The 2018 Mare Nostrum Series in Cante-en-Roussillon concluded Sunday with some strong performances, some close touch-outs and the conclusion of Missy Franklin\u2019s first comeback meet.<\/p>\n
Japan\u2019s Rikako Ikee<\/strong> won two events, while Taylor Ruck<\/strong> of Canada was edged twice on Sunday.<\/p>\n Franklin\u2019s comeback meet continued. In her first meet back in more than a year she made the B final in the 100 free, finishing 12th in 56.32). she also finished 18th at 1:03.48 in the 100 back prelims.<\/p>\n But it was a thrilling duel to conclude the meet that stole the show.<\/p>\n Britain\u2019s Hannah Miley<\/strong> closed the meet with a victory in the closest race of the meet. She won the 400 IM in 4:49.43, edging Hungary\u2019s Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> (4:39.46) by just three hundredths of a second.<\/p>\n Turkey\u2019s Viktoria Zeynep Gunes<\/strong> was third in 4:39.92, followed by Britain\u2019s Aimee Willmott<\/strong> (4:39.94), Spain\u2019s Catalina Corro Lorente<\/strong> (4:42.45), Brooke Forde<\/strong> of the U.S. (4:44.01), Portugal\u2019s Victoria Kaminskaya<\/strong> (4:45.75) and Czech Republic\u2019s Barbora Zavadova<\/strong> (4:56.99).<\/p>\n Denmark\u2019s Mie Neilsen<\/strong> won the 100 back in 59.88, just ahead of Canada\u2019s Taylor Ruck<\/strong> (59.97).<\/p>\n Russia\u2019s Anastasia Fesikova<\/strong> was third (1:00.10), followed by Kira Toussaint<\/strong> (1:00.75) of the Netherlands, Germany\u2019s Laura Riedemann<\/strong> (1:01.30), Hungary\u2019s Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> (1:01.53), Canada\u2019s Danielle Hanus<\/strong> (1:01.68) and Russia\u2019s Daria Ustinova<\/strong> (1:01.82).<\/p>\n Rick Ikee<\/strong> of Japan won the 100 free in 53.10. She edged Taylor Ruck<\/strong> of Canada (53.13) in the race.<\/p>\n France\u2019s Charlotte Bonnet<\/strong> was third (53.20), followed by Canada\u2019s Kayla Sanchez<\/strong> (54.03) and Rebecca Smith<\/strong> (55.29), Britain\u2019s Lucy Hope<\/strong> (55.87), Kim Busch<\/strong> of the Netherlands (55.90) and Britain\u2019s Katherine Stark<\/strong> (56.14).<\/p>\n In the 50 breast, Russia\u2019s Yuliya Efimova<\/strong> won in 29.93, holding off Molly Hannis<\/strong> (30.34) of the U.S.<\/p>\n Japan\u2019s Miho Teramura<\/strong> was third (31.18), followed by Canada\u2019s Faith Knelson<\/strong> (31.36), China\u2019s Ran Suo<\/strong> (31.49), Zoe Bartel<\/strong> (31.69) of the U.S., Hungary\u2019s Anna Sztankovics<\/strong> (32.01) and Ireland\u2019s Mona McSharry<\/strong> (32.02).<\/p>\n Adam Peaty<\/strong> continued to own the breaststroke events. The British champion won the 50 breast in 26.73.<\/p>\n Japan\u2019s Yasuhiro Koseki<\/strong> was second (27.19), followed by Michael Andrew<\/strong> (27.27) of the U.S., Russia\u2019s Oleg Kostin<\/strong> (27.64), Arno Kamminga<\/strong> (27.74) of the Netherlands, Ireland\u2019s Darragh<\/strong> Greene<\/strong> (27.82), Germany\u2019s Fabian Schwingenschloegl<\/strong> (27.99) and Japan\u2019s Ippei Watanabe<\/strong> (28.09).