Laszlo Cseh, Gabriele Detti Among Top Seeds in Day 3 Prelims Heat Sheets

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Heat sheets are now available for day three prelims of the 2017 FINA World Championships. On the schedule for the start of day three is the men’s 50 breast, women’s 200 free, men’s 200 fly and men’s 800 free.

PRELIMS HEAT SHEETS

The shortest race of the morning will feature the defending World Champion Adam Peaty. Peaty will be swimming fresh off his gold-medal winning 100 breast, where he neared his world record. Young Italian breaststroke sensation, Nicolo’ Martinenghi, will be present in prelims, while fellow breaststroke aces Kevin Cordes, Joao Gomes Junior, and Cameron van der Burgh also enter with quick times.

Defending Olympic Gold Medallist and World Champion Katie Ledecky enters as the top seed in the women’s 200 free with a 1:53.73. World Record holder Federica Pellegrini holds the second fastest seed with a 1:54.55.

Fellow 2016 silver medallists Laszlo Cseh and Chad le Clos will begin their quest towards butterfly gold as two of the fastest seeds in the 200 fly heats. Japan’s Masato Sakai and Hungary’s Tamas Kenderesi are also top seeds.

The morning session will end with the preliminary heats of the men’s 1500 free as Italy’s Gabriele Detti hosts the fastest seed time at a 7:41.64. Fellow Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri holds the second fastest seed time at a 7:442.33.

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Shaheen Alghofari
6 years ago

Joe Stott Betsy Perry that height

Joe Stott
6 years ago

Best technique in the world

Shaheen Alghofari
6 years ago

It got him many silver’s back off

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