HONG KONG, September 28. The 2014 FINA World Cup is back after a short break following the first cluster in the Middle East.  The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu snared a spot in finals in every event she swam, locking down another spate of medals tonight.

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Scheduled Events

• Men’s 100 free
• Women’s 200 free
• Men’s 50 breast
• Women’s 100 breast
• Women’s 100 fly
• Man’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

Men’s 100 free

Thomas Fraser-Holmes led the way this morning with a 48.42, while South Africa’s Chad le Clos, the men’s money leader, took second in 48.45.

Hong Kong’s Geoffrey Cheah (48.68), South Africa’s Leith Shankland (48.76) and Australia’s Ashley Delaney (48.97) also cleared 49 seconds.

USA’s Tom Shields (49.09), Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (49.25) and Russia’s Oleg Tikhobaev (49.26) closed out the rest of the top eight finalists.

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Women’s 200 free

The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu made an early charge at Federica Pellegrini’s world record of 1:51.17 with 26.29 and 54.99 first split, but settled in to lead the pack this morning with a 1:52.55.  She’s been faster this year with a World Cup record 1:51.41 at the Doha stop, and she’ll likely challenge both standards tonight.

The podium is likely already decided with the sparse set of challengers this morning.  Only Russia’s Veronika Popova (1:56.43) and Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (1:58.57) cleared 2:00.

Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (2:03.13), Ho Ching Leung (2:07.54), Hoi Man Yau (2:07.96), Hoi Man Sheron Mok (2:07.99) and Hoi Man Lok (2:08.05) also made the finale.

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Men’s 50 breast

Germany’s Marco Koch hit the wall in 26.91 for the top time this morning in the sprint breaststroke.  Russia’s Kirill Prigoda followed with a 27.19, while Yasuhiro Koseki continued his busy week with third in 27.41 fresh off a stint at the Asian Games representing Japan.

Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta (28.08), Australia’s James McKechnie (28.12), Singapore’s Lionel Khoo (29.20), Macau’s Man Hou Chao (28.27) and Australia’s Lennard Bremer (28.34) also made their way into the championship eight.

Women’s 100 breast

The world-leader with a 1:03.26 from the Dubai stop of the FINA World Cup, Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson stopped the clock first this morning with a 1:06.11.  Her primary competition tonight will be Japan’s Rie Kaneto, who clocked a 1:07.06 just days after the Asian Games concluded.

South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker (1:09.31), Jamie Yeung (1:09.97), Macau’s On Kei Lei (1:11.19), Cheyenne Cheung (1:12.26), South Africa’s Vidette Coetzee (1:12.27) and South Africa’s Natalie Maritz (1:13.20) also picked up spots in the finale.

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Women’s 100 fly

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker chalked up the top time this morning in the sprint fly with a 58.17, while Hong Kong’s Hang Yu Sze earned a push from her local fans with a second-place 59.07.  Russia’s Veronika Popova wound up third in 59.11, while the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu also cleared 1:00 with a 59.21 for fourth.  Hong Kong’s Kin Lok Chan closed out the sub-1:00 crowd with a 59.31 for fifth.

China’s Xin Min (1:00.65) and Wang Liting (1:01.69) placed sixth and seventh, while Esther To wound up eighth.

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Men’s 100 back

Australia’s Ashley Delaney popped a 52.13 to top the men’s 100 back prelims this morning, while Hong Kong’s Geoff Cheah made another final in front of partisan fans with a 53.94.  Germany’s Christian Diener wound up third in 55.10.

Macau’s Pok Man Ngou (55.54), Hong Kong’s Shiu Yue Lau (55.63), Hong Kong’s Henry Ng (56.63), Botswana’s David Van Der Colff (57.43) and Tsun Hei Mo (59.21) also will swim in the finale.

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Women’s 50 back

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu bounced back from fourth in the 100 fly to earn another top seed as she raced to a 26.65 in the sprint back this morning.

Hong Kong’s Stephanie Au churned her way to second in 27.56 with Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina taking third in 27.75.

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson showed some versatility away from breaststroke with a fourth-place 28.09, while Macau’s Erica Vong took fifth in 28.40.

Hong Kong’s Toto Wong (28.73), South Africa’s Jamie Reynolds (29.23) and Hong Kong’s Hiu Pui Au (29.36) closed out the championship heat.

Men’s 200 fly

Japan’s Masato Sakai clipped USA’s Tom Shields at the wall, 1:56.23 to 1:56.28, during prelims of the 200 fly.  Expect Shields, however, to turn up the heat during finals as he continues to feel out the professional swimming game.

China’s Jiang Huan (1:57.63) and Zheng Tong (1:57.81) placed third and fourth, while Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (1:58.33) finished fifth.

