ANTWERP – The Flanders Speedo Cup featured a trio of swimmers doubling up as James Guy, Aimee Willmott and Laszlo Cseh each earned a pair of golds on day one.<\/p>\n
Jazmin Carlin kicked off 2015 with a significant win against Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu in the women’s 800-meter free as Carlin clocked an 8:25.18 for the title.<\/p>\n
That’s a meet record for Carlin, downing her own 8:26.12 from this meet a year ago.<\/p>\n
Hosszu, as part of her full schedule, took second in 8:38.68. \u00a0Holly Hibbott of Great Britain finished third in 8:41.39.<\/p>\n
James Guy of Great Britain became the first man in meet history to clear the 1:47 mark in the 200-meter free with a 1:46.94.<\/p>\n
That swim beat Pieter van den Hoogenband’s 2004 record of 1:47.14, which had become pretty historic entering its 11th year in existence.<\/p>\n
Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys placed second in 1:47.90 with Great Britain’s Robbie Renwick claiming third in 1:48.11.<\/p>\n
Guy added a second meet record with a sizzling 3:45.77 in the men’s 400-meter free. \u00a0That effort smashed David Carry’s 2012 mark of 3:49.29.<\/p>\n
Lander Hendrickx took second in 3:50.66 with Stephen Milne placing third in 3:53.74.<\/p>\n
Belgium’s Kimberly Buys clipped Hosszu, 26.63 to 26.72, in the women’s 50-meter fly, while Greece’s Anna Ntountounaki earned third in 26.92.<\/p>\n
Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh hit the wall in 52.95 to win the men’s 100-meter fly. \u00a0That just missed Francois Heersbrandt’s meet record of 52.67 from 2009.<\/p>\n
Adam Barrett of GBR took second in 53.23 with teammate Liam Selby placing third in 54.32.<\/p>\n
Cseh doubled up with\u00a0a 2:00.91 in the men’s 200-meter IM. \u00a0Emmanuel Vanluchene took second in 2:02.04 with Great Britain’s Roberto Pavoni placing third in 2:02.48.<\/p>\n
Hosszu claimed her third silver of the night in the women’s 200-meter back as Great Britain’s Lauren Quiqley\u00a0posted a 2:12.43 for the win. \u00a0Hosszu posted a 2:13.06 for silver, while Great Britain’s Rosie Rudin wound up third in 2:13.11.<\/p>\n
In a heavyweight matchup, Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta powered his way to a 2:11.62 to win the men’s 200-meter breast.<\/p>\n
Great Britain’s Adam Peaty put up a second-place 2:12.22, while teammate Michael Jamieson snared third overall in 2:12.37.<\/p>\n
Sophie Taylor led a Great Britain top five sweep in the women’s 100-meter breast.<\/p>\n
Taylor (1:07.86), Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (1:08.17), Katie Matts (1:08.53), Molly Renshaw (1:09.33) and Hannah Miley (1:09.55) dominated the event.<\/p>\n
Hosszu finally had a breakthrough in the women’s 100-meter free with\u00a0a 54.77 to win the finale. \u00a0O’Connor took second in 55.30 with teammate Shauna Lee finishing third in 55.63.<\/p>\n
Great Britain’s Aimee Willmott put on a show in the women’s 400-meter IM with a 4:35.74 for the win, while Hosszu snagged her fourth runner-up finish this evening.<\/p>\n
Hosszu checked in with a 4:37.73 to clear Hannah Miley’s 4:38.39 for second-place overall.<\/p>\n
Willmott then doubled up with a 2:10.85 in the women’s 200-meter fly with Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos touching second in 2:11.89. \u00a0Hosszu picked up her first bronze of the night with a 2:12.30 to run her medal tally to six.<\/p>\n
Rapsys moved from silver earlier in the night to gold in the men’s 100-meter back with a 54.88 to 54.96 touchout triumph against Christopher Walker-Hebborn. \u00a0Liam Tancock wound up third in 55.61.<\/p>\n
Great Britain’s Ben Proud just missed Bruno Fratus’ meet mark of 22.25 in the men’s 50-meter free with a winning 22.26.<\/p>\n
Hungary’s Krisztian Takacs touched second in 22.63 with Pieter Timmers taking third in 22.71.<\/p>\n
Great Britain’s Georgia Davis won the women’s 50-meter back in 28.16 with Quigley (29.08) and Kathleen Dawson (29.30) taking second and third alongside their compatriot.<\/p>\n
Adam Peaty, who gave his men’s 50-meter breaststroke world record a run in prelims with a 26.95, settled for a 27.19 to win this evening. \u00a0Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli took second in 27.97 with Gyurta placing third in 28.30.<\/p>\n