The second cluster of the 2016 FINA\/Airweave World Cup kickstarted with a stop in Beijing\u00a0to continue the short course meter racing.<\/p>\n
Russia’s\u00a0Vladimir Morozov\u00a0<\/strong>continued to show dominance in the men’s 100 free with a first place seed of 47.96, however was unable to claim the top seed in the men’s 100 IM returning as fourth with a 53.96. Morozov currently holds the WR in the 100 IM with a dynamic 50.30 from the Berlin stop of the series.<\/p>\n The king of short course breaststroke,\u00a0Cameron van der Burgh<\/strong>, was absent in the men’s 50 breaststroke leaving the event open for Morozov to claim the top seed with a 26.99.<\/p>\n Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> of Hungary claimed the top seed in multiple events on day one beginning with a top showing in the women’s 200 free (1:55.66). Hosszu added the 100 fly (56.95), 200 IM (2:10.25), a second place seed in the 200 back (2:06.81), and a sixth place seed in the 50 back (27.63).<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Daryna Zevina<\/strong> returns as the top qualifier in the women’s 200 back, posting a qualifying time of 2:05.46.<\/p>\n The women’s 100 breaststroke was highlighted by a field of talent led by the USA’s\u00a0Katie Meili\u00a0<\/strong>(1:05.39). Meili will be joined in the final by Japan’s\u00a0Rie Kaneto<\/strong> (1:05.47), the USA’s\u00a0Breeja Larson<\/strong> (1:05.82), Russia’s\u00a0Yuliya Efimova<\/strong> (1:06.27), and Jamaica’s\u00a0Alia Atkinson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.27).<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Bobby Hurley\u00a0<\/strong>posted the top time in the men’s 100 back at a 50.89 to return as the top seed.<\/p>\n Daiya Seto<\/strong> of Japan swam ahead of the competition in prelims of the men’s 200 fly, claiming the top seed with a 1:56.89.<\/p>\n Three men posted sub 2:09 times in prelims of the men’s 200 breaststroke setting the stage for some tight racing. The USA’s\u00a0Josh Prenot\u00a0<\/strong>leads the way with a 2:08.02, followed closely by Germany’s\u00a0Marco Koch<\/strong> (2:08.42) and China’s\u00a0Yan Zibei\u00a0<\/strong>(2:08.57).<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Zhu Menghui\u00a0<\/strong>and Denmark’s\u00a0Jeanette Ottesen<\/strong> posted close times in prelims of the women’s 50 free to return as the top two seeds with times of 24.30 and 24.53 respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The second cluster of the 2016 FINA\/Airweave World Cup kickstarted with a stop in Beijing\u00a0to continue the short course meter racing. Russia’s\u00a0Vladimir Morozov\u00a0continued to show dominance in the men’s 100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":149722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[58322],"class_list":["post-222976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-2016-world-cup-series"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n