{"id":389098,"date":"2019-08-08T05:08:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T12:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=389098"},"modified":"2019-08-08T07:35:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T14:35:03","slug":"2019-fina-swimming-world-cup-jinan-day-one-finals-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-fina-swimming-world-cup-jinan-day-one-finals-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 FINA Swimming World Cup Jinan: Rapsys, Liu Break World Cup Records; Morozov Swims 21.5 50 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first night of finals from the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup in Jinan, China had 10 total events. There were two new World Cup records with China’s\u00a0Liu Xiang\u00a0<\/strong>breaking the 50 back record and Lithuania’s\u00a0Danas Rapsys\u00a0<\/strong>lowering his own 400 free record. Russia’s\u00a0Vladimir Morozov\u00a0<\/strong>was 0.01 off his own meet record but he was able to move up to fifth in the world rankings with his win in the 50 free.<\/p>\n

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Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n
Live Stream<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Men’s 400 Free<\/h3>\n
Lithuania’s\u00a0Danas Rapsys\u00a0<\/strong>broke the first World Cup record on Thursday night at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Jinan, China with a 3:43.91 in the 400 free. Rapsys broke his own World Cup record he set last week in Tokyo with a 3:45.57 as he was not far off his season best of 3:43.36. Rapsys was fourth in Gwangju in this event, just missing out on a medal with a 3:43.50. He has shown he can hold a taper a few extra weeks, swimming not far off his rested times from the World Championships. Rapsys notably won the 200 free gold medal before getting disqualified for a false start at the World Championships.<\/p>\n
Rapsys won ahead of China’s\u00a0Ji Xinjie<\/strong>, who also finaled in the World Championships. But Ji was well off his Worlds time with a 3:49.87. He finished ahead of Australia’s\u00a0Thomas Fraser-Holmes\u00a0<\/strong>(3:54.20) and China’s\u00a0Meng Rui\u00a0<\/strong>(3:55.70).<\/p>\n
USA’s\u00a0Brennan Gravley\u00a0<\/strong>(3:59.13) finished in fifth place, not far off his 3:57.99 best time from this year. Gravley will be a freshman at the University of Florida<\/a> this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n RAPSYS<\/td>\n Danas<\/td>\n $\"Lithuania\"$ \u00a0LTU<\/span><\/td>\n 3:43.91<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n WC<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n JI<\/td>\n Xinjie<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 3:49.87<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n <\/td>\n FRASER-HOLMES<\/td>\n Thomas<\/td>\n $\"Australia\"$ \u00a0AUS<\/span><\/td>\n 3:54.20<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n <\/td>\n MENG<\/td>\n Rui<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 3:55.70<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n <\/td>\n GRAVLEY<\/td>\n Brennan<\/td>\n $\"United$ \u00a0USA<\/span><\/td>\n 3:59.13<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n <\/td>\n YEO<\/td>\n Joshua Wee Chee<\/td>\n $\"Singapore\"$ \u00a0SGP<\/span><\/td>\n 4:06.93<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n <\/td>\n TAN<\/td>\n Zhao<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 4:07.20<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n <\/td>\n CHEN<\/td>\n Chen<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 4:07.54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Women’s 50 Back<\/span><\/h3>\n
China’s\u00a0Liu Xiang\u00a0<\/strong>won the 50 back on Thursday night at the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup in Jinan, China with a 27.35 to break the World Cup record of 27.49 from 2015 by\u00a0Emily Seebohm<\/strong>. Liu holds the world record that she set last year in this event so it isn’t much of a surprise to see her win. She did not swim at the World Championships though but her time here would have won the silver medal in Korea.<\/p>\n
