Another Katinka Hosszu World Record Highlights FINA World Cup Doha Prelims

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DOHA, Qatar, August 28. Another day, another world record for the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu on the FINA World Cup circuit.

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HEAT SHEETS

Men’s 1500 free slower heat

Miles Williams led the way in the slowest heat with a 15:47.67. In total, just three swimmers competed in the metric mile this morning as China’s Wu Yuhang (16:17.76) and Hunter Bridge (18:24.85) also competed.

Women’s 100 free

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Katinka Hosszu, who already won four golds last night including a world record in the 200-meter IM, kicked off her morning in a strong fashion with a 53.05 to lead qualifying. The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker took second in 53.34 with Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz taking third in 54.55.

Austria’s Lena Kreundl (54.92), South Africa’s Lehesta Kemp (55.41), Switzerland’s Danielle Villars (55.66), China’s Chen Yuxi (56.87) and China’s Bao Ying (57.33) will also swim in the finale.

Men’s 200 free

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Six of the top eight swims all came in the 1:45 range with Poland’s Pawel Korzeniowski leading the way with a 1:45.49. Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic placed second in 1:45.55 with Russia’s Aleksandr Krasnykh finishing third in 1:45.75.

South Africa’s Leith Shankland (1:45.79), Serbia’s Stefan Sorak (1:45.82) and Austria’s David Brandl (1:45.89) also clocked in with 1:45s.

Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:46.35) and Tunisia’s Ahmed Mathlouthi (1:46.41) snared the final two transfer spots into the finale.

Women’s 50 breast

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In a surprisingly sparse field of just nine swimmers, Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson blitzed the field in 29.21. Typically, the smaller one-heat prelim fields like this happen in the 200s and above, where there is less depth internationally. The sprints typically have several heats.

USA’s Breeja Larson finished second in 30.46 with Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen taking third in 31.20.

Iceland’s Hilda Luthersdottir (31.27), USA’s Laura Sogar (31.45), Austria’s Christina Nothdurfter (32.11), Austria’s Lisa Zaiser (32.14) and South Africa’s Kira Baptiste (36.05) also made the finale. Qatar’s Nada Arkaji was the only other swimmer with a ninth-place 40.41.

Men’s 100 breast

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USA’s Cody Miller had the top swim this morning with a 58.54, just ahead of veteran breaststroke Daniel Gyurta of Hungary’s 58.86 that clinched the second seed. Those to were the only to clear 59 seconds this morning.

Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli (59.05), Japan’s Yukihiro Takahashi (59.17), Russia’s Andrei Nikolaev (59.18), USA’s Mike Alexandrov (59.30) and Germany’s Marco Koch (59.46) also safely made the finale.

Finland’s Eetu Karvonen and Switzerland’s Martin Schwiezer set up an eighth-place swimoff with 59.77s. Karvonen wound up winning the swimoff, 59.37 to 59.81.

Men’s 100 fly

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A high-profile butterfly matchup is on offer tonight as South Africa’s Chad le Clos (51.85) and USA’s Tom Shields (52.33) grabbed the top two seeds out of prelims. Look for the two to do some serious damage after a great first night of swimming from both of them.

Japan’s Ko Fukuya (52.42), Russia’s Nikolay Skvortsov (52.50), Germany’s Steffen Deibler (53.05), Austria’s Sascha Subarsky (53.06), Finland’s Riku Poytakivi (53.07) and Poland’s Konrad Czerniak (53.13) will also compete in the finale.

Women’s 100 back

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After leading the 100 free qualifying earlier in the morning, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu returned with a blistering time of 55.38 in the women’s 100-meter backstroke qualifying. That swim nearly clipped Shiho Sakai’s world record of 55.23 from the 2009 Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup.

It’s easily the top time in the event in the past two years as Mie Nielsen was the only sub-56 last year with a 55.99 at the European Short Course Championships. Look for Hosszu to claim another world-record bonus tonight in this event.

Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (58.31), Colombia’s Carolina Colorado (59.03), Croatia’s Sanja Jovanovic (1:00.73), Austria’s Jordis Steinegger (1:01.05), China’s Zhu Chaonan (1:01.43), South Africa’s Lehesta Kemp (1:02.01) and China’s Tian Yunjing (1:02.84) also made their way into the finale.

Men’s 200 IM

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Austria’s Jakub Maly paced prelims in the IM with a time of 1:57.68, while Hungary’s David Verraszto took second in 1:58.13. Germany’s Marco Koch picked up third-place honors in 1:58.74.

Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:58.77), USA’s Cody Miller (1:59.04), Switzerland’s Jeremy Desplanches (1:59.11), Tunisia’s Taki Mrabet (1:59.24) and Australia’s Lennard Bremer (2:00.15) made up the rest of the top eight headed to the final.

Men’s 50 free

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USA’s Josh Schneider surged to the top of the ladder in the splash-and-dash prelims with a 21.23, while Finland’s Ari-Pekka Liukkonen touched second in 21.47.

Poland’s Konrad Czerniak (21.66) and Germany’s Steffen Deibler (21.69) finished third and fourth in qualifying.

Japan’s Kenta Ito (21.79), South Africa’s Roland Schoeman (21.79), Spain’s Miguel Ortiz (21.79) and Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell (21.81) picked up the other lanes in the finale.

Women’s 100 IM

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The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu cashed another $10,000 check this morning as she downed her world record in the sprint medley. A day after downing the 200 IM world record, Hosszu did it again with a blistering time of 57.25 in the sprint medley. That swim downed her world record of 57.45 from last year’s Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup, as Hosszu kept on rolling towards another huge World Cup payday here in Doha.

Comparative Splits:

Hosszu (2013):

26.47, 57.45 (30.98)

Hosszu (2014):

26.26, 57.25 (30.99)

USA’s Caitlin Leverenz finished second in 1:00.74 with The Netherland’s Inge Dekker taking third in 1:00.90.

Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (1:01.00), Austria’s Lisa Zaiser (1:01.01), Austria’s Lena Kreundl (1:01.23), Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (1:01.70) and USA’s Breeja Larson (1:02.25) will also compete in the finale of the sprint medley tonight.

Women’s 50 fly

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Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz took the top seed in the sprint fly with a 25.89, while The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker placed second in 26.57. Colombia’s Carolina Colorado (27.18) and Switzerland’s Danielle Villars (27.37) finished third and fourth.

Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (27.40), Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (27.45), China’s Zou Xinyi (27.86) and South Africa’s Lehesta Kemp (28.04) also will compete in the finale.

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