BERLIN, Germany, January 22. THE second day of the World Cup stop in Berlin was filled with doubles, as several athletes added to their victory collection. Just like the first day, the Ukraine\u2019s Oleg Lisogor supplied the top swim, thanks to a lightning-quick clocking in the 100 breaststroke. A day after lowering his world record in the 50 breast, Lisogor went 57.67 in the 100 distance, not far off the global standard of 57.47, set in 2002 by Ed Moses.<\/p>\n
The Netherlands\u2019 Marleen Veldhuis completed a sprint double on the female side when she checked in with a time of 53.20 in the 100 free. Veldhuis was followed to the wall by France\u2019s Alena Popchanka (53.80). Meanwhile, Poland\u2019s Pawel Korzeniowski complemented his win in the 200 butterfly with a first-place effort in the 200 free. Korzeniowski touched the wall in 1:45.10, slightly ahead of the 1:45.13 popped by Germany\u2019s Paul Biedermann. The German was also second in the 400 free, finishing behind the winning swim of China\u2019s Zhang Lin (14:36.12).<\/p>\n
The United States\u2019 Tara Kirk added the 50 breast title to her 100 crown as she won the short sprint in 30.52. She was joined as an American winner by Randall Bal, who defeated the competition in the 200 backstroke (1:52.53). Bal was second in the 50 back, finishing behind Germany\u2019s Thomas Rupprath. The German won the tight race in 23.59 with Bal checking in at 23.61. Nick Brunelli took first in the 50 free with a time of 21.63.<\/p>\n
As has been the case throughout the European leg of the World Cup circuit, the Japanese flourished as the Berlin stop came to a close. Maiko Fujino won the women\u2019s 400 individual medley (4:32.98) and Hidemasa Sano prevailed in the men\u2019s 200 I.M. with a performance of 1:56.22. In the women\u2019s 200 butterfly, Yuko Nakanishi came out on top in 2:05.84. In the women\u2019s 400 free, Ai Shibata (4:02.92) edged out Great Britain\u2019s Melanie Marshall (4:03.26).<\/p>\n
Heading to the next stop in Moscow, other triumphs were collected by Russia\u2019s Evgeny Korotyshkin in the men\u2019s 100 fly (51.31), the Ukraine\u2019s Kateryna Zubkova in the women\u2019s 100 back (58.76), China\u2019s Luo Nan in the 200 breast (2:21.90), Belarus\u2019 Aliaksandra Herasimenia in the women\u2019s 100 I.M. (1:00.30) and Sweden\u2019s Anna-Karin Kammerling in the women\u2019s 50 fly (25.85).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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