{"id":118023,"date":"2014-12-20T08:21:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T15:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=118023"},"modified":"2014-12-20T08:21:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T15:21:38","slug":"katinka-hosszu-closes-salnikov-cup-six-golds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katinka-hosszu-closes-salnikov-cup-six-golds\/","title":{"rendered":"Katinka Hosszu Closes Salnikov Cup With Six Golds"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW – A day after a four-gold outing, Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu returned with two more golds to run her final tally to six golds at the Salnikov Cup this weekend.<\/p>\n

Katinka Hosszu captured her fifth gold of the meet, after a four-gold day yesterday<\/a>, with a 4:27.18 in the women’s 400-meter IM. Yana Martynova placed second in 4:32.11 with Victoria Malyutina winding up third in 4:39.67.<\/p>\n

Hosszu’s sixth gold medal of the meet came by way of a scorcher in the women’s 100-meter IM. \u00a0She rocketed to a 57.89. \u00a0That’s not her world-record speed of 56.70 from Worlds earlier this month, but it was more than enough tonight. \u00a0Ganna Dzerkal took second in 1:00.72 with Daria Kartashova taking third in 1:00.73.<\/p>\n

Vlad Morozov, fresh off a Russian record in the 100 IM<\/a>, powered his way to 15th in the world in the men’s 100-meter breast with a 57.51. \u00a0Oleg Kostin took second in 57.6 with Sergey Geybel earning third in 58.53.<\/p>\n

Morozov doubled up with a 20.85 to win the men’s 50-meter free. \u00a0That shot him up to fifth in the world rankings. \u00a0Oleg Tikhobaev finished second in 21.27 with Evgeny Lagunov placing third in 21.46.<\/p>\n

Femke Heemskerk, already ranked second in the world in the women’s 100-meter free with a 51.71 from Worlds, cruised to victory in the event this evening in 51.71. Compatriot Ranomi Kromowidjojo, the third-ranked swimmer in the world with a 51.47 from Worlds, took second in 52.35. \u00a0Aliaksandra Herasimenia claimed third in 53.87.<\/p>\n

Inge Dekker, ranked second in the world in the women’s 50-meter fly with a 24.59 from the World Cup circuit, topped the sprint fly tonight in 25.11. \u00a0Rozaliya Nasretdinova finished second in 25.87 with Anastasia Lyazeva earning third in 26.29.<\/p>\n

Danila Izotov, second in the world in the men’s 200-meter free with a 1:41.48 from the Russian Championships, snagged the title tonight in 1:42.22. \u00a0Nikita Lobintsev placed second in 1:44.92, while Alexander Sukhorukov earned third in 1:44.94.<\/p>\n

Moniek Nijhuis won the women’s 50-meter breast in 30.06. \u00a0She’s been faster with a third-ranked 29.62 from Worlds. \u00a0Valentina Artemyeva finished second tonight in 30.35 with Ganna Dzerkal claiming third in 30.37.<\/p>\n

Yauhen Tsurkin, ranked seventh in the world in the men’s 100-meter fly with a 49.99 at Worlds, topped the event in 50.30. \u00a0Evgeny Korotyshkin touched second in 50.69 with Nikolay Skvortsov placing third in 51.50.<\/p>\n

Daria K. Ustinova picked up ninth in the world rankings in the women’s 100-meter back with a 57.29 for the win. \u00a0Polina Lapshina touched second in 58.76 with Alexandra Papusha taking third in 59.54.<\/p>\n

Vitaly Borisov earned the men’s 50-meter back title in 23.96 with Viktar Staselovich placing second in 24.11. Pavel Kosmynin finished third in 24.23. Maria Arsenyeva topped the women’s 200-meter fly in 2:12.28. \u00a0Ekaterina Lvova finished second in 2:12.72 with Daria Budasova snaring third in 2:12.81.<\/p>\n

Esmee Vermeulen won the women’s 400-meter free in 4:06.47 with Elena Sokolova taking second in 4:06.75. \u00a0Anastasia Ivanenko placed third in 4:09.54. Maria Astashkina claimed the women’s 200-meter breast in 2:21.93. \u00a0Ganna Dzerkal (2:22.50) and Vera Kalashnikova (2:25.02) rounded out the top three.<\/p>\n

Martin Brzoskowski raced his way to the men’s 1500-meter free crown in 14:51.67. \u00a0Sergiy Frolov took second in 14:55.95 with David Verraszto placing third in 15:03.80.<\/p>\n

Evgeny Rylov captured the men’s 200-meter back in 1:53.47 with Dmitrii Gorbunov finishing second in 1:54.23. \u00a0Dmitrii Maltcev wound up third in 1:54.77.<\/p>\n

Nadezhda Vinyukova (27.42), Evgeny Korotyshkin (22.87), Anton Chupkov (26.99) and Rozaliya Nasretdinova (24.41) closed out the meet with a winning time of 1:41.69 in the mixed 200-meter medley relay.<\/p>\n

Alexander Popkov (24.60), Anastasia Lyazeva (26.26), Kirill Prigoda (26.26) and Daria Kartashova (24.64) finished second in 1:41.76, while Aliaksandra Herasimenia (26.95), Yauhen Tsurkin (22.24), Alina Zmushka (31.11) and Artyom Machekin (21.69) placed third in 1:41.99.<\/p>\n

Results: Salnikov Cup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n