<\/p>\n Japan\u2019s Rikako Ikee<\/strong> dominated the field to win the 50 fly by nearly a second, winning in 25.11.<\/p>\n Belgium\u2019s Kimberly Buys<\/strong> was second (26.04), followed by Denmark\u2019s Pernille Blume<\/strong> (26.11), Poland\u2019s Anna Dowgiert<\/strong> (26.32), Sweden\u2019s Sara Junevik<\/strong> (26.40), Josien Wijkhuijs<\/strong> (26.76) of the Netherlands, Canada\u2019s Rebecca Smith<\/strong> (27.14) and Hong Kong\u2019s Kin-Lok Chan<\/strong> (27.17).<\/p>\n Andrii Govorov<\/strong> of the Ukraine won the 50 breast in 23.04. He held off Poland\u2019s Konrad Czerniak<\/strong> (23.59).<\/p>\n Michael Andrew<\/strong> of the U.S. finished third in 23.70, followed by Joeri Verlinden<\/strong> (24.07), Mathys<\/strong> Goosen<\/strong> (24.10) and Jesse Puts<\/strong> (24.21) of the Netherlands, Paraguay\u2019s Benjamin Hockin<\/strong> (24.32) and Poland\u2019s Michal Chudy<\/strong> (24.34).<\/p>\n Hungary\u2019s Gergely Gyuarta<\/strong> won the 1500 free in 15:10.39, holding off Japan\u2019s Shogo Takeda<\/strong> (15:12.67).<\/p>\n Norway\u2019s Henrik Christiansen<\/strong> was third in 15:14.10, followed by Poland\u2019s Wojciech Wojdak<\/strong> (15:23.86), Spain\u2019s Albert Escrits<\/strong> (15:25.19) and Miguel Duran<\/strong> (15:26.78), Poland\u2019s Filip<\/strong> Zabrowksi<\/strong> (15:28.36) and Spain\u2019s Marcos Gil<\/strong> (15:33.39).<\/p>\n Hungary\u2019s Ajna Kesely<\/strong> cruised to victory in the 400 Free, winning in 4:07.69.<\/p>\n Russia\u2019s Anna Egorova<\/strong> was second (4:09.65), followed by China\u2019s Wenxin Bi<\/strong> (4:10.33), Portugal\u2019s Diana-Margarida Duraes<\/strong> (4:10.86), Spain\u2019s Ester Morillo Lopez<\/strong> (4:14.40), Erica<\/strong> Sullivan<\/strong> (4:16.47) of the U.S., Spain\u2019s Jimena Perez<\/strong> (4:17.95) and Luxembourg\u2019s Monique Olivier<\/strong> (4:18.52).<\/p>\n Australia\u2019s Ben Treffers<\/strong> won the men\u2019s 100 back in 54.64, holding off Poland\u2019s Kacper Stokowski<\/strong> (55.18).<\/p>\n France\u2019s Paul-Gabriel Bedel<\/strong> was their in 55.23, followed by Germany\u2019s Christian Diener<\/strong> (55.32), Ireland\u2019s Conor Ferguson<\/strong> (55.64), Hungary\u2019s Gabor Balog<\/strong> (55.87), Poland\u2019s Radoslaw Kawecki<\/strong> (55.96) and Bryce Medford<\/strong> (56.74) of the U.S.<\/p>\n Japan\u2019s Kanako Watanabe<\/strong> won the 200 breast in 2:23.64, edging Russia\u2019s Yuliya Efimova<\/strong> (2:23.85).<\/p>\n Spain\u2019s Marina Garcia<\/strong> finished third (2:27.15), followed by Denmark\u2019s Rikke Moeller Pedersen<\/strong> (2:27.41), Argentina\u2019s Julia Sebastian<\/strong> (2:27.58), Zoe Bartel<\/strong> of the U.S. (2:27.77), Britain\u2019s Hannah Miley<\/strong> (2:28.63) and France\u2019s Fantine LeSaffre<\/strong> (2:29.87).<\/p>\n Russia\u2019s Anton Chupkov<\/strong> won the men\u2019s 200 breast in 2:08.81 to finish ahead of Japan\u2019s Ippei<\/strong> Watanabe<\/strong> (2:09.13) and Yasuhiro Koseki<\/strong> (2:09.19).