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Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi led the way through the women’s 200-meter fly semis at the 2015 FINA World Championships.
Hoshi touched out Germany’s Franziska Hentke in the second semifinal, 2:06.36 to 2:06.64, with the pair finishing 1-2 heading into finals.
Hentke has the world best time this year with a 2:05.26, her personal best effort that also stands as the German record. Hoshi, meanwhile, has much more in the tank with a 2:04.69 lifetime best that is the Japanese record from 2012.
The pair could push each other to challenge Jessicah Schipper’s meet record of 2:03.41 from the 2009 World Championships.
Hungary’s Liliana Szilagyi turned in a third-seeded time of 2:07.05, while China’s Zhang Yufei snared the fourth seed in 2:07.08.
USA’s Katie McLaughlin (2:07.52), USA’s Cammile Adams (2:07.57), Australia’s Brianna Throssell (2:07.57) and China’s Zhou Yilin (2:07.69) qualified fifth through eighth to make up the rest of the championship heat tomorrow.
In a bit of a stunner, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu fell to 13th with a 2:08.91 as she looks to be worse for wear after her historic world record in the women’s 200-meter IM.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Men’s 100 free semis
- Women’s 50 back semis
- Men’s 200 fly finals
- Women’s 200 free finals
- Men’s 50 breast finals
- Women’s 200 fly semis
- Men’s 200 IM semis
- Men’s 800 free finals
- Mixed 400 medley relay finals
