2019 FINA World Cup Singapore: Hosszu Breaks World Cup Meet Record in 200 IM

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Katinka Hosszu broke the World Cup record in the 200 IM. Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant

The third and final preliminaries session of the 2019 FINA World Cup in Singapore featured nine total events as this meet is the final stop of the Asia cluster of the World Cup. The Singapore stop is the third of seven World Cup stops as the meet began in Tokyo two weeks ago and continued in Jinan, China last week. This has been an especially challenging cluster for many of the swimmers that competed at the World Championships last month in South Korea and stayed for all three World Cup meets.

There weren’t a lot of great swims in the prelims but Katinka Hosszu did break the World Cup meet record in the 200 IM with a 2:08.15, lowering her own record of 2:08.6 from 2015.

Women’s 100 Fly

Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen cruised to the top seed in the 100 fly on Saturday morning at the FINA World Cup in Singapore as she was a 59.27. Ottesen was the silver medalist in this event at the 2015 World Championships and even took down Sarah Sjostrom before she went on an undefeated streak that was broken last month. She was a favorite to win a medal in Rio but finished seventh in the final. Ottesen is on a bit of a comeback after recently becoming a mom, taking after 2012 Olympic gold medalist Dana Vollmer, who just retired. Ottesen did not swim this at the World Championships but was a 58.3 last week in China.

Ottesen is the top seed ahead of China’s Zhang Yufei (59.77) and Hong Kong’s Chan Kin Lok (1:00.88).

1	OTTESEN	Jeanette	DEN	59.27
2	ZHANG	Yufei	CHN	59.77
3	CHAN	Kin Lok	HKG	1:00.88
4	JAKABOS	Zsuzsanna	HUN	1:01.45
5	TAYLOR	Laura	AUS	1:01.91
6	ALKHALDI	Jasmine	PHI	1:02.44
7	CHAN	Marina	SGP	1:02.60
8	YEO	Chiok Sze	CLB	1:02.94

Men’s 50 Fly

USA’s Michael Andrew, who has swum at all three of the World Cup stops thus far, is the top seed in the 50 fly with a 23.49 that he swam on Saturday morning at the FINA World Cup in Singapore. Andrew is ahead of Hungary’s Szebasztian Szabo (23.58), who has also swum in all three World Cup stops. Andrew was fourth at the World Championships in this event while Szabo was fifth.

USA’s Giles Smith (24.00) is seeded third while Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin (24.14) is fourth.

1	ANDREW	Michael	USA	23.49
2	SZABO	Szebasztian	HUN	23.58
3	SMITH	Giles	USA	24.00
4	TSURKIN	Yauhen	BLR	24.14
5	IRVINE	Grant	AUS	24.20
6	KRAATZ	Justin	RSA	24.32
7	TEONG	Tzen Wei	SGP	24.45
8	CHAN	Jie	MAS	24.50

Women’s 200 Back

Emily Seebohm did not take a hard stroke in the 200 back heats on Saturday morning at the FINA World Cup in Singapore as she qualified first with a 2:19.93. Seebohm did not need to exceed too much energy so she swam a conservative race, most likely waiting to drop a 2:09 to conclude the summer on Saturday night. Seebohm is seeded ahead of USA’s Erica Sullivan (2:22.21), who is more known as a distance freestyler.

1	SEEBOHM	Emily	AUS	2:19.93
2	SULLIVAN	Erica	USA	2:22.21
3	PEDERSEN	Elena	SGP	2:23.33
4	WONG	Toto Kwan To	HKG	2:23.73
5	ISLETA	Chloe	PHI	2:23.77
6	TAYLOR	Laura	AUS	2:24.45
7	CHEN	Szu-Chi	TPE	2:26.53
8	YEO	Bonnie Lu-Anne	SGP	2:29.69

Men’s 100 Back

Australia’s Mitch Larkin cruised to the top seed in the men’s 100 back on Saturday morning at the 2019 FINA World Cup in Singapore as he was a 55.39 in the heats. Larkin is coming off a solid showing at the World Championships where he won the bronze medal in this event. He is seeded ahead of Michael Andrew, who is swimming in his second event of the day. Andrew was a 55.48 just ahead of Australia’s Tristan Hollard (55.62).

1	LARKIN	Mitchell	AUS	55.39
2	ANDREW	Michael	USA	55.48
3	HOLLARD	Tristan	AUS	55.62
4	IRVINE	Grant	AUS	56.59
5	MERRILEES	Jorden	AUS	56.67
6	WONGCHAROEN	Navaphat	THA	58.60
7	LAU	Shiu Yue	HKG	58.98
8	THONGCHUMSIN	Tarit	THA	59.27

Women’s 50 Breast

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson is leading the 50 breast heats with a 31.14 as she was the only swimmer under 32 in the heats. Atkinson was fourth at the World Championships in this event, just shy of a medal. Atkinson is approaching her 31st birthday this year and is still swimming at the top of her game in the 50 breast. She is seeded first ahead of fellow former Texas A&M Aggie Breeja Larson (32.11). Larson is actually tied for second with China’s Suo Ran (32.11) while Russia’s Vitalina Simonova (32.74) is seeded fourth.

