2016 FINA Short Course World Championships: Day 5 Prelims Recap

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Read below to catch up on all the action from day five prelims of the 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships.

Heat Sheets

Prelims Results

Events:

Men’s 4×50 Medley Relay
Women’s 200 IM
Men’s 400 IM
Women’s 100 Fly
Men’s 100 Free
Women’s 50 Free
Men’s 50 Breast
Women’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay
Men’s 1500 Free

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Men’s 4×50 Medley Relay:

The men of the Russian Federation continued to throw down fast relay times as they topped the preliminary heats of the men’s 4×50 medley relay. Teammates Gregory Tarasevich (23.80), Oleg Kostin (26.03), Daniil Pakhomov (22.40), and Aleksei Brianskii (21.02) posted a combined time of 1:33.25 to snag lane four for tonight’s final.

Belarus’ Pavel Sankovich (1:33.48), Ilya Shymanovich (25.92), Yauhen Tsurkin (22.67), and Anton Latkin (21.57) turned in a combined time of 1:33.48 for the second place seed.

China was represented in prelims by athletes Xu Jiayu (23.46), Yan Zibei (26.11), Li Zhuhao (22.93), and Yu Hexin (21.45) picked up the third place seed with a time of 1:33.95.

Japan grabbed fourth with a time of 1:34.01, followed by Australia and their time of 1:34.24.

The USA (1:34.26), Lithuania (1:34.30), and Sweden (1:35.02) completed the top eight qualifiers.

While Canada’s relay team did not make the finals heat for tonight, they did post a new Canadian record with a time of 1:37.89. The previous record was a 1:38.05 from the 2009 Canada Games. The new record was set by teammates Jeremy Bagshaw (25.27), Jason Block (26.66), MacKenzie Darragh (23.91), and Florent Richard (22.05).

Women’s 200 IM:

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary set herself up for a sweep of the individual medleys with a top showing in the women’s 200 individual medley prelims. Hosszu powered to a 2:05.33 showing, qualifying more than a second ahead of the competition.

The USA picked up both the second and third place seeds as Madisyn Cox and Ella Eastin posted times of 2:06.72 and 2:07.65 respectively.

Miho Teramura qualified fourth in prelims with a time of 2:08.14, while teammate Yui Ohashi grabbed fifth with a 2:08.24.

Australia’s Emily Seebohm (2:08.30), Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:08.46), and Canada’s Sarah Darcel (2:08.84) rounded out the top qualifiers.

Men’s 400 IM:

Four countries split the top eight qualifying spots in prelims of the men’s 400 individual medley. Great Britain, the USA, Hungary, and Japan will send two athletes each to the finals led by Max Litchfield of Great Britain.

Litchfield cruised ahead of the competition in heat three of five to finish with the fastest time of the morning – 4:03.56.

Hungary’s David Verraszto and the USA’s Josh Prenot kept pace with each other throughout the majority of heat five, finishing with times of 4:04.08 and 4:04.43 respectively.

Fellow American Abrahm Devine picked up a close fourth place seed with a time of 4:04.64, followed closely by Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta’s 4:04.88.

The Japanese duo of Daiya Seto and Takeharu Fujimori grabbed the sixth and seventh place seeds respectively with times of 4:05.00 and 4:05.83.

Great Britain’s Mark Szarenek rounded out the top eight qualifiers with a qualifying time of 4:06.07 from heat one.

Women’s 100 Fly:

Kelsi Worrell of the USA flew to the top seed in the women’s 100 fly prelims with a time of 56.11. Worrell held a smooth stroke throughout all four lengths of the race to flirt with the notion of a sub-56 second swim. Currently Worrell is the American Record holder in the event with a 55.42 from 2015’s Duel in the Pool.

Canada’s Katerine Savard picked up the second place seed to the pleasure of the crowd. Savard and Japan’s Rikako Ikee raced to the finish, but it was Savard who touched first with the roar of the crowd behind her. She finished with a 56.75 over Ikee’s 56.83.

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary turned in a 56.99 for the fourth place seed, followed by Brazil’s Daiene Dias’ 57.17.

The USA’s Sarah Gibson (57.20), Russia’s Svetlana Chimrova (57.56), and Australia’s Emily Washer (57.62) completed the top eight qualifiers.

Denmark’s Emilie Beckmann (57.66), the Netherlands’ Kim Busch (57.79), Czech Republic’s Lucie Svecena (57.91), Japan’s Asuka Kobayashi (57.96), Hong Kong’s Hang Yu Sze (58.02), France’s Marie Wattel (58.06), Hong Kong’s Kin Lok Chan (58.16), and Switzerland’s Maria Ugolkova (58.20) rounded out the top sixteen.

Men’s 100 Free:

The men’s 100 free prelims saw a total of 145 athletes competing in sixteen heats for the top sixteen spots going into tonight’s semi-finals. Blake Pieroni of the USA turned in the fastest time of the morning with a 46.76 showing from heat fifteen to return as the top seed in tonight’s semis.

Canada’s Yuri Kisil picked up a close second lace seed with a time of 46.79 to be the only other athlete beneath the 47-second mark.

