World Cup, Singapore: Thiago Pereira Wins Fourth Title During Day Two Finals

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SINGAPORE, October 17. THE second day of short course meter finals swimming is complete at the World Cup stop in Singapore.

Men's 1500 free
Brazil's Lucas Kanieski topped the distance freestyle event in 14:45.65 to improve his third-ranked season best of 14:49.40 from the Jose Finkel Trophy Meet last month. Australia's Travis Nederpelt finished second overall in 15:06.82, while teammate Shane Asbury took third in 15:17.98.

Singapore's Sheng Jun Pang (15:30.07), Singapore's Brandon Boon (16:02.47), Indonesia's Pratama Siahaan (16:30.69) and Singapore's Leonis Lau (16:53.54) also swam in the event.

Women's 100 free
Australia went 1-2 in the event with Kotuku Ngawati winning the title in 53.55 and Marieke Guehrer touching a close second in 53.60. Ngawati moved to sixth in the world rankings, while Guehrer remained fifth with her season best of 53.54 from the Aussie Short Course meet in July. The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder rounded out the podium with a 53.63.

Brazil's Tatiana Lemos-Barbosa (53.98), Finland's Hanna-Maria Seppala (54.52), USA's Madison Kennedy (55.41), China's Zhang Jiaqi (55.48) and China's Zheng Yifei (56.17) finished fourth through eighth.

Men's 200 free
South Africa's Darian Townsend just missed his top-ranked season best of 1:44.27 with a triumphant time of 1:44.30 tonight. Canada's Brian Johns claimed second in 1:44.63 to move to third in the world, while Australia's Kyle Richardson finished third in 1:44.67 to tie for fourth in the rankings.

Switzerland's Dominik Meichtry (1:44.74), New Zealand's Michael Jack (1:47.42), Russia's Mikhail Polishchuk (1:47.60), Switzerland's Alexandre Liess (1:49.28) and Australia's Shane Asbury (1:51.31) also vied for the title.

Women's 50 breast
World-record holder Jessica Hardy of the U.S. crushed the field in the sprint breast with a winning 30.35. She's been a bit faster this year with a top-ranked 30.21 from the Jose Finkel Trophy Meet. Sweden's Jennie Johansson placed second in 30.92, while Germany's Dorothea Brandt also cleared 31 seconds with a third-place 30.97. Johansson has been sub-31 this year with a fourth-ranked season best of 30.68, while Brandt became the seventh member of the 30-second club this year.

Japan's Nanaka Tamura (31.46), Germany's Kerstin Vogel (31.61), Singapore's Cheryl Lim (33.95) and Singapore's Natasha Lin Low (34.81) finished fourth through eighth.

Men's 100 breast
South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh, the world-record holder in the event, won by more than a second with a 57.82. He came up just short of his second-ranked season best of 57.75 set in Beijing. Japan's Naoya Tomita (58.84) and Kazuki Otsuka (59.73) were the only other swimmers to clear 1:00 in the finale to finish second and third.

Russia's Grigory Falko (1:00.02), Indonesia's Nicko Biondi (1:01.98), Singapore's Lionel Khoo (1:02.18), Singapore's Kenneth Lim (1:02.71) and Singapore's Mark Tan (1:03.10) made up the rest of the finale.

Women's 400 IM
USA's Julia Smit dominated the finale with a 4:28.72 to improve upon her second-ranked season best of 4:28.92. Only Ye Shiwen has been faster with a 4:28.67 this year. South Africa's Jessica Pengelly (4:36.37) and Kathryn Meaklim (4:42.62) finished second and third.

Singapore's Meagan Lim (4:58.68), Liechenstein's Julia Hassler (5:01.35), Indonesia's Fibriani Marita (5:03.67), Singapore's Ting Ting Koh (5:05.86) and Indonesia's Yessy Yosaputra (5:06.62) placed fourth through eighth.

Men's 100 fly
Germany's Steffen Deibler (50.92) and Japan's Kohei Kawamoto (50.99) cleared 51 seconds for first and second. Both have been faster with the first and second-ranked times in the world this year, 50.67 and 50.78, respectively. Sweden's Lars Frolander finished third in 51.17.

Switzerland's Nico Van Duijn (53.53), Brazil's Andre Brasil Esteves (55.52), Singapore's Dzulhaili Mohd Kamal (56.55) and Indonesia's Brian Howard (56.96) grabbed the rest of the championship heat finishes.

Women's 100 back
USA's Natalie Coughlin claimed the title in 57.78 to push to fourth in the world rankings. Emily Seebohm (56.58), Gao Chang (57.45) and Belinda Hocking (57.67) are the only swimmers faster. Australia's Rachel Goh (58.35) and New Zealand's Melissa Ingram (58.42) placed second and third.

Germany's Jenny Mensing (59.88), Australia's Kotuku Ngawati (1:00.11), Finland's Anni Alitalo (1:03.41), Singapore's Lynette Ng (1:03.54) and Indonesia's Yessy Yosaputra (1:04.32) finished fourth through eighth.