China’s\u00a0Chen Jie\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Fu Yuanhui\u00a0<\/strong>did swim this event at Worlds but did not make it out of the semifinals. Chen was a 27.88 tonight in Jinan for the silver medal while Fu could not complete the Chinese podium sweep, finishing fourth at 28.03. Australia’s Seebohm slipped in for the bronze with a 27.99. Although she missed her World Cup medal, she put up a good swim considering she did not qualify to swim at the World Championships. Fellow Aussie\u00a0Holly Barratt\u00a0<\/strong>(28.13) finished in fifth while Austria’s\u00a0Caroline Pilhatsch\u00a0<\/strong>(28.14) was sixth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n LIU<\/td>\n Xiang<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 27.35<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n WC<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n CHEN<\/td>\n Jie<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 27.88<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n <\/td>\n SEEBOHM<\/td>\n Emily<\/td>\n $\"Australia\"$ \u00a0AUS<\/span><\/td>\n 27.99<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n <\/td>\n FU<\/td>\n Yuanhui<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 28.03<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n <\/td>\n BARRATT<\/td>\n Holly<\/td>\n $\"Australia\"$ \u00a0AUS<\/span><\/td>\n 28.13<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n <\/td>\n PILHATSCH<\/td>\n Caroline<\/td>\n $\"Austria\"$ \u00a0AUT<\/span><\/td>\n 28.14<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n <\/td>\n COLEMAN<\/td>\n Michelle<\/td>\n $\"Sweden\"$ \u00a0SWE<\/span><\/td>\n 28.71<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n <\/td>\n CHEN<\/td>\n Szu-Chi<\/td>\n $\"Chinese$ \u00a0TPE<\/span><\/td>\n 29.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Men’s 50 Free<\/h3>\n
Russia’s\u00a0Vladimir Morozov\u00a0<\/strong>had a very strong showing in the 50 free to close out the first night of the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup in Jinan, China with a 21.50. The time was very quick for Morozov, who was fourth at the World Championships with a 21.53. Morozov moved up to fifth in the world for 2019 with his swim as he won by a large margin over\u00a0Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>(22.16) and China’s Yu Hexin\u00a0<\/strong>(22.31).<\/p>\n
Morozov just missed his meet record of 21.49 that he set last year.<\/p>\n
Morozov has shown zero signs of fatigue as he was one of the few swimmers to actually swim faster than he did at the World Championships. He has been around the sport a long time but the 27-year-old is still looking for his first international medal since taking silver in this event at the 2013 Worlds.<\/p>\n
Hungary’s\u00a0Szebasztian Szabo\u00a0<\/strong>swam his second race of the night and finished fourth at 22.37 ahead of USA’s\u00a0Blake Pieroni\u00a0<\/strong>(22.39) and Italy’s\u00a0Santo Condorelli\u00a0<\/strong>(22.42).<\/p>\n
2019 World Rankings:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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21.04, Caeleb Dressel, USA<\/li>\n
21.31, Bruno Fratus, BRA<\/li>\n
21.45, Kristian Gkolomeev, GRE<\/li>\n
21.48, Ben Proud, GBR<\/li>\n
21.50, Vladimir Morozov, RUS<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
21.53, Andrea Vergani, ITA<\/li>\n
21.62, Michael Andrew, USA<\/li>\n
21.67, Pawel Juraszek, POL<\/li>\n
21.67, Shinri Shioura, JPN<\/li>\n
21.72, Florent Manaudou, FRA<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n MOROZOV<\/td>\n Vladimir<\/td>\n $\"Russian$ \u00a0RUS<\/span><\/td>\n 21.50<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n ANDREW<\/td>\n Michael<\/td>\n $\"United$ \u00a0USA<\/span><\/td>\n 22.16<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n <\/td>\n YU<\/td>\n Hexin<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 22.31<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n <\/td>\n SZABO<\/td>\n Szebasztian<\/td>\n $\"Hungary\"$ \u00a0HUN<\/span><\/td>\n 22.37<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n <\/td>\n PIERONI<\/td>\n Blake<\/td>\n $\"United$ \u00a0USA<\/span><\/td>\n 22.39<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n <\/td>\n CONDORELLI<\/td>\n Santo<\/td>\n $\"Italy\"$ \u00a0ITA<\/span><\/td>\n 22.42<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n <\/td>\n YANG<\/td>\n Jintong<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 22.70<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n <\/td>\n LIU<\/td>\n Shaofeng<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 22.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Women’s 400 Free<\/h3>\n
USA’s\u00a0Erica Sullivan\u00a0<\/strong>swam a new best time in the 400 free to start the first finals session of the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup in Jinan, China. Sullivan swam a 4:08.70 in the 400 free to lower her best of 4:09.43 from the 2017 US Open as she won her first event of the World Cup. Sullivan is also a day shy of her 19th birthday as she is the sixth fastest American this year and 33rd in the world.<\/p>\n
