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Photo Courtesy: Mike Comer\/ProSwimVisuals.com<\/p>\n

DOHA, Qatar, August 27. THE 2014 FINA World Cup kicked off with a bang as the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu took down a circuit record in the 200 free this morning.<\/p>\n

LIVE STREAM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LIVE RESULTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Men’s 400 IM Slower Heat<\/h1>\n

Liechtenstein’s Christoph Meier led the way in the slower heat of the timed final event with a 4:12.29, while Austria’s Steffan Sebastian claimed second in 4:22.36. \u00a0China’s Wang Yida also swam with a 4:37.67.<\/p>\n

Men’s 100 free<\/h1>\n
\"Photo<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n

With plenty of rest after taking off the bulk of the major summer events, South Africa’s Chad le Clos, the defending 2014 World Cup champion, kicked off a strong day with a 47.53 for the top seed in the 100 free. \u00a0Steffen Deibler took second in 47.91, while USA’s Josh Schneider finished third in 48.14.<\/p>\n

Poland’s Konrad Czerniak (48.17), Japan’s Kenta Ito (48.21), Finland’s Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (48.29), Serbia’s Boris Stojanovic (48.39) and South Africa’s Leith Shankland (48.45) also made the finale.<\/p>\n

Women’s 200 free<\/h1>\n
\"Photo<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Mike Comer\/ProSwimVisuals.com<\/p><\/div>\n

The Iron Lady Katinka Katinka Hosszu opened up her 2014 World Cup title defense with a 1:51.84 in the women’s 200-meter freestyle to break the World Cup record in the event. \u00a0That swim downed Allison Schmitt’s 1:52.08 set on the Berlin stop of the 2011 FINA World Cup tour.<\/p>\n

Hosszu was actually under world record pace through 150 meters.<\/p>\n

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Comparative Splits:<\/h2>\n

Federica Pellegrini (2009):<\/strong><\/p>\n

26.58, 54.84 (28.26), 1:23.09 (28.25), 1:51.17 (28.08)<\/p>\n

Katinka Hosszu (2014):<\/strong><\/p>\n

26.08, 54.26 (28.18), 1:23.04 (28.78), 1:51.85 (28.80)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Switzerland’s Danielle Villars finished second in 1:58.81 with Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto placing third in 1:59.76.<\/p>\n

Liechtenstein’s Julia Hassler (2:01.09), Switzerland’s Martina Van Berkel (2:01.36), South Africa’s Michee Van Rooyen (2:05.96), South Africa’s Taneal Baptiste (2:06.46) and South Africa’s Lizanne Viljoen (2:09.15) also will swim in the finale.<\/p>\n

Men’s 50 breast<\/h1>\n
\"Photo<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: USA Today Sports<\/p><\/div>\n

Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli took the top seed in the finale for the sprint breast with a 26.60, while South Africa’s Roland Schoeman touched second in 26.72. \u00a0Switzerland’s Martin Schweizer also cleared 27 with a third-place 26.97.<\/p>\n

USA’s Mike Alexandrov (27.10), South Africa’s Giulio Zorzi (27.20), Russia’s Andrei Nikolaev (27.21), Slovakia’s Tomas Klobucnik (27.25) and Colombia’s Jorge Valdez (27.34) also earned spots in the finale.<\/p>\n

Women’s 100 fly<\/h1>\n
\"Photo<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Speedo<\/p><\/div>\n

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker cruised to the top seed in 57.66 with Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz posting a second-seeded 58.15. \u00a0Switzerland’s Danielle Villars finished third in 58.75, while Katinka Hosszu made her second finale with a fourth-place 59.44.<\/p>\n

Austria’s Lena Kreundl (1:00.01), Germany’s Franziska Hentke (1:00.18), Austria’s Claudia Hufnagl (1:00.75) and China’s Zhou Xinyi (1:01.98) also will compete in the finale.<\/p>\n

Men’s 100 back<\/h1>\n

With Joshua Pascoe scratching this morning, all eight swimmers made the finale. \u00a0Japan’s Hayate Matsubara led the way with a 52.81, while USA’s Eugene Godsoe finished second in 53.06. \u00a0Australia’s Bobby Hurley took third in 53.12.<\/p>\n

