Hosszu, Morozov Win Two, Wang Jianjiahe Breaks World Record to Open FINA World Cup Budapest

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Women’s 400 Free

China’s Wang Jianjiahe got the FINA World Cup stop #4 off to a blistering start with a new world record in the 400 free SCM on Thursday night in Budapest.

Wang swam a 3:53.97 to lower the old record of 3:54.52 by Spain’s Mireia Belmonte from the 2013 FINA World Cup in Berlin.

Wang just missed the World Record earlier this year when she was a 3:54.63 at the World Cup in Eindhoven last week.

Wang is the first Chinese swimmer to hold a world record in the 400 free short course or long course ever. She was a 4:03.18 at the Asian Games earlier this year to win the gold medal in Jakarta. She would have been third in the 2018 Virtual World Championships behind Katie Ledecky (3:58.50) and Australian Ariarne Titmus (3:59.66).

Wang won the race handily over American Leah Smith (3:58.94) and the Netherlands’ Femke Heemskerk (4:00.03).

Anna Egorova (4:01.26), Catalina Corro (4:05.88), Mireia Belmonte (4:07.43), Jimena Perez (4:08.60) and Aoi Nakamura (4:14.18) also swam in the final.

World Record Progression:

  • Wang Jianjiahe, CHN, 3:53.97 (2018)
  • Mireia Belmonte, ESP, 3:54.52 (2013)
  • Camille Muffat, FRA, 3:54.85 (2012)
  • Joanne Jackson, GBR, 3:54.92 (2009)
  • Laure Manaudou, FRA, 3:56.09 (2006)
  • Laure Manaudou, FRA, 3:56.79 (2005)
  • Lindsay Benko, USA, 3:59.53 (2003)

All-Time Rankings:

  1. Wang Jianjiahe, CHN, 3:53.97 (2018)
  2. Mireia Belmonte, ESP, 3:54.52 (2013)
  3. Camille Muffat, FRA, 3:54.85 (2012)
  4. Joanne Jackson, GBR, 3:54.92 (2009)
  5. Lauren Boyle, NZL, 3:55.16 (2013)
  6. Laure Manaudou, FRA, 3:56.09 (2006)
  7. Coralie Balmy, FRA, 3:56.24 (2008)
  8. Melania Costa Schmid, ESP, 3:56.84 (2013)

Men’s 400 Free

Australia’s Mack Horton won the 400 free final with a 3:41.78 as he kept American Blake Pieroni at bay the whole race. Pieroni was second at 3:42.74 while Poland’s Wojciech Wojdak (3:43.52) was third.

Pieroni is not known as a 400 freestyler as he has not swum that event much since high school, but Pieroni showed he can throw down a solid 400 at the World Cups thus far. He was well off the American Record of 3:34.81 by Peter Vanderkaay. Horton was also well off the Australian Record of 3:34.58 by Grant Hackett from 2002.

Germany’s Poul Zellmann (3:44.04), Spain’s Miguel Duran (3:44.66), Hungary’s Balasz Hollo (3:44.67), David Verraszto (3:46.42) and Peter Bernek (3:47.46) also swam in the final.

Women’s 100 IM

In a battle of three of the biggest names in swimming, Katinka Hosszu won the 100 IM to the delight of the Hungarian crowd with a 57.64. She finished ahead of superstars Sarah Sjostrom (57.75) of Sweden and Kathleen Baker (58.02) of the United States.

Hosszu was off her world record of 56.51 from last year’s World Cup in Berlin but she was good enough for the win here. Sjostrom is second all-time with her 57.10 from last year’s World Cup in Moscow.

Baker tied the American Record of 58.02 by Katie Meili from the 2016 World Cup in Berlin. Baker is now tied for tenth all-time in the event.

Australia’s Emily Seebohm also factored into the race with a 58.33 for fourth.

Alia Atkinson (59.03), Melanie Margalis (59.11), Jenna Laukkanen (59.77) and Kim Busch (59.84) also swam in the final.

Men’s 100 IM

Fresh off his world record last week, Vladimir Morozov returned a week later in Budapest with a 50.32 in the 100 IM final, just off his 50.26 set last week. Morozov finished well ahead of Michael Andrew (51.55) and Japan’s Kosuke Matsui (53.08).

Andrew did improve on his best time of 51.65 from last year’s World Cup in Singapore. He moved up to 15th all-time in the event just behind Ryk Neethling of South Africa (51.52), back when FINA had a World Cup meet in Long Island. Andrew is the second fastest American behind Ryan Lochte‘s 50.71 from the 2012 Worlds in Istanbul.

Nic Fink (53.32), Yakov Toumarkin (53.67) Ben Hockin (53.97), Daniel Dudas (54.00) and David Foldhazi (54.01) also swam in the final.

Women’s 50 Back

Emily Seebohm won the 50 back final with a 26.05, which was not far off her best time of 25.83 from the 2014 Short Course Worlds in Doha. Seebohm won the final tonight in Budapest just ahead of Britain’s Georgia Davies (26.13) and the Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo (26.19).

American Kathleen Baker finished off the podium in fourth with a 26.30, not far off the American Record of 26.12 by Ali DeLoof from the 2016 Worlds in Canada. Baker is now the fourth fastest American all-time in the event behind DeLoof, Felicia Lee (26.16) and Olivia Smoliga (26.24).

