BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, February 12. LAST week, Tara Kirk and Megan Jendrick put on a breaststroke show during the New York stop on the FINA World Cup circuit. This weekend, it was Staciana Winfield\u2019s time to shine. Racing at the Belo Horizonte (Brazil) stop, Winfield posted a sweep of the breast events.<\/p>\n
A day after winning the 100 distance, Winfield added the 50 and 200 crowns in the meet in South America. The 2000 Olympian, then as Staciana Stitts, she took the 50 breast in 31.17 and came back later in the evening to win the 200 breast in convincing fashion. Winfield touched the wall in 2:26.96, well ahead of the 2:28.72 of Diana Duarte Gomes (Portugal).<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s 200 free produced the most scintillating finish of the competition as Canada\u2019s Brent Hayden narrowly edged South Africa\u2019s Ryk Neethling at the wall. Hayden was timed in 1:44.85, slightly quicker than the 1:44.91 of Neethling, who finished the World Cup tour as the top scorer among the men. Neethling will compete next month at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
For the second straight day, Germany had a strong showing, led by Nicole Hetzer\u2019s victory in the 400 individual medley (4:41.59), a complement to her earlier triumph in the 200 I.M. Meanwhile, Janine Pietsch was the winner of the women\u2019s 100 backstroke (1:00.14) and Thomas Rupprath prevailed in the men\u2019s back (24.17) and took second in the 100 fly, which was won by Brazil\u2019s Kaio de Almeida (51.75).<\/p>\n
Other victories were collected by Brazil\u2019s Henrique Barbosa in the men\u2019s 100 breast (59.82) and Thiago Pereira in the 200 I.M. (1:56.67). Romania\u2019s Camelia Potec took first in the 400 free (4:07.52) and countryman Dragos Coman bested the field in the 1,500 freestyle (15:13.40). Russia\u2019s Arkady Vyatchanin was the victor in the 200 back with a swim of 1:53.08.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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