Mehdy Metella of France turned in a 47.13 to return as third, while Korea’s Park Tae Hwan finished fourth in prelims with a 47.19.

Recent bronze medalist Simonas Bilis of Lithuania finished fifth in prelims with a time of 47.39, followed by close qualifying times from Croatia’s Mislav Sever (47.43) and Germany’s Marius Kusch (47.48).

Clement Mignon of France was eighth in prelims with a time of 47.53.

Finland’s Matias Koski (47.55), Australia’s Tommaso D’Orsogna (47.57), USA’s Michael Chadwick (47.60), Japan’s Shinri Shioura (47.68), Algeria’s Oussama Sahnoune (47.70), Italy’s Luca Dotto (47.72), Paraguay’s Benjamin Hockin (47.78), and Russia’s Nikita Lobintsev (47.78) also qualified for semi-finals.

Women’s 50 Free:

Fresh off a gold medal in the women’s 50 fly, Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark posted the fastest qualifying time in prelims of the women’s 50 fly by the smallest of margins. Ottesen turned in a time of 24.03 for the first place seed, followed closely by Canada’s Michelle Williams and her time of 24.04.

Italy’s Erika Ferraioli and the Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo posted matching times of 24.11 from heats 12 and 13 to return tied for the third place seed.

Silvia di Pietro of Italy grabbed the fifth place seed wit ha 24.21, just ahead of China’s Zhu Menghui (24.30) and Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros (24.31).

Australia’s Brittany Elmslie rounded out the top eight qualifiers with a 24.33.

France’s Anna Santamans (24.34), Canada’s Sandrine Mainville (24.35), France’s Melanie Henique (24.42), the USA’s Madison Kennedy (24.49), Australia’s Emily Seebohm (24.49), Japan’s Rikako Ikee (24.49), Russia’s Rozaliya Nasretdinova (24.56), and Norway’s Susann Bjornsen (24.60) return as the ninth through sixteenth qualifiers.

Men’s 50 Breast:

Kirill Prigoda of Russia turned in the top time of the morning in prelims of the men’s 50 breaststroke. Prigoda stopped the clock at a 26.23, just ahead of Brazil’s Felipe Lima’s 26.26.

Slovakia’s Peter Stevens turned in a qualifying time of 26.33, followed closely by the USA’s Cody Miller and his time of 26.34. Miller’s qualifying time puts him a shy .06 seconds off the American Record of 26.28 set in 2002 by Ed Moses.

Felipe Franca Silva picked put the fifth place seed with a time of 26.44, while South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh was sixth with a 26.55.

Michael Andrew of the USA and Fabio Scozzoli of Italy qualified seventh and eighth respectively with times of 26.56 and 26.57. Andrew’s time downs the World Junior Record of 26.67 set in 2015 by Turkey’s Huseyin Sakci.

Bealrus’ Ilya Shymanovich (26.58), Russia’s Oleg Kostin (26.61), Venezuela’s Carlos Claverie (26.64), Sweden’s Johannes Skagius (26.65), South Africa’s Giulio Zorzi (26.67), Paraguay’s Renato Prono (26.68), China’s Yan Zibei (26.75), and Finland’s Andrei Tuomola (26.77) completed the top sixteen qualifiers.

Women’s 4×200 Free Relay:

The women of the USA charged ahead of the competition in prelims of the women’s 800 freestyle relay. Teammates Mallory Comerford (1:54.63), Sarah Gibson (1:55.46), Katie Drabot (1:56.18), and Leah Smith (1:54.98) posted a qualifying time of 7:41.25, finishing a full five seconds ahead of the competition.

China’s Zhang Yuhan (1:57.06), Ai Yanhan (1:56.65), Dong Jie (1:56.44), and Shen Duo (1:56.10) delivered the second place qualifying time of 7:46.25, followed closely by Canada and their time of 7:46.33. Canada was represented in the relay by Kennedy Goss (1:55.97), Alexia Zevnik (1:55.87), Taylor Ruck (1:56.79), and Penny Oleksiak (1:57.70).

The Russian Federation picked up the fourth place seed with a 7:46.39, followed by Japan’s 7:47.47.

Australia (7:48.61), Germany (7:50.67), and Denmark (7:51.76) return as sixth through eighth respectively.

Men’s 1500 Free:

Olympic gold medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri of cruised ahead of the competition in prelims of the men’s 1500 freestyle, qualifying first with a time of 14:24.39. Paltrinieri is the current world and championship record holder with times of 14:08.06 (2015) and 14:16.10 (2014) respectively.

Korea’s Park Tae Hwan picked up the second place seed with a qualifying time of 14:30.14 from heat three of five, while Denmark’s Anton Ipsen posted a 14:30.92 for third.

Wojciech Wojdak of Poland grabbed the fourth place seed with a qualifying time of 14:31.06, followed by Norway’s Henrik Christiansen’s 14:33.13.

The USA’s Nicholas “True” Sweetser (14:34.05), Italy’s Gabriele Detti (14:34.11), and Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta (14:38.07) return as the sixth through eighth place seeds.

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