{"id":141347,"date":"2015-07-05T02:41:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T09:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=141347"},"modified":"2015-07-05T05:01:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T12:01:34","slug":"2015-world-university-games-day-2-finals-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2015-world-university-games-day-2-finals-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 World University Games: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Everything you need to follow along with finals\u00a0live during the World University Games. Hit refresh for the latest coverage.<\/p>\n

Men’s 800 free finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukraine’s Sergii Frolov<\/strong> edged out Great Britain’s Jay Lelliott<\/strong> in an epic men’s 800-meter free battle.<\/p>\n

The two battled throughout the entire race with Frolov taking gold in 7:50.28 to move to third in the world rankings. \u00a0Lelliott, meanwhile, took silver in 7:50.97. \u00a0That swim shot him to sixth in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

800 Free World Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Japan’s Ayatsugu Hirai<\/strong> turned on the afterburners down the final 50 meters to overtake USA’s Janardan Burns<\/strong> for bronze, 7:52.77 to 7:56.53. \u00a0Hirai moved to 11th in the world rankings with the swim.<\/p>\n

Australia’s Jack McLoughlin<\/strong> (7:57.76), Japan’s Kohei Yamamoto<\/strong> (7:57.84), USA’s Arthur Frayler<\/strong> (7:59.09), Australia’s Jordan Harrison<\/strong> (8:10.40) also competed for the title.<\/p>\n

Women’s 100 breast semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Japan’s Mina Matsushima<\/strong> threw down a blistering time of 1:07.04 to top semifinal qualifying.<\/p>\n

That swim shot her to ninth in the world rankings, undercutting her season best of 1:07.52 from the Japan Open that had ranked 19th in the world.<\/p>\n

USA’s Lilly King<\/strong> uncorked a lifetime best time of 1:07.21 to win the first semifinal and qualify second overall. \u00a0That swim pushed her to 14th in the world rankings, and beat King’s previous best of 1:07.98 from the 2014 Junior Pan Pacs.<\/p>\n

Australia’s Jessica Hansen<\/strong> earned the third seed with a 1:07.48 to move into the top 20 in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

Ireland’s Fiona Doyle<\/strong> (1:07.67), Italy’s Martina Carraro<\/strong> (1:08.07), Russia’s Natalia Ivaneeva<\/strong> (1:08.09), Italy’s Ilaria Scarcela<\/strong> (1:08.36) and Ukraine’s Mariia Liver<\/strong> (1:08.38) also made finals.<\/p>\n

USA’s Emma Reaney<\/strong> wound up 10th overall with a 1:08.90 to miss finals.<\/p>\n

Men’s 50 fly finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brazil’s Henrique Martins<\/strong> shot to third in the world rankings as he topped the sprint fly this evening.<\/p>\n

Martins bettered his ninth-ranked season best of 23.38 with a 23.22 to win the gold medal. \u00a0Only Nicholas Santos<\/strong> (22.90) and Cesar Cielo<\/strong> (23.11) have been faster this year. That gives Brazil a 1-2-3 in the event rankings.<\/p>\n

50 Fly World Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin<\/strong>, who ranks fourth in the world with a 23.26 from the Russian Championships, wound up with silver tonight in 23.44. \u00a0Italy’s Piero Codia<\/strong> rounded out the podium with a bronze-winning time of 23.48.<\/p>\n

Russia’s Oleg Kostin<\/strong> (23.57), USA’s Matt Josa<\/strong> (23.81), China’s Shi Yang<\/strong> (23.85), Russia’s Aleksandr Sadovnikov<\/strong> (23.95) and USA’s Andrew Seliskar<\/strong> (24.28) closed out the rest of the championship heat.<\/p>\n

Men’s 100 back finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Japan’s Junya Hasegawa<\/strong> went out fast in 25.93 and had enough coming home to capture the gold medal with a time of 53.77 in the men’s 100-meter back finale.<\/p>\n

That swim shot Hasegawa up to 12th in the world, shared with Ben Treffers’<\/strong> 53.77 from Australian Nationals.<\/p>\n

Italy’s Christopher Ciccarese<\/strong> powered his way into silver with a sizzling 27.57 back half to finish second in 53.92 to stand 19th in the world.<\/p>\n

USA’s Jack Conger<\/strong> put up a 54.09 to win bronze, while teammate Jacob Pebley<\/strong> missed the podium with a 54.22.<\/p>\n

Italy’s Matteo Milli<\/strong> (54.65), Russia’s Andrei Shabasov<\/strong> (54.76), South Korea’s Seonkwan Park<\/strong> (54.90) and France’s Eddie Moueddene<\/strong> (55.14) also vied for the title.<\/p>\n

Women’s 100 free semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia’s Rozaliya Nasretdinova<\/strong> led a pair of Americans into the women’s 100-meter free final with the only sub-55 time of the evening.<\/p>\n

The Russian put up a time of 54.92 for the top seed, and will need to drop some more time to challenge the top 20 times in the world currently anchored by Michelle Williams<\/strong> of Canada with a 54.21.<\/p>\n

USA’s Shannon Vreeland<\/strong> chased after Nasretdinova in semifinal 1 to claim the second seed in 55.04, while teammate Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong> won the second semifinal with a third-seeded effort of 55.25.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Yui Yamane<\/strong> put up a 55.26 to qualify fourth, while Slovakia’s Katarina Listopadova<\/strong> earned fifth in 55.37.<\/p>\n

