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Men’s 100 free<\/strong><\/p>\n France’s Jeremy Stravius<\/strong> opened up the night with a winning time of 48.34 in the 100 free. That swim vaulted him to 13th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n South Africa’s Chad le Clos<\/strong>, already ranked sixth in the world with a 48.16 from the Moscow stop, took second tonight in 48.38 in a close race.<\/p>\n Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic<\/strong> clinched the final paycheck with a third-place time of 48.86.<\/p>\n France’s Yannick Agnel<\/strong> (49.33), Italy’s Luca Leonardi<\/strong> (49.53), Argentina’s Federico Grabich<\/strong> (49.58), South Africa’s Doug Erasmus<\/strong> (49.78) and South Africa’s Caydon Muller<\/strong> (49.78) rounded out the heat.<\/p>\n Women’s 200 free<\/strong><\/p>\n Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> turned up the heat in the 200 free with a 1:55.41 for the win. \u00a0That swim beat her previous season best, a Hungarian record of 1:55.81 from the Hong Kong stop as she leapfrogged Missy Franklin’s 1:55.49 into fifth in the world this year.<\/p>\n Italy’s Federica Pellegrini<\/strong>, ranked third in the world with a 1:55.00 from the French Open, took second tonight in 1:57.42, while Great Britain’s Jaz Carlin<\/strong> earned third in 1:58.45.<\/p>\n New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle<\/strong> (1:59.24), Italy’s Chiara Masini Luccetti<\/strong> (2:00.57), Germany’s Sarah Kohler<\/strong> (2:00.80), Italy’s Diletta Carli<\/strong> (2:01.82) and Austria’s Lisa Zaiser<\/strong> (2:02.89) placed fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Men’s 50 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n In a true heavyweight matchup, South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh<\/strong> looked at home as a veteran of the FINA World Cup as he blitzed the sprint breaststroke field including world-record holder Adam Peaty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Van der Burgh won the event in 26.77, not far off his second-ranked 26.62 from Worlds. \u00a0That time is just outside the top 10 swims of all time in the event, primarily dominated by both Peaty and van der Burgh.<\/p>\n Peaty, meanwhile, wound up taking second overall in 27.16 with South Africa’s Giulio Zorzi<\/strong> claiming third in 27.45.<\/p>\n Panama’s Edgar Crespo<\/strong> took fourth in 27.49 with Uzbekistan’s Vlad Mustafin<\/strong> placing fifth in 27.85.<\/p>\n Paraguay’s Renato Prono<\/strong> (27.94), USA’s Kevin Cordes<\/strong> (28.02) and USA’s Michael Andrew<\/strong> (28.57) also swam in the finale.<\/p>\n Women’s 100 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n Alia Atkinson<\/strong> broke her Jamaican record in the women’s 100 breast with a sizzler against a loaded field at the 2015 FINA World Cup Dubai.<\/p>\n Atkinson threw down a 1:05.93 for the win, breaking her previous mark of 1:06.21 from the World Championships in Kazan. \u00a0That swim had ranked fourth in the world this year, and tonight’s effort still left her in fourth overall.<\/p>\n World Rankings 100 Breast<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/] USA’s Molly Hannis<\/strong> hit the wall second in 1:06.60 to jump into seventh in the world, while Turkey’s Viktoria Zeynep Gunes<\/strong> wound up third in 1:06.96 to finish just off her 12th-ranked 1:06.77 from an amazing World Junior Championships.<\/p>\n Australia’s Leiston Pickett<\/strong> (1:07.81), Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen<\/strong> (1:08.03), Japan’s Rie Kaneto<\/strong> (1:08.14), Japan’s Runa Imai<\/strong> (1:08.16) and South Africa’s Kaylene Corbett<\/strong> (1:10.20) closed out the heat.<\/p>\n Women’s 100 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n USA’s Felicia Lee<\/strong> powered her way to another first-place paycheck as she won the 100 fly tonight.<\/p>\n Lee stopped the clock in a time of 58.57 for the win, while Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> finished second overall in 58.75. \u00a0USA’s Cassidy Bayer<\/strong> wound up third in 59.09.<\/p>\n Switzerland’s Svenja Stoffel<\/strong> (59.43), Great Britain’s Jemma Lowe<\/strong> (59.56), Switzerland’s Sasha Touretski<\/strong> (59.62), Switzerland’s Maria Ugolkova<\/strong> (1:00.43) and Switzerland’s Danielle Villars<\/strong> (1:00.57) also competed in the championship heat.<\/p>\n Men’s 100 back<\/strong><\/p>\n Australia’s Mitch Larkin<\/strong> stunned the crowd with a world-best time in the men’s 100-meter back at the 2015 FINA World Cup Dubai.