1	ATKINSON	Alia	JAM	31.14
2	LARSON	Breeja	USA	32.11
2	SUO	Ran	CHN	32.11
4	SIMONOVA	Vitalina	RUS	32.74
5	SEEBOHM	Emily	AUS	33.08
6	JACKSON	Kaylee	NZL	33.13
7	SOOSAI	Alicia Li Ann	CLB	33.87
8	TSAI	Hao-Yu	TPE	33.94

Men’s 200 Breast

USA’s Andrew Wilson put up an easy morning swim in the 200 breast on Saturday morning at the FINA World Cup in Singapore. Wilson was a 2:12.22 as he eased his way through the heats. Wilson was able to go a season best in Tokyo two weeks ago with a 2:07.77, which was faster than what he swam at the World Championships where he placed sixth in the final. This is the end of a long month of racing for Wilson and others who swam at the World Championships four weeks ago.

Lithuania’s Andrius Sidlauskas (2:14.92) is seeded second while USA’s Jonathan Tybur (2:15.93) is third.

1	WILSON	Andrew	USA	2:12.22
2	SIDLAUSKAS	Andrius	LTU	2:14.92
3	TYBUR	Jonathan	USA	2:15.93
4	RODRIGUES	Raphael	BRA	2:19.90
5	CHU	Chen-Kai	TPE	2:20.45
6	LIN	Yu-Wei	TPE	2:21.84
7	FRANCA SILVA	Felipe	BRA	2:22.36
8	RIMPRANAM	Jirapat	THA	2:23.34

Women’s 100 Free

Sweden’s Michelle Coleman is taking advantage of Cate Campbell leaving Singapore as she leads the 100 free heats with a 55.02. Coleman is swimming in her third World Cup meet this year as she was 16th in this event at the World Championships, failing to make the final. Coleman is seeded ahead of Hong Kong’s Camille Cheng (55.67) and Australia’s Holly Barratt (55.95).

1	COLEMAN	Michelle	SWE	55.02
2	CHENG	Camille	HKG	55.67
3	BARRATT	Holly	AUS	55.95
4	YEOH	Cherlyn	SGP	55.98
5	QUAH	Ting Wen	SGP	56.13
6	QUAH	Jing Wen	SGP	56.25
7	ALKHALDI	Jasmine	PHI	56.55
8	AU	Stephanie	HKG	56.78

Men’s 200 Free

Danas Rapsys didn’t seem to take a hard stroke in the heats of the 200 free on Saturday morning of the 2019 FINA World Cup in Singapore as he qualified first with a 1:49.92. Rapsys originally won this race at the World Championships but was disqualified for a false start. He was a 1:45.0 last week in China to break the meet record so he will be looking to end his season on a high note in the finals. China’s Cao Jiwen (1:52.13) and Germany’s Henning Muhlleitner (1:53.64) are seeded second and third.

1	RAPSYS	Danas	LTU	1:49.92
2	CAO	Jiwen	CHN	1:52.13
3	MUHLLEITNER	Henning	GER	1:53.64
4	SANGAWORAWONG	Ravipon	THA	1:54.15
5	SINGH CHAHAL	Arvin Shaun	MAS	1:54.25
6	PANG	Sheng Jun	SGP	1:54.26
7	FRASER-HOLMES	Thomas	AUS	1:54.52
8	MITCHELL	Luke	NZL	1:55.57

Women’s 200 IM

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu closed out the morning session of the 2019 FINA World Cup in Singapore with an impressive 2:08.15 in the 200 IM heats to break the World Cup meet record she set four years ago at 2:08.61. It was a rare sight for someone to really gun for a record in the heats but Hosszu has not been one to shy away from a race so she put her game face on and showed she will be a forced to be reckoned with over the next year.

Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:19.92) is seeded second while Russia’s Vitalina Simonova (2:21.20) is third.

1	HOSSZU	Katinka	HUN	2:08.15	WC
2	JAKABOS	Zsuzsanna	HUN	2:19.92
3	SIMONOVA	Vitalina	RUS	2:21.20
4	SEEBOHM	Emily	AUS	2:22.74
5	PAWAPOTAKO	Phiangkhwan	THA	2:24.89
6	ISLETA	Chloe	PHI	2:25.06
7	WU	Yu-Chen	TPE	2:25.41
8	CHEN	Jing-An	TPE	2:26.14

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