Michelle Coleman Rips a 24.2 50 Free at World Cup Berlin; Toussaint Breaks Another Dutch Record

by Andy Ross

11 October 2019, 12:10pm

Michelle Coleman of Sweden swam a stellar 24.26 in the 50 free on the first day of the 2019 FINA World Cup in Berlin as she moved into the top ten in the world for 2019 with that time, putting her at number seven. Coleman lowered her own best time by three tenths as she was a 24.5 last week in Budapest. She was a 24.9 at the World Championships earlier this summer but has since gone much quicker as the 24.2 she posted today would have put her fifth in the Worlds final. It was an impressive swim for the 25-year-old, who will turn 26 on Halloween, as she beat 2012 Olympic champ Ranomi Kromowidjojo (24.65) and Worlds bronze medalist Cate Campbell (24.87).

2019 World Rankings (50 free)

1. 23.78, Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
2. 24.00, Cate Campbell, AUS
3. 24.05, Simone Manuel, USA
4. 24.08, Pernille Blume, DEN
5. 24.17, Bronte Campbell, AUS
6. 24.25, Emma McKeon, AUS
7. 24.26, Michelle Coleman, SWE
8. 24.31, Mariia Kameneva, RUS
9. 24.34, Anna Hopkin, GBR
10. 24.35, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED

Kira Toussaint claimed another World Cup win and also broke her week-old Dutch record in the 50 back with a 27.49. Toussaint was a 27.68 in Budapest last week and went a few tenths quicker this week in Berlin, moving herself up to fourth in the world rankings. The 50 back is still not an Olympic event, but had she swum that time at the World Championships, she would have won the bronze medal. Toussaint was eighth in Gwangju with a 27.85.

The Dutch continued to have a solid meet in Berlin as Arno Kamminga swam a 59.15 in the 100 breast, just off his 59.0 from last week in Hungary, but he had a good race with Serbia’s Caba Siladi (59.71).

Japan’s Ryosuke Irie continued to show off his consistency with a 1:56.46 in the 200 back to win by three seconds. That was actually faster than what Irie swam to get fifth at the World Championships by less than a tenth. His season best time of 1:55.7 keeps him tied for sixth in the world for the year.

Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys and Russia’s Vladimir Morozov continued to vie for the top spot in the World Cup rankings as Rapsys won the 400 free (3:47.65) and Morozov won the 50 (21.55). Morozov has the lead in the World Cup standings ahead of Rapsys and USA’s Andrew Wilson, who is instead in Naples at the International Swimming League meet in Italy. Morozov will take off to Texas next week where he will be swimming in his ISL debut with Katinka Hosszu’s Team Iron while Rapsys will stay and do the next World Cup stop in Kazan, Russia November 1-3.

Results from the rest of the session at the 2019 FINA World Cup Berlin.

Women’s 400 Free

1		SEEMANOVA	Barbora	CZE	4:10.06
2		GOUGH	Maddy	AUS	4:10.13
3		ACKMAN	Aly	CAN	4:11.25
4		KULLMANN	Leonie Marlen	CLB	4:14.72
5		DURAES	Diana	POR	4:15.30
6		CUSINATO	Ilaria	ITA	4:15.54
7		PEREZ BLANCO	Jimena	ESP	4:15.64
8		KNOP	Aleksandra	POL	4:17.33

Men’s 400 Free

1		RAPSYS	Danas	LTU	3:47.65
2		WELLBROCK	Florian	GER	3:48.98
2		MILAK	Kristof	HUN	3:48.98
4		IKARI	Yuki	JPN	3:53.36
5		CELIC	Vuk	SRB	3:53.74
6		HAFNAOUI	Ahmed	TUN	3:54.39
7		WOJDAK	Wojciech	POL	3:54.71
8		POTHAIN	Jordan	FRA	3:54.82

