2016 FINA World Cup Moscow: Day 1 Finals Full Recap

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Everything you need to follow along live with day one finals of the 2016 FINA World Cup in Moscow. Hit refresh for the latest coverage.

Scheduled Events:

  • Men’s 100 Free
  • Women’s 200 Free
  • Men’s 50 Breast
  • Women’s 100 Breast
  • Women’s 100 Fly
  • Men’s 100 Back
  • Women’s 50 Back
  • Men’s 200 Fly
  • Women’s 200 IM
  • Men’s 400 Free
  • Men’s 200 Breast
  • Men’s 100 IM
  • Women’s 200 Back
  • Men’s 50 Fly
  • Women’s 800 Free
  • Men’s 400 IM

Men’s 100 Free:

Vladimir Morozov extended his reign over the men’s 100 free through finals of the Moscow stop. Morozov touched in a time of 46.36 to win over Great Britain’s Adam Barrett and his time of 46.99.

Japan’s Shinri Shioura touched third with a 47.00, while Ukraine’s Andrii Govorov finished fourth overall with a 47.70.

Jack Gerrard of Australia finished close behind with a 47.89, followed by a close race between Vladislav Grinev (48.36) and Russia’s Evgeny Lagunov (48.38).

China’s Hao Yun rounded out the top eight with a 48.86.

Women’s 200 Free:

The women’s 200 free was led by the Hungarian duo of Katinka Hosszu and Zsuzsanna Jakabos. Hosszu pegged her first win of the Moscow stop with a 1:54.40, just ahead of Jakabos’ 1:55.46.

Daria K. Ustinova of Russia slipped to third with a final time of 1:56.63.

China’s Shao Yiwen and Russia’s Anastasiia Kirpichnikova kept a tight race for fourth and fifth, finishing with times of 1:57.66 and 1:57.75 respectively.

Sixth place was picked up by Irina Prikhodko and her time of 1:58.41.

Also entered in the race was Daria S. Ustinova, also of Russia, who finished seventh with a time of 1:58.86, while China’s Shen Junjie was eighth with a 2:00.27.

Men’s 50 Breast:

Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa continued to dominate the sprint breaststroke events with a 25.88 showing in finals of the men’s 50 breast.

Picking up second was Brazil’s Felipe Lima with a time of 26.24, followed closely by Russia’s Krill Prigoda’s 26.30.

Igor Golovin finished fourth overall with a 26.69, just ahead of Oleg Kostin’s 26.77.

The USA’s Michael Andrew grabbed sixth with a time of 26.92, while Sergei Geibel finished seventh with a 27.19.

Aleksandr Triznov completed the top eight with a 27.45.

Women’s 100 Breast:

With no Alia Atkinson in the mix of the women’s 100 breaststroke, the doors were left wide open for Russia’s Yulia Efimova to pick up the win. Efimova delivered a 1:02.91, the only sub-1:03 time of the morning, to pick up her first win of the 2016 FINA/airweave World Cup series.

The USA’s Katie Meili finished second overall with a time of 1:03.36, while Rie Kaneto of Japan rounded out the podium with a time of 1:05.47.

Breeja Larson of the USA grabbed fourth with a 1:05.70, followed by Japan’s Satomi Suzuki’s 1:06.82.

Daria Chikunova (1:08.35), Anna Ganus (1:09.52), and Natalia Vinokurenkova (1:09.66) rounded out the top eight.

Women’s 100 Fly:

Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark flew ahead of the competition in finals of the women’s 100 fly, giving the World Cup record a scare as she finished with a 55.80. The World Cup record currently sits at a 55.30 set in 2013 by Alicia Coutts.

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary was second overall with a 57.08, while Natalia Lovtcova grabbed third with a 58.59.

Hong Kong’s Kin Lok Chan picked up a close fourth with a final time of 58.69, followed by Daria Tcvetkova’s 58.90.

Anastastia Lyzeva grabbed sixth with a time of 59.52, just ahead of Daria Kartashova’s (59.66) and Ekaterina Shapinkova’s (59.97).

