World Cup, Moscow: Day One Prelims

Make your Fantasy Swimming picks for this meet at our Fantasy Swimming page. More than $1,000 available in cash and prizes for top Fantasy performers.

MOSCOW, Russia, November 2. THE first day of short course meter prelims action is complete at the World Cup stop in Moscow.

Men's 100 free
A nearly complete Russian finale was setup in the 100 free with Andrey Grechin leading the way in 47.61. Evgeny Lagunov (47.91) and Danila Izotov (47.96) qualified second and third.

Nikita Konovalov (48.05), Vitaly Syrnikov (48.34), Alexander Sukhorukov (48.55) and Oleg Tikhobaev (48.94) also qualified, while South Africa's Lyndon Ferns placed seventh in 48.60.

Women's 200 free
Veronika Popova led another Russian-filled finale with a top-seeded time of 1:58.10. Daria Belyakina (1:58.65) and Kira Volodina (1:58.78) cleared 1:59 for second and third. Victoria Malyutina (1:59.10) and Victoria Andreeva (1:59.32) touched fourth and fifth, while Alexandra Veselova took seventh in 1:59.96.

Sweden's Michelle Coleman (1:59.73) and Ukraine's Valeriya Podlisna (2:00.05) qualified sixth and eighth.

Men's 50 breast
South Africa's Roland Schoeman tied Russia's Aleksandr Triznov with matching 27.30s for the top seed. Stanislav Lakhtyukhov (27.43) and Sergey Geybel (27.55) qualified third and fourth.

Ukraine's Andriy Kovalenko (27.60), Brazil's Raphael Rodrigues (27.62) and Brazil's Joao Gomes Jr. (27.67) finished fifth through seventh, while Russia's Dmitry Sidorin and Ukraine's Yaroslav Parakhin set up a swimoff for eighth with matching 28.00s.

Women's 100 breast
Yuliya Efimova cruised to the top seed with a time of 1:07.41, while Daria Deeva took second in 1:08.07. Ekaterina Balkakova (1:08.33) and Vitalina Simonova (1:08.47) touched third and fourth.

Valentina Artemyeva (1:08.51), Japan's Mio Motegi (1:08.76), Vera Kalashnikova (1:09.06) and Anastasia Chaun (1:09.36) also made the finale.

Women's 100 fly
Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen touched out Sweden's Therese Alshammar, 58.74 to 58.75, for the top seed. Japan's Rino Hosoda (58.88), USA's Elaine Breeden (59.50) and USA's Jasmine Tosky (59.50) were among the top five.

South Africa's Mandy Loots (59.70), Russia's Anastasia Lyazeva (59.81) and Russia's Olga Klyuchnikova (1:00.01) earned sixth through eighth.

Men's 100 back
Another nearly All-Russian finale was setup in the 100 back. Stanislav Donets (51.88), Arkady Vyatchanin (52.40), Artem Dubovskoy (52.61) and Vitaly Borisov (52.62) finished first through fourth.

Anton Butymov (52.75), Sergey Makov (53.19) and Anton Anchin (53.32) qualified fifth through seventh. Japan's Kosuke Hagino qualified eighth in 53.40.

Women's 50 back
Anastasia Zueva paced prelims with a 27.94, while Sweden's Emma Svensson took second in 27.97. The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder (28.02) and Japan's Marie Kamimura (28.11) placed third and fourth.

Ukraine's Daryna Zevina (28.33), Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry (28.38), Japan's Mai Harada (28.46) and Russia's Margarita Nesterova (28.63) made up the rest of the finale.

Men's 200 fly
Nikolay Skvortsov (1:57.25) and Maxim Ganikhin (1:57.94) qualified first and second. Brazil's Lucas Salatta (1:58.33) and Alexander Vorobyev (1:58.46) placed third and fourth.

Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski (1:58.59), Colombia's Omar Pinzon (1:58.68), Roman Mikhaylov (1:59.15) and Andrey Tambovskiy (1:59.71) picked up the rest of the transfer spots.

Women's 200 IM
USA's Julia Smit clinched the top seed in 2:11.51, well ahead of Daria Belyakina's second-seeded 2:12.44. Kristina Kochetkova (2:13.58) and Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry (2:14.30) rounded out the top four.

Ekaterina Andreeva (2:14.77), Yana Martynova (2:15.31), Svetlana Karpeeva (2:15.54) and South Africa's Mandy Loots (2:15.74) took fifth through eighth.

Men's 400 free
Denis Garanin clocked a 3:49.90 for the lead time, while Japan's Daiya Seto finished second in 3:50.20. Faroes' Pal Joensen (3:50.23) and Ukraine's Sergiy Frolov (3:51.32) placed third and fourth.

Evgeny Kulikov (3:51.50), Alexander Shimin (3:52.20), Victor Polyakov (3:52.66) and Aleksandr Selin (3:53.10) comprised the rest of the championship heat.

Women's 50 free
Sweden's Therese Alshammar paced the splash-and-dash with a 24.88, while The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder finished second in 24.92. Germany's Dorothea Brandt (25.08) and Svetlana Fedulova (25.11) touched third and fourth.

Sweden's Emma Svensson (25.35), Natalia Lovtsova (25.38), Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen (25.39) and Ukraine's Darya Stepanyuk (25.46) snatched the rest of the finals spots.

Men's 200 breast
Four swimmers posted 2:08s with Sergey Silin leading the way with a 2:08.11. Ukraine's Andriy Kovalenko (2:08.72), Maksim Shcherbakov (2:08.73) and Mikhail Lapshin (2:08.92) earned second through fourth.

Oleg Kostin (2:09.47), Viacheslav Sinkevich (2:10.13), Grigory Falko (2:10.30) and Anton Lobanov (2:10.65) grabbed the other lanes in the finale.

Men's 100 IM
Sergey Fesikov topped prelims with a time of 53.80, while South Africa's Darian Townsend took second in 54.39. Brazil's Thiago Pereira qualified third in 55.12, while Dmitry Zhilin placed fourth in 55.33.

Vladislav Seryy (55.37), Colombia's Omar Pinzon (55.51), Ivan Udalov (55.56) and Japan's Daiya Seto (55.61) picked up the rest of the spots in the finale.

Women's 200 back
Japan's Marie Kamimura posted the top time of the morning with a 2:07.54, while Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry finished second in 2:08.53. Maria Gromova (2:08.86) and Ukraine's Daryna Zevina (2:09.20) earned third and fourth.

Alexandra Papusha (2:09.46), Kseniya Moskvina (2:09.75), Germany's Jenny Mensing (2:10.29) and USA's Julia Smit (2:10.70) will also compete in the championship field.

Men's 50 fly
Nikita Konovalov moved into the top 10 in the world rankings with a time of 23.09. Evgeny Korotyshkin placed second in 23.70, while Germany's Steffen Deibler took third in 23.89.

Alexander Padalets (24.10), South Africa's Roland Schoeman (24.11), Ukraine's Andriy Govorov (24.17), Dmitriy Kalenov (24.17) and Ivan Ivanchikov (24.32) also made the finale.

Day One Prelims Results

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use

0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x