Germany’s Christian Diener (53.67), Spain’s Miguel Ortiz (54.28), Hong Kong’s Henry Hong (55.97), South Africa’s Janco Saaiman (58.95) and South Africa’s Rudo Loock (59.56) also competed.<\/p>\n

Women’s 50 back<\/h1>\n

Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina grabbed the top seed in the sprint back with a 27.18, while Katinka Hosszu snared a third finale with a 27.37 for the second seed. \u00a0Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk placed third in 27.52.<\/p>\n

Colombia’s Carolina Colorado (27.61), Finland’s Anni Alitalo (27.72), Croatia’s Sanja Jovanovic (27.77), Austria’s Jordis Steinegger (28.72) and South Africa’s Lehesta Kemp (29.08) turned in the rest of the top eight swim.<\/p>\n

Men’s 200 fly<\/h1>\n
\"Photo<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr<\/p><\/div>\n

USA’s Tom Shields powered his way to a 1:55.08 for the top seed out of the morning by far. \u00a0Russia’s Aleksandr Kudashev (1:57.16) and Nikolay Skvortsov (1:57.29) finished second and third.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Ko Fukaya (1:57.30), Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (1:57.35), Poland’s Pawel Korzeniowski (1:57.53), Hungary’s David Verraszto (1:58.81) and Colombia’s Julio Galofre (1:59.94) made up the rest of the finale field.<\/p>\n

Men’s 400 free<\/h1>\n
\"Photo<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: David Farr<\/p><\/div>\n

After missing the Pan Pacific Championships due to visa problems, Tunisia’s Ous Mellouli returned to competition with a 3:47.73 this morning in the middle distance event. \u00a0Austria’s David Brandl took second in 3:47.93 with Tunisia’s Ahmed Mathlouthi posting a third-place 3:48.21.<\/p>\n

Australia’s\u00a0Thomas Fraser-Holmes (3:48.51), Serbia’s Stefan Sorak (3:48.84), Switzerland’s Alexandre Haldemann (3:59.69), Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (3:51.54) and Hungary’s Gergo Kis (3:52.23) also picked up spots in the finale.<\/p>\n

Women’s 50 free<\/h1>\n
\"Photo<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Minas Tenis Clube<\/p><\/div>\n

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker took a second top seed this morning with a 24.47 in the splash-and-dash, while Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz finished second in 24.71. \u00a0Katinka Hosszu claimed her fourth swim tonight with a third-place 24.88.<\/p>\n

Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (25.37), South Africa’s Lehesta Kemp (25.45), Austria’s Lena Kreundl (25.50), China’s Bao Ying (25.74) and USA’s Breeja Larson (25.77) will also swim in the championship heat.<\/p>\n

Men’s 200 breast<\/h1>\n
\"Photo<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n

Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta put up an easy speed time of 2:06.41 this morning with Germany’s Marco Koch placing second in 2:07.92. \u00a0Japan’s Yukihiro Takahasi finished third in 2:08.12, while USA’s Cody Miller wound up fourth in 2:08.23.<\/p>\n

USA’s Mike Alexandrov (2:08.65), Colombia’s Jorge Valdez (2:09.02), Austria’s Lennard Bremer (2:09.05) and Slovakia’s Tomas Klobucnik (2:09.68) also cleared 2:10 to make the finale.<\/p>\n

Men’s 100 IM<\/h1>\n
\"Photo<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: David Farr<\/p><\/div>\n

Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell posted the top time in the morning with a 54.81, while South Africa’s Leith Shankland qualified second in 55.11. Austria’s Martin Spitzer finished third overall in 55.25.<\/p>\n

USA’s Mike Alexandrov (55.65), Austria’s Bobby Hurley (56.33), Finland’s Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (56.42), Austria’s Sebastian Steffan (57.00) and Serbia’s Aron Sinkovic (58.43) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n

Men’s 50 fly<\/h1>\n
\"Photo<\/a>

Photo Courtesy: Azaria Basile<\/p><\/div>\n

South Africa’s Roland Schoeman topped the sprint fly in 22.91 with USA’s Tom Shields taking second in 23.02. \u00a0South Africa’s Chad le Clos picked up a third-place tie with Germany’s Steffen Deibler with matching 23.27s.<\/p>\n

USA’s Eugene Godsoe (23.30), Poland’s Konrad Czerniak (23.42), Spain’s Miguel Ortiz (23.45) and Finland’s Riku Poytakivi (23.53) will also swim in the finale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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