Chad le Clos Nearly Downs 2 World Records in Victory Lap at FINA World Cup in Singapore

SINGAPORE – The FINA World Cup in Singapore closed out night one with overall points leader Chad le Clos taking a victory lap by way of two near world records in the 50 and 200 fly events.  Meanwhile, the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu wracked up more points with three golds and two silvers as she just continues to make quick work of the tour.

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Scheduled Events

  • Women’s 800 free
  • Men’s 400 IM
  • Men’s 100 free
  • Women’s 200 free
  • Men’s 50 breast
  • Women’s 100 breast
  • Women’s 100 fly
  • Men’s 100 back
  • Women’s 50 back
  • Men’s 200 fly
  • Women’s 200 IM
  • Men’s 400 free
  • Women’s 50 free
  • Men’s 200 breast
  • Men’s 100 IM
  • Women’s 200 back
  • Men’s 50 fly

Women’s 800 free

Photo Courtesy: Maria Dobysheva

Photo Courtesy: Maria Dobysheva

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia topped the first event of the night with an 8:10.61 in the distance freestyle, while Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu collected second-place honors in 8:11.26.  Great Britain’s Jaz Carlin rounded out the top three in 8:16.92.

Meanwhile, USA’s Elizabeth Beisel placed fourth in 8:20.63 with Singapore’s Rachel Tseng earning fifth in 8:40.35.  Singapore’s Chantal Liew (9:01.10), Chloe Wang (8:13.73) and Genevieve Lye (9:21.04) also made the top eight in the timed final event.

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Men’s 400 IM

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

Japan went 1-2 in the men’s distance medley with Daiya Seto taking the title in 4:04.07 and Takeharu Fujimori posting a second-place time of 4:04.62 in what proved to be an exciting race.  Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta snared third overall in 4:06.23, while U.S. Junior Teamer Sean Grieshop picked up fourth in 4:07.75.

Canada’s Alec Page (4:12.56), Singapore’s Malcolm Low (4:24.87), Darren Chua (4:33.92) and Malaysia’s Jun Bin Wong (4:34.93) rounded out the top eight in the timed final.

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Men’s 100 free

Russia’s Sergiy Fesikov raced his way to victory in the 100 free with a 47.02, while Germany’s Steffen Deibler took down second in 47.13.  Great Britain’s Adam Barrett claimed the other podium spot with a third-place 48.09.

Germany’s Paul Biedermann (48.44), Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (48.49), Great Britain’s Ben Proud (48.55), Canada’s Yuri Kisil (48.92) and Great Britain’s Calum Jarvis (49.34) closed out the finale.

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Women’s 200 free

Photo Courtesy: Gian Mattia Dalberto/Lapresse

Photo Courtesy: Gian Mattia Dalberto/Lapresse

The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu collected her first win of the night with a 1:53.63, while U.S. Junior Teamer Katie Drabot backhalved her way to second in 1:54.23.  Australia’s Emma McKeon wound up third overall in 1:55.06.

Great Britain’s Siobhan O’Connor (1:55.30), Japan’s Yayoi Matsumoto (1:58.83), Great Britain’s Jaz Carlin (2:00.57), USA’s Erin Voss (2:00.76) and USA’s Erin Earley (2:04.06) placed fourth through eighth in the finale.

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Men’s 50 breast

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

Photo Courtesy: Qatar Swimming

South Africa’s Roland Schoeman, who can always be relied on for a strong sprint in just about any stroke, won the breaststroke finale in 25.86, while Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta took second overall in 26.59.  Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell closed out a veteran top three with a 26.81.

15-year-old pro Michael Andrew placed fourth in 27.78 with Hong Kong’s Chun Yan Wong earning fifth in 28.15.

Singapore’s Kenneth Lim (28.50), Lukas Ming Menkhoff (28.58) and Christopher Cheong (28.97) also competed for the title.

