Katinka Hosszu Sets Herself Up For Another Huge Night at FINA World Cup in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia, October 5.A day after Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu and USA’s Tom Shields each collected five medals, the two were back to set themselves up for another strong night of swimming during night two of 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

Men’s 1500 free slower heat

Alexander Zotov had the top time in the slower seeded heat with a 15:28.32, while Ilya Druzhinin finished second in 15:38.69. Roman Yusupov placed third in 15:50.47. Hong Kong’s Oscar Chi (15:57.61) and Singapore’s Benedict Boon (16:09.71) rounded out the first heat.

Women’s 400 IM slower heat

Kristina Stukova (4:57.18) and Dinara Gimazetdinova (5:02.05) competed in the slower seeded heat of the distance medley.

Women’s 100 free

Russia’s Veronika Popova topped prelims with a time of 53.83, but will have some serious competition with World Cup sprint queen Inge Dekker qualifying second in 54.01.

Denmark’s Julie Levisen touched third in 54.80 with Russia’s Arina Openysheva claiming fourth in 55.05.

Russia’s Elizaveta Bazarova (55.14), China’s Wu Yue (55.18), China’s Zhu Jiayu (55.69) and Irina Shvaeva (55.73) also made the finale.

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Men’s 200 free

Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes clinched the top seed in the event with a 1:46.98 this morning, while Mikhail Polishchuk clocked in second with a 1:47.11.

Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (1:47.52) and Russia’s Viacheslav Andrusenko (1:47.88) took third and fourth.

Australia’s Bobby Hurley (1:47.91), Evgeniy Ayzetullov (1:48.16), Ivan Alexeev (1:48.24) and Russia’s Aleksandr Kudashev (1:48.53) will also competed in the finale.

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Women’s 50 breast

Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen stopped the clock in 30.95 to top preliminary qualifying in the sprint breaststroke event, while Denmark’s Louise Dalgaard touched second in 31.06.  Japan’s Rie Kaneto wound up third in 31.35.

Natalia Ivaneeva (31.42), Russia’s Maria Astaskina (31.55), Daria Deeva (31.64), Vera Kalashnikova (31.87) and Russia’s Vitalina Simonova (31.88) all moved on to the championship heat as well.

Men’s 100 breast

A strong top trio emerged from prelims in the 100 breast with Germany’s Marco Koch (58.95), Japan’s Yasuhiro Koseki (59.14) and Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta (59.39) each winning their own heats to finish 1-2-3.

Kirill Prigoda (59.56), Sergei Geibel (59.64), Estonia’s Martin Liivamagi (59.75), Russia’s Andrei Nikolaev (59.76) and Alexander Polyanskiy (1:00.07) also transferred into the finale.

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Men’s 100 fly

Germany’s Steffen Deibler put up the top time in the morning with a 51.55, followed closely behind by FINA World Cup points leader Chad le Clos (51.61).  Russia’s Evgeny Korotyshkin also broke 52 seconds this morning with a 51.69 for third.

Russia’s Viacheslav Prudnikov (52.10) and Finland’s Riku Poytaykiki (52.20) took fourth and fifth, while cluster two points leader Tom Shields of the U.S. kept his powder dry with a sixth-place 52.67.

Russia’s Evgeny Koptelov (52.74) and Japan’s Masato Sakai (53.01) also made finals.

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Women’s 100 back

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu got on track this morning with a 57.60 to lead the field into the finale this evening.  Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (57.74) and Denmark’s Mie Nielsen (57.99) also posted 57s to round out the top three.

China’s Chen Jie (1:00.06), Russia’s Polina Lapshina (1:00.39), Polina Egorova (1:00.47), Irina Prikhodko (1:00.67) and Alina Kendzior (1:00.68) qualified fourth through eighth.

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Men’s 50 back

Germany’s Christian Diener posted a 23.78 to top the sprint backstroke qualifying this morning, while Australia’s Bobby Hurley took second in 24.14.  Russia’s Evgeny Rylov wound up third in 24.66 with USA’s Tom Shields finishing fourth in 24.72.

Rusam Rybin (24.89), Pavel Kosmynin (24.95), Finland’s Sergei Haukka (25.08) and Latvia’s Pavels Vilcans (25.09) rounded out the top eight.

