{"id":274645,"date":"2017-08-25T14:46:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T21:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=274645"},"modified":"2017-08-25T17:53:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T00:53:29","slug":"2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Abruzzo Wins Second Distance Gold on Big Night for Team USA at 2017 FINA World Junior Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team USA put up a strong showing Friday evening at the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships. <strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong> sits comfortably as the top seed in two events after this evening, two events for which he also now holds the World Junior Record. He tops the heat sheet for both the 50-meter freestyle and 50-meter backstroke finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regan Smith\u00a0<\/strong>also dominated in the women&#8217;s 200-meter backstroke final, setting a new championship record.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Abruzzo<\/strong>, gold medalist in the 400-meter freestyle, successfully added another first-place finish under his belt in the men&#8217;s 800-meter freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Other records were set by Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>Freya Anderson<\/strong> in the women&#8217;s 100-meter freestyle final (championship record), as well as by Japan&#8217;s <strong>Rikako Ikee<\/strong> in the women&#8217;s 50-meter butterfly (championship record). Hungarian <strong>Kristof Milak<\/strong>\u00a0lowered the championship record in the men&#8217;s 100-meter butterfly on his way to gold.<\/p>\n<p>Team Canada&#8217;s world-class sprinters in <strong>Penny Oleksiak<\/strong>,<strong> Taylor Ruck<\/strong>, and <strong>Ruslan Gaziev<\/strong>\u00a0dominated the mixed 4&#215;100 freestyle relay for gold, while Team USA combined for silver.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule of Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 50 Fly Semi-Finals<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 50 Free Semi-Finals<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 200 Back FINAL<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 100 Fly FINAL<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 100 Breast Semi-Finals<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 50 Back Semi-Finals<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s 100 Free FINAL<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s 800 Free FINAL<\/li>\n<li>Mixed 400 Free Relay FINAL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50 Fly Semi-Finals<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Rikako Ikee<\/strong> of Japan flew to a first place seed in the women&#8217;s 50 fly semi-finals. The Japanese sprint star unleashed a time of 25.77 to take down the previous championship record of 26.26, set by Ikee in Singapore in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sara Junevik<\/strong> picked up second overall with a time of 26.19, while Belarus&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Anastasiya Shkurdai<\/strong> earned the third place seed with a 26.35.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sayuki Ouchi\u00a0<\/strong>of Japan grabbed the fourth place seed with a 26.62, followed by Canada&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Rebecca Smith<\/strong> and her time of 26.64.<\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Maya Tobehn<\/strong> (26.98),\u00a0Sweden&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Hanna Rosvall<\/strong> (27.00), and Great Britain&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Emily Large<\/strong> (27.18) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274654\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-live-recap\/world-juniors-womens-100-fly-semis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/world-juniors-womens-100-fly-semis-e1503701907466.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,321\" 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=\"world-juniors-womens-100-fly-semis\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;world-juniors-womens-100-fly-semis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/world-juniors-womens-100-fly-semis-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/world-juniors-womens-100-fly-semis-1024x548.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-274654 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/world-juniors-womens-100-fly-semis-e1503701907466.png\" alt=\"world-juniors-womens-100-fly-semis\" width=\"600\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/world-juniors-womens-100-fly-semis-e1503701907466.png 600w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/world-juniors-womens-100-fly-semis-e1503701907466-533x285.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50 Free Semi-Finals<\/h3>\n<p>After crushing the World Junior Record and his own personal best time in prelims of the event, <strong>Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>stayed consistent during semi-finals of the men&#8217;s 50-meter freestyle, touching in 21.79. Just 0.04 off of his prelims time, Andrew looks to be in good shape to lower his new record even further during finals of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Following Andrew, the runner-up qualifier in the event was France&#8217;s <strong>Maxime Grousset<\/strong> with his time of 22.32. Just behind in the third qualifying spot was <strong>Alberto Mestre<\/strong> of Venezuela, in 22.38.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth and fifth seed for finals went to Italy&#8217;s <strong>Leonardo Deplano<\/strong> in fourth (22.44), and Canada&#8217;s <strong>Ruslan Gaziev<\/strong> in fifth (22.46).