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The start lists for the 2019 FINA World Championships Day 8 finals have been released with several strong races expected to close the meet.
Every event is a final on the final night with the semifinals completed.
• 2019 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 8 START LISTS
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The men’s 50 backstroke opens the final session with Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov in lane four as the top seed. He will be flanked by compatriot Evgeny Rylov and Romania’s Robert Glinta.
USA swimmers Ryan Murphy and Michael Andrew will look to crash the medal party.
The first women’s event of the session is the 50 breast with the familiar scene of USA’s Lilly King and Russia’s Yuliya Efimova in adjoining lanes.
Italy’s Benedetta Pilato and Martina Carraro flank the two rivals.
The men’s 1500 free final will see favorite Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy in his familiar lane four, flanked by Germany’s Florian Wellbrock and Ukraine’s Mykhailo Romanchuk.
The women’s 50 free will follow in a completely stacked field — so stacked that Abbey Weitzeil finished 10th out of semifinals and didn’t make the final.
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom has the top seed and will be in lane four, flanked by Denmark’s Pernille Blume and Australia’s Cate Campbell.
If that wasn’t enough star power, the rest of the field consists of USA’s Simone Manuel, Britain’s Anna Hopkin, Australia’s Bronte Campbell, Russia’s Mariia Kameneva and Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands.
You can’t count anyone out.
The men’s 400 IM will see Japan’s Daiya Seto as the top seed in lane four, flanked by USA’s Jay Litherland and Arjan Knipping of the Netherlands.
The women’s 400 IM will close the individual events for the meet. Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu has owned this event for years and at age 30 is still the top seed and will be in lane four. She will be flanked by China’s Ye Shiwen and Japan’s Yui Ohashi, while USA’s Ally McHugh, Canada’s Sydney Pickrem and Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos will look to move from outside lanes onto the medal podium.
The 4×100 medley relays will close the meet out with Russia the top seed just ahead of the Americans in the men’s race after prelims and the USA women in the top spot ahead of Australia heading into the final event of the meet.
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