Men’s 100 Back:

Australia’s Mitch Larkin surged to first in the men’s 100 back after a dynamic second 50-meters that moved him up from third. Larkin stopped the clock at a 49.62 for his first win of the Moscow stop.

Pavel Sankovich of Belarus led a tight race for the remaining two podium spots, turning in a 50.29 for second. Close on his heels was Australia’s Bobby Hurley with a time of 50.32 for third.

Russia’s Stanislav Donetc picked up fourth with a time of 50.45, followed by fellow Russian Kliment Kolesnikov’s 51.61.

Nelson Silva Junior of Brazil turned in a 52.98 for sixth, while seventh went to Germany’s Marek Ulrich and his time of 53.14.

Dmitry Lapshin was eighth overall with a 53.21.

Women’s 50 Back:

Daryna Zevina of Ukraine led the women’s 50 back final from start to finish, kickstarting the race with a swift reaction time of .59. Zevina powered to a final time of 26.25 for the gold.

Katinka Hosszu picked up her second silver of the day with a 26.51, followed closely by Australia’s Emily Seebohm and her 26.60.

The Russian duo of Mariia Kameneva and Daria Ustinova turned in similar times of 27.48 and 27.51 to finish fourth and fifth respectively.

Alexandra Papusha finished sixth with a time of 28.01, followed closely by Russia’s Polina Egorova’s28.06.

Yulia Ruchina grabbed eighth with a 29.18.

Men’s 200 Fly:

South Africa’s Chad le Clos flirted with a sub-1:49 swim in finals of the men’s 200 fly, clocking a 1:49.10 to lead the field by more than three seconds.

Germany’s Philip Heintz grabbed a close second over China’s Hao Yun with a time of 1:52.52. Hao finished third with a 1:52.61.

Nic Brown of Australia posted a 1:55.27 for fourth overall, followed by Nikolay Skvortsov’s 1:55.32.

Vladimir Kudryashov picked up sixth with a 1:56.91, while the Russian duo of Aleksandr Pribytok (1:57.52) and Roman Shevliakov (1:58.97) completed the top eight.

Women’s 200 IM:

Not long after finishing second in the women’s 50 back, Katinka Hosszu of Hungary was back in the water for one of her signature events: the women’s 200 IM. Hosszu clocked a 2:05.60 for the gold, followed by fellow Hungarian Zsuzsanna Jakabos, who finished second with a 2:06.69.

Yulia Efimova of Russia delivered a close time of 2:06.79 for third.

Great Britain’s Hannah Miley turned in a time of 2:09.63 for fourth, ahead of Anastasia Osipenko (2:13.63) and Irina Shvaeva (2:14.27).

Miho Takahashi of Japan clocked a 2:16.67 for seventh, followed by Natalia Vinokurenkova’s 2:18.74.

Men’s 400 Free:

James Guy of Great Britain delivered the top time in finals of the men’s 400 free, stopping the clock at a 3:40.70 for his first gold of the Moscow stop.

Flipping fifth at the first 50 meters Bobby Hurley of Australia worked to push himself ahead of each of his competitors before finishing second with a time of 3:42.76.

Germany’s Poul Zellmann slipped to third with a final time of 3:44.54.

Fourth place was picked up by Ernest Maksumov and his time of 3:47.19, followed by close times from China’s Chen Chaoqi (3:50.01) and Emil Mukhametzianov (3:50.61).

Nikolay Chaplinskiy (3:53.45) and Kirill Feofilaktov (3:56.74) finished seventh and eighth respectively.

Women’s 50 Free:

Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen delivered the only sub-24 second swim of the women’s 50 free, posting a final time of 23.95 for her second gold of the day.

Katie Meili of the USA picked up second with a time of 24.46, just ahead of Australia’s Emily Seebohm and her time of 24.51.

The close times continued with Natalia Lovtcova claiming fourth with a 24.64, just ahead of the Hungarian duo of Katinka Hosszu (24.76) and Zsuzsanna Jakabos (24.77).

