{"id":148542,"date":"2015-08-06T08:49:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T15:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=148542"},"modified":"2015-08-06T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T16:44:46","slug":"yasuhiro-koseki-makes-run-at-world-record-in-200-breast-semis-at-2015-fina-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/yasuhiro-koseki-makes-run-at-world-record-in-200-breast-semis-at-2015-fina-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Yasuhiro Koseki Makes Run at World Record in 200 Breast Semis at 2015 FINA World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan’s Yasuhiro Koseki<\/strong> made a run at the world record in the men’s 200-meter breast semis at the 2015 FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n

Koseki, out well under world record pace at the 150 with a 1:34.02, wound up fading back to a top-seeded time of 2:08.03. \u00a0That’s a bit off his lifetime best of 2:07.77 that stands as the top time in the world this year.<\/p>\n

Koseki has compatriot Akihiro Yamaguchi’s<\/strong> world record of 2:07.01 from 2012 in his sights heading into finals.<\/p>\n

Germany’s Marco Koch<\/strong> charged his way to the second seed in 2:08.34, tying Adam Peaty<\/strong> for the second best time in the world this year.\u00a0Peaty, surprisingly, missed semis this morning during prelims.<\/p>\n

Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta<\/strong> qualified third in 2:08.53. \u00a0He’s looking to join Grant Hackett<\/strong> and Ryan Lochte<\/strong> as fourpeat winners as he previously won the 200 breast in 2009 (2:07.64), 2011 (2:08.41) and 2013 (2:07.23).<\/p>\n

USA’s Kevin Cordes<\/strong> claimed fourth in 2:08.69 with Great Britain’s Andrew Willis<\/strong> taking fifth overall in 2:08.72.<\/p>\n

Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Balandin<\/strong> (2:09.22), China’s Mao Feilian<\/strong> (2:09.54) and Russia’s Anton Chupkov<\/strong> (2:09.64) also made the finale.<\/p>\n

Chupkov broke the World Junior Record of 2:09.75 set by Ippei Watanabe back in May at the Japan Open.<\/p>\n

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