Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu Marches Way to Seven Golds at FINA World Cup

BEIJING – The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu marched her way to seven more gold medals on the FINA World Cup tour.

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Scheduled Events

• Men’s 1500 free
• Women’s 400 IM
• Women’s 100 free
• Men’s 200 free
• Women’s 50 breast
• Men’s 100 breast
• Men’s 100 fly
• Women’s 100 back
• Men’s 50 back
• Women’s 200 fly
• Men’s 200 IM
• Women’s 400 free
• Men’s 50 free
• Women’s 200 breast
• Women’s 100 IM
• Men’s 200 back
• Women’s 50 fly

Men’s 1500 free

Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta took advantage of a sparse field in the 1500 free to claim the title in 14:38.27, while South Africa’s Myles Brown finished second in 14:47.22.  Yang Jintong rounded out the top three in 15:01.38.

An Jiabao (15:07.07), Wang Wenhao (15:10.86), Dong Haoxi (15:13.08), Takeharu Fujimori (15:19.76) and Guo-Ting Huang (15:40.98) closed out the top eight in the timed final.

Women’s 400 IM

The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu won her fifth gold medal of the meet with a 4:25.66 in the distance medley.  She’s well on her way to another $500,000 payday as she’s assured the overall point standings $100,000 check along with plenty of other race checks coming her way the final three meets.

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte took home second in 4:27.70 with China’s Chen Xinyi winding up third in 4:29.89.

USA’s Elizabeth Beisel (4:31.12) and Caitlin Leverenz (4:31.42) finished off the podium in fourth and fifth.

Japan’s Miyu Otsuka (4:38.48), Germany’s Franziska Hentke (4:40.20) and Japan’s Runa Imai (4:41.79) rounded out the top eight.

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Women’s 100 free

The sprint queen Inge Dekker continued to roll in her events as she topped the women’s 100 free by a wide margin with a 52.72.  Youth Olympic Games prodigy Shen Duo took second in 53.51 with Sun Meichen rounding out the top three in 53.54.

Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz (53.71),  Tang Yuting (53.72), Han Tingru (53.80), Russia’s Elizaveta Bazarova (55.18) and Cheng Haihua (57.04) placed fourth through eighth.

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Men’s 200 free

South Africa’s Myles Brown added a gold-medal 1:44.12 to his silver in the 1500 free from earlier in the night, while Germany’s Paul Biedermann placed a close second in 1:44.48.  China’s Lin Yongqing rounded out the podium with a third-place 1:44.58.

Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (1:45.07), Li Yusen (1:45.61), Australia’s Ned McKendry (1:46.25), Germany’s Robin Backhaus (1:46.53) and Hou Mingda (1:47.06) also competed in the finale.

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Women’s 50 breast

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson nearly matched her world best of 29.12 from Dubai with a 29.15 to easily win the sprint breaststroke this evening.  Australia’s Sally Hunter took second in 30.11 with China’s He Yun earning third in 30.60.

Suo Ran (30.66), USA’s Breeja Larson (30.74), He Yuzhe (30.95), Zhang Jiaying (31.09) and Russia’s Maria Astashkina (31.46) made up the rest of the field.

Men’s 100 breast

Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta continued to keep pace with Chad le Clos in the cluster points battle with a 57.25 to win the 100 breast.  Huang Yunkun took second in 58.89 with South Africa’s Roland Schoeman hitting the wall third in 58.98.

Yan Zibei (59.55), Li Xiang (59.58), Xue Jiajia (1:00.33) and Zhou Guangci (1:00.94) comprised the rest of the legal finishes, while Singapore’s Lionel Khoo drew a disqualification.

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Men’s 100 fly

Germany’s Steffen Deibler stood atop the podium by a wide margin with a 49.96 for the win tonight.  That was more than a second ahead of USA’s Giles Smith, who placed second in 50.98.  Wang Yuxin claimed the final podium spot with a third-place 51.62.

Shi Yang (51.80), Li Zhuhao (52.01), Australia’s Grant Irvine (52.28), Peru’s Mauricio Fiol (53.41) and USA’s Michael Andrew (53.66) claimed the other championship finishes.

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Women’s 100 back

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu kept on steam rolling her way to the cash with a sixth gold medal here in Beijing.  She clocked a 56.73 for the win, while Australia’s Madison Wilson wound up taking second overall in 57.94.  Cheng Haihua rounded out the podium with a third-place 58.33.

Fu Yuanhui (58.37), Canada’s Hilary Caldwell (59.04), Spain’s Duane Da Rocha (59.28) and Xu Huiyi (1:00.14) finished fourth through seventh, while Yige Yao was a late scratch.

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Men’s 50 back

China’s Xu Jiayu snared the sprint backstroke title with a top time of 23.29, while Australia’s Mitch Larkin (23.41) and USA’s Eugene Godsoe (23.43) touched second and third.

