World Cup Records Fall on Day One of 2017 FINA World Cup Berlin

by Taylor Brien

06 August 2017, 08:23am

World Cup records tumbled down in the men’s 100 free and women’s 400 IM as Vladimir Morozov and Katinka Hosszu lowered the meet records en route to gold.

Sarah Sjostrom collected another two victories further solidifying her title of Sprint Queen.

FULL RESULTS

Schedule of events:

• Men’s 100 Breast
• Women’s 50 Fly
• Men’s 100 Free
• Women’s 400 IM
• Men’s 200 Back
• Women’s 50 Back
• Men’s 50 Fly
• Women’s 200 Free
• Men’s 1500 Free
• Women’s 200 Breast
• Men’s 200 IM

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Men’s 100 Breast

Kirill Prigoda of Russia maintained his spot at first in the men’s 100 breast with a narrow victory over South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh. Prigoda stopped the clock at a time of 56.35 over van der Burgh’s 56.38.

Belarus’ Ilya Shymanovich finished third overall with a time of 56.57, followed by Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli and his time of 56.81.

Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands took fifth with a 57.09, just ahead of Russia’s Anton Chupkov’s 57.43.

Fabian Schwingenschlogl and Belgium’s Basten Caerts rounded out the top eight with times of 57.57 and 57.99.

Women’s 50 Free

Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden continued to solidify her title as the sprint queen with a top showing in the women’s 50 free. Sjostrom powered to a time of 24.57 to be one of only two athletes beneath the 25-second mark.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands joined her beneath the 25-second mark with a 24.95 for second, followed by fellow Dutchwoman Maaike de Waard and her time of 25.24.

Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk finished fourth with a 25.36, while Kimberly Buys of Belgium was fifth with a 25.42.

Germany’s Aliena Schmidtke (25.64), Australia’s Emily Seebohm (25.65), and the Netherlands’ Kim Busch (26.00) completed the top eight.

Men’s 100 Free

Vladimir Morozov powered to a new World Cup meet record in the men’s 100 free with a new time of 45.23. The previous record was a 45.46 set in 2009 by Australia’s Matthew Abood.

South Africa’s Chad le Clos delivered a second place finish of 45.78, while Poland’s Kacper Majchrzak was third overall with a 46.19.

Dominik Kozma of Hungary took fourth with a 46.50, followed by the USA’s Tom Shields and his time of 46.58.

Poland’s Konrad Czerniak (47.02), the Netherlands’ Kyle Stolk (47.13), and Germany’s D. Wireline (47.73) were sixth through eighth.

Women’s 400 IM

Katinka Hosszu continued to flex her IM prowess with a top showing in the women’s 400 IM. Hosszu downed the previous World Cup meet record of 4:20.83 with a 4:19.82. She had set the previous record in 2014 at the Doha stop of the series.

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte collected silver in the 400 IM with a time of 4:22.55, while Australia’s Blair Evans was third with a 4:29.56.

Ilaria Cusinato of Italy was fourth overall with a 4:34.50, followed by the German duo of Maya Nadine Tobehn (4:35.61) and Franziska Hentke (4:35.96).

Italy’s Sarah Franceschi and Germany’s Alexandra Nathalie Wenk completed the top eight with times of 4:38.62 and 4:41.41 respectively.

Men’s 200 Back

Radoslaw Kawecki of Poland picked up first in the men’s 200 back with a time of 1:48.20, followed by Japan’s Masaki Kaneko and his time of 1:49.11.

Germany’s Christian Erik Diener finished third overall with a time of 1:49.30, just ahead of Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys’ 1:49.64.

Grigory Tarasevich of Russia turned in a time of 1:51.59 for fifth, while Poland’s Jakub Daniel Skierka took sixth with a 1:52.16.

Australa’s Mitch Larkin and Poland’s Tomasz Polewka were seventh and eighth with times of 1:52.69 and 1:53.26.

Women’s 50 Back

Emily Seebohm of Australia turned in the top time in the women’s 50 back, stopping the clock at a time of 26.15.

Dutch teammates Kira Toussaint and Maaike de Waard picked up second and third place finishes with times of 26.24 and 26.55.

Mimosa Jallow of Finland finished fourth with a 26.56, while the Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo was fifth with a 26.64.

Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (26.82), Nadine Laemmler (26.82), and Colombia’s Isabella Arcila Hurtado (26.91) were sixth through eighth.

Men’s 50 Fly

South Africa’s Chad le Clos flew to first in the men’s 50 fly with a time of 22.32, followed closely by Yauhen Tsurkin of Belarus and his time of 22.49.

Adam Barrett of Great Britain was third with a 22.53, while the USA’s Tom Shields finished fourth with a time of 22.67.

Lithuania’s Deividas Margevicius grabbed fifth with a time of 22.70, followed by Finland’s Riku Poytakivi’s 22.84.

Joeri Verlinden of the Netherlands and Konrad Czerniak of Poland were seventh and eighth with times of 22.94 and 22.95 respectively.

Women’s 200 Free

Sarah Sjostrom collected her second win of the day with a top showing in the women’s 200 free. Sjostrom delivered a time of 1:51.56 for gold, followed by World Champion Federica Pellegrini and her time of 1:52.05.

Femke Heemskerk of the Netherlands grabbed bronze with a time of 1:52.23, while Australia’s Mikkayla Paige Sheridan finished fourth with a 1:55.01. Fellow Australian Carla Buchanan took fifth with a 1:55.08.

The Netherlands’ Robin Neumann (1:55.72), Australia’s Blair Evans (1:56.48), and the Netherlands’ Marjolein Delno (1:56.60) were sixth through eighth.

Men’s 1500 Free

Italy’s Gabriele Detti swam away with the competition in finals of the men’s 1500 free, posting a final time of 14:18.33. Norway’s Henrik Christiansen grabbed second overall with a time of 14:21.53, while Poland’s Wojciech Wojdak took third with a 14:30.57.

Germany’s Florian Wellbrock posted a time of 14:33.25 for fourth, followed by Ruwen Straub’s time of 14:39.38.

Russia’s Ilia Druzhinin (14:54.15), the Netherlands’ Ferry Weertman (14:58.88), and the Netherlands’ Maarten Brzoskowski (15:07.83) completed the top eight.

Women’s 200 Breast

Alia Atkinson of Jamaica turned in a top showing of 2:18.96 in the women’s 200 breast finals. She was joined on the podium by Denmark’s Rikke Pedersen and Belgium’s Fanny Lecluyse. Pedersen stopped the clock at a time of 2:19.52, just ahead of Lecluyse’s 2:19.96.

Australia’s Aisling Louise Scott finished fourth overall with a 2:24.64, while France’s Camille Dauba was fifth with a 2:25.06.

Italy’s Martina Carraro (2:25.78), Germany’s Anna Kroniger (2:27.71), and Italy’s Arianna Castiglioni (2:28.82) rounded out the top eight.

Men’s 200 IM

Germany’s Philip Heintz propelled to gold in front of a home crowd in finals of the men’s 200 IM, stopping the clock at a time of 1:52.64.

Russia’s Kirill Prigoda added a silver to his collection with a time of 1:54.05, while Hong Kong’s Kenneth To rounded out the podium with a 1:54.97.

Kyle Stolk of the Netherlands posted a fourth place finish of 1:55.27, just ahead of Australia’s Clyde Lewis and his time of 1:55.30.

Japan’s Masaki Kaneko (1:55.37), Italy’s Federico Turrini (1:55.84), and Australia’s Mitch Larkin (1:57.46) were sixth through eighth respectively.

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