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Vladimir Morozov<\/strong> of Russia continued to flirt with a new World Cup record in the men’s 100 free, posting a final time of 45.77 to claim his sixth consecutive gold in the event for the 2016 series. Currently, the record sits at a 45.46 set in \u00a02009 by Australia’s\u00a0Matthew Abood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n South Africa’s\u00a0Chad le Clos<\/strong> maintained his spot at second with a 46.00 showing, while Japan’s\u00a0Katsumi Nakamura<\/strong> finished third with a 46.83.<\/p>\n Japanese teammate\u00a0Shinri Shioura<\/strong> posted fourth with a 47.42, while Belgium’s\u00a0Pieter Timmers\u00a0<\/strong>took fifth with a 47.53.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Benjamin Proud<\/strong> (48.84), Ukraine’s\u00a0Andrii Khloptsov<\/strong> (48.95), and Uzbekistan’s\u00a0Aleksey Tarasenko\u00a0<\/strong>(49.32) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> of Hungary maintained her spot atop the leaderboard in finals of the women’s 200 free. Hosszu delivered a final time of 1:53.29 to claim her first gold medal of the Doha stop.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Madeline Groves<\/strong> and Hungary’s\u00a0Zsuzsanna Jakabos\u00a0<\/strong>held a tight race for the remaining two spots on the podium. Groves got her hand to the wall first to claim second with a 1:54.46 over Jakabos’ 1:54.67.<\/p>\n The Chinese duo of\u00a0Fang Yi<\/strong> and\u00a0Cao Yue\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth and fifth with times of 1:57.03 and 2:05.03 respectively.<\/p>\n New Zealand’s\u00a0Lucy Agnew\u00a0<\/strong>(2:05.92) and\u00a0Greta Agnew<\/strong> (2:07.65) posted sixth and seventh place, ahead of Malta’s\u00a0Francesca Falzon Young\u00a0<\/strong>(2:09.39).<\/p>\n Brazil’s\u00a0Felipe Lima<\/strong> dashed to first in finals of the men’s 50 breaststroke, stopping the clock at a 26.14.<\/p>\n South Africa’s\u00a0Giulio Zorzi<\/strong> took second with a 26.47, while China’s\u00a0Li Xiang\u00a0<\/strong>and South Africa’s\u00a0Roland Schoeman\u00a0<\/strong>delivered close times of 26.71 and 26.79 respectively.<\/p>\n Fellow South African\u00a0Bradley Tandy<\/strong> posted the final sub-27 second swim at a 26.95 for fifth.<\/p>\n Egypt’s\u00a0Y. Elkamash\u00a0<\/strong>(27.51), Russia’s\u00a0Vladimir Morozov<\/strong> (28.09), and South Africa’s\u00a0Jan Christian Bequidenhout\u00a0<\/strong>(28.29) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n Alia Atkinson\u00a0<\/strong>of Jamaica re-claimed her title in the women’s 100 breaststroke after passing the baton to the USA’s\u00a0Katie Meili\u00a0<\/strong>last week. Atkinson held off a charging\u00a0Yulia Efimova\u00a0<\/strong>to claim gold with a 1:03.18.<\/p>\n Efimova settled for second with a 1:03.27, while Meili took third with a 1:03.90.<\/p>\n After leading the field through prelims Japan’s\u00a0Rie Kaneto\u00a0<\/strong>slipped to fourth with a 1:04.59, ahead of the USA’s\u00a0Breeja Larson<\/strong> and her time of 1:05.63.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Tessa Wallace<\/strong> (1:06.55), Slovakia’s\u00a0Andrea Podmanikova<\/strong> (1:07.07), and the USA’s\u00a0Liz Roberts\u00a0<\/strong>(1:09.66) finished sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n Denmark’s\u00a0Jeanette Ottesen\u00a0<\/strong>clocked a 55.93 in finals of the women’s 100 fly to claim gold over the competition.