World Cup, Moscow: Day Two Finals

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MOSCOW, Russia, November 3. THE second day of short course meter finals action is complete at the World Cup stop in Moscow.

Men's 1500 free
Faroes' Pal Joensen took home the distance crown with a time of 14:50.66. He's been swifter this year with a fifth-ranked season best of 14:47.39 at the Berlin stop. Sergey Bolshakov wound up second this evening in 14:53.85, while Ukraine's Sergiy Frolov placed third in 14:54.27.

Alexander Shimin (15:09.76), Ukraine's Oleksandr Lutchenko (15:12.15), Ukraine's Maksym Shemberev (15:17.18), Andrey Dmitriev (15:36.87) and Maxim Sedov (15:48.83) also competed in the event.

Women's 100 free
Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen cruised to victory in 53.63 to move into the top 15, while Veronika Popova (54.10) and Margarita Nesterova (54.35) placed second and third.

Sweden's Michelle Coleman (54.75), Anastasia Akesnova (54.92), Svetlana Fedulova (54.93), Ukraine's Darya Stepanyuk (55.36) and Natalia Lovtsova (55.73) completed the championship heat.

Men's 200 free
Danila Izotov rose to the top of the world rankings with a winning 1:42.77. That swim crushed the previously top-ranked time of 1:43.93 set by Takeshi Matsuda during the Tokyo stop. Alexander Sukhorukov picked up second place in 1:44.82 to move to 12th in the world rankings, while Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski rounded out the podium in 1:45.01.

Mikhail Polishchuk (1:45.04), Evgeny Lagunov (1:45.12), Artem Lobuzov (1:46.39), Vitaly Syrnikov (1:46.86) and Andrey Ushakov (1:47.00) picked up the other finale swims.

Women's 50 breast
Yuliya Efimova raced to victory in 30.28, just missing her top-ranked season best of 30.16 set on the Berlin stop. Ekaterina Baklakova swam to second in 31.21, while Daria Deeva touched third in 31.32.

Valentina Artemyeva (31.35), Ekaterina Burdina (31.65), Germany's Kerstin Vogel (31.69), Natalia Geraskina (32.18) and Anna Kuzmicheva (32.25) made up the rest of the finale.

Men's 100 breast
Stanislav Lakhtyukhov touched out Brazil's Joao Gomes Jr., 58.92 to 58.94, for the title. Grigory Falko wound up third in 59.52 to complete the podium places.

Maksim Shcherbakov (59.72), Ukraine's Andriy Kovalenko (59.83), Mikhail Lapshin (59.88), Aleksandr Triznov (1:00.15) and Brazil's Raphael Rodrigues (1:00.15) also vied for the title.

Women's 400 IM
USA's Julia Smit enjoyed an easy triumph in the distance medley with a 4:31.45. She's been quicker with a 4:27.70 set on the Tokyo stop. Yana Martynova finished a distant second in 4:38.09, while Anna Markova snared third in 4:45.99.

Kristina Krasyukova (4:48.51), Valentina Zapatrina (4:49.08), Natalia Vinokurenkova (4:49.86), Irina Nazarova (4:51.02) and Nataliya Martynova (4:52.68) made up the top eight.

Men's 100 fly
Evgeny Korotyshkin cleared 51 seconds for the victory in 50.99. He came up short of his second-ranked season best of 50.75 set in Berlin. Germany's Steffen Deibler picked up second in 51.71, with the top-ranked 50.43 to his credit. Nikolay Skvortsov earned the final podium spot with a 51.78.

South Africa's Lyndon Ferns (51.82), Vladislav Seryy (52.50), Ivan Udalov (53.18), Alexander Spiridonov (53.45) and Alexander Vorobyev (53.52) finished fourth through eighth.

Women's 100 back
Ukraine's Daryna Zevina edged Kseniya Moskvina, 58.92 to 58.93, for the win. Japan's Marie Kamimura placed third in 59.34.

Maria Gromova (59.48), Anastasia Zueva (59.53), Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry (59.58), Japan's Mai Harada (1:00.64) and Alexandra Papusha (1:01.22) turned in the rest of the championship swims.

