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The first finals race of the Tokyo stop was highlighted by a sprint showdown between Australia’s\u00a0Kyle Chalmers<\/strong> and Russia’s\u00a0Vladimir Morozov<\/strong>. One of the fastest off the start and turning first at the 50-meter mark was Morozov out-splitting Chalmers 21.94 to 22.10. None of that deterred the young Australian as he turned up the heat to finish first with a 46.12 over Morozov’s 46.15.<\/p>\n Chalmers win sits as not only his second gold medal of the 2016 World Cup Series, but also marks the first time in the series that Morozov has not won the 100 free. Additionally, the time lowers Chalmers World Junior Record of 46.61 set a few days ago in Singapore.<\/p>\n Fellow Australian\u00a0Tommaso D’Orsogna<\/strong> rounded out the podium with a 46.91, while Japan’s\u00a0Shinri Shioura<\/strong> touched fourth with a 47.17.<\/p>\n Belgium’s\u00a0Pieter Timmers<\/strong> (47.43), Australias\u00a0Brayden McCarthy\u00a0<\/strong>(47.84),\u00a0Kenta Ito\u00a0<\/strong>(47.94), and Australia’s\u00a0Clyde Lewis<\/strong> (48.08) completed the heat.<\/p>\n Hungary’s\u00a0Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> clocked her first gold medal showing of the Tokyo stop with a 1:53.34 finish in the women’s 200 free, leading the event from start to finish.<\/p>\n Madison Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia took home silver with a final time of 1:54.45, while Hungary’s\u00a0Zsuzsanna Jakabos\u00a0<\/strong>moved up from the middle of the pack to finish third with a 1:54.54.<\/p>\n The Australian duo of\u00a0Carla Buchanan\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Madeline Groves\u00a0<\/strong>turned in fourth and fifth place finishes of 1:55.06 and 1:55.16 respectively.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Katerine Savard<\/strong> (1:55.25),\u00a0Tonomi Aoki\u00a0<\/strong>(1:55.91), and China’s\u00a0Wu Yue<\/strong> (1:57.50) were sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n Felipe Lima<\/strong> of Brazil topped the competition in finals of the men’s 50 breaststroke, stopping the clock at a 26.25 for the gold.<\/p>\n South Africa’s\u00a0Roland Schoeman\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed second with a 26.61, while\u00a0Kouichirou Okazaki<\/strong> and the USA’s\u00a0Michael Andrew<\/strong> posted close finishes of 26.88 and 26.89 for third and fourth.<\/p>\n Close behind them was\u00a0Yoshiki Yamanaka\u00a0<\/strong>with a 26.90 and\u00a0Yuuki Matsumura\u00a0<\/strong>with a 26.91.<\/p>\n Riyo Kobayashi\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Ryuto Shioiri\u00a0<\/strong>posted times of 27.21 and 27.31 for seventh and eighth respectively.<\/p>\n Jamaica’s\u00a0Alia Atkinson\u00a0<\/strong>led finals of the women’s 100 breaststroke from start to finish, touching in a final 1:02.91 to be the only swimmer under the 1:03-mark.<\/p>\n Yulia Efimova<\/strong> of Russia turned in a 1:03.09 for the silver, followed by\u00a0Miho Teramura’s\u00a0<\/strong>time of \u00a01:04.05.<\/p>\n Molly Hannis<\/strong> of the USA picked up fourth overall with a 1:04.18, just ahead of\u00a0Rie Kanetou’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:04.91.<\/p>\n Misaki Sekiguchi\u00a0<\/strong>(1:05.90), Canada’s\u00a0Rachel Nicol<\/strong> (1:05.94), and\u00a0Reona Aoki\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.29) finished sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n The women’s 100 fly final was highlighted by a wealth of talent as\u00a0Kelsi Worrell, Jeanette Ottesen, Katinka Hosszu<\/strong>, and\u00a0Rikako Ikee<\/strong> raced for the coveted podium spots.<\/p>\n Worrell, who made her World Cup debut a few days ago at the Singapore stop, edged out the competition with a final time of 55.84.<\/p>\n Ottesen, the leader at the 50-meter mark with a 26.14 split, settled for second with a 55.91, followed closely by Hosszu and her time of 56.02.<\/p>\n The young Ikee slipped to third, but finished in World Junior record fashion with a 56.42.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Eva Merrell\u00a0<\/strong>picked up fifth with a 58.07, while\u00a0Asuka Kobayashi\u00a0<\/strong>was sixth with a 58.20.<\/p>\n Kin Lok Chan\u00a0<\/strong>of Hong Kong turned in a 58.26 for seventh, just ahead of Australia’s\u00a0Madeline Groves<\/strong> (58.31).<\/p>\n The final of the men’s 100 back was highlighted by a tight field of competition as the top six athletes finished a slim .49 seconds apart.