World Cup, Stockholm: Two World Records Fall on Final Day

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, November 12. THE final session of the penultimate stop of the FINA World Cup held in Stockholm featured a pair of world records as well as a World Cup standard.

Men's 1500 freestyle
Denmark's Mads Glaesner picked up the distance free title with a time of 14:38.87, while Pal Joensen of the Faroe Island took second in 14:48.89. Great Britain's Daniel Fogg rounded out the top three with a time of 15:13.70.

Women's 100 freestyle
Finland's Hanna-Maria Seppala claimed the 100 free title in 52.44, while Sweden's Josefin Lillhage placed second in 52.79. Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen rounded out the top three in 52.86.

Men's 200 freestyle
Out under world-record pace, Russia's Evgeny Lagunov paid for the tactic with a seventh-place finish of 1:45.50. Out of lane eight, Tunisia's Ous Mellouli grabbed the title in 1:42.86 with Germany's Paul Biedermann finishing second in 1:43.46. South Africa's Darian Townsend took third in 1:43.55.

Women's 50 breaststroke
Australia's Sarah Katsoulis took the sprint breast title in 30.37, while Tara Kirk of the U.S. finished second in 30.44. Finland's Katia Lehtonen completed the podium in 30.96.

Men's 100 breaststroke
South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh just missed his world record of 56.88 with a winning time of 57.06. Ukraine's Igor Borysik captured second in 57.77, while Kazakhstan's Vlad Polyakov turned in a third-place 58.22.

Women's 400 IM
South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim wiped out the World Cup record in the event with a time of 4:27.21. The time edged the 4:27.83 set by Ukraine's Yana Klochkova at the Paris stop in 2002.

Great Britain's Emma Smithurst placed a distant second in 4:35.29, while Brazil's Joanna Maranhao-Melo finished third in 4:35.62.

Men's 100 butterfly
Russia's Evgeny Korotyshkin came from behind to down Australia's Matt Jaukovic, 50.22 to 50.31, while Russia's Nikolay Skvortsov wound up taking third in 50.84.

Women's 100 backstroke
Brazil's Fabiola Molina captured the crown in 58.67, while Russia's Anastasia Zueva wound up taking second in 58.72. Australia's Sophie Edington rounded out the top three in 59.17.

Men's 50 backstroke
Peter Marshall of the U.S. downed both the world and American records in the sprint back. With a touch-out triumph over Randall Bal, 23.05 to 23.07, Marshall wiped out the global standard of 23.24 set by Robert Hurley of Australia at the Sydney stop of the World Cup. Marshall also beat Bal's national record of 23.33 set during the 2007 Berlin stop of the World Cup.

Hurley rounded out the top three with a third-place time of 23.36.

Women's 200 butterfly
Sweden's Petra Granlund won in 2:06.44, while Australia's Amy Smith finished just behind in 2:06.58. South Africa's Mandy Loots placed third in 2:07.36.

Men's 200 IM
South Africa's Darian Townsend and Tunisia's Ous Mellouli put on a show as the duo posted matching times of 1:54.96 for the tie. Lithuania's Vytautas Janusaitis rounded out the top three in 1:55.48.

Women's 400 freestyle
Denmark's Lotte Friis earned the top prize money in the event with a 4:02.64, while New Zealand's Melissa Ingram finished second in 4:03.77. Great Britain's Sasha Matthews wound up third in 4:05.74.

Men's 50 freestyle
France's Fred Bousquet challenged the World Cup record of 20.93 set by Stefan Nystrand, but wound up with a 20.97 for the win. Nystrand placed second in 21.18, while Nick Brunelli of the U.S. finished third in 21.22, just missing his American record of 21.18.

Women's 200 breaststroke
South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim touched first in 2:22.07, while Sweden's Joline Hostman placed second in 2:23.52. Russia's Alena Alekseeva wrapped up third in 2:23.57.

Women's 100 IM
Finland's Hanna-Maria Seppala tested the world record of 58.80 set by Natalie Coughlin, but wound up just short with a 59.07. Sweden's Hanna Eriksson grabbed second in 1:01.05, while Australia's Sophie Edington took third in 1:01.43.

Men's 200 backstroke
Japan's Ryosuke Irie claimed the title with a time of 1:51.71, while Spain's Aschwin Wildeboer placed second in 1:52.33. Australia's Robert Hurley touched third in 1:52.92.

Women's 50 butterfly
Sweden's Therese Alshammar, who won the 2007 World Cup points championship, clipped Felicity Galvez's world record in the sprint fly with a time of 25.31. Galvez set the previous standard of 25.32 at the 2008 World Short Course Championships.

Australia's Marieke Guehrer touched second in 25.37, while Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen finished third in 25.41.

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