Men's 50 back
Stanislav Donets earned another close victory over Vitaly Borisov, 23.75 to 23.79, in the sprint back. Arkady Vyatchanin captured third place overall in 23.89.

Sergey Makov (23.99), Mikhail Noskov (24.31), Artem Dubovskoy (24.50), Germany's Christian Diener (24.82) and Anton Butymov (25.09) comprised the rest of the championship field.

Women's 200 fly
The U.S. went 1-2-8 in the finale with Elaine Breeden winning in 2:06.36 and Jasmine Tosky taking second in 2:07.23. Celina Li capped the finale with an eighth-place 2:15.63.

South Africa's Mandy Loots (2:07.56), Anastasia Lyazeva (2:11.32), Ukraine's Anna Yevchak (2:13.55), Anna Kiseleva (2:14.04) and Daria Shmakova (2:15.58) also swam in the championship heat.

Men's 200 IM
Brazil's Thiago Pereira, the World Cup points leader, kept marching to the $100,000 grand prize with a winning 1:54.26 in the 200 medley. He knocked off South Africa's Darian Townsend, who placed second in 1:54.75. Dmitry Zhilin took third overall in 1:57.35.

Alexander Tikhonov (1:57.76), China's Sun Han (2:00.23), Sergey Kashperskiy (2:00.86) and Maxim Redkov (2:01.33) finished fourth through seventh. Dmitry Gorbunov was disqualified.

Women's 400 free
Elena Sokolova picked up the middle distance crown with a 4:07.44, while Ukraine's Valeriya Podlisna took second in 4:08.37. USA's Catherine Breed finished third in 4:08.51.

Alexandra Veselova (4:10.20), Elizaveta Gorshkova (4:11.64), USA's Allison Brown (4:14.64), Regina Sych (4:17.89) and Anna Guseva (4:18.19) completed the championship field.

Men's 50 free
South Africa's Roland Schoeman clinched the splash-and-dash crown with a 21.50. Nikita Konovalov (21.67) and Sergey Fesikov (21.75) rounded out the top three.

Evgeny Lagunov (21.92), Vitaly Syrnikov (21.97), Ukraine's Andriy Govorov (22.07), Andrey Arbuzov (22.18) and Albert Maltsev (22.55) earned fourth through eighth.

Women's 200 breast
Another close call came in the 200 breast with Japan's Keiko Fukudome clipping Anastasia Chaun, 2:23.37 to 2:23.63. Vitalina Simonova earned third-place overall in 2:25.23.

Olga Detenyuk (2:26.07), Valentina Artemyeva (2:26.33), Ekaterina Baklakova (2:26.71), Japan's Kanako Watanabe (2:28.37) and Ekaterina Vinokurova (2:29.77) picked up the fourth through eighth spots.

Women's 100 IM
The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder raced to victory in the sprint medley with a 1:00.17. USA's Julia Smit kept racking up the podiums with a second-place 1:00.38, while Ekaterina Andreeva touched third in 1:01.23.

Daria Belyakina (1:01.52), Kristina Kochetkova (1:01.88), Polina Kiseleva (1:02.39), Aleksandra Musienko (1:02.54) and USA's Jasmine Tosky (1:02.69) claimed fourth through eighth.

Men's 200 back
Arkady Vyatchanin cruised to a win in the distance dorsal with a 1:51.44, while South Africa's George Du Rand touched second in 1:52.49. Artem Dubovskoy claimed third in 1:53.11.

Poland's Radoslaw Kawecki (1:53.24), Japan's Kosuke Hagino (1:53.93), Anton Anchin (1:55.64), Colombia's Omar Pinzon (1:56.15) and Germany's Christian Diener (1:59.65) also swam in finals.

Women's 50 fly
World Cup points leader Therese Alshammar of Sweden sent the circuit back to the final stop in Stockholm with a winning 25.43 in the sprint fly. She just missed her top-ranked season best of 25.24. Denmark's Jeanette Ottesen finished second in 25.73, while USA's Elaine Breeden earned third in 26.64.

Svetlana Fedulova (26.75), The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder (26.76), Irina Bespalova (26.88), Ukraine's Nadiya Koba (27.13) and Yulia Mantseva (27.23) posted the rest of the championship swims.

Day Two Finals Results

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