{"id":273215,"date":"2017-08-20T17:45:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T00:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=273215"},"modified":"2017-08-20T21:18:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T04:18:40","slug":"2017-world-university-games-day-2-prelims-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-world-university-games-day-2-prelims-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Men Show Freestyle Dominance on Day 2 of World University Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 of the 2017 World University Games featured\u00a0three men&#8217;s events and two women&#8217;s events in Taipei.<\/p>\n<p>The heats were highlighted by two very decorated athletes. Japan&#8217;s <strong>Kosuke Hagino<\/strong>\u00a0took the stage in the 200 IM as the top seed after finishing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-world-university-games-day-1-finals-live-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\">fifth in last night&#8217;s 100 backstroke<\/a>\u00a0semis. He took silver in this event in Budapest. Italy&#8217;s <strong>Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong> will be looking to back up his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/gregorio-paltrinieri-defend-1500-free-title\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Championships gold-medal performance<\/a> in the 1500 by racing the event here in Tapei.<\/p>\n<p>Teammates <strong>Filippo Megli<\/strong> and <strong>Domenico Acerenza\u00a0<\/strong>each earned a top seed for Italy, setting the team up for great success in the semifinals and finals to come later on in the week.<\/p>\n<h2>Schedule of Events:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Men\u2019s 200 Freestyle<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s\u00a0100 Breaststroke<\/li>\n<li>Men\u2019s\u00a0200 IM<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s\u00a0100 Free<\/li>\n<li>Men\u2019s 1500 Free<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 200 Freestyle<\/h2>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s <strong>Filippo Megli<\/strong> claimed top honors in the 200 free prelims racing to a 1:48.50. The next nine swimmers, led by USA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=maxime+rooney\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Maxime Rooney<\/strong><\/a> in 1:49.12, were all under the 1:50 barrier as well. Mexico&#8217;s <strong>Jorge Andres Iga Cesar<\/strong> rounded out these swimmers in 1:49.91.\u00a0Hagino&#8217;s 1:50.41 took the sixteenth spot.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney swam nearly an identical race as third-seeded <strong>Danas Rapsys<\/strong> of Lithuania (1:49.20). Both out of the heat 8, the men split nearly identical middle 100s and even tied the third 50 at 28.36. Megli used a different tactic, out-splitting the rest of the field by nearly a full second at the 100. He was the only swimmer to race consistenly under 28 second pace per 50. Rooney went 1:47.47 at USA Nationals in June, and should be in the race against Megli for the gold in tomorrow night&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273218\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-world-university-games-day-2-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-08-20-at-9-27-02-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-9.27.02-PM-e1503278874679.png\" data-orig-size=\"716,620\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 9.27.02 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 9.27.02 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-9.27.02-PM-e1503278874679-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-9.27.02-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-273218\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-9.27.02-PM-e1503278874679-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 9.27.02 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 100 Breaststroke<\/h2>\n<p>The Americans claimed two of the top three seeds in the women&#8217;s 100 breast. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=andrea+cottrell\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Andrea Cottrell<\/strong><\/a> led the way in 1:08.18 out of heat 5 while teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=miranda+tucker\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Miranda Tucker<\/strong><\/a> won heat six in 1:08.30. South Africa&#8217;s <strong>Tatjana Schoenmaker<\/strong> finished behind Cottrell in 1:08.26. Japan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=kanako+watanabe\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kanako Watanabe<\/strong><\/a> was also in the mix with a 1:08.51 as was Russia&#8217;s <strong>Mariia Temnikova<\/strong> at 1:08.78. <strong>Mariia Liver<\/strong> of Ukraine rounded out the qualifiers by finishing sixteenth in 1:10.79.<\/p>\n<p>It is likely to take under a 1:09 to qualify for the finals in this event. Seven women were under the mark this morning in a tight field.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273222\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-world-university-games-day-2-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-08-20-at-9-43-41-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-9.43.41-PM-e1503279890773.png\" data-orig-size=\"796,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 9.43.41 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 9.43.41 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-9.43.41-PM-e1503279890773-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-9.43.41-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-273222\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-9.43.41-PM-e1503279890773-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 9.43.41 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 200 IM<\/h2>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=daiya+seto\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Daiya Seto<\/strong><\/a> handedly won the 200 IM prelims, as his swim of 1:59.88 was the only effort under the 2:00 barrier. Swift fly and breast splits gave him the advantage. He was the only swimmer to split under 35 on the third 50. Teammate Hagino earned the third spot with a 2:01.39 just behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=Aleksandr+Osipenko\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Aleksandr Osipenko<\/strong><\/a> of Russia (2:01.35).