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Men’s 100 free<\/strong><\/p>\n South Africa’s Chad le Clos<\/strong>, after taking a bit of a break during the second cluster, topped the men’s 100-meter free in Doha with a time of 48.96. \u00a0That’s not far off his sixth-ranked season best of 48.16 from the Moscow stop.<\/p>\n Argentina’s Federico Grabich<\/strong> placed second in 49.39 with France’s Jeremy Stravius<\/strong> snaring third in 49.42.<\/p>\n South Africa’s Caydon Muller<\/strong> (49.63), France’s Yannick Agnel<\/strong> (49.65), USA’s Maxime Rooney<\/strong> (49.77), Great Britain’s Duncan Scott<\/strong> (49.78) and South Africa’s Douglas Erasmus<\/strong> (50.10) also competed in the finale.<\/p>\n Women’s 200 free<\/strong><\/p>\n Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> dominated the finale with a time of 1:56.60. \u00a0That’s a bit off her sixth-ranked season best of 1:55.81 from the Hong Kong stop, but was more than enough to hold off the field tonight.<\/p>\n Italy’s Federica Pellegrini<\/strong>, who ranks third in the world with a 1:55.00 from the French Open, threw down a 1:58.06 for silver tonight. \u00a0France’s Coralie Balmy<\/strong> took third in 1:58.92.<\/p>\n New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle<\/strong> (1:59.89), Italy’s Alice Mizzau<\/strong> (2:00.23), Germany’s Annika Bruhn<\/strong> (2:00.763), Great Britain’s Aimee Willmott<\/strong> (2:01.21) and Italy’s Chiara Luccetti<\/strong> (2:01.32) rounded out the final.<\/p>\n Men’s 50 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n FINA World Cup points leader Cameron van der Burgh<\/strong> raced his way to another gold medal, this time with a 26.96 in the sprint breaststroke event. That’s just half-a-second off his second-ranked season bet of 26.62 from the World Championships in Kazan.<\/p>\n His teammate Giulio Zorzi<\/strong> claimed silver in 27.69 with USA’s Kevin Cordes<\/strong> taking bronze in 27.81.<\/p>\n Paraguay’s Renato Prono<\/strong> (27.93), Uzbekistan’s Vladislav Mustafin<\/strong> (28.04), Panama’s Edgar Crespo<\/strong> (28.13), Germany’s Hendrik Feldwehr<\/strong> (28.34) and USA’s Michael Andrew<\/strong> (28.73) finished fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Women’s 100 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n USA’s Molly Hannis<\/strong> vaulted to 13th in the world rankings with a 1:06.94 to win the women’s 100-meter breaststroke.<\/p>\n Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson<\/strong>, a World Cup veteran with a fourth-ranked season best of 1:06.21, took second in 1:07.83. \u00a0Australia’s Leiston Pickett<\/strong> earned third in 1:08.15.<\/p>\n Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen<\/strong> (1:08.21), USA’s Laura Sogar<\/strong> (1:08.23), Japan’s Runa Imai<\/strong> (1:08.29), Japan’s Rie Kaneto<\/strong> (1:08.32) and Argentina’s Macarena Ceballos<\/strong> (1:09.45) wound up fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Women’s 100 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n USA’s Felicia Lee<\/strong> claimed top dollar in the women’s 100-meter fly with a time of 58.83. She led an American 1-3 in the event as Cassidy Bayer<\/strong> raced to a 59.52 to tie for third.<\/p>\n Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> snared second in 58.98 with Switzerland’s Alexandra Sasha Touretski<\/strong> also tying for third with a 59.52.<\/p>\n USA’s Kate Mills<\/strong> (59.59), Great Britain’s Jemma Lowe<\/strong> (1:00.5), Switzerland’s Svenja Stoffel<\/strong> (1:00.42) and Turkey’s Gizem Bozkurt<\/strong> (1:01.38) hit the wall fifth through eighth.<\/p>\n Men’s 100 back<\/strong><\/p>\n Australia’s Mitch Larkin<\/strong>, the big winner in Tokyo, raced his way to a sizzling 52.26 to break his Australian and Commonwealth records.<\/p>\n That swim broke the 52.37 leadoff time he set for Australia at the 2015 World Championships, and is just behind Ryan Murphy<\/strong>‘s 52.18 at the top of the world this year.<\/p>\n That swim vaulted Larkin into a sixth-ranked tie all time with Junya Koga<\/strong> in the men’s 100-meter backstroke chart.