Cottrell, Eastin Highlight Day 6 of World University Games

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Day six of the World University Games in Taipei will feature three preliminary events for women and one for the men, plus the men’s 800 freestyle relay.

Top seeded athletes include Ukraine’s Mariia Liver in the 50 breast, teammate Andrii Govorov in the 50 free, Switzerland’s Martina Eva Van Berkel in the 200 fly and Great Britain’s Anna Hopkin in the 50 free.

Follow along below for event-by-event coverage:

Schedule of Events:

  • Women’s 50 Breaststroke
  • Men’s 50 Freestyle
  • Women’s 200 Butterfly
  • Women’s 50 Freestyle
  • Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay

Women’s 50 Breaststroke

USA’s Andrea Cottrell stole the top seed in the 50 breast with a 31.01 prelim swim. Teammate Miranda Tucker also qualified for the semifinals in the eighth position with a 31.94. Australia’s Leiston Pickett finished second overall in 31.31 and was followed by Liver in 31.44.

Poland’s Dominika Sztandera took the fourth spot in 31.49 and was followed by a pair of Swedish women in Jessica Eriksson (31.65) and Vilma Ekstroem (31.75). Germany’s Jessica Steiger was seventh in 31.89 while Canada’s Bailey Andison rounded out the qualifiers in 32.51.

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Men’s 50 Freestyle

Italy’s Lorenzo Zazzeri took down some big names in the 50 free prelims, taking the top seed in 22.13. 100 freestyle champion Ryan Held of the USA was second in 22.16 followed by Sleksei Brianskii of Russia in 22.19. Both men have teammates who qualified for the semifinals as well.

USA’s Dillon Virva was sixth in 22.36 while Russia’s Sergei Fesikov qualified tenth in 22.40, a position he tied Japan’s Katsumi Nakamura for.

Brazil’s Italo Manzine Amaral Duarte Garof was fourth in 22.27, while Finland’s Ari Liukkonen (22.28), Poland’s Konrad Czerniak (22.37) and Ukraine’s Andrii Govorov (22.38) rounded out the top eight. The final spot in the semifinals went to Taipei’s Chun Feng Wu in 22.64.

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Women’s 200 Butterfly

USA’s Ella Eastin followed suit of teammate Cottrell to take the top seed in the 200 fly with a dominating 2:10.20. Switerland’s Martina van Berkel was her closest competitor in 2:11.62. Eastin was the only swimmer able to maintain a 33 split on the third fifty, and only crept to 34.01 on the final lap.

Turkey’s Nida Ustundag was third in 2:11.86 out of the same heat as Berkel. Laura Taylor won the third heat in 2:13.40 for the fourth seed overall, tying with Katie McLaughlin of the USA. Poland’s Klaudia Nazieblo (2:13.47), Great Britain’s Isobel Grant (2:13.58) and Canada’s Sarah Darcel (2:13.60) rounded out the top eight while Czech Republic’s Barbora Zavadova (2:15.27) took the sixteenth spot.

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Women’s 50 Freestyle

Mariia Kameneva of Russia was the only swimmer in the field to break 25 seconds, coming in at 24.99 for the top seed. Americans Katrina Konopka and Caroline Baldwin took the next two spots in 25.17 and 25.36, respectively.

Brazil also placed a pair of women into the semifinals, as Alessandra Harrison Marchioro (25.38) took fourth and Graciele Herrmann (25.67) was eleventh. Japan’s Kaho Okano (25.41) and Chihiro Igarashi (25.64) were fifth and ninth.

Italy’s Lucrezia Raco (25.42), Great Britain’s Anna Hopkin (25.52) and South Africa’s Emma Chelius (25.61) placed sixth through eighth. Korea’s Seojin Hwang was sixteenth in 26.10.

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Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay

The Japanese quartet of Reo Sakata, Shuhei Suyama, Katsuhiro Matsumoto and Daiya Seto earned the top seed in the 800 free relay with a time of 7:16.90. Italy’s Fabio Lombini, Alex Di Giorgio, Alessio Proietti Colonna and Filippo Megli did their job, earning the second seed in 7:19.09.

USA’s Mitch D’Arrigo posted the fastest split in the field at 1:48.17, anchoring the American men to the third seed in 7:19.25. Russia (7:19.29), France (7:22.19), Canada (7:23.29), Taipei (7:24.82) and Poland (7:25.34) also qualified for the final.

 

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