Women’s 50 Back

1		TOUSSAINT	Kira	NED	27.49
2		RUCK	Taylor	CAN	28.31
3		KROMOWIDJOJO	Ranomi	NED	28.48
4		ZHANG	Wenwen	CHN	28.59
5		ROAS	Johanna	CLB	28.71
6		HENDERSON	Hanna	CAN	28.77
7		LAHL	Jenny	CLB	29.09
8		DE LUCCAS	Natalia	BRA	29.14

Men’s 200 Back

1		IRIE	Ryosuke	JPN	1:56.46
2		FRANTA	Tomas	CZE	1:59.91
3		TARASEVICH	Grigory	RUS	1:59.93
4		FRASER-HOLMES	Thomas	AUS	2:00.22
5		REITSHAMMER	Bernhard	AUT	2:00.60
6		MARTENS	Lukas	CLB	2:00.61
7		TSMYH	Mikita	BLR	2:00.71
8		DESPLANCHES	Jeremy	SUI	2:01.48

Women’s 200 Fly

1		HOSSZU	Katinka	HUN	2:09.13
2		JAKABOS	Zsuzsanna	HUN	2:09.30
3		HUFNAGL	Claudia	AUT	2:10.57
4		TAYLOR	Laura	AUS	2:11.45
5		PUJADAS	Julia	ESP	2:12.48
6		VERRASZTO	Evelin	HUN	2:12.83
7		JERNSTEDT	Edith	SWE	2:14.61

Men’s 100 Fly

1		MILAK	Kristof	HUN	51.78
2		MAJERSKI	Jakub	POL	52.37
3		SZABO	Szebasztian	HUN	52.52
4		PAKHOMOV	Daniil	RUS	52.93
5		KLENZ	Ramon	CLB	53.06
6		LIENDO	Joshua	CAN	53.13
7		BURDISSO	Federico	ITA	53.19
8		HOCKIN	Benjamin	PAR	53.84

Women’s 200 Breast

1		VALL MONTERO	Jessica	ESP	2:27.14
2		GARCIA URZAINQUI	Marina	ESP	2:27.82
3		TRNIKOVA	Nikoleta	SVK	2:28.91
4		HORSKA	Kristyna	CZE	2:30.98
5		GUTTMANN	Elena	AUT	2:31.66
6		HALLMANN	Weronika	POL	2:31.78
7		PAMMER	Cornelia	AUT	2:33.70
8		CUSINATO	Ilaria	ITA	2:33.78

Men’s 100 Breast

1		KAMMINGA	Arno	NED	59.15
2		SILADI	Caba	SRB	59.71
3		SIDLAUSKAS	Andrius	LTU	1:00.17
4		ZHANG	Ruixuan	CHN	1:00.46
5		BJERG	Tobias	DEN	1:00.66
6		MUSTAFIN	Vladislav	UZB	1:00.92
7		WATANABE	Ippei	JPN	1:01.13
8		KOHINATA	Kazuki	JPN	1:02.14

Women’s 50 Free

1		COLEMAN	Michelle	SWE	24.26
2		KROMOWIDJOJO	Ranomi	NED	24.65
3		CAMPBELL	Cate	AUS	24.87
4		OMOTO	Rika	JPN	25.46
5		KARAKOUSKAYA	Nastassia	BLR	25.70
6		SEEMANOVA	Barbora	CZE	25.72
7		OZBILEN	Selen	TUR	26.02
8		ROAS	Johanna	CLB	26.12

Men’s 50 Free

1		MOROZOV	Vladimir	RUS	21.55
2		MATSUI	Kosuke	JPN	21.93
3		ANDREW	Michael	USA	22.03
4		LOBANOVSKIJ	Maxim	HUN	22.15
5		TJON-A-JOE	Renzo	SUR	22.35
6		PUTS	Jesse	NED	22.36
7		GROUSSET	Maxime	FRA	22.39
8		SEELIGER	Bjoern	SWE	22.54

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