<\/p>\n All Time 100 Back<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/] USA’s David Plummer<\/strong> finished second in 53.18 with Japan’s Masaki Kaneko<\/strong> taking third in 54.33.<\/p>\n Australia’s Ashley Delaney<\/strong> (54.73), Singapore’s Zheng Wen Quah<\/strong> (55.03), USA’s Michael Andrew<\/strong> (55.52), Romania’s Robert Glinta<\/strong> (55.72) and South Africa’s Jacques Van Wyk<\/strong> (56.72) closed out the finale.<\/p>\n Women’s 50 back<\/strong><\/p>\n Australia’s Emily Seebohm<\/strong>, who has been on fire during the World Cup tour, picked up another triumph with a 27.85 in the sprint back. That’s half-a-second off her third-ranked season best of 27.47 from Australian Nationals.<\/p>\n USA’s Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> picked up second-place honors in 28.23, while Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> piled up some more points with a third-place 28.40.<\/p>\n Japan’s Emi Moronuki<\/strong> (28.77), Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina<\/strong> (28.88), USA’s Felicia Lee<\/strong> (28.92), Argentina’s Andrea Berrino<\/strong> (29.23) and Canada’s Mackenzie Glover<\/strong> (29.48) finished fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Men’s 200 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n South Africa’s Chad le Clos<\/strong> returned to his usual form with a double as he clocked a 1:55.80 to win the men’s 200-meter fly. \u00a0That’s well off his sizzling time of 1:53.68 from Worlds, but more than enough to win tonight.<\/p>\n Denmark’s Viktor Bromer<\/strong> finished second in 1:56.30 with Australia’s Christopher Wright<\/strong> earning third in 1:57.03.<\/p>\n France’s Jordan Coelho<\/strong> (1:57.38), Russia’s Nikolay Skvortsov<\/strong> (1:57.99), Switzerland’s Nils Liess<\/strong> (1:58.90), Hungary’s David Verraszto<\/strong> (1:59.11) and China’s Xiao Lei<\/strong> (2:01.59) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Women’s 200 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> collected another gold medal, this time with a 2:10.22 in the 200 IM.<\/p>\n USA’s Caitlin Leverenz<\/strong> raced her way into second with a 2:11.08, just off her eighth-ranked season best of 2:10.51 from the Pan American Games.<\/p>\n Japan’s Sakiko Shimizu<\/strong> hit the wall third in 2:12.50.<\/p>\n Japan’s Runa Imai<\/strong> (2:13.05), Uzbekistan’s Ranokhon Amanova<\/strong> (2:13.08), Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> (2:13.17), Austria’s Lisa Zaiser<\/strong> (2:14.93) and USA’s Meghan Small<\/strong> (2:15.39) finished in fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Men’s 400 free<\/strong><\/p>\n Great Britain’s James Guy<\/strong> crushed the field in the men’s middle distance event with a time of 3:46.76. \u00a0That’s still three seconds back of his third-ranked season best of 3:43.75 from Worlds, but was nearly two seconds ahead of the field tonight.<\/p>\n Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic<\/strong> took silver with a time of 3:48.70, while Great Britain’s Stephen Milne<\/strong> snared third in 3:48.74.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s Mykhailo Romanchuck<\/strong> (3:49.04) and Sergii Frolov<\/strong> (3:52.09) finished fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n USA’s Zane Grothe<\/strong> (3:52.48), Austria’s David Brandl<\/strong> (3:52.51) and Malaysia’s Welson Sim<\/strong> (3:52.57) also competed in the finale.<\/p>\n Women’s 50 free<\/strong><\/p>\n France’s Anna Santamans<\/strong> put up a top time of 24.95 to win the women’s splash-and-dash. She’s been a bit faster this year with a 17th-ranked 24.76 from the Chartres stop of the World Cup tour.<\/p>\n Australia’s Melanie Wright<\/strong> placed second in 25.05, off her 12th-ranked 24.63 from Australian Nationals.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, USA’s Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> claimed third in 25.40, well back of her 13th-ranked 24.55 from the Pan American Games.