<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>Joe Litchfield<\/strong> then led six more men under 2:02 by posting a 1:01.46. Russia&#8217;s <strong>Audrey Zhilkin<\/strong> was tenth in 2:01.85 while Germany&#8217;s <strong>Kevin Wedel<\/strong> finished sixteenth in 2:03.48. Litchfield out-split nearly the entire field on the freestyle leg, though it is likely that Seto backed off on this 50. The only\u00a0swimmers faster on the back half was the USA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=will+licon\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Will Licon<\/strong><\/a>, who tied for sixth in 2:01.64 and Zhilkin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273228\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-world-university-games-day-2-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-08-20-at-10-15-33-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-10.15.33-PM-e1503281773330.png\" data-orig-size=\"793,569\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 10.15.33 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 10.15.33 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-10.15.33-PM-e1503281773330-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-10.15.33-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-273228\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-10.15.33-PM-e1503281773330-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 10.15.33 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-10.15.33-PM-e1503281773330-700x500.png 700w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-10.15.33-PM-e1503281773330-533x382.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-10.15.33-PM-e1503281773330-280x200.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 100 Freestyle<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=Mariia+Kameneva\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mariia Kameneva<\/strong><\/a> of Russia took the top seed in the 100 free with a 55.04. Right behind was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=caroline+baldwin\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Caroline Baldwin<\/strong><\/a> of the USA in 55.09. Hong Kong&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=siobhan+haughey\" target=\"_blank\">Siobhan Haughey<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>was a close third in 55.18. The top 14 swimmers were all under 56, with Italy&#8217;s Laura Letrari taking sixteenth in 56.29.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin had the most opening speed, leading heat 7 over Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>Lucy Hope<\/strong> who took the fourth seed (55.35). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=katerine+savard\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Katerine Savard<\/strong><\/a> of Canada (55.48) and <strong>Anna Hopkin<\/strong> of Great Britain (55.60) rounded out the final heat behind Kameneva to claim top-eight seeds. Brazil&#8217;s <strong>Larissa Martins de Oliveira<\/strong> (55.38) and USA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=veronica+burchill\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Veronica Burchill<\/strong><\/a> (55.59) completed the top qualifiers out of heat 6.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-world-university-games-day-2-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-08-20-at-10-31-04-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-10.31.04-PM-e1503282799914.png\" data-orig-size=\"793,572\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 10.31.04 PM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 10.31.04 PM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-10.31.04-PM-e1503282799914-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-10.31.04-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-273232\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-20-at-10.31.04-PM-e1503282799914-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-20 at 10.31.04 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Men&#8217;s 1500 Freestyle<\/h2>\n<p>Italian duo <strong>Domenico Acerenza<\/strong> (14:58.14) and Paltrinieri (15:07.87) took command of heat four. They were split by Ukraine&#8217;s <strong>Myhailo Romanchuk<\/strong> (15:05.19) out of heat three. The meet record stands at 14:51.06 and could be danger in tomorrow night&#8217;s final as all three swimmers swam consistently, with Paltrinieri truly cruising into the finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gergely Gyurta<\/strong> of Hungary (15:11.95),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s=PJ+Ransford\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PJ Ransford<\/strong><\/a> of USA (15:12.64),\u00a0<strong>Shingo Nakaya<\/strong> of Japan (15:12.68),\u00a0<strong>Jay Steven John Lelliott<\/strong> of Great Britain (15:13.05) and <strong>Tobias Robinson<\/strong> of Great Britain (15:14.23) round out the qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"273237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-world-university-games-day-2-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2017-08-21-at-12-04-13-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-21-at-12.04.13-AM-e1503288316660.png\" data-orig-size=\"800,550\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-21 at 12.04.13 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2017-08-21 at 12.04.13 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-21-at-12.04.13-AM-e1503288316660-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-21-at-12.04.13-AM-1024x640.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-273237\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-21-at-12.04.13-AM-e1503288316660-700x500.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-21 at 12.04.13 AM\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 of the 2017 World University Games featured\u00a0three men&#8217;s events and two women&#8217;s events in Taipei. The heats were highlighted by two very decorated athletes. 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