Women’s 200 fly

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte had the top time of the morning with a 2:10.86, while Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (2:11.94) and Katinka Hosszu (2:13.02) qualified second and third.  Look for Hosszu to turn on the jets tonight during finals.

China’s Xin Min (2:13.53), Daria Shmakov (2:14.14), Maria Arsenyeva (2:14.16), Daria Budasova (2:14.99) and Wang Liting (2:15.63) finished fourth through eighth on their way to finals.

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Men’s 200 IM

South Africa’s Chad le Clos will be giving USA’s Tom Shields a major run for the second cluster points win tonight as he collected another finals spot with a 1:57.22 in the 200 IM.  Germany’s Marco Koch took second in 1:57.24 with Estonia’s Martin Liivamagi (1:57.66) and Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:57.74) also turning in 1:57s.

Japan’s Hiromasa Fujirmori (1:58.80), Kirill Prigoa (1:58.90), Hungary’s David Verraszto (1:58.96) and Denmark’s Viktor Bromer (1:59.04) also made their way into the championship heat.

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Women’s 400 free

Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu continued steamrolling her way to even more of FINA’s money as she clocked a 4:04.61 to lead qualifying in the middle distance event.  Spain’s Mireia Belmonte qualified second in 4:05.97 and should be the only swimmer to challenge Hosszu tonight.

China’s Bi Yirong (4:12.28), Russia’s Veronika Popova (4:14.26), Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (4:14.37), Anastasia Osipenko (4:14.55), Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina (4:15.03) and Russia’s Daria Mullakaeva (4:16.11) will be left to battle it out for bronze.

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Men’s 50 free

Oleg Tikhobaev posted the top time of the morning in the sprint free with a 21.52, while Germany’s Steffen Deibler clocked a 21.86 to join him under 22 seconds in prelims.

Romania’s Marius Radu (22.08) and Belarus’ Artyom Machekin (22.19) qualified third and fourth in the sprint.

Ivan Rybkin (22.33), South Africa’s Chad le Clos (22.33), Evgeniy Ayzetullov (22.35) and Russia’s Evgeny Rylov (22.38) all snared spots in the finale as well.

Women’s 200 breast

Russia’s Vitalina Simonova put up the top time of prelims with a 2:21.93, while Japan’s Rie Kaneto cruised into second in 2:22.43.  Russia’s Maria Astashkina wound up third overall in 2:23.14.

Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen (2:24.07, Natalie Ivaneeva (2:27.04), Ukraine’s Olga Tovstogan (2:28.19), Daria Chikunova (2:28.32) and Sofia Andreeva (2:28.46) qualified fourth through eighth.

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Women’s 100 IM

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu collected another top seed as she clocked a 1:00.24 in the sprint medley.  Denmark’s Mie Nielsen hit the wall second in 1:01.21 with Irina Shvaeva taking third in 1:01.69.

Russia’s Vitalina Simonova (1:02.36) and Daria S. Ustinova (1:02.44) took fourth and fifth, while Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto placed sixth in 1:02.47.

Daria Kartashova (1:02.50) and Denmark’s Julie Levisen (1:03.41) also earned their way into finals.

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Men’s 200 back

It took a sub-2:00 time to make finals with Germany’s Christian Diener leading the way in 1:58.03.  Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic placed second in 1:58.87.  Roman Larin qualified right behind in third in 1:58.89.

Nikita Babchenko (1:59.14), China’s Wang Fu (1:59.56), Ukraine’s Sergiy Varvaruk (1:59.62), Denis Kovalenko (1:59.75) and Ukraine’s Yegor Chornyy (1:59.78) claimed the rest of the lanes in the finale.

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Women’s 50 fly

As has been standard on the tour thus far, The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker topped the sprint fly with a 25.86.  Anastasia Lyazeva took second in 26.21 with Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu racking up another final with a third-place 26.73.

Daria Tcvetkova (27.04), Arina Surkova (27.22), Ekaterina Shapanikova (27.25), Ukraine’s Margaryta Smirnova (27.52) and Nika Godun (27.53) will also compete for the title.

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