Katinka Hosszu, Chad le Clos Secure Second Cluster Wins in FINA World Cup

Photo Courtesy: Maria Dobysheva

MOSCOW, Russia, October 5. The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu walked away with the second cluster points victory with another strong night of swimming, while South Africa’s Chad le Clos held off USA’s Tom Shields to win the men’s points tally at the FINA World Cup in Moscow.

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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
• Mixed 200 free relay

Men’s 1500 free

Ukraine’s Sergiy Frolov picked up his first medal of the World Cup circuit with a 14:38.21 for the win in the metric mile.  Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta (14:46.29) and David Verraszto (14:53.13) also broke 15:00 to earn podium paychecks in the event.

China’s Li Yongwei (15:00.95), Sergey Strelnikov (15:03.64), Roman Kozhevnikov (15:15.96), Alexander Zotov (15:28.32) and Ilya Druzhinin (15:38.69) also finished in the top eight in the timed final event.

Frolov’s Splits

55.51, 1:53.50, 2:51.78, 3:50.34, 4:49.47, 5:48.55, 6:47.38, 7:46.44, 8:45.41, 9:44.04, 10:42.86, 11:41.33, 12:40.43, 13:39.66, 14:38.21.

Women’s 400 IM

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu, the world record holder in the event, picked up her fourth gold medal of the two-day meet with a 4:25.33, while Spain’s Mireia Belmonte snared her third medal overall with a silver-winning 4:27.34.

That’s Hosszu’s 100th victory in FINA World Cup competition, second only to record holder Martina Moravcova’s record 106 gold medals.

Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto has been equally as impressive as her compatriot with a consistent run of bronze medals.  She took home her fourth in Moscow with a 4:34.20.

China’s Bi Yirong (4:37.00), Alina Kendzior (4:44.42), Natalia Vinokurenkova (4:50.22), Diana Sheludchenko (4:52.65) and Polina Retyunskaya (4:55.04) closed out the top eight in the timed final event.

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Women’s 100 free

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker collected her third sprint victory of the meet with a 52.83 in the 100 free.  That’s seven sprint wins already in just two stops of the FINA World Cup as she continues to pile up the cash.

Denmark’s Julie Levisen hit the wall second in 53.39, while Russia’s Veronika Popova wound up third in 53.71 to round out the podium.

Russia’s Arina Openysheva (54.12), China’s Wu Yue (54.87), Russia’s Elizaveta Bazarova (54.96), China’s Zhu Jiayu (55.21) and Irina Shvaeva (55.49) also participated in the finale.

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Men’s 200 free

In a back-and-forth affair, Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes won his third gold medal of the meet with a time of 1:42.98 in the 200 free.  Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic settled for silver with a 1:43.92.

Mikhail Polishchuk earned his first medal of the circuit with a bronze-winning time of 1:45.16.

Australia’s Bobby Hurley (1:4.692), Russia’s Viacheslav Andrusenko (1:47.02), Ivan Alexeev (1:47.87), Evgeniy Ayzetullov (1:48.07) and Russia’s Aleksandr Kudashev (1:48.18) also competed in the championship heat.

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Women’s 50 breast

A pair of World Cup newcomers took the top two spots in the sprint breast as Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen touched out Natalia Ivaneeva, 30.83 to 30.88, for the title and the first-place paycheck.  Japan’s Rie Kaneto finished third overall in 31.02.

Denmark’s Louise Dalgaard (31.08), Daria Deeva (31.24), Maria Astashkina (31.62), Vitalina Simonova (31.67) and Vera Kalashnikova (31.72) placed fourth through eighth in the finale.

Men’s 100 breast

Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta held off a hard-charging Marco Koch of Germany, 57.20 to 57.38, for his second gold and third medal of the meet in Moscow.  Japan’s Yasuhiro Koseki closed out the podium with a third-place time of 58.22.

