Arno Kamminga Moves Into World Top Ten in 100 Breast at FINA World Cup Budapest; Milak Swims 51.2 100 Fly

Arno Kamminga swam faster than his World Championships time in the 100 breast. Photo Courtesy: Foto Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto

The first day of the 2019 FINA World Cup had some good races in Budapest as some of the world’s best stars that aren’t competing in the first cluster of the International Swimming League this weekend. The biggest race of the day came from Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands who moved into the top ten in the world in the 100 breast with a 59.05. Kamminga was quicker than his season best time, including what he went at the World Championships when he was 13th in the semi finals with a 59.4.

This has to be a big confidence boost for Kamminga, swimming in a lower pressure meet and swimming a best time after (presumably) taking some time off after Worlds. Kamminga is now tied for eighth in the world rankings for 2019.

Top 10 World Rankings (Men’s 100 Breast)

56.88, Adam Peaty, GBR
58.29, Ilya Shymanovich, BLR
58.46, James Wilby, GBR
58.63, Yan Zibei, CHN
58.89, Yasuhiro Koseki, JPN
58.93, Andrew Wilson, USA
59.03, Dmitry Balandin, KAZ
59.05, Arno Kamminga, NED
59.05, Fabio Scozzoli, ITA
59.09, Kirill Prigoda, RUS

Vladimir Morozov continued his strong World Cup circuit as he won the 50 free with a 21.50 for his fourth win in the event of the circuit. The win also delivered his 100th podium in world-cup waters. This was faster than what Morozov swam to get fourth place at the World Championships with a 21.53, but it was slower than his season best of 21.2 from the World Cup in Singapore three weeks after Worlds. Morozov has been fairly consistent in the 50 free this season, and is proving he is in good shape to chase his first individual medal at the Olympics next summer.

Hungary’s Kristof Milak, fresh off an unbelievable 200 fly world record this summer, swam a 51.27 in the 100 fly in front of the Budapest crowd as he was just 0.01 off his finals time from the World Championships where he was fourth. Milak was a 51.26 at World Championships but was a 50.9 in the semi finals. He stormed onto the international scene when he was 17 at the World Championships two years ago in the 100 fly in this very pool, so he has shown he swims best in the Duna Arena.

Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys continued his World Cup dominance as he has won the 400 free at all four stops thus far, winning in Budapest with a 3:49.09. He was well off his swims from the Asia cluster but he presumably took an extended break after that since he swam at the World Championships then swam three consecutive meets in different countries in back-to-back-to-back weekends. Rapsys finished ahead of Hungarian superhero Kristof Milak (3:49.80). Rapsys notably pulled out of the International Swimming League to make more money swimming at the FINA World Cup and to swim long course.

The biggest women’s race of the day went to Sweden’s Michelle Coleman in the 50 free as she beat a stacked field with a 24.56, putting her 14th in the world rankings. Coleman was much faster than she swam at the World Championships when she was 14th in the semi finals with a 24.9. Coleman beat 2012 Olympic Champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo (24.62) and Worlds bronze medalist Cate Campbell (24.69).

Katinka Hosszu continued to rake in World Cup prize money as she won the 200 fly with a 2:08.55 much to the delight of the Hungarian crowd.

Results from the rest of the session.

Women’s 400 Free

1	GOUGH	Maddy	AUS	4:10.36
2	MEITZ	Kaersten	USA	4:12.28
3	KESELY	Ajna	HUN	4:12.32
4	BELMONTE	Mireia	ESP	4:12.43
5	ODER	Tjasa	SLO	4:13.85
6	ACKMAN	Aly	CAN	4:14.42
7	FAIN	Katja	SLO	4:15.91
8	PEREZ BLANCO	Jimena	ESP	4:18.36

Men’s 400 Free

1	RAPSYS	Danas	LTU	3:49.09
2	MILAK	Kristof	HUN	3:49.80
3	MICKA	Jan	CZE	3:50.83
4	WELLBROCK	Florian	GER	3:51.33
5	HOLLO	Balazs	HUN	3:51.57
6	KROON	Luc	NED	3:52.01
7	WOJDAK	Wojciech	POL	3:52.87
8	VERRASZTO	David	HUN	3:57.15

