2016 FINA World Cup Doha: Day Two Finals Recap

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Women’s 100 Free

Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen opened the day with a win in the women’s 100 free. She led by seven tenths at the halfway point and never looked back, pulling away for a 51.58 triumph. The win was her third of the competition after capturing the 100 fly and 50 free day one.

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu, the winner of four gold medals and two silvers Saturday, came in second at 52.63, pulling ahead of Australia’s Madeline Groves and Brittany Elmslie on the way home. Groves ended up third in 52.89 and Elmslie fourth in 52.97.

Russia’s Natalia Lovtcova finished well back in fifth in 55.16, ahead of France’s Camille Gheorghiu (55.76), China’s Yang Chang (56.74), Latvia’s Gabriela Nikitina (56.99), France’s Camille Dauba (57.05) and New Zealand’s Lucy Agnew (58.72).

Men’s 200 Free

It was a battle of the outside lanes as South Africa’s Chad le Clos overtook Great Britain’s James Guy for first place with a blazing last 50. Guy had previously pulled ahead of le Clos on the third 50, but the South African had something left in the tank.

Le Clos touched in 1:42.84, and Guy held off another South African, Myles Brown, for second, 1:43.17 to 1:43.20.

Germany’s Phillip Heintz was fourth in 1:44.26, and Belgium’s Pieter Timmers came in next at 1:45.60. Hong Kong’s Chueng Kin Tat clocked a sixth-place time of 1:46.73, ahead of Uzbekistan’s Aleksey Tarasenko (1:48.81), the Czech Republic’s Jakob Karl (1:49.00), Uzbekistan’s Khurshidjon Turnusov (1:49.92) and Serbia’s Aleksa Bobar (1:50.36).

Women’s 50 Breast

It was the familiar trio of ladies atop the sprint breaststroke, but this time, Alia Atkinson got her hand to the wall first. The Jamaican posted a blistering 28.98, just shy of Jessica Hardy’s world record of 28.80 from 2009.

Second went to Russia’s Yulia Efimova in 29.27, and the USA’s Katie Meili had to settle for third in 29.78.

Another American, Breeja Larson, came in at 30.33, good for fourth place and just ahead of Australia’s Tessa Wallace (30.59) and Japan’s Rie Kaneto (30.81). Slovakia’s Andrea Podmanikova (31.02), the USA’s Liz Roberts (32.29) and South Africa’s Caroux De Lange (33.95) completed the field.

Men’s 100 Breast

Russia’s Vladimir Morozov picked up his first victory of the day. After winning both the 100 free and 100 IM Saturday, he earned a tight win over Brazil’s Felipe Lima in the 100 breast, 56.97 to 57.12.

Well back in third was Japan’s Daiya Seto, who cam in at 58.07, ahead of Germany’s Marco Koch (58.65) and China’s Li Xiang (58.70).

South Africa’s Giulio Zorzi finished sixth in 59.71, one one-hundredth ahead of China’s Wang Boyu (59.72). Uzbekistan’s Vladislav Mustafin (1:00.18), Egypt’s Marwan El-Kamash (1:00.59) and France’s William Debourges (1:01.52) also made the final.

Men’s 100 Fly

South Africa’s Chad le Clos earned another comeback win in the men’s 100 fly. The two-time Olympic silver medalist and defending World Champion in the event trailed Japan’s Takeshi Kawamoto and Belarus’ Pavel Sankovich at the halfway point before rallying on the way home.

Le Clos touched in 50.23, well off his world record of 48.44 but just enough to clip Kawamoto’s 50.44. Sankovich ended up third in 50.98.

Making a rare appearance in sprint fly, the USA’s Josh Prenot took fourth in 51.46. Hong Kong’s Ng Chun Nam clocked 51.88 for fifth, and Ukraine’s Andrii Khloptsov was sixth in 52.15.

Rounding out the final were Artyom Kozlyuk (53.07), Jordan Coelho (53.10), James Guy (53.57) and Justin Kraatz (54.51).

Women’s 100 Back

It was another win for Katinka Hosszu as she continued her domination in one of her Olympic gold medal races. Hosszu won in 56.44, well ahead of Ukraine’s Darya Zevina, who clocked 57.26 after taking down Hosszu in the 200 back Saturday.

China’s Cheng Haihua was a comfortable third-place finisher in 58.05.

From there, there was a big gap to the rest of the field as Hong Kong’s Lau Yin Yan (1:00.29) and France’s Cammile Gheorghiu (1:01.19) were fourth and fifth, respectively. Slovakia’s Barbora Tomanova finished just one one-hundredth behind Gheorghui in 1:01.20.

China’s Liu Haiyun (1:01.85), New Zealand’s Lucy Agnew (1:02.97), New Zealand’s Greta Agnew (1:03.14) and Singapore’s Liew Li-Shan (1:04.68) completed the field.

Men’s 50 Back

Belarus’ Pavel Sankovich blasted the men’s 50 back and took the win in 23.05. He was about a quarter-second ahead of Australia’s Bobby Hurley, who came in 23.31, and Spain’s Miguel Ortiz-Canavante grabbed third in 23.48, just four-one-hundredths ahead of Japan’s Takeshi Kawamoto (23.52).

Justin Kraatz finished fifth in 25.30, and Malcolm Low was next in 26.11. Also competing in the final were Aziz Jaouhar (28.61), Abdeirahman Mohamed (30.33), Marwan Elghobary (30.59) and Sanad Abdulla (31.64).

Women’s 200 Fly

There were only six women in the 200 fly, but there was no way to split the top two. Olympic silver medalist Madeline Groves led for almost the entire length of the race, but Katinka Hosszu was charging hard. The two ended up touching at the exact same time, 2:03.34.

Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakobos grabbed third in 2:07.12, ahead of Hong Kong’s Chan Kin Lok (2:08.78), Singapore’s Nicholle Toh (2:13.35) and China’s Yang Chang (2:17.69).

Men’s 200 IM

Japan’s Daiya Seto held off a charging Phillip Heintz to take first in the 200 IM. Seto came in at 1:52.49, and Germany’s Heintz had to settle for second in 1:52.81.

The USA’s Josh Prenot pulled ahead of Colombia’s Omar Pinzon on the breaststroke leg, and then then exploded on the freestyle leg to finish third in 1:54.65.

Pinzon (1:58.88) then had to hold off Chinese teammates Wang Boyu (1:59.13) and Jiang Tiansheng (1:59.42).

Adam Halas (2:00.11), Taki Mrabet (2:04.40), Aleksa Bobar (2:05.35) and Cameron Matthews (2:08.08) also made the final.

Women’s 400 Free

Katinka Hosszu earned yet another come-from-behind win in the 400 free, taking over the lead with a blistering 58.64 final 100 meters. She touched in 4:03.94, out-pacing China’s Fang Yi, who settled for second in 4:04.82.

Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakobos ended up taking third once again in 4:06.50.

China went 4-5 in the race with Zhang Jiaqi (4:11.35) and Liu Haiyun (4:14.55). Also in the field were Slovenia’s Spela Bohnic (4:14.58), Ukraine’s Darya Zevina (4:19.88), China’s Cheng Haihua (4:28.62) and South Africa’s Bianca Pera (4:37.82).

Men’s 50 Free

Vladimir Morozov sprinted his way to the top of the podium as he so often does, stopping the clock in 21.05 for gold. Taking second behind the Russian was Great Britain’s Benjamin Proud in 21.22. South Africa’s Chad le Clos rounded out the top three in 21.34. Just .01 behind him was Japan’s Shinri Shioura.

South Africa took fifth and seventh with Bradley Tandy (21.48) and Roland Schoeman (21.62). Between the duo was Japan’s Katsumi Nakamura (21.54). Spain’s Miguel Ortiz-Canavate (21.62), Ukraine’s Andrii Khloptsov (22.06) and Egypt’s M. Elkamash (22.32) completed the final.

Women’s 200 Breast

In a small five person field, five nations were represented. Rie Kaneto won the title for Japan in 2:15.76. Behind her was Russia’s Yuliya Efimova in 2:!6.39. American Breeja Larson was third (2:19.32).

Tessa Wallace of Australia (2:25.47) and France’s Damille Dauba (2:28.94) finished fourth and fifth.

Women’s 100 IM

Katinka Hosszu took home another gold medal this World Cup series, stopping the clock in 57.92. Also finishing under a minute was Katie Meili of the USA in 59.19. Fellow breaststroker Alia Atkinson swam a 1:00.51 for third.

Slovakia’s Andrea Podmanikova (1:02.13) finished fourth before Latvia’s Gabriela Nikitina (1:03.82) finished fifth.

Hong Kong’s Yin Yan Claudia LAu (1:07.96), South Africa’s CAroux De Lange (1:11.75) and Bahrain’s Alzain Tarew (1:23.04) wrapped up the final.

Men’s 200 Back

Bobby Hurley posted a 1:51.70 to win the event. Columbia’s Omar Pinzon Garcia (1:52.56) followed the Australian. Russia’s Stanislav Donetc (1:53.93) rounded out the podium.

Dalya Seto of Japan finished fourth in 2:00.41 ahead of Singapore’s Malcolm Low (2:02.28). Justin Kraatz (2:02.99) was sixth while Qatar’s Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly (2:20.37) and Mesalam Abdulla (2:24.73) completed the final.

Women’s 50 Fly

Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen was dominant, clocking a 25.13. Hosszu could only manage a second in this race with her 25.98. Australia’s Madeline Groves (26.14) was third. Alia Atkinson was just shy of the podium in this event, finishing in 26.36.

Brittany Emlslie (26.41) of Australia and American Katie Meili (26.92) also posted 26s. Daryna Zevina of Ukraine was seventh in 27.12. Taking eighth through tenth were Russia’s Natalia Lovtcova (27.37), Singapore’s Nicholle Toh (27.55) and Hong Kong’s Kin Lok Chan (29.91).

Men’s 1500 Free

Gergely Gyurta of Hungary clocked the fastest time in the finals heat of the men’s 1500 free with a 14:32.69 finish.

South Africa’s Myles Brown took second overall with a final time of 14:49.64, while Germany’s Poul Zellmann was third with a 14:51.58 finish.

Picking up fourth was Colombia’s Omar Pinzon Garcia and his time of 15:42.41, followed by the Czech Republic’s Jakub Karl’s 15:51.05.

Dante Nortje of South Africa finished sixth overall with a 15:56.50.

Seventh went to Qatar’s Abdelrahman Mohamed’s 17:05.23, while A. Aboughazala, also of Qatar, rounded out the top eight with a 17:09.58.

Women’s 400 IM

Katinka Hosszu claimed her final gold of the Doha stop with a 4:31.18 finish in the women’s 400 IM.

Picking up second was fellow Hungarian Zsuzsanna Jakabos with a time of 4:33.39, while the bronze medal went to Australia’s Tessa Wallace and her time of 4:42.18.

Slovenia’s Spela Bohinc took fourth with a 4:50.14.

Jiaqi Zhang of China suffered a disqualification.

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Adéla Gajdošíková

7 years ago

Lenka Chaloupková tady mas ten clanek jak si hledala

Lenka Chaloupková

7 years ago

Reply to Adéla Gajdošíková

Děkuju moc, konečně to mám