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Mitch Larkin\u00a0<\/strong>led the charge with a top showing of 50.23, followed closely by\u00a0Masaki Kaneko’s\u00a0<\/strong>second place finish of 50.36.<\/p>\n Junya Koga<\/strong>, the leader at the 50-meter mark, settled for third and a 50.45, while Belarus’\u00a0Pavel Sankovich\u00a0<\/strong>took fourth with a 50.56.<\/p>\n Fifth place fell to Russia’s\u00a0Stanislav Donetc<\/strong> (50.58), just ahead of Romania’s\u00a0Robert Glinta<\/strong> and his final time of 50.72.<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Miguel Ortiz-Canavate<\/strong> (51.81) and\u00a0Tesuya Iwata<\/strong> (51.93) touched seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> of Hungary claimed her second gold medal of the meet in finals of the women’s 50 back, dashing to a final time of 26.23.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Emily Seebohm\u00a0<\/strong>picked up the silver with a close 26.30, while third fell to\u00a0Miyuki Takemura<\/strong> and her time of 26.57.<\/p>\n Daryna Zevina<\/strong> of Ukraine touched fourth overall with a 26.76, followed by\u00a0Emi Moronuki’s<\/strong> 26.81.<\/p>\n Masumi Takaba<\/strong> (27.08),\u00a0Natsumi Sakai<\/strong> (27.15), and Australia’s\u00a0Madison Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>(27.36) delivered sixth through eighth place finishes.<\/p>\n Daiya Seto<\/strong> of Japan battled South Africa’s\u00a0Chad le Clos<\/strong> for the title in the men’s 200 fly. The two have exchanged the title a few times throughout the 2016 FINA World Cup Series with Seto claiming the victory at the previous stop in Singapore.<\/p>\n Seto maintained his title with a final time of 1:49.93, coming from behind at the 100-meter mark to secure a lead in the back half of the race. Le Clos settled for second with a 1:50.35.<\/p>\n Masato Sakai\u00a0<\/strong>completed the podium with a final time of 1:51.30, while fourth was picked up by\u00a0Nao Horomura’s<\/strong> 1:52.94.<\/p>\n Kenta Hirai<\/strong> finished fifth overall with a 1:53.00, followed by\u00a0Syun Watarai<\/strong> (1:55.25) and\u00a0Masayuki Umemoto<\/strong> (1:56.00).<\/p>\n Eighth place went to\u00a0Masafumi\u00a0<\/strong>Ohsaka\u00a0<\/b>and his time of 1:56.23.<\/p>\n Not long after earning the top time in the women’s 50 back,\u00a0Katinka Hosszu\u00a0<\/strong>was back in the water for the finals of the women’s 200 IM. Hosszu continued her dominance over the event with a top showing of 2:04.56.<\/p>\n Miho Teramura<\/strong> clocked a 2:06.11 for the silver medal, while Russia’s\u00a0Yulia Efimova<\/strong> earned bronze with a 2:07.33.<\/p>\n Yui Ohhashi\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth overall with a 2:07.91, just ahead of Hungary’s\u00a0Zsuzsanna Jakabos\u00a0<\/strong>and her time of 2:08.15.<\/p>\n Vietnam’s\u00a0Anh Vien Nguyen\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a 2:09.39 for sixth, followed by\u00a0Hiroko Makino<\/strong> (2:09.45) and\u00a0Rika Oomoto<\/strong> (2:10.82).<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Mykhailo Romanchuk\u00a0<\/strong>delivered the top time in finals of the men’s 400 free, stopping the clock at a 3:39.67.<\/p>\n Yuuki Kobori<\/strong> finished second overall with a 3:42.35, followed by\u00a0Katsuhiro Matsumoto<\/strong> and his time of 3:43.19.<\/p>\n Germany’s Poul Zellmann<\/strong> picked up fourth with a 3:43.55, just ahead of Great Britain’s\u00a0James Guy’s\u00a0<\/strong>3:43.83.<\/p>\n Tsubasa<\/strong> Amai (3:44.60), Naito Ehara<\/strong> (3:45.21), and Japan’s\u00a0Masato Sakai\u00a0<\/strong>(3:46.03) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n Denmark’s\u00a0Jeanette Ottesen\u00a0<\/strong>dashed ahead of the competition in finals of the women’s 50 free, turning in the only sub 24-second time of the event. Ottesen clocked a 23.80 to add a gold medal to her collection for the session.<\/p>\n Aliaksandra Herasimenia<\/strong> of Belarus picked up second overall with a 24.04 finish, while Canada’s\u00a0Michelle Williams\u00a0<\/strong>completed the podium with a 24.25.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Emily Seebohm\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth overall with a 24.32, just ahead of the USA’s\u00a0Kelsi Worrell\u00a0<\/strong>and her 24.58.