Lisogor Continues to Sizzle in World Cup Action

BERLIN, Germany, January 22. THE second day of the World Cup stop in Berlin was filled with doubles, as several athletes added to their victory collection. Just like the first day, the Ukraine’s Oleg Lisogor supplied the top swim, thanks to a lightning-quick clocking in the 100 breaststroke. A day after lowering his world record in the 50 breast, Lisogor went 57.67 in the 100 distance, not far off the global standard of 57.47, set in 2002 by Ed Moses.

The Netherlands’ Marleen Veldhuis completed a sprint double on the female side when she checked in with a time of 53.20 in the 100 free. Veldhuis was followed to the wall by France’s Alena Popchanka (53.80). Meanwhile, Poland’s Pawel Korzeniowski complemented his win in the 200 butterfly with a first-place effort in the 200 free. Korzeniowski touched the wall in 1:45.10, slightly ahead of the 1:45.13 popped by Germany’s Paul Biedermann. The German was also second in the 400 free, finishing behind the winning swim of China’s Zhang Lin (14:36.12).

The United States’ Tara Kirk added the 50 breast title to her 100 crown as she won the short sprint in 30.52. She was joined as an American winner by Randall Bal, who defeated the competition in the 200 backstroke (1:52.53). Bal was second in the 50 back, finishing behind Germany’s Thomas Rupprath. The German won the tight race in 23.59 with Bal checking in at 23.61. Nick Brunelli took first in the 50 free with a time of 21.63.

As has been the case throughout the European leg of the World Cup circuit, the Japanese flourished as the Berlin stop came to a close. Maiko Fujino won the women’s 400 individual medley (4:32.98) and Hidemasa Sano prevailed in the men’s 200 I.M. with a performance of 1:56.22. In the women’s 200 butterfly, Yuko Nakanishi came out on top in 2:05.84. In the women’s 400 free, Ai Shibata (4:02.92) edged out Great Britain’s Melanie Marshall (4:03.26).

Heading to the next stop in Moscow, other triumphs were collected by Russia’s Evgeny Korotyshkin in the men’s 100 fly (51.31), the Ukraine’s Kateryna Zubkova in the women’s 100 back (58.76), China’s Luo Nan in the 200 breast (2:21.90), Belarus’ Aliaksandra Herasimenia in the women’s 100 I.M. (1:00.30) and Sweden’s Anna-Karin Kammerling in the women’s 50 fly (25.85).

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