Everything you need to follow along with finals\u00a0live during the 2015 FINA World Cup Chartres.<\/p>\n
Men’s 100 free<\/strong><\/p>\n France’s Mehdy Metella<\/strong> clipped USA’s Josh Schneider<\/strong> for the men’s 100-meter free title.<\/p>\n Metella clocked a top time of 48.69 for the win, a bit off his 13th-ranked season best of 48.37 but enough for the first-place paycheck.<\/p>\n Schneider, meanwhile, took second overall in a time of 48.91. \u00a0France’s Jeremy Stravius<\/strong> finished third overall in 48.93 to round out the podium.<\/p>\n Australia’s Tommaso D’Orsogna<\/strong> (49.12), France’s William Meynard<\/strong> (49.20), Australia’s Daniel Smith<\/strong> (49.32), USA’s Tom Shields<\/strong> (49.41) and USA’s Tim Phillips<\/strong> (49.95) also competed in the finale.<\/p>\n Women’s 200 free<\/strong><\/p>\n The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> started the night off right with a gold medal in the women’s 200-meter freestyle finale.<\/p>\n Hosszu hit the wall in 1:56.06 to win the event by more than a second. \u00a0That’s just a bit off her seventh-ranked 1:55.89 from the Charlotte stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.<\/p>\n USA’s Missy Franklin<\/strong> collected a second-place paycheck with a time of 1:57.28, while France’s Charlotte Bonnet<\/strong> earned the third-place check with a time of 1:58.28.<\/p>\n France’s Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne<\/strong> took fourth in 1:59.07 as the only other sub-2:00 time.<\/p>\n Austria’s Lisa Zaiser<\/strong> (2:00.71), France’s Assia Touati<\/strong> (2:02.46), Switzerland’s Danielle Villars<\/strong> (2:02.64) and France’s Marie Wattel<\/strong> (2:07.73) also put up times in finals.<\/p>\n Men’s 50 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh<\/strong> kept on piling up the World Cup points in breaststroke with a winning time of 26.74 in the sprint breaststroke.<\/p>\n That swim fell just a bit of his second-ranked time of 26.62 from the World Championships, but is more than enough to be among the best performances this weekend.<\/p>\n USA’s Brendan McHugh<\/strong> snared second with a time of 27.61, while Paraguay’s Renato Prono Fernandez<\/strong> took third in 27.76.<\/p>\n France’s Giacomo Perez Dortona<\/strong> and Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli<\/strong> tied for fourth with 27.88s.<\/p>\n Estonia’s Martin Allikvee<\/strong> (28.25), Syria’s Azad Al-Barazi<\/strong> (28.36) and Switzerland’s Yannick Kaiser<\/strong> (28.41) also swam in the championships heat.<\/p>\n Women’s 100 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n USA-based swimmers did extremely well with Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson<\/strong>, who trains in Florida, winning the event in 1:07.03.<\/p>\n Atkinson’s time was about a second off her fourth-ranked season best of 1:06.21 from Worlds.<\/p>\n USA’s Katie Meili<\/strong> claimed second in 1:07.30, off her sizzling third-ranked time of 1:05.64 from Pan Am Games.<\/p>\n USA’s Melanie Margalis<\/strong> took third overall in 1:07.49, while USA’s Breeja Larson<\/strong> missed the podium with a fourth-place 1:07.65.<\/p>\n Russia’s Vitalina Simonova<\/strong> (1:08.57), Hong Kong’s Jamie Yeung<\/strong> (1:10.26), France’s Camille Dauba<\/strong> (1:01.27) and France’s Adeline Martin<\/strong> (1:12.15) also competed for the title.<\/p>\n Women’s 100 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n Australia went 1-2 in the butterfly event with Madeline Groves<\/strong> claiming the first-place paycheck.<\/p>\n Groves won in 57.98, a bit off her sixth-ranked 57.44 from Australian Nationals.<\/p>\n Brianna Throssell<\/strong> finished second in 58.21, just outside the top 20 in the world this year.<\/p>\n France’s Marie Wattel<\/strong> took third with a time of 58.63, while Germany’s Franziska Hentke<\/strong> wound up fourth in 58.81.<\/p>\n USA’s Claire Donahue<\/strong> (59.20), Switzerland’s Sasha Touretski<\/strong> (59.60), Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto<\/strong> (59.72) and Switzerland’s Danielle Villars<\/strong> (59.88) finished fifth through eighth.<\/p>\n Men’s 100 back<\/strong><\/p>\n France’s Camille Lacourt<\/strong> cruised to victory in the men’s 100-meter back event.<\/p>\n Lacourt clocked a top time of 53.39 for the win, well off his third-ranked season best of 52.48 from Worlds.<\/p>\n Australia’s Ashley Delaney<\/strong> checked in with a second-place winning time of 54.25, while Singapore’s Zheng Wen Quah<\/strong> served up a third-place time of 54.34.<\/p>\n Australia’s Josh Beaver<\/strong> (54.70), Belarus’ Pavel Sankovich<\/strong> (54.96), France’s Ben Stasiulis<\/strong> (55.04), Russia’s Stanislav Donets<\/strong> (55.91) and Vietnam’s Paul Le<\/strong> (56.31) also put up times in the finale.