30.27, while Germany's Dorothea Brandt earned third in 30.42.

Australia's Sally Foster (30.75), Sweden's Joline Hostmann (31.04), Germany's Caroline Ruhnau (31.21), Norway's Katharina Stiberg (31.34) and Switzerland's Stephanie Spahn (31.38) put up the rest of the championship heat times.

Men's 100 breast
A trio of swimmers posted times in the 58s for the podium: Russia's Stanislav Lakhtyukhov (58.47), Brazil's Felipe Lima (58.62) and Norway's Alexander Dale Oen (58.64).

Russia's Aleksander Triznov (59.30), Germany's Johannes Neumann (1:00.09), Germany's Erik Steinhagen (1:00.25), Czech's Petr Bartunek (1:00.40) and Germany's Hendrik Feldwehr (1:00.46) turned in the rest of the top eight times.

Women's 400 IM
USA's Julia Smit cruised to victory in 4:29.09, coming up well short of her top-ranked effort of 4:27.70 set in Tokyo last week. Hungary's Zsuzsanna Jakabos touched second in 4:32.47, while USA's Jasmine Tosky finished third overall in 4:35.48.

Germany's Theresa Michalak (4:35.86), The Netherlands' Lieke Veronden (4:41.76), Germany's Katharina Schiller (4:44.14), Switzerland's Annick Van Westendorp (4:47.17) and USA's Celina Li (4:47.36) grabbed the other top eight spots.

Men's 100 fly
Russia's Evgeny Korotyshkin (50.75) and Germany's Steffen Deibler (50.81) went 1-2 in the finale. Those times are among the top five in the world this year, with Deibler now owning three of the five (50.43, 50.67). South Africa's Lyndon Ferns rounded out the top three in 51.66.

Poland's Konrad Czerniak (51.80), The Netherlands' Joeri Verlinden (51.98), Russia's Vladislav Seryy (52.08), Russia's Nikolay Skvortsov (52.23) and Brazil's Frederico Castro (52.26) finished fourth through eighth.

Women's 100 back
The Netherlands' Femke Heemskerk doubled up as she continued her strong meet with a 57.72 to move to seventh in the world rankings. Australia's Belinda Hocking placed second in 58.23, while Ukraine's Daryna Zevina earned third in 58.47.

Japan's Marie Kamimura (59.15), Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry (59.22), Russia's Mariya Gromova (59.24), Canada's Chantal Vanlandeghem (59.28) and Norway's Ingvild Snildal (1:01.12) also swam in the championship heat.

Men's 50 back
USA's Peter Marshall dominated the sprint back in 23.44, just missing his top-ranked time of 23.38 from the Beijing stop. USA's Randall Bal placed second in 23.71, while France's Camille Lacourt took third in 23.90.

USA's David Russell (24.03), Russia's Artem Dubovskoy (24.40), Germany's Christian Diener (24.78), Norway's Lavrans Solli (24.90) and Argentina's Federico Grabich (25.25) placed fourth through eighth.

Women's 200 fly
USA's Elaine Breeden dominated the distance fly with a top time of 2:05.38. She came up short of her top-ranked effort of 2:04.54 from Tokyo, Sweden's Martina Granstrom took second in 2:07.16, while South Africa's Mandy Loots finished third in 2:08.15.

Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom (2:08.78), USA's Jasmine Tosky (2:09.10), Germany's Zita Grunzke (2:11.59), Germany's Lena Kalla (2:12.46) and Germany's Jasmin Rosenberger (2:13.04) nabbed the rest of the finals finishes.

Men's 200 IM
Brazil's Thiago Pereira, the World Cup points leader, grabbed yet another gold medal with a winning 1:52.81. That swim just missed his top-ranked time of 1:52.72 set in Rio. Pereira was under world-record pace at the 150-meter mark with a 1:25.04. Darian Townsend's world-record split at the 150 is 1:25.41 from his global standard of 1:51.55 from Berlin last year. Townsend claimed second tonight in 1:54.91, while Germany's Markus Deibler earned third in 1:55.85.

Japan's Daiya Seto (1:56.44), Japan's Kosuke Hagino (1:56.95), Barbados' Bradley Ally (1:57.38), Sweden's Simon Sjodin (1:58.46) and Poland's Lukasz Wojt (1:58.80) also swam in the championship heat.

Women's 400 free
Australia's Angie Bainbridge topped the middle distance event in 4:02.82 to move to fifth in the world rankings, while Hungary's Agnes Mutina took second in 4:03.39. The Netherlands' Rieneke Terink earned third in 4:05.27.

Chile's Kristel Kobrich (4:07.22), Australia's Merindah Dingjan (4:09.26), USA's Catherine Breed (4:09.41), Norway's Cecilie Johannessen (4:12.39) and Germany's Sarah Kohler (4:12.51) took home fourth through eighth.

Men's 50 free
South Africa's Roland Schoeman took home the sprint free in 21.01, moving to second in the world rankings behind Cesar Cielo's 20.80 from September. Germany's Steffen Deibler snared second in 21.26 in the splash-and-dash, while Russia's Sergey Fesikov placed third in 21.42.

Sweden's Stefan Nystrand (21.45), France's Fabien Gilot (21.60), Australia's Matthew Abood (21.63), USA's William Copeland (21.69) and Russia's Vitaly Syrnikov (21.91) rounded out the top eight.

Women's 200 breast
Australia's Sally Foster checked in with a 2:20.82 for the win, moving to second in the world rankings. Russia's Yuliya Efimova earned second in 2:22.81, while Sweden's Joline Hostmann touched third in 2:23.13.

Japan's Keiko Fukudome (2:23.24), Japan's Mio Motegi (2:23.79), Russia's Anastasia Chaun (2:23.97), Japan's Kanako Watanabe (2:24.02) and Germany's Caroline Ruhnau (2:27.26) made up the rest of the championship heat.

Women's 100 IM
The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder matched Emily Seebohm's top-ranked time of 59.29 from July with a winning time. Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom picked up second in 59.92, while USA's Julia Smit earned third in 1:00.38.

Hungary's Evelyn Verraszto (1:00.84), Germany's Theresa Michalak (1:00.96), Brazil's Fabiola Molina (1:01.45), Hungary's Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:01.55) and Germany's Silke Lippok (1:02.59) also made the finale.

Men's 200 back
Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin moved to the top of the world rankings with a 1:49.48. That swim clipped the 1:50.58 set by Ryosuke Irie in Tokyo. South Africa's George Du Rand touched second in 1:51.86, while Poland's Radoslaw Kawecki took third in 1:52.42.

Russia's Artem Dubovskoy (1:53.88), Germany's Jan-Philip Glania (1:56.28), and Japan's Kuninori Tada (1:57.74) placed fourth through sixth, while both USA's David Russell and Colombia's Omar Pinzon were disqualified.

Women's 50 fly
Sweden's Therese Alshammar closed down the Berlin meet with a 25.28 for the win in the sprint fly. She just missed her top-ranked time from Singapore of 25.24. USA's Dana Vollmer concluded a strong meet with a second-place 25.74, while Norway's Ingvild Snildal rounded out the podium with a 26.04.

The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder (26.26), Japan's Rino Hosoda (26.69), Norway's Katharina Stiberg (26.83), Germany's Lisa Vitting (27.07) and Switzerland's Melanie Schweiger (27.17) also vied for the title.

Day Two Finals Results

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