Cate Campbell Remains Queen of Consistency With 53.0 100 Free; Kamminga Slams Down 2:07.9 200 Breast at FINA World Cup Budapest

Cate Campbell swam a 53.0 in Budapest in the 100 free LCM. Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant

Australia’s Cate Campbell put down yet another 100 free win at the 2019 FINA World Cup Budapest as she swam a 53.00 100 free to win ahead of Sweden’s Michelle Coleman (53.45) and 2012 Olympic champ Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.81). Campbell was quicker at the World Championships but she showed she is the queen of consistency, swimming a 53.0 early in the season. That time she swam would have been fifth in the World Championship final. Campbell remains one of the favorites to win the Olympic gold next summer as she won the silver at the World Championships this summer.

Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands put down another top ten ranked at the 2019 FINA World Cup Budapest as he won the 200 breast with a 2:07.96, putting him in a tie for ninth in the world for 2019. Kamminga moved into the top ten in the world in the 100 breast on Friday as he lowered the Dutch record in both the 100 and 200 breast this weekend.

This was especially impressive for Kamminga as he swam faster than he did at the World Championships. Nobody at this meet is remotely rested so the fact Kamminga is swimming best times in early October has to give him some confidence heading into the Olympic year in 2020.

Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys, who elected to swim at this meet instead of the International Swimming League going on in Indianapolis, continued his World Cup assault with a 1:45.97 in the 200 free. Rapsys touched first in the World Championship final but was disqualified for flinching at the start, but he has been on a tear this World Cup circuit, swimming the world leading time in the 200 free in Singapore.

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte was well off-form at the World Championships, winning no medals and missing the 200 fly final after coming in as the reigning World and Olympic champion. Belmonte won the 800 free in Budapest for her first gold of the 2019 World Cup circuit with an 8:31.42. She was eighth in the Worlds final with an 8:25 so she is not far off from that.

Results from the rest of the session at the FINA World Cup Budapest

Men’s 400 IM

1	IKARI	Yuki	JPN	4:14.43
2	VERRASZTO	David	HUN	4:15.32
3	HOLLO	Balazs	HUN	4:16.63
4	GYURTA	Gergely	HUN	4:20.42
5	FRASER-HOLMES	Thomas	AUS	4:20.61
6	KOS	Hubert	CLB	4:23.42
7	PONS	Joanllu	ESP	4:23.73
8	NAGY	Richard	SVK	4:26.41

Women’s 800 Free

1	BELMONTE	Mireia	ESP	8:31.42
2	GOUGH	Maddy	AUS	8:32.54
3	ODER	Tjasa	SLO	8:37.02
4	MEITZ	Kaersten	USA	8:38.77
5	KESELY	Ajna	HUN	8:40.69
6	PEREZ BLANCO	Jimena	ESP	8:43.82
7	BACH	Helena	DEN	8:46.51
8	ACKMAN	Aly	CAN	8:48.05

Women’s 100 Fly

1	JAKABOS	Zsuzsanna	HUN	59.14
2	HENDERSON	Hanna	CAN	59.65
3	VERRASZTO	Evelin	HUN	59.75
4	BUSCH	Kim	NED	59.86
5	SCHMIDTKE	Aliena	GER	59.92
6	BECKMANN	Emilie	DEN	59.98
7	TOURETSKI	Alexandra	SUI	1:00.78
8	BACH	Helena	DEN	1:01.05

Men’s 50 Fly

1	SZABO	Szebasztian	HUN	23.22
2	ZHILKIN	Andrey	RUS	23.34
3	ANDREW	Michael	USA	23.45
4	VEKOVISHCHEV	Mikhail	RUS	23.56
5	MAKELA	Niko	FIN	23.74
6	POYTAKIVI	Riku	FIN	23.77
7	MATSUI	Kosuke	JPN	24.00
8	HOCKIN	Benjamin	PAR	24.20

Home swimmers having a field day! Szebasztian Szabo took his first ever individual World Cup win in the Men’s 50m Fly in a time of 23.22. Silver to Andrey Zhilkin of Russia and USA’s Michael Andrew took the bronze. All the action live! ? https://t.co/bEozhdW5qV #SWC19 #SWIMMING pic.twitter.com/oFpDcqrRQN

