2019 FINA World Swimming Cup: Wilson, Hosszu Cruise to Top Seeds

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Andrew Wilson is swimming the 200 breast. Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant

The third and final morning session of the 2019 FINA World Swimming Cup in Jinan, China had eight events on Saturday morning. This is the second of seven stops for the World Cup as last week was in Japan and next week is in Singapore. Nothing Earth shattering happened on the last morning with a lot of swimmers going on cruise control to make sure they can lay it all on the line at finals.

Live Results

Men’s 50 Fly

Michael Andrew leads the 50 fly qualifiers on Saturday morning at the 2019 FINA World Swimming Cup in Jinan with a 23.53. Andrew is ahead of China’s Wang Peng (23.63) and Hungary’s Szebasztian Szabo (23.66).

Andrew has taken advantage of racing at the World Cup as he also swam last week in Japan. He was the first swimmer to ever make all four A-Finals of the 50s at a single World Championships. He was just off the podium in this event placing fourth at the World Championships.

Szabo has had a nice breakout year this year as he finished just behind Andrew at Worlds in fifth place. Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin (23.78) is seeded fourth for the World Cup final. His time he swam this morning in China was not far off his time from Worlds when he didn’t make it out of the heats.

1	ANDREW	Michael	USA	23.53
2	WANG	Peng	CHN	23.63
3	SZABO	Szebasztian	HUN	23.66
4	TSURKIN	Yauhen	BLR	23.78
5	ZHAO	Xianjian	CLB	23.96
6	CUI	Junming	CHN	23.98
7	IRVINE	Grant	AUS	24.16
8	YU	Hexin	CHN	24.59

Women’s 200 Back

Australia’s Emily Seebohm was on absolute cruise control in the 200 back with a 2:20.69. Seebohm has been as quick as a 2:05 in her career and was a 2:08 earlier this year. Seebohm should be under 2:10 in finals but didn’t need to put too much out there in the heats since only nine athletes competed. She is ahead of USA’s Erica Sullivan (2:20.87) and China’s Jiang Yuru (2:21.18).

Sullivan’s best is a 2:12 and she has been having a solid week in China, posting a best time in the 400 free earlier in the week.

1	SEEBOHM	Emily	AUS	2:20.69
2	SULLIVAN	Erica	USA	2:20.87
3	JIANG	Yuru	CLB	2:21.18
4	LU	Qingzhao	CLB	2:21.22
5	LIU	Xin	CLB	2:21.51
6	TAYLOR	Laura	AUS	2:24.15
7	CHEN	Szu-Chi	TPE	2:25.05
8	MA	Mingxuan	CLB	2:25.38

Men’s 100 Back

Mitch Larkin has also enjoyed a nice World Cup showing the last couple weeks. He was on cruise control in the 100 back heats on Saturday morning at the FINA World Swimming Cup in Jinan with a 56.00, finishing just ahead of fellow Aussie Tristan Hollard (56.01). USA’s Michael Andrew (56.91) had a quick turnaround from the 50 fly heats earlier in the session as he safely qualified for the final in the 100 back.

Larkin won the bronze medal in the 100 back at the World Championships for his first medal at the international level since winning it all in 2015.

1	LARKIN	Mitchell	AUS	56.00
2	HOLLARD	Tristan	AUS	56.01
3	ANDREW	Michael	USA	56.91
4	DU	Shixian	CLB	58.09
5	LI	Guangyuan	CHN	58.21
6	LOW	Malcolm	SGP	1:02.01
7	NEO	Randall	SGP	1:04.12
8	HAN	Feiyang	CLB	1:04.56

Women’s 50 Breast

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson continued her momentum from last night when she won the 100 breast in a time faster than her Worlds performance. Atkinson swam a 30.88 on Saturday morning at the 2019 FINA World Swimming Cup in Jinan. Atkinson was a 30.3 at Worlds for a fourth place finish as she continues to swim in her prime at age 30.

Atkinson is seeded ahead of China’s Suo Ran (31.67) and Yu Jingyao (32.06). Australia’s Emily Seebohm tried her hand in breaststroke with a 32.91 for the fourth seed.