<\/p>\n Rikako Ikee<\/strong> (24.61), Australia’s\u00a0Carla Buchanan<\/strong> (24.84), and China’s\u00a0Wu Yue\u00a0<\/strong>(25.00) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Marco Koch\u00a0<\/strong>of Germany continued to deliver top times in the men’s 200 breaststroke, successfully defending his title with a 2:01.43 finish.<\/p>\n Japan’s\u00a0Ippei Watanabe<\/strong> was second overall with a 2:03.56, followed closely by\u00a0Yukihiro Takahashi’s\u00a0<\/strong>2:03.97.<\/p>\n Kazuki Kohinata<\/strong> posted a fourth place finish of 2:04.25, while fifth went to\u00a0Kabuki Watanabe<\/strong> and his time of 2:05.04.<\/p>\n Sixth through eighth place went to\u00a0Kohei Gotou<\/strong> (2:05.66),\u00a0Kabuki Hayashi<\/strong> (2:06.03), and\u00a0Yuuta Oshikiri<\/strong> (2:07.58).<\/p>\n Russia’s\u00a0Vladimir Morozov<\/strong> delivered the top time in finals of the men’s 100 IM, posting a 50.55 to finish more than a second ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n The Japanese duo of\u00a0Shinri Shioura<\/strong> and\u00a0Daiya Seto\u00a0<\/strong>took second and third with times of 51.93 and 52.09 respectively.<\/p>\n Philip Heintz<\/strong> of Germany turned in a 52.63, good for fourth overall, just ahead of the American duo of\u00a0Josh Prenot\u00a0<\/strong>(52.80) and\u00a0Michael Andrew<\/strong> (53.02).<\/p>\n Belarus’\u00a0Pavel Sankovich\u00a0<\/strong>finished seventh with a 52.07, followed by\u00a0Tesuya Iwata<\/strong> (53.41).<\/p>\n Hungary’s\u00a0Katinka Hosszu\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a 2:01.72 to top the finals heat of the women’s 200 back and earn her fourth gold medal of the session.<\/p>\n Australian backstroker\u00a0Emily Seebohm\u00a0<\/strong>took home the silver with a final time of 2:02.27, followed closely by Ukraine’s\u00a0Daryna Zevina<\/strong> and her time of 2:02.71.<\/p>\n Sayaka Akase\u00a0<\/strong>posted a fourth place finish of 2:03.02, while Australia’s\u00a0Madison Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>was sixth with a 2:05.80.<\/p>\n Miki Takahashi<\/strong> (2:06.27), Canada’s\u00a0Hilary Caldwell\u00a0<\/strong>(2:06.33), and the USA’s\u00a0Regan Smith<\/strong> (2:06.52) finished sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n Chad le Clos\u00a0<\/strong>of South Africa topped the competition in finals of the men’s 50 fly with a 22.30 showing.<\/p>\n Picking up second was\u00a0Takeshi Kawamoto\u00a0<\/strong>with a time of 22.59, followed by South Africa’s\u00a0Roland Schoeman\u00a0<\/strong>and his time of 22.86.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Andrii Govorov<\/strong> finished fourth overall with a time of 22.95, while\u00a0Ranmaru Harada<\/strong> was fifth with a 22.99.<\/p>\n Kouhei Kawamoto<\/strong> (23.12),\u00a0Yoshinori Muramatsu\u00a0<\/strong>(23.34), and\u00a0Kengo Ida<\/strong> (23.41) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n Boglarka Kapas<\/strong> of Hungary out-lasted the competition in the women’s 800 free, winning gold by close to five seconds with a time of 8:12.79.<\/p>\n The Netherlands’\u00a0Sharon van Rouwendaal<\/strong> took second overall with a final time of 8:17.54, while China’s\u00a0Dong Jie\u00a0<\/strong>posted a third place finish of 8:23.52.<\/p>\n Guo Junjun<\/strong> of China grabbed fourth overall with a close 8:23.83, followed by the USA’s\u00a0Sierra Schmidt\u00a0<\/strong>and her time of 8:24.09.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Kiah Melverton<\/strong> (8:28.12),\u00a0Misato Iwanaga<\/strong> (8:27.67), and\u00a0Yuuna Kikuchi<\/strong> (8:29.60) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Daiya Seto<\/strong> of Japan added a second gold to his collection with a 4:03.42 win in the finals of the men’s 400 IM.<\/p>\n Hungary’s\u00a0Gergely Gyurta\u00a0<\/strong>picked up the silver with a time of 4:04.28, followed by Germany’s\u00a0Philip Heintz<\/strong> and his time of 4:04.48.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Josh Prenot\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a fourth place finish of 4:05.10, while\u00a0Takeharu Fujimori<\/strong> was fifth with a 4:05.98.<\/p>\n Tomoya Takeuchi<\/strong> (4:08.46),\u00a0Takahiro Tutumi<\/strong> (4:10.41), and\u00a0Kouhei Itou<\/strong> (4:12.05) were sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everything you need to follow along live with day one finals of the 2016 FINA World Cup in Tokyo. 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