Katinka Hosszu, Adam Peaty Sizzle at Flanders Speedo Cup

ANTWERP – The second, and final, day of the Flanders Speedo cup featured a double from the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu as well as a blistering breaststroke from Adam Peaty.

Hosszu, after a six-medal day yesterday, grabbed her second win of the two-day meet with a 1:57.19 in the women’s 200-meter free. That swim cleared the meet record of 1:58.05 set by Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, and was just less than a second off Hosszu’s Hungarian record 1:56.30 in the event.

O’Connor took second tonight in 1:58.28 with compatriot Jazmin Carlin placing third in 1:59.99.

Hosszu doubled up with a swift battle in the women’s 200-meter IM as she clocked a 2:10.36 against O’Connor’s 2:10.84. Both times beat Aimee Willmott’s meet record of 2:10.87. Willmott could not replicate her morning speed as she took third in 2:13.28.

Peaty threw down a 59.48 to win the men’s 100-meter breaststroke, with Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta taking second in 1:00.65. Peaty is the first man in meet history to clear 1:00, breaking Gyurta’s meet record of 1:00.12 from 2013. Craig Benson placed third in 1:02.07.

Jazmin Carlin claimed the women’s 400-meter free crown in 4:10.83 with Willmott (4:13.14) and Hannah Miley (4:13.70) taking second and third .

Rachel Kelly topped the women’s 100-meter fly in 58.99 with Greece’s Anna Ntountounaki finishing second in 59.09. Kimberly Buys wound up third in 59.78, while Hosszu just missed the podium with a fourth-place 59.86.

Molly Renshaw (2:26.12), Hannah Miley (2:28.00), Katie Matts (2:28.29) and Sophie Taylor (2:33.31) went 1-2-3-4 in the women’s 200-meter breast for Great Britain.

Lauren Quigley claimed the women’s 100-meter back title in 1:00.62, just off her 2014 meet record of 1:00.53. Georgia Davies finished second in 1:00.98 with Hosszu earning bronze in 1:01.12.

Zsuzsanna Jakabos raced her way to a 25.97 to win the women’s 50-meter free. Flora Molnar (26.04) and Chantal Senden (26.17) rounded out the podium.

Sophie Taylor pocketed the women’s 50-meter breast crown in 31.47 with Katie Matts (32.16) and Jolien Vermeylen (32.59) placing second and third.

Jay Lelliott clipped Stephen Milne, 15:15.15 to 15:15.27, in the men’s 1500-meter freestyle finale. Gergely Gyurta settled for third in 15:20.28.

Ben Proud hit the wall in 23.66 to win the men’s 50-meter fly, while Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh posted a second-place 23.86. Proud cleared his meet record of 23.69 with the swim. Adam Barrett took third in 24.35.

Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys crushed the meet record in the men’s 200-meter back with a 1:58.04. That swim destroyed the 1:59.16 set by Peter Bernek back in 2012. Craig McNally took second tonight in 1:59.11, also under the former record, and Lander Hendrickx finished third in 2:02.15.

Pieter Timmers touched out Jasper Aerents by the slimmest of margins in the men’s 100-meter free, 49.27 to 49.28, while Emmanuel Vanluchene took third in 49.76.

Roberto Pavoni clipped James Guy, 4:19.56 to 4:19.61, in the men’s 400-meter IM. Max Litchfield finished third in 4:22.08.

Louis Croenen took home the men’s 200-meter fly title in 1:57.83, while Laszlo Cseh earned second in 1:59.08. Cameron Brodie placed third in 2:00.48.

Christopher Walker-Hebborn hit the wall in 25.41 to win the men’s 50-meter back, while Liam Tancock took second in 25.81. Israel’s Jonatan Kopelev touched third in 26.04.

Flanders Speedo Cup, Day Two – Results

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