Women’s 50 Back

1	TOUSSAINT	Kira	NED	27.68
2	JALLOW	Mimosa	FIN	28.14
3	KAMENEVA	Mariia	RUS	28.31
4	KROMOWIDJOJO	Ranomi	NED	28.42
5	ZHANG	Wenwen	CHN	28.82
6	RUCK	Taylor	CAN	28.94
7	BURIAN	Katalin	HUN	29.05
8	OMOTO	Rika	JPN	29.32

Men’s 200 Back

1	IRIE	Ryosuke	JPN	1:56.79
2	TELEGDY	Adam	HUN	1:58.68
3	TARASEVICH	Grigory	RUS	1:59.90
4	FRASER-HOLMES	Thomas	AUS	2:00.28
5	BALOG	Gabor	HUN	2:00.37
6	KOVACS	Benedek	CLB	2:02.30
7	BERNEK	Peter	HUN	2:03.37
8	IKARI	Yuki	JPN	2:03.51

Women’s 200 Fly

1	HOSSZU	Katinka	HUN	2:08.55
2	JAKABOS	Zsuzsanna	HUN	2:09.67
3	TAYLOR	Laura	AUS	2:10.69
4	KAPAS	Boglarka	HUN	2:10.92
5	BACH	Helena	DEN	2:11.31
6	BERECZ	Blanka	HUN	2:12.42
7	VERRASZTO	Evelin	HUN	2:13.21
8	BELMONTE	Mireia	ESP	2:13.73

Men’s 100 Fly

1	MILAK	Kristof	HUN	51.27
2	SZABO	Szebasztian	HUN	52.16
3	MAJERSKI	Jakub	POL	52.34
4	ANDREW	Michael	USA	52.92
5	VEKOVISHCHEV	Mikhail	RUS	52.98
6	PAKHOMOV	Daniil	RUS	53.21
7	LIENDO	Joshua	CAN	53.33
8	MARGEVICIUS	Deividas	LTU	53.46

Women’s 200 Breast

1	VOZEL	Tjasa	SLO	2:26.52
2	BEKESI	Eszter	HUN	2:27.37
3	LAHTINEN	Laura	FIN	2:27.82
4	SIMONOVA	Vitalina	RUS	2:27.83
5	VALL	Jessica	ESP	2:28.12
6	SEBESTYEN	Dalma	CLB	2:32.04
7	HALLMANN	Weronika	POL	2:32.12
8	PODMANIKOVA	Andrea	SVK	2:33.80

Men’s 100 Breast

1	KAMMINGA	Arno	NED	59.05
2	SILADI	Caba	CLB	1:00.31
3	ZHANG	Ruixuan	CHN	1:00.47
4	KOHINATA	Kazuki	JPN	1:00.63
5	MUSTAFIN	Vladislav	UZB	1:00.94
6	WATANABE	Hayato	JPN	1:01.01
7	WATANABE	Ippei	JPN	1:01.36
8	HINOMOTO	Yuya	JPN	1:02.24

Women’s 50 Free

1	COLEMAN	Michelle	SWE	24.56
2	KROMOWIDJOJO	Ranomi	NED	24.62
3	KAMENEVA	Mariia	RUS	24.65
4	CAMPBELL	Cate	AUS	24.69
5	BUSCH	Kim	NED	25.15
6	KLANCAR	Neza	SLO	25.32
7	OMOTO	Rika	JPN	25.63
8	GANTRIIS	Emily	DEN	25.67

Men’s 50 Free

1	MOROZOV	Vladimir	RUS	21.50
2	LOBANOVSKIJ	Maxim	HUN	22.18
3	MATSUI	Kosuke	JPN	22.26
4	ANDREW	Michael	USA	22.36
5	SZABO	Szebasztian	HUN	22.43
6	CHERUTI	Meiron Amir	ISR	22.51
7	PUTS	Jesse	NED	22.62
8	TAN	Jonathan Eu Jin	SGP	22.71

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