<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the top eight were <strong>Nandor Nemeth<\/strong> of Hungary, who touched in 22.55, Andrew&#8217;s USA teammate <strong>Will Davis<\/strong> with a 22.67, and Poland&#8217;s <strong>Karol Ostrowski<\/strong> in 22.72 for eighth, just squeaking into the final by 0.01 above ninth-place <strong>Luis Gustavo Borges<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274655\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-live-recap\/fina-world-juniors-mens-50m-free-semis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/fina-world-juniors-mens-50m-free-semis-e1503708066736.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,320\" 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=\"fina-world-juniors-mens-50m-free-semis\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;fina-world-juniors-mens-50m-free-semis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/fina-world-juniors-mens-50m-free-semis-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/fina-world-juniors-mens-50m-free-semis-1024x547.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274655\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/fina-world-juniors-mens-50m-free-semis-e1503708066736.png\" alt=\"fina-world-juniors-mens-50m-free-semis\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/fina-world-juniors-mens-50m-free-semis-e1503708066736.png 600w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/fina-world-juniors-mens-50m-free-semis-e1503708066736-533x284.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Back Finals<\/h3>\n<p>15-year-old <strong>Regan Smith<\/strong> delivered in a big way during finals of the women&#8217;s 200-meter backstroke, dropping two seconds from her semi-final qualifying time to score the gold medal and set a championship record in the event with her time of 2:07.45. Her opening speed was unmatched, her first 100 being almost two full seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Teammate <strong>Alexandra Sumner<\/strong> was close behind in 2:09.04 for second place. Bronze went to Natsumi Sakai of Japan in 2:09.34.<\/p>\n<p>Russia rounded out fourth and fifth place, with fourth place going to\u00a0<strong>Polina Egorova<\/strong> of Russia in 2:10.04, and fifth to teammate <strong>Anastasiia Avdeeva<\/strong> in 2:10.11.<\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s <strong>Hannah Jade\u00a0<\/strong>touched sixth in 2:10.44, while<strong> Tatiana Salcultan<\/strong> of Moldova took seventh in 2:11.56. Eight place in the final went to <strong>Laura Ilyes<\/strong> of Hungary, with her time of 2:13.31.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274707\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-live-recap\/womens-200-back-fina-world-juniors\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/womens-200-back-fina-world-juniors-e1503708165976.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,287\" 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=\"womens-200-back-fina-world-juniors\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;womens-200-back-fina-world-juniors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/womens-200-back-fina-world-juniors-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/womens-200-back-fina-world-juniors-1024x489.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274707\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/womens-200-back-fina-world-juniors-e1503708165976.png\" alt=\"womens-200-back-fina-world-juniors\" width=\"600\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/womens-200-back-fina-world-juniors-e1503708165976.png 600w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/womens-200-back-fina-world-juniors-e1503708165976-533x255.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Butterfly Finals<\/h3>\n<p>Hungary\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Kristof Milak<\/strong> has done it again! The young Hungarian delivered a scorching 51.08 to lower the championship record of 52.23, set by Russia\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Andrei Minakov<\/strong> earlier in the meet. Milak holds the World Junior Record at a 50.62 from the 2017 FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the summer months Milak lowered the World Junior Record (WJR) from a 51.26, set by\u00a0<strong>Li Zhuaho<\/strong> of China at the 2016 Rio Games, before settling at a 50.62. His efforts earned him the silver medal at the 2017 FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian duo of\u00a0<strong>Egor Kuimov<\/strong> and Minakov rounded out the podium with times of 51.16 and 51.84.<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Shinnosuke Ishikawa<\/strong> took fourth overall with a time of 52.84, followed by Estonia\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Kregor Zirk\u2019s<\/strong> 52.99.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Jan Eric Friese<\/strong> (53.13), Australia\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Jordan Brunt<\/strong> (53.26), and Turkey\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Umitcan Gures<\/strong> (53.91) rounded out the top eight athletes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274708\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-live-recap\/mens-100-butterfly-fina-world-juniors\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-100-butterfly-fina-world-juniors-e1503708239271.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,296\" 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=\"mens-100-butterfly-fina-world-juniors\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;mens-100-butterfly-fina-world-juniors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-100-butterfly-fina-world-juniors-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-100-butterfly-fina-world-juniors-1024x505.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274708\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-100-butterfly-fina-world-juniors-e1503708239271.png\" alt=\"mens-100-butterfly-fina-world-juniors\" width=\"600\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-100-butterfly-fina-world-juniors-e1503708239271.png 600w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-100-butterfly-fina-world-juniors-e1503708239271-533x263.