Men's 50 back
USA's Peter Marshall (23.57) and Randall Bal (23.75) went 1-2 in the sprint back. They hold the same positions in the world rankings, 23.38 and 23.46, respectively. Australia's Hayden Stoeckel completed the top three with a 23.89.

Brazil's Guilherme Guido (23.93), Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin (24.20), Japan's Kazuki Watanabe (25.14), Indonesia's Gede Sudartawa (25.77) and Indonesia's Guntur Putera (26.37) also swam in the finale.

Women's 200 fly
USA's Elaine Breeden raced to the title in 2:05.44, just short of her second-ranked season best of 2:05.33. China's Gong Jie finished second in 2:06.05 to move to third in the world rankings. New Zealand's Charlotte Webby placed third in 2:10.58.

Singapore's Meagan Lim (2:17.60), Indonesia's Raina Grahana (2:19.59), Singapore's Anissa Lye (2:24.00), Singapore's Gayle Tan (2:26.29) and Singapore's Rachel Yeo (2:30.70) grabbed fourth through eighth.

Men's 200 IM
Brazil's Thiago Pereira earned his fourth gold medal of the meet with a 1:53.45 in the event. He came up just short of his top-ranked season best of 1:52.72. South Africa's Darian Townsend finished second in 1:54.58, while Canada's Brian Johns took third in 1:55.67.

Canada's Tobias Oriwol (1:57.03), Canada's Andrew Ford (2:01.43), Australia's Travis Nederpelt (2:01.59), China's Huang Zhenghan (2:02.32) and China's Ni Zhanpeng (2:05.09) earned the rest of the final finishes.

Women's 400 free
New Zealand's Melissa Ingram crushed the field in the middle distance with a time of 4:05.91. South Africa's Jessica Pengelly placed second in 4:08.50, while Japan's Yumi Kida touched third in 4:11.09.

Japan's Ayano Koguchi (4:16.34), Liechtenstein's Julia Hassler (4:17.90), China's Lin Lin (4:19.82), Indonesia's Ressa Dewi (4:22.20) and Indonesia's Yessy Yosaputra (4:26.94) picked up fourth through eighth.

Men's 50 free
Germany's Steffen Deibler touched out South Africa's Roland Schoeman, 21.41 to 21.43, in the splash-and-dash. Deibler has been faster this year with a second-ranked 21.23, while Schoeman improved his fourth-ranked season best of 21.47. Australia's Kyle Richardson grabbed third in 21.67.

Sweden's Stefan Nystrand (21.78), South Africa's Graeme Moore (21.81), Russia's Sergey Fesikov (21.90), Switzerland's Erik Van Dooren (22.62) and South Africa's Darian Townsend (22.66) made up the rest of the championship heat.

Women's 200 breast
Japan's Nanaka Tamura posted a convincing triumph with a time of 2:22.74. She improved her seventh-ranked season best of 2:23.29, while beating Sweden's Jennie Johansson (2:28.01) by more than five seconds. South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim snared third in 2:28.08.

South Africa's Ronwyn Roper (2:29.51), Singapore's Samantha Yeo (2:34.27), Singapore's Cheryl Lim (2:35.16), Thai's Phaanokhwan Pawapotako (2:38.58) and Singapore's Natasha Lin Low (2:41.07) also competed in the championship heat.

Women's 100 IM
USA's Julia Smit claimed the sprint medley crown in 1:00.27, just off her third-ranked season best of 1:00.22. Australia's Kotuku Ngawati placed second in 1:00.36, while USA's Natalie Coughlin completed the podium with a third-place 1:01.29.

Finland's Hanna-Maria Seppala (1:01.78), China's Zhang Jiaqi (1:03.32), USA's Madison Kennedy (1:03.53) and Japan's Wakana Hirai (1:04.35) finished fourth through seventh. Meanwhile, The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder was disqualified.

Men's 200 back
Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin cleared 1:53 with a winning time of 1:52.99, well short of his top-ranked season best of 1:51.92. South Africa's George Du Rand finished second in 1:53.17, while Japan's Kazuki Watanabe touched third in 1:53.74. Canada's Tobias Oriwol (1:55.01) cleared 1:56 for fourth place.

China's Lin Tai Qi (2:00.11), Singapore's Zach Ong (2:00.28), Singapore's Rainer Ng (2:00.85) and China's Fu Yangbin (2:02.54) posted the rest of the finishes.

Women's 50 fly
Sweden's Therese Alshammar closed the show in Singapore with a top-ranked time of 25.24 in the sprint fly. The cleared her previously top-ranked effort of 25.35 set at the Rio stop. Singapore's Li Tao touched second in 25.47 to move to second in the world rankings. Australia's Marieke Guehrer finished third in 25.70 for fourth in the world rankings.

USA's Elaine Breeden (27.04), Finland's Heidi Karjalainen (27.41), USA's Madison Kennedy (27.61), China's Gong Jie (28.35) and Singapore's Meagan Lim (28.93) also competed in the finale.

Day Two Finals Results

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