<\/p>\n Women’s 50 back<\/strong><\/p>\n USA’s Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> took a run at her American record in the women’s 50-meter back.<\/p>\n Coughlin clocked a top time of 27.65, just off her American record of 27.51 from the Santa Clara stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series that ranks fourth in the world.<\/p>\n Australia’s Emily Seebohm<\/strong> turned in a second-place time of 27.74, while France’s Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> placed third in 28.01.<\/p>\n China’s Wang Xueer<\/strong> (28.25), France’s Mathilde Cini<\/strong> (28.38), Russia’s Daria K. Ustinova<\/strong> (28.41), Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> (28.42) and Colombia’s Carolina Colorado<\/strong> (29.94) finished fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Men’s 200 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n South Africa’s Chad le Clos<\/strong>, the defending 2014 FINA World Cup Champion, took down the men’s 200-meter fly field with ease.<\/p>\n Le Clos powered his way to a top time of 1:54.18, a bit off his third-ranked season best of 1:53.68 from Worlds.<\/p>\n No one else came within three seconds of his finish.<\/p>\n France’s Jordan Coelho<\/strong> placed second in 1:57.58 with Australia’s David Morgan<\/strong> taking third overall in 1:58.93.<\/p>\n Hungary’s David Verraszto<\/strong> (1:59.24), France’s Paul Lemaire<\/strong> (1:59.86), Brazil’s Frederico Castro<\/strong> (2:00.32), USA’s Tom Shields<\/strong> (2:00.41) and Czech’s Martin Zikmund<\/strong> (2:03.02) claimed the rest of the final finishes.<\/p>\n Women’s 200 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> snagged her second gold of the night in a battle against compatriot Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> in the women’s 200-meter IM.<\/p>\n Hosszu downed Jakabos, 2:10.19 to 2:10.82, as she conserved her energy for the rest of the meet. \u00a0Hosszu has way more speed after having clocked a stunning world-record time of 2:06.12 at the World Championships earlier this month.<\/p>\n Austria’s Lisa Zaiser<\/strong> earned the third-place paycheck with a time of 2:12.59.<\/p>\n Vietnam’s Vien Nguyen<\/strong> (2:14.01), France’s Fantine Lesaffre<\/strong> (2:16.07), Belgium’s Fanny Lecluyse<\/strong> (2:16.08), France’s Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> (2:16.45) and China’s Zhang Jiaqi<\/strong> (2:17.03) also swam in the finale.<\/p>\n Men’s 400 free<\/strong><\/p>\n Czech’s Jan Micka<\/strong> clipped South Africa’s Myles Brown<\/strong> for the men’s 400-meter free title.<\/p>\n Micka checked in with a top time of 3:50.54 as he held off a hard-charging Brown, who placed second in 3:50.67.<\/p>\n Austria’s David Brandl<\/strong> wound up third with a time of 3:51.15.<\/p>\n France’s Joris Bouchaut<\/strong> (3:52.28) and Damien Joly<\/strong> (3:52.57) finished fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n China’s Wang Wenhao<\/strong> (3:56.15), France’s Simon Guerin<\/strong> (3:59.79) and Australia’s Josh Beaver<\/strong> (4:09.84) also participated in the finale.<\/p>\n Women’s 50 free<\/strong><\/p>\n France’s Anna Santamans<\/strong> claimed a pair of big-name wins in the women’s 50-meter free.<\/p>\n Santamans won in a time of 24.78 as USA’s Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> (24.83) and Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> (25.51) rounded out the podium.<\/p>\n France’s Anouchka Martin<\/strong> finished fourth in 25.56 with Switzerland’s Sasha Touretski<\/strong> earning fifth in 25.59.<\/p>\n France’s Lena Bousquin<\/strong> (25.69), Lauriane Haag<\/strong> (25.78) and Melanie Henique<\/strong> (25.88) tracked down the rest of the finishes.<\/p>\n Men’s 200 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n USA’s Nic Fink<\/strong> unleashed a powerful 200-meter breaststroke for the win.<\/p>\n Fink clocked in with a time of 2:08.89 to vault to seventh in the world rankings with that win.<\/p>\n USA’s Cody Miller<\/strong> hit the wall in a time of 2:10.04, well back from the leader, for second.<\/p>\n Japan’s Kazuki Kohinata<\/strong> placed third in a 2:10.58.<\/p>\n Japan’s Ippei Watanabe<\/strong> (2:12.00), Switzerland’s Yannick Kaiser<\/strong> (2:12.69), Austria’s Johannes Dietrich<\/strong> (2:13.51), France’s Thomas Dahlia<\/strong> (2:13.54) and USA’s Chase Kalisz<\/strong> (2:13.93) picked up the rest of the finishes.<\/p>\n Women’s 200 back<\/strong><\/p>\n Russia’s Daria K. Ustinova<\/strong> had a strong swim, enough to take down some huge names, in the women’s 200-meter backstroke.<\/p>\n Ustinova clocked a top time of 2:07.43, just off her World Junior Record of 2:07.29 from Russian Nationals.<\/p>\n Australia’s Emily Seebohm<\/strong> finished in second with a 2:08.78, while USA’s Missy Franklin<\/strong> snared the third-place paycheck with a 2:09.25.<\/p>\n