<\/p>\n Larkin uncorked a blistering time of 52.11 to break his Australian and Commonwealth record of 52.26 set at the Doha stop earlier this week. \u00a0That time also cleared Ryan Murphy’s<\/strong> 52.18 from the World Championships in Kazan as the top ranked effort in the world this year.<\/p>\n Larkin’s time tied him for third all time in the event’s history as well as he just missed the world record and textile bests in the event.<\/p>\n All Time 100 Back<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/] Larkin had some company as USA’s David Plummer<\/strong> also put up a sizzler with a second-place 52.51 to vault to fourth in the world rankings this year.<\/p>\n Japan’s Masaki Kaneko<\/strong> took third this evening in 54.37, while Australia’s Ashley Delaney<\/strong> finished outside the money with a fourth-place 54.69.<\/p>\n USA’s Michael Andrew<\/strong> (55.12), Romania’s Robert Glinta<\/strong> (55.36), USA’s Michael Reilman<\/strong> (55.98) and Japan’s Keita Sunama<\/strong> (56.36) finished fifth through eighth.<\/p>\n Women’s 50 back<\/strong><\/p>\n Australia’s Emily Seebohm<\/strong> picked up a victory in the sprint backstroke against Katinka Hosszu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Seebohm put up a time of 27.57 for the win, just off her third-ranked 27.47 from the Australian Nationals.<\/p>\n Hosszu took home silver in a time of 27.99, breaking another Hungarian record. \u00a0She set the previous mark with a 28.16 at the Bergen Swim Festival earlier this year.<\/p>\n USA’s Felicia Lee<\/strong> collected another medal with a third-place time of 28.32.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina<\/strong> (28.42), Great Britain’s Harriet Cooper<\/strong> (28.43), Japan’s Emi Moronuki<\/strong> (28.74), France’s Pauline Mahieu<\/strong> (29.58) and Argentina’s Andrea Berrino<\/strong> (30.01) placed fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Men’s 200 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n Denmark’s Viktor Bromer<\/strong> won the men’s 200 fly in a close battle with South Africa’s Chad le Clos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Bromer won in 1:55.98, well off his seventh-ranked season best of 1:54.47 from Worlds. \u00a0Le Clos, meanwhile, checked in with a 1:56.03 for second as he did not come close to replicating his top-end speed of 1:53.68 from Worlds that ranks his third this year.<\/p>\n Singapore’s Zheng Wen Quah<\/strong> picked up third overall in 1:56.26, while Hungary’s Bence Biczo took fourth in 1:56.43.<\/p>\n Australia’s Christopher Wright<\/strong> (1:58.18), Switzerland’s Nils Liess<\/strong> (1:58.83), South Africa’s Michael Meyer<\/strong> (1:59.92) and New Zealand’s Isaac Foote<\/strong> (2:00.27) comprised the rest of the heat.<\/p>\n Women’s 200 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> earned another medal, this time gold in the 200 IM with a clear victory in the event.<\/p>\n Hosszu put up a 2:08.61 for the win. \u00a0She wasn’t near her amazing world record time of 2:06.12 from Worlds earlier this summer, but she had plenty in the tank for the win.<\/p>\n USA’s Caitlin Leverenz<\/strong> threw down a 2:10.35 for second to better her eighth-ranked season best of 2:10.51 from the Pan American Games. \u00a0But, it wasn’t enough to move past Melanie Margalis’<\/strong> seventh-ranked 2:10.26 from Sectionals in Georgia.<\/p>\n Japan’s Sakiko Shimizu<\/strong> placed third in 2:10.76 to move to 10th in the world rankings in what proved to be a strong top three.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s Aimee Willmott<\/strong> (2:12.65), Uzbekistan’s Ranokhon Amanova<\/strong> (2:12.93), USA’s Meghan Small<\/strong> (2:13.47), Austria’s Lisa Zaiser<\/strong> (2:14.44) and Argentina’s Virginia Bardach<\/strong> (2:15.93) placed fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Men’s 400 free<\/strong><\/p>\n Great Britain’s James Guy<\/strong>, the third-ranked 400 freestyler in the world with a 3:43.75 from Worlds, topped the middle distance event in Dubai.<\/p>\n Guy won this evening in 3:46.91, while Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic<\/strong> picked up a silver in a time of 3:47.75.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s Stephen Milne<\/strong> closed out a GBR 1-3 with a third-place 3:48.61.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/strong> (3:48.83), Czech’s Jan Micka<\/strong> (3:49.22), Ukraine’s Sergii Frolov<\/strong> (3:51.45), Hungary’s Gergo Kis<\/strong> (3:52.24) and Austria’s David Brandl<\/strong> (4:00.81) also put up times in the finale.