Hungary’s David Verraszto (1:58.44), Brazil’s Luiz Pedro Ribeiro Pereira (1:59.81) and China’s Liu Yu (2:01.34) will also vie for the 200 fly crown tonight.

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Women’s 200 IM

Katinka Hosszu, who was entered in every single event this week in Hong Kong, just kept on keeping on with a 2:10.94 in the 200 IM.  She may not challenge her world record of 2:02.13 from the Dubai stop tonight, but there’s little doubt she’s looking at another gold-medal check in the event tonight.

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte, Hosszu’s chief competition in the event, likely will battle Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto as the two qualified with a 2:13.34 and a 2:13.60, respectively.

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson (2:16.62), Hong Kong’s Kin Lok Chan (2:20.61), Pak Wai Yeung (2:22.69), South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker (2:23.22) and South Africa’s Samantha Randle (2:23.33) also snared spots in the finale.

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Men’s 400 free

Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta is looking at a likely podium finish with a 3:50.03 in the middle distance event, while China’s Hong Jinlong (3:51.23) and Li Yongwei (3:52.33) placed second and third.

Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes put up an easy-speed fourth-place time of 3:52.46 with Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (3:54.84) likely joining him in the podium chase tonight when they step up their speed.

South Africa’s Ruan Ras (3:56.80), Singapore’s Benedict Boon (3:58.81) and Hong Kong’s Kei Koi Kong (3:59.21) also grabbed transfer spots into tonight’s heat.

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Women’s 50 free

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker, who has continued to pile up some cash with her sprint speed on the circuit, took the top time with a 24.60.  The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu wasn’t far behind with a 24.66 as she continues to look at a huge amount of podium finishes.

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson found herself in another finale with a third-place 25.04, while China’s Wu Yue claimed fourth in 25.23.

Hong Kong’s Hang Yu Sze (25.45), Singapore’s Qi Lim Xiang (25.49), China’s Zhu Jiayu (25.81) and Hong Kong’s Stephanie Au (26.08) will also swim tonight.

Men’s 200 breast

Four swimmers put up 2:08s this morning for the top four seeds as Russia’s Kirill Prigoda (2:08.28), Japan’s Yasuhiro Koseki (2:08.31), Germany’s Marco Koch (2:08.60) and Australia’s Lennard Bremer (2:08.68) all broke 2:09 for the top seeds.

Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta, the world record holder, will have something to say about the finale though after easing through qualifying with a fifth-place 2:09.36.

Hungary’s David Verraszto (2:11.77), Australia’s James McKechnie (2:12.40) and China’s Zheng Tuo (2:16.79) rounded out the rest of the finale.

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Men’s 100 IM

It was a mixed back of names to make the sprint medley finale.  Japan’s Hiromasa Fujimori led the way with a 54.19, while Russia’s Viacheslav Prudnikov earned second in 55.28.  Hong Kong’s Raymond Mak placed third in 55.62.

USA’s Tom Shields cruised in with a fourth-place 55.71, while South Africa’s Leith Shankland placed fifth in 56.19.

Russia’s Oleg Tikhobaev (56.26), Hong Kong’s Derick Ng (56.44) and Hong Kong’s Ka Ho Kwong (57.14) also claimed lanes in the championship heat.

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Women’s 200 back

Based on her first two splits this morning, Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu could be setting up a world-record charge tonight after clocking a 2:01.72.  Missy Franklin still holds the mark with a 2:00.03 from the Berlin stop of the 2011 FINA World Cup, and Hosszu may just get it tonight.

Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina placed second in 2:06.08 with Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto earning third in 2:09.84.

China’s Fan Yimeng (2:13.07), Hong Kong’s Hei Tung Cheng (2:14.18), Spain’s Mireia Belmonte (2:14.56), South Africa’s Samantha Randle (2:15.83) and Hong Kong’s Bridgitte Kwong (2:16.64) also picked up spots in the finale.

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Men’s 50 fly

USA’s Tom Shields, in the event that likely is his best shot at a gold-medal check, clocked a 23.24 to lead qualifying this morning.

Although he isn’t quite as busy as he was last year when he won the men’s overall points total, South Africa’s Chad le Clos continues to do what he needs to in order to maximize his earning potential on the World Cup.  Today, he qualified second in 23.56.

Australia’s Ashley Delaney (23.83), Hong Kong’s Geoff Cheah (23.84), Russia’s Viacheslav Prudnikov (23.89), Brazil’s Luiz Pedro Ribeiro Pereira (24.23), China’s Zheng Tong (24.31) and China’s Jiang Huan (24.59) also will move on to the finale heat.

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