<\/p>\n Despite a strong second 50-meters from Katinka Hosszu,\u00a0<\/strong>the Hungarian was unable to bypass Ottesen, settling for second and a time of 56.03.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Madeline Groves\u00a0<\/strong>rounded out the podium with a time of 57.63, while teammate\u00a0Brittany Elmslie<\/strong> posted a fourth place finish of 58.09.<\/p>\n Kin Lok Chan\u00a0<\/strong>of Hong Kong took fifth with a time of 58.34, while Singapore’s\u00a0Nicholle Toh<\/strong> was sixth with a 1:00.03.<\/p>\n Russia’s\u00a0Natalia Lovtcova<\/strong> and Argentina’s\u00a0Daniela Gonzalez Pinero\u00a0<\/strong>were seventh and eighth with times of 1:00.24 and 1:03.39 respectively.<\/p>\n Bobby Hurley\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia led a strong backstroke contingent in finals of the men’s 100 back. Hurley stopped the clock at a 50.20, followed by a trio of fellow sub-51 second swims.<\/p>\n Belarus’\u00a0Pavel\u00a0Yankovich\u00a0<\/strong>claimed second place with a time of 50.54, followed closely by Japan’s\u00a0Takeshi Kawamoto’s\u00a0<\/strong>50.65.<\/p>\n Stanislav Donetc<\/strong> of Russia posted a 50.88 to be the only other athlete under the 51-second mark.<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Miguel Ortiz-Canavate<\/strong> (51.63), Colombia’s\u00a0Omar Pinzon Garcia<\/strong> (53.12), France’s\u00a0Jordan Coelho<\/strong> (53.64), and Singapore’s\u00a0Malcolm Low<\/strong> (56.55) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Hungary’s\u00a0Katinka Hosszu\u00a0<\/strong>and Ukraine’s\u00a0Daryna Zevina<\/strong> held a tight race for the gold in finals of the women’s 50 back. A swift reaction time from Hosszu propelled her to a quick lead over the competition and a gold medal. Hosszu clocked a 26.38 over Zevina’s 26.53.<\/p>\n Cheng Haihua\u00a0<\/strong>of China delivered a third place finish of 27.01, while Jamaica’s\u00a0Alia Atkinson\u00a0<\/strong>was fourth with a 28.19.<\/p>\n Slovakia’s\u00a0Barbora Tomanova\u00a0<\/strong>took fifth with a 28.43, followed by France’s\u00a0Camille Gheorghiu’s\u00a0<\/strong>28.55.<\/p>\n Li-Shan Chantal\u00a0<\/strong>Lieu<\/b> of Singapore and\u00a0Gabriela Nikitina\u00a0<\/strong>of Latvia posted seventh and eighth place finishes with times of 29.64 and 29.86 respectively.<\/p>\n It was a tight race for first in finals of the men’s 200 fly with the lead exchanging between Japan’s\u00a0Daiya Seto,<\/strong> Germany’s\u00a0Philip Heintz<\/strong>, and South Africa’s\u00a0Chad le Clos.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Heintz jumped to an early lead turning ahead of both Seto and le Clos at the first 50-meter mark, but was unable to hold off a charging Seto. Heintz held on to second until the 150-meter mark when le Clos moved up to second and began to chase down Seto. The battle of the Olympians concluded with Seto clocking a 1:49.84 for first over le Clos’ 1:49.93.<\/p>\n Heintz settled for third and a final time of 1:52.03.<\/p>\n South Africa’s\u00a0Marco Smit\u00a0<\/strong>took fourth with a 2:05.67, while\u00a0Abdullah Alfalasi\u00a0<\/strong>of the United Arab Emirates was a no show for the event.<\/p>\n Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> garnered her third individual gold medal in finals of the women’s 200 IM, one of her signature events. Hosszu touched in a final time of 2:05.77, while\u00a0Yulia Efimova<\/strong> finished second overall with a 2:07.29.<\/p>\n Fellow Hungarian\u00a0Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> touched third with a final time of 2:08.42.