<\/p>\n Women’s 50 free<\/strong><\/p>\n Australia’s Melanie Wright<\/strong> put up a 24.72 to win the women’s splash-and-dash. \u00a0That time fell short of her 12th-ranked season best of 24.63 from the Australian Nationals.<\/p>\n USA’s Marta Ciesla<\/strong> raced her way to silver in a 25.31 with Czech’s Anna Kolarova<\/strong> earning third in 25.35.<\/p>\n Russia’s Elizaveta Bazarova<\/strong> (25.36), Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> (25.37), Great Britain’s Harriet Cooper<\/strong> (25.66), Luxembourg’s Julie Meynen<\/strong> (25.70) and Switzerland’s Sasha Touretski<\/strong> (26.13) also competed in the championship.<\/p>\n Men’s 200 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta<\/strong> clinched the men’s 200-meter breaststroke title with a time of 2:10.43. He’s been much faster this year with a fourth-ranked 2:08.10 from Worlds, but he didn’t need that speed for the first-place paycheck tonight.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s Craig Benson<\/strong> took second in 2:11.34 with USA’s Kevin Cordes<\/strong> claiming third overall in 2:11.51.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s Ross Murdoch<\/strong> (2:12.26), Luxembourg’s Laurent Carnol<\/strong> (2:14.47), Great Britain’s Adam Peaty<\/strong> (2:14.67), South Africa’s Ayrton Sweeney<\/strong> (2:15.09) and Slovakia’s Tomas Klobucnik<\/strong> (2:17.01) finished fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Women’s 200 back<\/strong><\/p>\n Australia’s Emily Seebohm<\/strong> turned in another backstroke blast as she won the 200 back in a time of 2:06.94. \u00a0That’s just a second back of her top-ranked 2:05.81 from the World Championships.<\/p>\n Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> collected more World Cup points with a second-place time of 2:07.13, while Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina<\/strong> touched third in 2:11.07.<\/p>\n Germany’s Jenny Mensing<\/strong> (2:11.50), Canada’s Mackenzie Glover<\/strong> (2:12.62), Great Britain’s Rosie Rudin<\/strong> (2:12.70), USA’s Erin Earley<\/strong> (2:13.73) and Austria’s Jordis Steinegger<\/strong> (2:15.81) rounded out the heat.<\/p>\n Men’s 50 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n South Africa’s Chad le Clos<\/strong> picked up the gold medal in the men’s sprint fly after a pair of silvers earlier in the night.<\/p>\n Le Clos clocked a top time of 23.31 for the win, just off his eighth-ranked season best of 23.23 from the Chartres stop of the World Cup.<\/p>\n USA’s Giles Smith<\/strong> took second in 23.67 with Serbia’s Ivan Lender<\/strong> taking third in 23.74.<\/p>\n Russia’s Nikolay Skvortsov<\/strong> (23.87), Japan’s Takuro Fujii<\/strong> (23.87), USA’s Michael Andrew<\/strong> (23.97), Argentina’s Santiago Grassi<\/strong> (24.31) and South Africa’s Johannes Du Rand<\/strong> (24.37) claimed fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Women’s 800 free<\/strong><\/p>\n New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle<\/strong> cruised her way to victory in the distance event for the day.<\/p>\n Boyle clocked an 8:25.96 for gold-medal money, while Great Britain’s Jaz Carlin<\/strong> took second in 8:30.79.<\/p>\n Germany’s Sarah Kohler<\/strong> collected the third-place paycheck with an 8:35.16.<\/p>\n Italy’s Aurora Ponsele<\/strong> (8:35.97), Italy’s Diletta Carli<\/strong> (8:39.06), Italy’s Erica Musso<\/strong> (8:40.96), USA’s Courtney Harnish<\/strong> (8:43.03) and Liechtenstein’s Julia Hassler<\/strong> (8:50.51) closed out the rest of the top eight in the timed final event.<\/p>\n Men’s 400 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n Hungary’s David Verraszto<\/strong> snared the final gold medal of the night with a 4:16.71 in the distance medley.<\/p>\n Japan’s Keita Sunama<\/strong> took second in 4:17.58 with South Africa’s Michael Meyer<\/strong> earning third in 4:18.58.<\/p>\n USA’s Sean Grieshop<\/strong> (4:18.95), South Africa’s Ayrton Sweeney<\/strong> (4:31.89), South Africa’s Joshua Dannhauser<\/strong> (4:33.40), South Africa’s Jordan Le Clos<\/strong> (4:36.28) and Syria’s Ayman Kelzi<\/strong> (4:36.62) also made the top eight in the timed final.<\/p>\n SCHEDULED EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Everything you need to follow along with finals live during the 2015 2015 FINA World Cup Dubai. 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