<\/p>\n Germany\u2019s Marco Koch<\/strong> was fourth (2:09.38), followed by Arno Kamminga<\/strong> of the Netherlands (2:10.57), Hungary\u2019s David Horvath<\/strong> (2:11.81), Sweden\u2019s Erik Persson<\/strong> (2:12.68) and Britain\u2019s Ross Murdoch<\/strong> (2:13.52).<\/p>\n Hungary\u2019s Liliana Szlaguyi<\/strong> won the 200 butterfly in 2:08.49, holding off Portugal\u2019s Ana-Catarina Monteiro<\/strong> (2:08.76).<\/p>\n A trio of Hungarians \u2014\u00a0Boglarka Kapas<\/strong> (2:08.79), Blanka Berecz<\/strong> (2:09.87) and Zsuzsanna<\/strong> Jakabos<\/strong> (2:10.45) \u2014\u00a0followed.<\/p>\n Cassidy Bayer<\/strong> of the U.S. was sixth at 2:10.62, followed by China\u2019s Chenyao Zhang<\/strong> (2:10.89) and Austria\u2019s Claudia Hufnagl<\/strong> (2:13.51).<\/p>\n Hungary\u2019s Tamas Kenderesi<\/strong> won the 200 fly in 1:55.78, finishing well ahead of Denmark\u2019s Victor<\/strong> Bregner Bromer<\/strong> (1:57.61).<\/p>\n Belgium\u2019s Louis Croenen<\/strong> was third in 1:58.55, followed by Japan\u2019s Naito Ehara<\/strong> (1:58.58), Switzerland\u2019s Nils Liess<\/strong> (1:58.78), Japan\u2019s Nao Horomura<\/strong> (1:58.82), Canada\u2019s Mackenzie-Patrick<\/strong> Darragh<\/strong> (1:59.59) and Gunnar Bentz<\/strong> of the U.S. in 2:02.55.<\/p>\n Japan\u2019s Katsumi Nakamura<\/strong> won the 100 free in 48.89, edging France\u2019s Mehdy Metella<\/strong> (49.11) in one of the most exciting men\u2019s races of the meet.<\/p>\n Poland\u2019s Konrad Czerniak<\/strong> was third in 49.39, followed by France\u2019s Jeremy Stravius<\/strong> (49.48), Brazil\u2019s Bruno Fratus<\/strong> (49.51), Britain\u2019s Duncan Scott (49.62), Argentina\u2019s Frederico Grabich<\/strong> (49.84) and Japan\u2019s Shinri Shioura<\/strong> (50.44).<\/p>\n Switzerland\u2019s Jeremy Desplanches<\/strong> dominated the 200 IM to win in 1:58.02, more than three seconds ahead of the rest of the field.<\/p>\n Portugal\u2019s Alexis Manacas Santos<\/strong> was second in 2:01.31, followed by Kieran Smith<\/strong> of the U.S. (2:01.64), Poland\u2019s Michal Adam Poprawa<\/strong> (2:03.24), Hungary\u2019s Adam Telegdy<\/strong> (2:03.59), Spain\u2019s Joan Iluis Pons Ramon<\/strong> (2:05.74), Sweden\u2019s Samuel Tornqvist<\/strong> (2:06.04) and Canada\u2019s Mackenzie-Patrick Darragh<\/strong> (2:06.89).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2018 Mare Nostrum Series in Cante-en-Roussillon 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Women\u2019s 100 back<\/h3>\n
Women\u2019s 100 Free<\/h3>\n
Women\u2019s 50 Breast<\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s 50 Breast<\/h3>\n
Women\u2019s 50 Fly<\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s 50 Fly<\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s 1500 Free<\/h3>\n
Women\u2019s 400 Free<\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s 100 Back<\/h3>\n
Women\u2019s 200 Breast<\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s 200 Breast<\/h3>\n
Women\u2019s 200 Fly<\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s 200 Fly<\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s 100 Free<\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s 200 IM<\/h3>\n