Kirill Prigoda (58.69), Sergei Geibel (58.80), Estonia’s Martin Liivamagi (59.44), Russia’s Andrei Nikolaev (59.50) and Alexander Polyanskiy (1:00.03) wound up fourth through eighth in the championship field.

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Men’s 100 fly

South Africa’s Chad le Clos cut Tom Shields’ cluster-two points lead down to 132-120 with a winning time of 48.99, while Shields placed second in 49.32.  That’s just half-a-second off Evgeny Korotyshkin’s world record of 48.48 from the 2009 Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup.  While le Clos still has a strong lead in the overall points, Shields is in the driver seat to win the $50,000 check for the second cluster of swimming.

Germany’s Steffen Deibler picked up the third-place paycheck with a 50.07, while Korotyshkin wound up fourth in 50.50.

Viacheslave Prudnikov (51.85), Finland’s Riku Poytaykivi (52.04), Russia’s Evgeny Koptelov (52.08) and Japan’s Masato Sakai (52.99) rounded out the championship field.

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Women’s 100 back

Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu snared her fifth gold of Moscow with a 56.63 to 56.80 touchout against Denmark’s Mie Nielsen, with the win representing her 101st ever in World Cup competition.  Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina clocked a 57.57 to take the other medal up for grabs.

Alina Kendzior (59.62), China’s Chen Jie (1:00.47), Irina Prikhodko (1:00.56), Polina Lapshina (1:01.21) and Polina Egorova (1:01.21) closed out the finale.

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Men’s 50 back

Germany’s Christian Diener won his second gold medal in Moscow with a time of 23.44 in the sprint backstroke, while Australia’s Bobby Hurley picked up a second-place check with a silver-winning time of 23.53.

USA’s Tom Shields, meanwhile, scored a big bronze medal in 23.83 as he stretched his cluster two points leader over Chad le Clos to 138-120.  Shields has had an amazing performance in Moscow thus far with seven total medals (1 G, 3 S, 3 B), and more to come throughout the night.

Russia’s Evgeny Rylov (24.21), Rustam Rybin (24.75), Pavel Kosmynin (24.80), Finland’s Sergei Haukka (25.08) and Latvia’s Pavels Vilcans (25.10) put up the rest of the top times in finals.

Women’s 200 fly

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu collected her sixth gold medal of the meet, and 102nd career World Cup victory, with a 2:02.99 in the women’s 200-meter fly tonight.  No one has been able to match Hosszu’s prize-swimming ability in the past three years, as she continues to prove that she is the pre-eminent prize-meet swimmer in the world.

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte took second in 2:04.01, her third silver and fourth medal here in Moscow, while Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto snared her fifth bronze medal of Moscow in 2:08.68.

China’s Xin Min (2:08.71), Maria Arsenyeva (2:12.33), Daria Shmokova (2:13.44), China’s Wang Liting (2:13.66) and Daria Budasova (2:15.46) also turned in times in the finale.

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Men’s 200 IM

Chad le Clos made a huge move to close the distance behind Tom Shields in the cluster two points race with a winning time of 1:52.72.  With Shields not swimming the 200 IM, le Clos banked 12 points to cut the gap to 138-132 with his fifth win of the meet.

Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes snared his fourth medal of Moscow with a second-place 1:53.13, while Japan’s Hiromasa Fujimori wound up third in 1:54.46.

Germany’s Marco Koch (1:56.56), Estonia’s Martin Liivamagi (1:56.69), Denmark’s Viktor Bromer (1:57.72), Kirill Prigoda (1:58.61) and Hungary’s David Verraszto (2:02.45) touched fourth through eighth tonight.

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Women’s 400 free

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte picked up her second gold and fifth medal overall here in Moscow with a 4:01.54 in the middle distance event.  She won by a wide margin with China’s Bi Yirong taking second in 4:03.47.  Anastasia Osipenko earned third-place honors in 4:06.56.