Women’s 100 breast

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

In a heavyweight matchup in the 100 breaststroke, Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson managed to get by Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte, 1:02.54 to 1:03.05.  USA’s Katie Meili finished third overall in 1:05.47.

Atkinson took a run at Meilutyte’s world record of 1:02.36 set last year in Moscow on the FINA World Cup circuit, as she broke her own Jamaican mark of 1:02.86 from the Tokyo stop of this year’s tour. Atkinson now stands second all time in the event, and bested Rebecca Soni’s continental record of 1:02.70 set for the U.S.

Russia’s Maria Astashkina (1:06.22), USA’s Lilly King (1:06.32), Japan’s Runa Imai (1:06.32), Ireland’s Fiona Doyle (1:08.23) and Japan’s Miyu Otsuka (1:09.26) comprised the rest of the finale.

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Women’s 100 fly

Photo Courtesy: FINA/Qatar Swimming/Alexandra Panagiotidou

Photo Courtesy: FINA/Qatar Swimming/Alexandra Panagiotidou

This year’s sprint queen of the FINA World Cup, Inge Dekker of The Netherlands, picked off another gold medal with a time of 56.08, while Katinka Hosszu earned her third medal of the night with a second silver as she clocked a 56.63.  USA’s Felicia Lee got on the medal board here in Singapore with a third-place time of 56.88.

Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz (57.62), USA’s Kathleen Baker (58.58), USA’s Cassidy Bayer (58.85), Germany’s Franziska Hentke (59.70) and USA’s Hannah Kukurugya (1:00.05) also participated in the championship heat.

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Men’s 100 back

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

USA’s Eugene Godsoe tracked down the gold medal in the 100 back with a time of 50.59, while Australia’s Bobby Hurley touched just behind in 50.69 in what was an exciting finish.  Germany’s Christian Diener rounded out the top three in 50.96.

Japan’s Masaki Kaneko (51.26), Spain’s Miguel Ortiz (51.32), Great Britain’s Christopher Walker-Hebborn (51.81), Canada’s Russell Wood (52.25) and Canada’s Coleman Allen (53.15) also placed in the finale.

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Women’s 50 back

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott

USA went back-to-back in the backstrokes with Felicia Lee topping the women’s sprint event in 26.48, while Great Britain’s Fran Halsall touched second in 26.55.  Close behind, Great Britain’s Georgia Davies placed third in 26.57.

Katinka Hosszu had her first podium miss with a 26.84 for fourth, while Great Britain’s Elizabeth Simmonds took fifth in 26.99.

China’s Wang Xueer (27.03), Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz (27.34) and Croatia’s Sanja Jovanovic (27.95) put up times in the finale as well.

Men’s 200 fly

Photo Courtesy: Pamela Roberts

Photo Courtesy: Pamela Roberts

South Africa’s Chad le Clos took a run at his year-old world record with a 1:48.88 tonight, as he charged out under world record pace through 150 meters, before falling back of his 1:48.56 from last year’s Singapore stop.

Le Clos was nearly a second under his world-record pace at the 150 before he hit a wall and couldn’t come home nearly as fast as he did just a year ago.

Japan’s Daiya Seto clinched second-place honors in 1:51.81 with Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic earning third in 1:55.85.

USA’s Corey Okubo (1:57.33), Colombia’s Julio Cesar Galofre (1:57.36), Canada’s Alec Page (1:58.00), Malaysia’s Jun Bin Wong (2:02.89) and Singapore’s Dylan Koo (2:03.25) finished fourth through eighth.

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Women’s 200 IM

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu pocketed her fourth medal and second gold of the night with a 2:06.01, while Great Britain’s Siobhan O’Connor touched second in 2:07.69.  Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson kept piling up the cash with a third-place time of 2:08.17 after the sizzler in the 100 breast.

USA’s Caitlin Leverenz (2:08.71), Spain’s Mireia Belmonte (2:10.70), USA’s Ella Eastin (2:10.78), Germany’s Franziska Hentke (2:12.56) and Japan’s Miyu Otsuka (2:13.32) also vied for the title tonight.

