SINGAPORE, August 16. THE second evening of long course racing at the Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore featured a pair of world-class times from gold medalists Boglarka Kapas of Hungary and Chad le Clos of South Africa.<\/p>\n
Finals<\/b>
\nMen's 100 back<\/b>
\nChina's He Jianbin claimed the title in the event with a 55.16, while Israel's Yakov Toumarkin finished second in 55.28 in an exciting swim that came down to the touch. Norway's Lavrans Solli finished third overall in 56.20.<\/p>\n
Hungary's Peter Bernek (56.33), South Africa's Murray McDougall (56.68), Croatia's Ivan Biondic (56.88) and Ukraine's Andrii Kovbasa (56.93) placed fourth through seventh, while Kuwait's Abdullah Altuwaini was disqualified.<\/p>\n
Women's 200 fly<\/b>
\nHungary's Boglarka Kapas vaulted into 15th in the world in the event with a swift time of 2:08.72, while Spain's Judit Ignacio took second in 2:10.11. China's Liu Lan rounded out the podium with a third-place 2:11.94.<\/p>\n
Hungary's Diana Ambrus (2:12.90), Brazil's Julia Gerotto (2:13.74), Germany's Lena Kalla (2:14.11), Italy's Alessia Polieri (2:15.01) and Canada's Lindsay Delmar (2:15.01) also swam for the title.<\/p>\n
Men's 200 free<\/b>
\nRussia's Andrey Ushakov touched out Venezuela's Cristian Quintero, 1:49.81 to 1:49.98, for the title. Canada went 3-4 with Jeremy Bagshaw taking third in 1:50.67 and Chad Bobrosky placing fourth in 1:50.86.<\/p>\n
New Zealand's Matt Stanley (1:51.59), China's Dai Jun (1:51.66), The Netherlands' Dion Dreesens (1:51.76) and Philippines' Jessie Lacuna (1:51.95) completed the rest of the championship field.<\/p>\n
Women's 50 breast<\/b>
\nCanada's Rachel Nicol won the sprint breast going away with a time of 32.06. Italy's Martina Carraro finished nearly a half-second behind with a second-place 32.44, while Portugal's Ana de Pinho Rodrigues earned third in 32.49.<\/p>\n
Brazil's Alessandra Marchioro (32.60), Germany's Lina Rathsack (32.79), Greece's Maria Georgia Michalaka (32.90), Slovenia's Tjasa Vozel (33.14) and Lithuania's Urte Kazakeviciute (33.22) picked up the rest of the finale finishes.<\/p>\n
Men's 100 breast<\/b>
\nAustralia's Nicholas Schafer finished just outside the World Top 25 with a 1:01.38 to win the event, while Russia's Anton Lobanov joined him with a swift second-place effort of 1:01.44. Italy's Flavio Bizzarri claimed third in 1:02.22.<\/p>\n
Greece's Panagiotis Samilidis (1:03.08), Croatia's Ivan Capan (1:03.24), France's Thomas Rabeisen (1:03.62), Israel's Imri Ganiel (1:04.28) and China's Wang Ximing (1:04.55) placed fourth through eighth in the final.<\/p>\n
Women's 100 back<\/b>
\nUkraine's Daryna Zevina snatched the crown with a 1:01.51, while China's Bai Anqi wound up second in 1:01.97. Russia's Alexandra Papusha finished third overall in 1:02.15.<\/p>\n
Poland's Klaudia Nazieblo (1:03.07), Sweden's Lovisa Eriksson (1:03.40), Sweden's Ida Lindborg (1:03.60), France's Marie Jugnet (1:03.65) and Uzbekistan's Yulduz Kuchkarova (1:04.46) made up the rest of the finale.<\/p>\n
Men's 200 IM<\/b>
\nSouth Africa's Chad le Clos broke into the top 25 with a 23rd-ranked time of 2:00.68 for the win. Australia's Kenneth To finished well behind with a second-place 2:02.51, while South Africa's Dylan Bosch rounded out the podium with a third-place 2:02.59.<\/p>\n
Israel's Yakov Toumarkin (2:03.44), Russia's Alexey Atsapkin (2:03.66), Spain's Eduardo Solaeche (2:04.09), France's Ganesh Peduran (2:04.21) and Japan's Takahiro Tsutsumi (2:06.18) finished fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n
Women's 400 medley relay<\/b>
\nAustralia's quartet of Madison Wilson, Emily Selig, Zoe Johnson and Emma McKeon captured the relay title with a time of 4:09.68, while Russia's Alexandra Papusha, Olga Detenyuk, Kristina Kochetkova and Ekaterina Andreeva finished second in 4:11.07. Germany's Dorte Baumert, Lina Rathsack, Lena Kalla and Juliane Reinhold wound up third in 4:11.76.<\/p>\n
Canada (4:16.72), Japan (4:16.80), South Africa (4:23.52) and Brazil (4:24.62) also finished the finale, while China was disqualified due to an early relay start.<\/p>\n
Semifinals<\/b>
\nMen's 100 fly<\/b>
\nKorea's Gyucheol Chang paced qualifying with a 53.41, while South Africa's Chad le Clos touched second in 53.67. Serbia's Velimir Stjepanovic qualified third in 54.00, while Hungary's Bence Biczo finished fourth in 54.03.<\/p>\n
France's Jordan Coelho (54.11), USA's Erich Peske (54.29), Poland's Marcin Cieslak (54.30) and France's Medhy Metella (54.30) grabbed the other transfer spots into the finale.<\/p>\n
Women's 100 free<\/b>
\nAustralia's Emma McKeon led the way in the sprint event with a 55.64, while China's Tang Yi placed second in 56.22. Slovakia's Katarina Listopadova (56.78) and Canada's Lauren Earp (56.79) took third and fourth.<\/p>\n
Brazil's Alessandra Marchioro (56.82), Hungary's Agnes Bucz (56.97), Switzerland's Danielle Villars (57.22) and USA's Jordan Mattern (57.36) rounded out the back half of the championship field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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