<\/p>\n Switzerland’s Sasha Touretski<\/strong> (25.44), Czech’s Anna Kolarova<\/strong> (25.56), USA’s Marta Ciesla<\/strong> (25.60), Russia’s Elizaveta Bazarova<\/strong> (25.62) and Russia’s Daria Ustinova<\/strong> (25.72) placed fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Men’s 200 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta<\/strong>, a bit of a 200 breast specialist on any\u00a0World Cup tour as he typically claims enough money to pay for his travel expenses for the meet, took the 200 again with a 2:10.33. \u00a0That’s well off his fourth-ranked 2:08.10 from Worlds, but enough to cash in the big paycheck.<\/p>\n Russia’s Oleg Kostin<\/strong> finished second in 2:11.44 with South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh<\/strong> adding some icing on the cake with a third-place time of 2:12.14. \u00a0He typically wins the 50 and 100 breast, and doesn’t always pick up points from the 200.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s Ross Murdoch<\/strong> (2:12.40), USA’s Kevin Cordes<\/strong> (2:12.57), Great Britain’s Craig Benson<\/strong> (2:13.72), Luxembourg’s Laurent Carnol<\/strong> (2:14.31) and South Africa’s Jarred Crous<\/strong> (2:15.47) finished\u00a0fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Women’s 200 back<\/strong><\/p>\n Fans were delivered a treat as the two top-ranked swimmers in the world in the 200 back went head-to-head with #1 Emily Seebohm<\/strong> thumping #2 Katinka Hosszu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Seebohm won the 200 back going away with a time of 2:07.19, off her top-ranked 2:05.81 from Worlds.<\/p>\n Hosszu settled for second with a time of 2:08.73, off her second-ranked time of 2:06.18 also from Worlds.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina<\/strong> snuck into third with a 2:11.05 for the final paycheck of the event.<\/p>\n USA’s Erin Earley<\/strong> (2:12.21), Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> (2:12.52), Germany’s Jenny Mensing<\/strong> (2:12.53), USA’s Erin Voss<\/strong> (2:13.66) and Austria’s Jordis Steinegger<\/strong> (2:15.88) also swam in the finale.<\/p>\n Men’s 50 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n South Africa’s Chad le Clos<\/strong> collected his third title of the night with a 23.43 in the sprint fly. \u00a0That swim nearly cleared his eighth-ranked season best of 23.23 from the Chartres stop of the World Cup.<\/p>\n USA’s Giles Smith<\/strong> finished second overall in 23.58 with Serbia’s Ivan Lender<\/strong> placing third in 23.87.<\/p>\n USA’s Michael Andrew<\/strong> (23.95), Argentina’s Santiago Grassi<\/strong> (24.03), Japan’s Takuro Fujii<\/strong> (24.12), Australia’s Christopher Wright<\/strong> (24.17) and Australia’s Jayden Hadler<\/strong> (24.34) also competed in the heat.<\/p>\n Women’s 800 free<\/strong><\/p>\n New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle<\/strong> picked up a first-place paycheck with a win in the distance event for the day.<\/p>\n Boyle clocked an 8:24.76 for the win, while Great Britain’s Jaz Carlin<\/strong> took second in 8:27.25. \u00a0Germany’s Sarah Kohler<\/strong> rounded out the podium with a third-place 8:28.76.<\/p>\n Italy’s Diletta Carli<\/strong> (8:36.75) and Great Britain’s Aimee Willmott<\/strong> (8:37.97) took fourth and fifth, while Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> placed sixth with an 8:39.22 from the morning heats.<\/p>\n France’s Coralie Balmy<\/strong> (8:43.34) and Liechtenstein’s Julia Hassler<\/strong> (8:47.78) finished seventh and eighth in the timed final event.<\/p>\n Men’s 400 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n Hungary’s David Verraszto<\/strong> claimed the men’s 400-meter IM title in 4:16.17, while USA’s Sean Grieshop<\/strong> raced his way to silver in 4:18.63. Japan’s Keita Sunama<\/strong> picked up the final paycheck with a third-place time of 4:22.15.<\/p>\n Luxembourg’s Raphael Stacchiotti<\/strong> (4:23.67), South Africa’s Michael Meyer<\/strong> (4:24.12), South Africa’s Ayrton Sweeney<\/strong> (4:28.07), Turkey’s Erge Gezmis<\/strong> (4:31.54) and USA’s Logan Houck<\/strong> (4:33.30) closed out the top eight in the timed final event.<\/p>\n Scheduled Events<\/strong><\/p>\n Everything you need to follow along with finals live during the 2015 2015 FINA World Cup Doha. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. 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