<\/p>\n Zhang Jiaqi<\/strong> finished fourth overall with a time of 2:10.44, followed by Jamaica’s\u00a0Alia Atkinson<\/strong> and her time of 2:13.61.<\/p>\n Japan’s\u00a0Rie Kaneto<\/strong> and Bahrain’s\u00a0Alzain Tareq<\/strong> were sixth and seventh with times of 2:14.78 and 2:54.62.<\/p>\n Myles Brown<\/strong> of South Africa delivered the top time in finals of the men’s 400 free, posting a 3:39.78 to claim his first gold medal of the Doha stop.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0James Guy\u00a0<\/strong>touched second with a 3:41.96, just ahead of Australia’s\u00a0Bobby Hurley\u00a0<\/strong>and his time of 3:42.44.<\/p>\n Poul Zellmann<\/strong> of Germany finished fourth overall with a 3:43.01, while Hungary’s\u00a0Gergely Gyurta\u00a0<\/strong>slipped to fifth with a 3:47.71.<\/p>\n Germany’s\u00a0Moritz Brandt<\/strong> (3:54.28), Czech Republic’s\u00a0Jakub Karl<\/strong> (3:54.57), and South Africa’s\u00a0Marco Smit<\/strong> (4:07.09) finished sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n Jeanette Ottesen<\/strong> earned her second gold medal of the session with a dominating win in the women’s 50 free finals. Ottesen stopped the clock at a 23.84, finishing over half a second ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Brittany Elmslie<\/strong> finished second overall with a 24.48, while the USA’s\u00a0Katie Meili\u00a0<\/strong>rounded out the podium with a third place finish of 24.63.<\/p>\n Katinka Hosszu\u00a0<\/strong>picked up fourth with a 24.74, while\u00a0Alia Atkinson\u00a0<\/strong>was fifth with a 24.88.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Madeline Groves<\/strong> (25.00), Russia’s\u00a0Natalia Lovtcova<\/strong> (25.40), and Australia’s\u00a0Tessa Wallace<\/strong> (25.58) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Germany’s\u00a0Marco Koch\u00a0<\/strong>surged to first in the men’s 200 breaststroke, clocking a final time of 2:02.13 to finish ahead of the competition by more than three seconds.<\/p>\n Japan’s\u00a0Daiya Seto\u00a0<\/strong>delivered a second place finish of 2:05.91, followed by the USA’s\u00a0Josh Prenot<\/strong> and his time of 2:06.90.<\/p>\n Wang Boyu<\/strong> of China took fourth with a 2:07.00, while Egypt’s\u00a0Y. Elkamash\u00a0<\/strong>was a fifth with a 2:13.42.<\/p>\n Slovakia’s\u00a0Peter Durisin<\/strong> and South Africa’s\u00a0Michael Jones<\/strong> were sixth and eighth with times of 2:14.15 and 2:20.33 respectively.<\/p>\n Vladimir Morozov<\/strong> claimed his second win of the day in the men’s 100 IM with a final time of 51.75. Morozov currently holds the World Record at a 50.30 from the Berlin stop of the 2016 FINA World Cup series.<\/p>\n Germany’s\u00a0Philip Heintz\u00a0<\/strong>and Belarus’\u00a0Pavel Sankovich<\/strong> held a tight race for second, but it was Heintz who claimed the silver with a time of 52.27. Sankovich settled for the bronze with a time of 52.68.<\/p>\n Omar Pinzon Garcia<\/strong> of Colombia delivered a fourth place finish of 54.44, while Japan’s\u00a0Daiya Seto<\/strong> finished fifth with a 55.22.<\/p>\n Slovakia’s\u00a0Adam Halas<\/strong> (55.58),\u00a0Taki Mrabet<\/strong> (57.56), and\u00a0Aleksandar Lazarevic<\/strong> (59.10) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n Daryna Zevina<\/strong> and\u00a0Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> continued their backstroke battles with a match-up in the 200-meter version. Unlike the 50-meter where Hosszu claimed gold, Zevina was victorious in the 200 with a final time of 2:01.25. While Hosszu had a much quicker reaction time (.61 vs. .75), Zevina quickly took charge of the race turning first at each wall.