World Record holder Etiene Medeiros (26.34) was fifth in the race.

Maaike de Waard (26.44), Mariia Kameneva (26.56) and Alicja Tchorz (26.74) also swam in the final.

Men’s 200 Back

World Record holder Mitch Larkin won the 200 back final with a 1:49.52 on Thursday night in Budapest as he was the only swimmer to break 1:50 in the final on the first night of action from FINA World Cup stop #4.

Larkin finished ahead of Japanese veteran Ryosuke Irie (1:50.97) and well ahead of Poland’s Radoslaw Kawecki (1:53.00).

Larkin was well off his world record of 1:45.63 from the 2015 Australian Short Course Championships. Irie has also been faster in his career with his 1:48.77 national record from the 2014 World Championships.

Adam Telegdy (1:53.20), Jordan Merrilees (1:53.71), Tomas Franta (1:54.35), Peter Bernek (1:55.82) and Yakov Toumarkin (1:57.65) also swam in the final.

Women’s 200 Fly

Katinka Hosszu won her second event of the night in Budapest at the FINA World Cup with a 2:03.14 in the 200 fly final on Thursday night. Hosszu was in a tight battle with China’s Zhang Yufei (2:03.29) and American Kelsi Dahlia (2:03.33) as those two were well in front of the rest of the field.

Hosszu was well off her best time of 2:01.12 from the 2014 Worlds. Dahlia also missed out on her American Record of 2:02.89 from the 2016 Worlds.

Japan’s Yui Ohashi (2:06.42) finished fourth while Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:06.68), Liliana Szilagyi (2:07.19) and Boglarka Kapas (2:09.61) finished fifth through seventh.

World Record holder Mireia Belmonte finished well back in eighth at 2:13.12. She is coming off an injury that caused her to miss out on the European Championships.

Men’s 100 Fly

South Africa’s Chad Le Clos won the 100 fly with a 49.22 to finish just ahead of France’s Mehdy Metella (49.71) and the ageless Brazilian Nicholas Santos (50.12).

Le Clos was well off his world record of 48.08 from the 2016 World Championships but it was good enough to win here in Budapest at the fourth stop of the 2018 FINA World Cup.

Joeri Verlinden (51.15), Laszlo Cseh (51.23), Riku Poytakivi (51.34), Szebasztian Szabo (51.43) and Ryan Coetzee (51.54) also swam in the final.

Women’s 200 Breast

The veteran World Cup names seemed to keep showing up in force here on the first night in Budapest. The women’s 200 breast final was no exception, with Russia’s Yulia Efimova on top of the 200 final with a 2:17.88. She was a little off her best time of 2:15.62 from last week in Eindhoven but she was two seconds ahead of second place Vitalina Simonova of Russia (2:19.43).

American Melanie Margalis was third at 2:20.30.

Jessica Vall (2:20.81), Yu Jingyao (2:21.44), Reona Aoki (2:22.76), Marina Garcia (2:24.35) and Jenna Laukkanen (2:25.60) also swam in the final.

Men’s 100 Breast

Brazil’s Felipe Lima moved up to 14th all-time in the men’s 100 breast rankings with his 56.69 on Thursday night in Budapest. Lima moved ahead of Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta (56.72) from 2009 and sits just behind South Africa’s Neil Versfeld (56.65).

Lima and Russia’s Anton Chupkov (56.97) were the only swimmers to break 57 seconds in the final as China’s Wang Lizhuo (57.03) finished third. That is a new best time for Chupkov and his first time under 57 seconds. He moves up to tied for 23rd all-time with the Ukraine’s Igor Borysik from 2009.

Kirill Prigoda (57.23), Daiya Seto (57.31), Hayato Watanabe (57.57), Nic Fink (57.73) and Arno Kamminga (58.19) also swam in the final.

Women’s 50 Free

It was another clash of the titans in the women’s 50 free final as short course world record holder Ranomi Kromowidjojo came out on top over long course world record holder Sarah Sjostrom in the final in Budapest.

Kromowidjojo was off her 22.93 WR but touched first with a 23.23 to Sjostrom’s 23.36. Long-time Dutch teammate Femke Heemskerk finished in third with a 23.67 while Olympic Champion Pernille Blume was fourth at 23.75.

That is a new best time for Heemskerk as she improved on her 23.77 last week to move up to 14th all-time in the event just ahead of Germany’s Dorothea Brandt (23.74) and behind Russia’s Rozaliya Nasretdinova (23.64).

Mariia Kameneva (24.08), Kim Busch (24.23), Michelle Coleman (24.29) and Valerie Van Roon (24.56) also swam in the final.

Men’s 50 Free

Vladimir Morozov won his second race of the night with a 20.51 in the 50 free to close out the first night of the fourth stop of the 2018 FINA World Cup in Budapest. Morozov broke the World Cup record in the event, but did not beat his best time of 20.31 from last year’s European Championships. Morozov still sits third all-time in the event behind Florent Manaudou (20.26) and Roland Schoeman (20.30).

Great Britain’s Ben Proud also broke 21 seconds with his 20.89. Although it was not his best time either since he was a 20.66 at last year’s Europeans.

South Africa’s Brad Tandy was third at 21.06.

Kristian Gkolomeev (21.22), Maxim Lobanovskij (21.25), Jesse Puts (21.35), Kosuke Matsui (21.38) and Michael Andrew (21.42) also swam in the final.

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