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Men’s 400 free

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr

Australia’s David McKeon had the strongest swim of the finale with a 3:38.54 for the win, while South Africa’s Myles Brown touched second in 3:39.11.  Germany’s Paul Biedermann wound up third in 3:40.43.

Great Britain’s James Guy (3:40.87), Australia’s Bobby Hurley (3:42.38), Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta (3:45.25), USA’s Sean Grieshop (3:49.39) and Russia’s Aleksandr Krasnykh (3:50.54) made up the rest of the finale.

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Women’s 50 free

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Great Britain’s Fran Halsall scored another 50 free victory this week as part of the third cluster as she clocked a 23.80.  The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker took second in 24.09 with Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz earning third in 24.68.

Russia’s Elizaveta Bazarova (24.85), Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (24.88), USA’s Felicia Lee (24.92), Singapore’s Amanda Lim (25.23) and Japan’s Yayoi Matsumoto (25.28) put up the other swims in finals.

Men’s 200 breast

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta smoked the field in the 200 breast with a 2:02.30, while Great Britain’s Andrew Willis took second overall in 2:05.97.  Japan’s Takeharu Fujimori, the only other non-Singapore swimmer in the finale, took third in 2:09.84.

Singapore’s Christopher Cheong (2:16.92), Brilliant Chua (2:18.38), Dynes Quek (2:23.57), Russel Tang (2:24.52) and Jared Wong (2:27.68) also swam in the championship heat.

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Men’s 100 IM

Russia’s Sergiy Fesikov hit the wall in 52.09 for his second win of the night, while Spain’s Miguel Ortiz captured silver in 52.87.  Great Britain’s Liam Tancock took third overall in 53.74.

15-year-old pro Michael Andrew just missed the podium again, taking fourth in 54.61, while Canada’s Russell Wood placed fifth in 54.64.

Hong Kong’s Raymond Mak (54.86), Canada’s Coleman Allen (55.01) and Great Britain’s Adam Barrett (55.38) also competed tonight.

Women’s 200 back

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Katinka Hosszu grabbed her third gold and fifth medal of the night with a 2:03.07 in the 200 back, while the U.S. went 2-3-4 right behind her.  Junior Teamer Kathleen Baker won her first career FINA World Cup medal with a second-place 2:04.25, while Elizabeth Beisel placed third in 2:05.00.  Erin Voss picked up fourth-place honors ni 2:05.25.

Canada’s Hilary Caldwell (2:05.58), USA’s Allie Szekely (2:06.30), Great Britain’s Elizabeth Simmonds (2:07.53) and USA’s Erin Earley (2:09.80) rounded out the championship heat.

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Men’s 50 fly

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch

In just his second swim of the night, South Africa’s Chad le Clos took a run at another world record.  He posted a 21.98 in the sprint fly, just missing Steffen Deibler’s 2009 mark of 21.80 from the Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup. Deibler, meanwhile, took second in 22.56 with South Africa’s Roland Schoeman snagging third in 22.62.

USA’s Eugene Godsoe (23.07), Great Britain’s Ben Proud (23.19), Great Britain’s Adam Barrett (23.76), Canada’s Coleman Allen (23.99) and USA’s Michael Andrew (24.20) also performed in the final heat.

Mixed 200 medley relay

Russia’s Sergiy Fesikov (23.70), Maria Astashkina (31.01), Aleksandr Krasnykh (24.29) and Elizaveta Bazarova (24.26) won the finale in 1:43.26, while USA’s Corey Okubo (26.08), Lilly King (30.82), Alex Valente (23.98) and Katie Drabot (25.15) took second in 1:46.03.

Singapore’s Kevin Ong (26.51), Kenneth Lim (27.87), Marina Chan (27.21) and Amanda Lim (24.58) rounded out the top three in 1:46.17.

Japan (1:46.63) and three other teams from Singapore (1:48.70, 1:51.31, 1:54.03) also swam in the finale.

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