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Breaststroke Semi-Finals<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Faith Knelson<\/strong> of Canada notched the top qualifying time during the semi-finals of the women&#8217;s 100-meter breaststroke this evening, touching in 1:07.51 to second-seed <strong>Mona Lucille McSharry<\/strong> of Ireland&#8217;s time of 1:07.79. Third place going into finals went to Team USA&#8217;s <strong>Zoe Bartel<\/strong> in 1:08.19, while teammate <strong>Emily Weiss<\/strong> was not far behind for fourth seed in 1:08.42.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anastasia Makarova<\/strong> of Russia&#8217;s time of 1:08.47 was good for fifth place heading into the final, while\u00a0teammate <strong>Alena Chekhovskikh<\/strong> touched in 1:09.19 to nab the sixth qualifying spot.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the final heat will be Sweden&#8217;s <strong>Hannah Brunzell<\/strong> (1:09.33) and Spain&#8217;s <strong>Laia Marti Fernandez<\/strong> (1:09.52).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274710\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-live-recap\/world-juniors-womens-100-breast-semis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/world-juniors-womens-100-breast-semis-e1503708327546.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,435\" 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=\"world-juniors-womens-100-breast-semis\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;world-juniors-womens-100-breast-semis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/world-juniors-womens-100-breast-semis-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/world-juniors-womens-100-breast-semis-1024x742.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274710\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/world-juniors-womens-100-breast-semis-e1503708327546.png\" alt=\"world-juniors-womens-100-breast-semis\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/world-juniors-womens-100-breast-semis-e1503708327546.png 600w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/world-juniors-womens-100-breast-semis-e1503708327546-533x386.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50 Backstroke Semi-Finals<\/h3>\n<p>Andrew added\u00a0another first-place\u00a0seed to his lineup in the men&#8217;s 50-meter backstroke during semi-finals of the event. Again, he was just off his world junior record by 0.04 set during prelims of the event, as he sprinted to a time of 24.67. He will be looking to lower this\u00a0new record during finals as well. Second place went to <strong>Hugo Gonzalez\u00a0<\/strong>of Spain in 25.40, while <strong>Daniel Martin<\/strong> of Romania and Poland&#8217;s <strong>Kacper Stokowski<\/strong> tied in 25.49 to round out the top four\u00a0semi-final finishers.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth spot went to Ireland&#8217;s <strong>Conor Ferguson<\/strong> in 25.62, while\u00a0<strong>Kamil Kazmierczak<\/strong> grabbed sixth seed in 25.72. Russia&#8217;s Gleb Karasev was seventh\u00a0in 25.78.<\/p>\n<p>The last athlete to make it into the final was Team USA&#8217;s <strong>Nicolas Albiero<\/strong>, who just squeaked in by 0.02 over the ninth-place finisher with his time of 25.90.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274712\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-live-recap\/mens-50-back-semis-fina-world-juniors\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-50-back-semis-fina-world-juniors-e1503708417206.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,312\" 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=\"mens-50-back-semis-fina-world-juniors\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;mens-50-back-semis-fina-world-juniors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-50-back-semis-fina-world-juniors-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-50-back-semis-fina-world-juniors-1024x533.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274712\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-50-back-semis-fina-world-juniors-e1503708417206.png\" alt=\"mens-50-back-semis-fina-world-juniors\" width=\"600\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-50-back-semis-fina-world-juniors-e1503708417206.png 600w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-50-back-semis-fina-world-juniors-e1503708417206-533x277.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Free Finals<\/h3>\n<p>The women&#8217;s 100-meter freestyle final saw a win for Great Britain, as <strong>Freya Anderson<\/strong> brought it home quick to touch in 53.88 for the gold, downing Taylor Ruck&#8217;s championship record of 53.92 set in Singapore in 2015 along the way. Japan&#8217;s <strong>Rikako Ikee<\/strong> was a close silver in 54.16, while <strong>Kayla Noelle Sanchez\u00a0<\/strong>of Canada rounded out the podium with her bronze-medal time of 54.44.<\/p>\n<p>Making up the rest of the final heat were Canada&#8217;s <strong>Rebecca Smith<\/strong> in fourth (54.63), Czechoslovakia&#8217;s <strong>Barbora Seemanova\u00a0<\/strong>in fifth (54.78), and <strong>Sayuki Ouchi<\/strong> of Japan in sixth with a 54.91.<\/p>\n<p>Seventh place went to Team USA&#8217;s <strong>Grace Ariola<\/strong> with a 55.46, and <strong>Vasilissa Buinaia<\/strong> of Russia was eighth in the final with her swim of 55.52.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274715\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-live-recap\/womens-100-freestyle-finals-world-juniors\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/womens-100-freestyle-finals-world-juniors-e1503708499712.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,308\" 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=\"womens-100-freestyle-finals-world-juniors\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;womens-100-freestyle-finals-world-juniors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/womens-100-freestyle-finals-world-juniors-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/womens-100-freestyle-finals-world-juniors-1024x526.