Katinka Hosszu missed her first podium of the meet with a fourth-place 4:09.87, while Russia’s Daria Mullakaeva (4:10.10), Valeria Salamatina (4:11.47), Daryna Zevina (4:16.27) and Anastasia Guzhenkova (4:17.67) closed out the finale.

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Men’s 50 free

Chad le Clos overtook Tom Shields for the cluster two points lead, 144-138, with a 21.33 to win the sprint freestyle finale.  That’s his sixth gold medal of the meet, and secured the second cluster victory.

Germany’s Steffen Deibler claimed second in 21.61 with Russia’s Oleg Tikhobaev earning third in 21.75.  Romania’s Marius Radu also cleared 22 seconds with a fourth-place time of 21.92.

Belarus’ Artyom Machekin (22.12), Russia’s Evgeny Rylov (22.26), Ivan Rybkin (22.31) and Evgeniy Ayzetullov (22.37) made up the rest of the finale field.

Women’s 200 breast

Japan’s Rie Kaneto won her second title of the meet with a 2:19.29 in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke, winning by more than two seconds in the process.

Russia’s Vitalina Simonova earned her first paycheck of the circuit with a second-place 2:21.52, while compatriot Maria Astashkina wound up third in 2:22.50.

Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen (2:23.60), Sofia Andreeva (2:25.71), Daria Chikunova (2:25.90), Natalie Ivaneeva (2:26.16) and Ukraine’s Olga Tovstogan (2:27.21) also vied for the title tonight.

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Women’s 100 IM

Facing a strong challenge from Denmark’s Mie Nielsen, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu still managed to overhaul the youngster to win the sprint medley, 58.93 to 59.34.  That’s Hosszu’s seventh gold of the meet and now 103rd career victory in World Cup competition.

Irina Shvaeva claimed her first World Cup medal with a bronze-winning 1:01.85, while Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto saw her bronze streak come to an end with a fourth-place time of 1:02.24.

Daria Kartashova (1:02.28), Daria U. Ustinova (1:02.60), Denmark’s Julie Levisen (1:03.88) and Vitalina Simonova (1:04.63) placed fifth through eighth.

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Men’s 200 back

Germany’s Christian Diener grabbed his third gold medal of Moscow with a 1:50.96 in the 200 back, while Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic finished second in 1:55.84. Nikita Babchenko placed third in 1:57.60 for his first World Cup medal.

China’s Wang Fu (1:57.85), Ukraine’s Sergiy Varvaruk (1:58.32), Roman Larin (1:58.57), Denis Kovalenko (1:59.73) and Ukraine’s Yegor Chornyy (2:00.36) comprised the other finishers in the finale.

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Women’s 50 fly

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker swept her selected sprint events again, winning her fourth gold as she powered her way to a 25.31 in the sprint fly.  Anastasia Lyazeva took second in 26.11, while Katinka Hosszu capped an amazing second cluster with a 26.29 for third, her 10th medal of the meet (7 G, 3 B).

Ekaterina Shapanikova (26.71), Daria Tcvetkova (26.72), Arina Surkova (27.02), Nika Godun (27.65), Margaryta Smirnova (28.10) rounded out the finale.

Mixed 200 free relay

Russia’s Oleg Tikhobaev (21.51), Viacheslav Prudnikov (21.86), Elizaveta Bazarova (24.48) and Veronika Popova (24.90) won the finale in 1:32.75 with Russia-St. Petersburg’s Evgeniy Ayzetullov (22.41), Daria Kartashova (25.32), Alexander Andreev (21.59) and Daria S. Ustinova (25.09) placing second in 1:34.41.

Russia-Moscow’s Evgeny Korotyshkin (22.22), Mikhail Polishchuk (21.59), Alina Kendzior (24.89) and Nadezhda Vinyukova (27.14) finished third in 1:35.84 with China’s Zhang Yangxin (23.04), Wu Yue (25.09), Wang Fu (23.35) and Zhu Jiayu (25.22) earning fourth in 1:36.70.

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