<\/p>\n Hossszu settled for silver with a time of 2:01.48.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Cheng Haihua<\/strong> grabbed a narrow victory over Hungary’s\u00a0Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> with a final time of 2:07.33 over Jakabos’ 2:07.65.<\/p>\n Hong Kong’s\u00a0Yin Yan Claudia Lau\u00a0<\/strong>finished fifth overall with a 2:07.85, ahead of China’s\u00a0Liu\u00a0<\/strong>Haiyan’s<\/b> 2:08.98.<\/p>\n Lucy Agnew<\/strong> of New Zealand was seventh with a 2:13.48, followed by Slovakia’s\u00a0Barbora Tomanova\u00a0<\/strong>and her final time of 2:15.31.<\/p>\n South Africa’s\u00a0Chad le Clos<\/strong> picked up his first gold of the Doha stop in the men’s 50 fly with a 22.36 finish.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Benjamin Proud<\/strong> and Japan’s\u00a0Takeshi Kawamoto<\/strong> rounded out the podium with times of 22.57 and 22.62 respectively.<\/p>\n Roland Schoeman<\/strong> of South Africa was fourth with a 22.74, while Belarus’\u00a0Pavel Sankovich<\/strong> and Ukraine’s\u00a0Andrii Khloptsov\u00a0<\/strong>delivered matching times of 23.10 to tie for fifth.<\/p>\n South Africa’s\u00a0Bradley Tandy<\/strong> finished seventh with a 23.22, followed by Spain’s\u00a0Miguel Ortiz-Canavate’s<\/strong> 23.29.<\/p>\n Katinka Hosszu\u00a0<\/strong>garnered her fourth gold of the session with a final time of 8:27.58 in the women’s 800 free.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Fang Yi<\/strong> clocked a time of 8:30.29 for second, while Hungary’s\u00a0Zsuzsanna Jakabos<\/strong> finished third with a time of 8:31.27.<\/p>\n Spela Bohinc<\/strong> of Slovakia was fourth with a 8:33.37, ahead of China’s\u00a0Yang Chang’s<\/strong> 8:38.93.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Liu Haiyun<\/strong> (8:45.33) and South Africa’s\u00a0Bianca Pera<\/strong> (9:32.01) were sixth and seventh respectively.<\/p>\n Daiya Seto<\/strong> of Japan topped the competition with a 4:02.39 in the men’s 400 IM, while Germany’s\u00a0Philip Heintz<\/strong> took second with a 4:04.24.<\/p>\n Josh Prenot\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA finished third with a 4:05.67, ahead of Hungary’s\u00a0Gergely Gyurta’s\u00a0<\/strong>4:10.27.<\/p>\n Fifth went to\u00a0Taki Mrabet<\/strong> and his time of 4:25.15, followed by Serbia’s\u00a0Aleksa Bobar\u00a0<\/strong>and his time of 4:29.26.<\/p>\n Dante Nortje<\/strong> of South Africa claimed seventh with a 4:28.76 and eighth went to Qatar’s\u00a0Abdelrahman Mohamed<\/strong> (4:56.62).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everything you need to follow along live with day one finals of the 2016 FINA World Cup Series in Doha. 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Men’s 50 Breast<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Breast<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Fly<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Back<\/h3>\n
Women’s 50 Back<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 Fly<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200 IM<\/h3>\n
Men’s 400 Free<\/h3>\n
Women’s 50 Free<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 Breast<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 IM<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200 Back<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50 Fly<\/h3>\n
Women’s 800 Free<\/h3>\n
Men’s 400 IM<\/h3>\n