Germany’s Christian Diener (23.54), Sun Xiaolei (23.76), Japan’s Masaki Kaneko (23.92), Wang Peng (24.89) and USA’s Michael Andrew (25.13) comprised the rest of the finale.

Women’s 200 fly

The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu had her first bit of an off event tonight as she finished fourth in the 200 fly with a 2:06.14.  She’s typically won or at least medaled in the swim in previous meets on the circuit.

Li Shuang (2:05.68) and Liu Zige (2:05.68) went 1-2 for China, while Spain’s Mireia Belmonte took third in 2:05.91.

Zhou Yilin (2:08.87), Germany’s Franziska Hentke (2:10.00), Liu Jing (2:10.36) and Chen Xinyi (2:12.41) placed fifth through eighth.

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Men’s 200 IM

Japan’s Daiya Seto won his second gold of the meet with a 1:54.21, while China’s Mao Feilian placed a distant second in 1:55.22.  Japan’s Takeharu Fujimori closed out the podium with a third-place 1:58.20.

Wei Haobo (1:59.53), Wang Boyu (1:59.99), Taipei’s Ren-Hau Wen (2:02.21) and An Jiabao (2:04.46) also competed in what proved to be a regional battle in the finale.

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Women’s 400 free

China’s Cao Yue stopped the clock in 4:00.72 to win the middle distance event, while Spain’s Mireia Belmonte placed second in 4:01.08.  Zhang Yufei closed out the top three in 4:01.36.

Zhang Yuhan (4:01.37), Shao Yiwen (4:01.41) and Qiu Yuhan (4:05.90) touched fourth through sixth with Katinka Hosszu (4:11.87) and USA’s Elizabeth Beisel (4:12.91) tracking down the final two spots.

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Men’s 50 free

Swimming a bit more reserved of a schedule, considering he’s likely banked the overall points title as long as he swims out the rest of the meets, South Africa’s Chad le Clos won his fourth title of the meet with a 21.28 in the sprint freestyle.  Germany’s Steffen Deibler took second in 21.34 with Ning Zetao downing the Chinese record in the event with a 21.35 for third.

Ning’s time beat the previous record of 21.56 set by Lu Zhiwu at the Singapore stop of the FINA World Cup in 2011.  He’s also just off Kenta Ito’s Asian record of 21.25 set for Japan at the Tokyo stop of the 2011 World Cup.

Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell (21.40), South Africa’s Roland Schoeman (21.92), Taipei’s Kuo-Chi Chang (22.14), Ling Huanan (22.18) and Zhao Xianjian (22.38) made up the rest of the field.

Women’s 200 breast

Australia’s Sally Hunter crushed the field in the finale with a winning time of 2:19.26, more than two seconds ahead of the rest.

Japan’s Runa Imai clocked a 2:21.74 as the 14 year old picked up her first medal here in Beijing.  He Yun took third in 2:21.75.

Russia’s Maria Astashkina (2:21.77), Spain’s Jessica Vall (2:22.46), Qing Wenyi (2:25.73) and USA’s Breeja Larson (2:26.68) placed fourth through seventh, while Sun Minjie drew a disqualification.

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Women’s 100 IM

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu collected her seventh gold of the meet with a 58.11 in the sprint medley, while China’s Ye Shiwen earned her first medal of the meet with a silver-winning 58.36. Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson wound up third in 59.05.

USA’s Caitlin Leverenz (1:01.33), Zhang Jiaqi (1:01.47), Zhou Min (1:01.79), Spain’s Duane Da Rocha (1:02.52) and Spain’s Mireia Belmonte (1:02.73) also competed in the finale.

Men’s 200 back

Australia’s Mitchell Larkin rolled over the rest of the field in the event with a time of 1:48.69, while China’s Xu Jiayu picked up second-place honors in 1:50.61.  Japan’s Masaki Kaneko took third in 1:51.39.

Germany’s Christian Diener (1:52.26), USA’s Eugene Godsoe (1:56.88), Wang Peng (1:57.97), USA’s Michael Andrew (2:00.52) and Xiao Lei (2:03.53) claimed the other times in finals.

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Women’s 50 fly

Inge Dekker won a third gold medal in the sprint events this weekend with a 24.97 for the 50 fly title. China’s Lu Ying earned second in 25.55, while Qiu Yuhan gave China a 2-3 with a third-place 25.82.

Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz (25.84), Li Shuang (26.12), Liu Lan (26.17), Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson (27.11) and Katinka Hosszu (27.51) rounded out the finale.

Mixed 200 free relay

China’s Yu Hexin (21.71), Tang Yi (24.45), Qiu Yuhan (24.54) and Ning Zetao (20.99) won the event in 1:31.69 with Russia’s Sergiy Fesikov (21.61), Aleksandr Krasnykh (22.37), Elizaveta Bazarova (24.68) and Maria Astashkina (25.59) taking second in 1:34.25. A quarter of Chinese clubs closed out the meet with times of 1:41.66, 1:44.28, 1:45.45 and 1:48.21.

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