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274715\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/womens-100-freestyle-finals-world-juniors-e1503708499712.png\" alt=\"womens-100-freestyle-finals-world-juniors\" width=\"600\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/womens-100-freestyle-finals-world-juniors-e1503708499712.png 600w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/womens-100-freestyle-finals-world-juniors-e1503708499712-533x274.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 800 Free Finals<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Andrew Abruzzo<\/strong> of the United States added another distance gold medal to his name with a top showing in the men\u2019s 800 free. Abruzzo delivered a time of 7:54.58, winning the gold by more than two seconds. Earlier in the meet Abruzzo claimed victory in the 400 free as well.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary\u2019s\u00a0<strong>David Lakatos<\/strong> and the USA\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Michael Brinegar<\/strong> rounded out the podium with times of 7:56.81 and 7:57.22 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Isaroslav Potapov<\/strong> claimed fourth place overall with a time of 7:59.69, rounding out the swimmers who finished beneath the eight minute mark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Akos<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Kalmar<\/strong> of Hungary finished fifth overall with a time of 8:00.28, followed by Australia\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Jacob Vincent<\/strong> and his time of 8:01.22.<\/p>\n<p>Poland\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Antoni Kaluzynski<\/strong> and Spain\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Marcos Gil Corbacho<\/strong> picked up seventh and eighth place from earlier heats in the day. The two posted times of 8:05.76 and 8:06.07 respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274718\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-live-recap\/mens-800-free-final-fina-world-juniors\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-800-free-final-fina-world-juniors-e1503708712273.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,474\" 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=\"mens-800-free-final-fina-world-juniors\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;mens-800-free-final-fina-world-juniors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-800-free-final-fina-world-juniors-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-800-free-final-fina-world-juniors-1024x809.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274718\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-800-free-final-fina-world-juniors-e1503708712273.png\" alt=\"mens-800-free-final-fina-world-juniors\" width=\"600\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-800-free-final-fina-world-juniors-e1503708712273.png 600w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mens-800-free-final-fina-world-juniors-e1503708712273-533x421.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Mixed 4&#215;100 Freestyle Relay Finals<\/h3>\n<p>Team Canada led the way in the mixed 4&#215;100 freestyle relay finals, touching first over Team USA by just under two seconds and setting a World Junior Record in the process. Gaziev, <strong>Alexander Pratt<\/strong>, <strong>Taylor Ruck<\/strong>, and <strong>Penny Oleksiak<\/strong> &#8211; some of the greatest sprinters in the world &#8211; combined for a gold-medal time of 3:26.65. They lowered their own 2015 World Junior Record of 3:27.71.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Krueger<\/strong>, <strong>Matthew Willenbring<\/strong>, <strong>Lucie Nordmann<\/strong>, and Ariola put together a team effort to nab the silver in 3:28.17. Australia&#8217;s <strong>Elijah Winnington<\/strong>, <strong>Jordan Brunt<\/strong>, <strong>Jemima Horwood<\/strong>, and <strong>Eliza King<\/strong> rounded out the podium in 3:28.57 for bronze.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth place went to Russia&#8217;s team in 3:28.83, fifth to Brazil in 3:29.54, and sixth to Poland in 3:32.92.<\/p>\n<p>Germany nabbed seventh place with their combined time of 3:33.10, while Hungary&#8217;s team containing 100-butterfly champion Milak was disqualified at a chance for the title.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274716\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-fina-world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-live-recap\/4x100-mixed-freestyle-relay-results-fina-world-juniors\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4x100-mixed-freestyle-relay-results-fina-world-juniors-e1503708609764.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,521\" 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=\"4&#215;100-mixed-freestyle-relay-results-fina-world-juniors\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4&#215;100-mixed-freestyle-relay-results-fina-world-juniors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4x100-mixed-freestyle-relay-results-fina-world-juniors-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4x100-mixed-freestyle-relay-results-fina-world-juniors-1024x889.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274716\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4x100-mixed-freestyle-relay-results-fina-world-juniors-e1503708609764.png\" alt=\"4x100-mixed-freestyle-relay-results-fina-world-juniors\" width=\"600\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4x100-mixed-freestyle-relay-results-fina-world-juniors-e1503708609764.png 600w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4x100-mixed-freestyle-relay-results-fina-world-juniors-e1503708609764-533x463.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team USA put up a strong showing Friday evening at the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships. 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