1	ATKINSON	Alia	JAM	30.88
2	SUO	Ran	CHN	31.67
3	YU	Jingyao	CHN	32.06
4	SEEBOHM	Emily	AUS	32.91
5	HE	Yun	CLB	33.05
6	SIMONOVA	Vitalina	RUS	33.37
7	SHI	Jinglin	CHN	33.42
8	JACKSON	Kaylee	NZL	33.53

Men’s 200 Breast

USA’s Andrew Wilson followed suit with the rest of the athletes today in staying in cruise control on the last morning of the second stop of the 2019 FINA World Swimming Cup. Wilson was a 2:13.44 to sit ahead of Lithuania’s Andrius Sidlauskas (2:13.56) in the heats standings. Wilson was sixth at the World Championships in this event with a 2:08.1 while Sidlauskas was 20th with a 2:10.

1	WILSON	Andrew	USA	2:13.44
2	SIDLAUSKAS	Andrius	LTU	2:13.56
3	RODRIGUES	Raphael	BRA	2:14.13
4	SUN	Weixiang	CLB	2:16.31
4	ZHANG	Ruixuan	CHN	2:16.31
6	YAN	Zibei	CHN	2:16.81
7	WANG	Lizhuo	CHN	2:18.88
8	CHU	Chen-Kai	TPE	2:21.57

Women’s 100 Free

Sweden’s Michelle Coleman is the top seed in the 100 free with a 55.53, sitting just ahead of Cate Campbell (56.00) and Zhang Yuhan (56.52). Coleman was 16th at Worlds in this event while Campbell won the silver medal. Campbell has had a good week at the World Cup with a 24.1 in the 50 free. She should be around a sub-53 in the final on Saturday night.

1	COLEMAN	Michelle	SWE	55.53
2	CAMPBELL	Cate	AUS	56.00
3	ZHANG	Yuhan	CHN	56.52
4	BARRATT	Holly	AUS	57.25
5	SIMONOVA	Vitalina	RUS	58.52
6	TAYLOR	Laura	AUS	58.84
7	LIU	Shuhan	CLB	59.07
8	YANG	Jie-Li	TPE	59.45

Men’s 200 Free

Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys has broken a couple World Cup records this year as he was a 3:43 earlier this week in the 400 free. He is the top seed for the 200 free final at 1:51.21, a time he can do in his sleep. Rapsys should be capable of a 1:45 in the final. He was the World Champ in the 200 free before he wound up disqualified for a false start.

Rapsys will be the top seed in the final ahead of China’s Ji Xinjie (1:51.88) and USA’s Blake Pieroni (1:53.25) who should both be much quicker.

1	RAPSYS	Danas	LTU	1:51.21
2	JI	Xinjie	CHN	1:51.88
3	PIERONI	Blake	USA	1:53.25
4	SHANG	Keyuan	CHN	1:53.51
5	LIU	Shaofeng	CLB	1:53.73
6	COETZEE	Wilrich	NZL	1:54.21
7	MENG	Rui	CLB	1:54.46
8	GRAVLEY	Brennan	USA	1:54.53

Women’s 200 IM

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu closed out the final morning session of the Jinan World Cup with a 2:14.89 in the 200 IM. Hosszu was safely in the final ahead of fellow Hungarian Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:18.24) and Australia’s Emily Seebohm (2:22.26), who swam her third race of the day. Hosszu won her fourth 200 IM World title a couple weeks ago in Gwangju.

1	HOSSZU	Katinka	HUN	2:14.89
2	JAKABOS	Zsuzsanna	HUN	2:18.24
3	SEEBOHM	Emily	AUS	2:22.26
4	SIMONOVA	Vitalina	RUS	2:23.22
5	CHEN	Jie	CHN	2:23.77
6	WU	Yu-Chen	TPE	2:25.89
7	PAN	Xinyue	CLB	2:28.26
8	CHANG	Xiaowen	CLB	2:35.77

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