— FINA (@fina1908) October 6, 2019

Women’s 200 Back

1	BURIAN	Katalin	HUN	2:09.98
2	HERASIMOWICZ	Zuzanna	POL	2:12.45
3	SZABO-FELTOTHY	Eszter	HUN	2:13.17
4	ILYES	Laura	CLB	2:14.59
5	ZHANG	Wenwen	CHN	2:14.63
6	DOBOS	Dorottya	CLB	2:17.39
7	TAYLOR	Laura	AUS	2:19.40
8	FAIN	Katja	SLO	2:20.94

Men’s 100 Back

1	IRIE	Ryosuke	JPN	53.50
2	ANDREW	Michael	USA	54.18
3	TARASEVICH	Grigory	RUS	54.71
4	BALOG	Gabor	HUN	54.77
5	TELEGDY	Adam	HUN	54.94
6	NEMETH	Nandor	HUN	55.61
7	MILAK	Kristof	HUN	55.67
8	SZENTES	Bence	CLB	56.47

Women’s 50 Breast

1	HULKKO	Ida	FIN	30.82
2	TANG	Qianting	CHN	31.28
3	PODMANIKOVA	Andrea	SVK	31.63
4	SZTANKOVICS	Anna	HUN	31.65
5	VALL MONTERO	Jessica	ESP	31.83
5	LAHTINEN	Laura	FIN	31.83
7	SEBESTYEN	Dalma	CLB	31.93
8	PHEE	Jinq En	MAS	32.09

Men’s 200 Breast

1	KAMMINGA	Arno	NED	2:07.96
2	ZHANG	Ruixuan	CHN	2:10.23
3	WATANABE	Ippei	JPN	2:11.47
4	KOHINATA	Kazuki	JPN	2:11.71
5	WATANABE	Hayato	JPN	2:12.40
6	HORVATH	David	HUN	2:13.12
7	PETRASHOV	Denis	KGZ	2:14.15
8	KUTASI	Mate Jozsef	CLB	2:14.22
9	SIDLAUSKAS	Andrius	LTU	2:14.30

Women’s 100 Free

1	CAMPBELL	Cate	AUS	53.00
2	COLEMAN	Michelle	SWE	53.45
3	KROMOWIDJOJO	Ranomi	NED	53.81
4	KAMENEVA	Mariia	RUS	54.40
5	KLANCAR	Neza	SLO	55.14
6	TOUSSAINT	Kira	NED	55.57
7	GANTRIIS	Emily	DEN	56.39
8	BUSCH	Kim	NED	56.86

Cate Campbell ?? is a candidate for the overall title this year, and she took her first ? here in Budapest in the Women’s 100m Freestyle ahead of Sweden’s Michelle Coleman and Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands. #SWC19 #SWIMMING pic.twitter.com/pai0RYqae6

— FINA (@fina1908) October 6, 2019

Men’s 200 Free

1	RAPSYS	Danas	LTU	1:45.97
2	MILAK	Kristof	HUN	1:47.69
3	MATSUMOTO	Katsuhiro	JPN	1:48.32
4	KROON	Luc	NED	1:48.55
5	HOLLO	Balazs	HUN	1:49.55
6	VEKOVISHCHEV	Mikhail	RUS	1:50.15
7	HOANG	Quy Phuoc	VIE	1:50.62
8	BRZOSKOWSKI	Maarten	NED	1:50.75

Danas Rapsys, the Lithuanian torpedo, is almost unstoppable at the moment, as he proved once again in the Men’s 200m Freestyle, giving him his second gold medal here in the Hungarian capital. ? https://t.co/bEozhdW5qV #SWC19 #SWIMMING pic.twitter.com/tAB2F4CiWu

— FINA (@fina1908) October 6, 2019

Women’s 200 IM

1	HOSSZU	Katinka	HUN	2:09.56
2	OMOTO	Rika	JPN	2:12.40
3	JAKABOS	Zsuzsanna	HUN	2:13.46
4	SEBESTYEN	Dalma	CLB	2:16.10
5	BELMONTE	Mireia	ESP	2:16.11
6	CUSINATO	Ilaria	ITA	2:16.16
7	RUOTSALAINEN	Vilma	FIN	2:19.81
8	VALL MONTERO	Jessica	ESP	2:20.68

What better way to finish off than in the company of ?? very own Iron Lady, @katinkahosszu, who illustrated just why she is thought of as the most versatile swimmer of her generation.The Women’s 200m Individual Medley could only finish one way. #SWC19 #SWIMMING pic.twitter.com/KTAAzg7HDm

— FINA (@fina1908) October 6, 2019

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