STOCKHOLM, Sweden, January 18. TIGHT races were the order of the day as the Stockholm stop on the FINA World Cup circuit came to a conclusion on Wednesday. Several races were won by a fingernail, including the men\u2019s 100-meter breaststroke. The bronze medalist at last summer\u2019s World Champs in Montreal, France\u2019s Hugues Duboscq edged the Ukraine\u2019s Oleg Lisogor for victory by the narrowest of margins, 59.05-59.06.<\/p>\n
Like the first day of the meet, the American contingent put together a strong showing. One day after winning the 100 breast, Tara Kirk bested the competition in the 50 breast with a time of 30.37. For good measure, Kirk took second place in the 200 breast, as her clocking of 2:22.85 was just behind the winning mark of 2:22.73, produced by Great Britain\u2019s Kirsty Balfour.<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s 50 freestyle, Jason Lezak touched the wall first with a time of 21.61, slightly quicker than the 21.63 of Sweden\u2019s Stefan Nystrand. American Nick Brunelli was third in 21.84. Another U.S. triumph was supplied by Peter Marshall in the 50 backstroke, as his 23.66 topped countryman Randall Bal (24.08). Bal, however, rebounded to take the 200 back in 1:53.51. Other American action saw Rachel Komisarz prevail in the 400 freestyle with her 4:04.23 defeating the 4:04.28 of France\u2019s Alena Popchanka.<\/p>\n
One day after securing wins in the 100 free and 100 individual medley, South Africa\u2019s Ryk Neethling registered the quickest time in the 200 free. Neethling went 1:45.00 to the 1:45.14 of China\u2019s Zhang Lin. For Japan, Maiko Fujino won the 400 individual medley (4:33.34), Hanae Ito prevailed in the 100 backstroke (1:00.03) and Yuko Nakanishi won the 200 butterfly (2:07.21). On the men\u2019s side, Hidemasa Sano was swiftest in the 200 I.M. (1:56.97).<\/p>\n
Other first-place finishes were collected by the Netherlands\u2019 Marleen Veldhuis in the 100 free (53.28), Russia\u2019s Evgeny Korotyshkin in the 100 fly (51.66), Romania\u2019s Dragos Coman in the 1,500 free (14:38.00), Poland\u2019s Aleksandra Urbanczyk in the 100 I.M. (1:00.98) and Sweden\u2019s Therese Alshammar (25.84).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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