Russia’s Margarita Nesterova<\/strong> (55.44), Italy’s Laura Letrari<\/strong> (55.65) and Australia’s Ami Matsuo<\/strong> (55.72) closed out the championship field.<\/p>\n

Men’s 200 IM semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n

USA’s Josh Prenot<\/strong> crushed the first semifinal field in the breaststroke leg then shut it down in freestyle en route to a 1:59.21 to win the heat and lead the field into finals. That’s a bit off his 13th-ranked season best of 1:58.98 from the Charlotte stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.<\/p>\n

Australia’s Justin James<\/strong> touched just behind Prenot to qualify second in 1:59.29 to move to 16th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

USA’s Kyle Whitaker<\/strong> followed Prenot’s lead with a huge breaststroke leg to win semifinal 2 with a third-seeded 1:59.69, while Great Britain’s Max Litchfield<\/strong> picked up fourth in 1:59.94.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Takeharu Fujimori<\/strong>, ranked 17th in the world with a 1:59.36, earned the fifth seed in 2:00.19.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Keita Sunama<\/strong>, the event favorite with a ninth-ranked season best of 1:58.64 from Japanese Nationals, put up an easy speed 2:00.21 to take sixth to make the finale.<\/p>\n

Australia’s Travis Mahoney<\/strong> (2:00.33) and Russia’s Dmitrii Gorbunov<\/strong> (2:01.33) also made the finale.<\/p>\n

Women’s 200 back finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

USA’s Lisa Bratton<\/strong> unfurled a scorching back-half en route to winning gold in a time of 2:09.31.<\/p>\n

That swim pushed her to 12th in the world and was her first time under 2:10, undercutting her lifetime best of 2:10.62 from earlier this year as part of the Arena Pro Swim Series.<\/p>\n

Bratton challenged the Universiade record of 2:08.19 set by Stephanie Proud<\/strong> in 2009.<\/p>\n

Czech’s Simona Baumrtova<\/strong> claimed silver with a time of 2:10.53, while Japan’s Yuka Kawayoke<\/strong> chased down bronze in 2:11.60.<\/p>\n

USA’s Melanie Klaren<\/strong> went out fast, leading at the 100 with a 1:03.32, but fell apart coming home as she settled for fourth overall in 2:12.01.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Barbara Rojas-Jardin<\/strong> (2:13.16), Japan’s Miki Takahashi<\/strong> (2:13.62), France’s Camille Gheorghiu<\/strong> (2:13.63) and Russia’s Alexandra Papusha<\/strong> (2:14.29) also battled for the title.<\/p>\n

Men’s 200 free semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n

USA’s Reed Malone<\/strong> almost posted a lifetime best as he paced the men’s 200-meter free semis with a 1:47.85. \u00a0In fact, Malone was the only swimmer under 1:48 as he challenged his best of 1:47.41 from last summer’s nationals.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Reo Sakata<\/strong> turned in a second-seeded time of 1:48.22 with Italy’s Gianluca Maglia<\/strong> putting up a third-seeded 1:48.42.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Naito Ehara<\/strong> (1:48.58), Australia’s Jacob Hansford<\/strong> (1:48.75), USA’s Clay Youngquist<\/strong> (1:48.76), Switzerland’s Alexandre Haldemann<\/strong> (1:49.04) and China’s Qian Zhiyong<\/strong> (1:49.11) rounded out the top eight headed to finals.<\/p>\n

Men’s 100 breast finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kazakhstan’s Dmitry Balandin<\/strong>, one of the top 200 breaststrokers all time, uncorked a 59.96 to win the shorter distance event and move to ninth in the world this year.<\/p>\n

Balandin came up half-a-second shy of Igor Borysik’s<\/strong> meet record of 59.53 from 2009.<\/p>\n

Great Britain’s James Wilby<\/strong> grabbed silver in a time of 1:00.28 for his first international podium, while teammate Craig Benson<\/strong> wound up taking bronze with a time of 1:00.33.<\/p>\n

USA’s DJ MacDonald<\/strong> (1:00.51), Japan’s Kazuki Kohinata<\/strong> (1:00.75), Russia’s Oleg Kostin<\/strong> (1:00.85) and Australia’s Nicholas Schafer<\/strong> (1:00.90) finished fourth through seventh.<\/p>\n

Serbia’s Caba Siladji<\/strong>, the pre-meet favorite with a seventh-ranked season best of 59.79 from the Eindhoven Swim Cup, went out fast in 27.95 but paid for it as he wound up taking eighth in 1:01.01.<\/p>\n

Women’s 50 fly finals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olympic silver medalist Lu Ying<\/strong> of China cleared the Universiade record in the women’s 50-meter fly.<\/p>\n

Lu clocked a time of 25.72 to move to fourth in the world rankings, and broke Aleksandra Gerasimenya’s<\/strong> 2013 mark of 25.84.<\/p>\n

50 Fly World Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Russia’s Svetlana Chimrova<\/strong> powered her way to silver with a time of 26.23, while Australia’s Holly Barratt<\/strong> took bronze in 26.41.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Samantha Corea<\/strong> (26.51), Ukraine’s Darya Stepanyuk<\/strong> (26.80), New Zealand’s Laura Quilter<\/strong> (26.85), Italy’s Elena Di Liddo<\/strong> (26.90) and USA’s Christina Bechtel<\/strong> (27.00) also competed in the finale.<\/p>\n

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