Russia’s Daria Ustinova grabbed seventh with a 25.00, followed by France’s Lena Bousquin’s 25.06.

Men’s 200 Breast:

Marco Koch of Germany outlasted the competition in the men’s 200 breaststroke, turning in a first place time of 2:01.94.

Second place went to Mikhail Dorinov and his time of 2:04.10, followed by Russia’s Kirill Prigoda’s 2:05.05.

Rustam Gadirov and Oleg Kostin delivered almost matching times of 2:07.59 and 2:07.60 for fourth and fifth respectively.

Japan’s Yuta Oshikiri clocked a 2:07.79 for sixth, just ahead of China’s Liu Yunsong’s 2:07.97.

Grigorii Falko was disqualified.

Men’s 100 IM:

After re-writing the 100 IM short course record book twice in a four day period, Vladimir Morozov was unable to lower the World Record for a third straight meet, instead finishing with a time of 51.03.

Japna’s Hiromasa Fujimori grabbed second with a close 51.78, followed by Germany’s Philip Heintz with a time of 52.19.

Mitch Larkin of Australia turned in a 53.05 for fourth, ahead of Michael Andrew of the USA. Andrew stopped the clock at a 5456, followed closely by Australia’s Jack Gerrard (54.48).

Russia’s Andrey Zhilkin picked up seventh with a 54.67, while Sergei Kashperskii was eighth with a 55.13.

Women’s 200 Back:

An early lead from Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu didn’t scare Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina as she charged past Hosszu in the second 100 meters to clock a 2:00.47 for first.

Hosszu slipped to second with a time of 2:01.24, followed by Australia’s Emily Seebohm and her time of 2:02.62.

Russia’s Daria K. Ustinova grabbed fourth with a 2:05.04.

Anastasia Osipenko picked up fifth with a 2:09.41, while Irina Prikhodko was sixth with a 2:10.97.

Seventh place went to Anastasia Avdeeva and her 2:12.86, ahead of Moldova’s Tatiana Salcutan’s 2:13.47.

Men’s 50 Fly:

Chad le Clos claimed his second win of the day in the men’s 50 fly, turning in a time of 22.06 to flirt with a sub-22 swim.

Ukraine’s Andrii Govorov picked up second with a 22.41, followed closely by Great Britain’s Adam Barrett’s 22.51.

Belarus’ Pavel Sankovich grabbed fourth with a 22.88, followed by Oleg Kostin’s 23.11.

Russia’s Aleksandr Popkov (23.15), Finland’s Riku Poytakivi (23.34), and Ukraine’s Andrii Khloptsov (23.38) completed the top eight.

Women’s 800 Free:

Katinka Hosszu and Hannah Miley battled for first in the women’s 800 free with Miley leading for much of the race. Hosszu turned up the heat around the 600-meter mark when she began to gain ground on Miley. By the 650-meter mark she had overtaken Miley and was on her way to another gold medal finish.

Hosszu stopped the clock at a final time of 8:26.24, followed closely by Miley’s 8:27.75.

Russia’s Anastasiia Kirpichnikova swam to third with a final time of 8:28.65 in front of her home crowd.

Zsuzsanna Jakabos of Hungary delivered a time of 8:35.29 for fourth, followed by Ekaterina Sorokin’s 8:49.79.

Russia’s Valeriia Salamatina grabbed sixth with a time of 8:55.30, while Japan’s Miho Takahashi was a no show for the event.

Men’s 400 IM:

Japan’s Hiromasa Fujimori clocked a 4:04.04 to claim gold in the men’s 400 IM finals to conclude the individual events at day one of the 2016 FINA World Cup series in Moscow.

The German duo of Philip Heintz and Marco Koch rounded out the podium with times of 4:07.01 and 4:09.26 respectively.

Dmitrii Gorbunov turned in a time of 4:10.80 for fourth, followed by Daniil Pasynkov’s 4:13.52.

Ivan Pavlov picked up sixth with a 4:18.43, ahead of Maksim Stupin’s 4:24.67.

A. M. A. Aboughazala finished eighth overall with a time of 4:49.07.

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