China’s\u00a0Bi Wenxin\u00a0<\/strong>(4:10.23) placed second in the final ahead of fellow Chinese\u00a0Dong Jie\u00a0<\/strong>(4:11.32).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n SULLIVAN<\/td>\n Erica<\/td>\n $\"United$ \u00a0USA<\/span><\/td>\n 4:08.70<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n BI<\/td>\n Wenxin<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 4:10.23<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n <\/td>\n DONG<\/td>\n Jie<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 4:11.32<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n <\/td>\n GOUGH<\/td>\n Maddy<\/td>\n $\"Australia\"$ \u00a0AUS<\/span><\/td>\n 4:12.48<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n <\/td>\n YANG<\/td>\n Caiping<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 4:13.31<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n <\/td>\n TAYLOR<\/td>\n Laura<\/td>\n $\"Australia\"$ \u00a0AUS<\/span><\/td>\n 4:16.03<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n <\/td>\n LIU<\/td>\n Xin<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 4:16.62<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n <\/td>\n LIU<\/td>\n Yaxin<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 4:17.79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Men’s 200 Back<\/h3>\n
Australia’s\u00a0Mitch Larkin\u00a0<\/strong>won the 200 back on Thursday night at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Jinan with a 1:56.39. The time was not bad for Larkin, who did not swim this event at the World Championships to focus on the 200 IM. He has the third fastest time in the world this year with a 1:55.03 from June, but he elected to swim the 200 IM at Worlds. The 200 back and 200 IM final are on the same day at the Olympics so he will have to decide which he wants to focus on considering it is an incredibly hard double, something only\u00a0Ryan Lochte\u00a0<\/strong>had been able to succeed in.<\/p>\n
Larkin won the final tonight in Jinan ahead of fellow Aussie\u00a0Tristan Hollard\u00a0<\/strong>(1:57.94), who was off his season best of 1:57.17. Hollard did not swim at the World Championships.<\/p>\n
China’s\u00a0Xu Jiayu\u00a0<\/strong>finished in third at 1:59.59, which is not a very good time for him since he has the fourth fastest time in the world this year at 1:55.24. Xu scratched out of this event at Worlds like Larkin did except Xu wanted to focus on the 4×200 free relay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n LARKIN<\/td>\n Mitchell<\/td>\n $\"Australia\"$ \u00a0AUS<\/span><\/td>\n 1:56.39<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n HOLLARD<\/td>\n Tristan<\/td>\n $\"Australia\"$ \u00a0AUS<\/span><\/td>\n 1:57.94<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n <\/td>\n XU<\/td>\n Jiayu<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 1:59.59<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n <\/td>\n LOW<\/td>\n Malcolm<\/td>\n $\"Singapore\"$ \u00a0SGP<\/span><\/td>\n 2:09.16<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n <\/td>\n DU<\/td>\n Shixian<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 2:10.38<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n <\/td>\n FU<\/td>\n Kun-Ming<\/td>\n $\"Chinese$ \u00a0TPE<\/span><\/td>\n 2:16.33<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n <\/td>\n HAN<\/td>\n Feiyang<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 2:18.35<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n <\/td>\n CAO<\/td>\n Weiguo<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 2:21.80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Women’s 200 Fly<\/h3>\n
To no surprise, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu\u00a0<\/strong>claimed another win at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Jinan, China with a 2:07.26 in the 200 fly final. Hosszu went 1-2 with fellow Hungarian\u00a0Zsuzsanna Jakabos\u00a0<\/strong>(2:07.75) with the latter claiming a season best time. Jakabos moved up to 13th in the world for 2019 with her swim while Hosszu still sits third. Hosszu and Jakabos didn’t swim at the World Championships for Hungary since\u00a0Boglarka Kapas\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Liliana Szilagyi\u00a0<\/strong>carried the reigns for the Hungarians. Kapas famously won the gold medal in Gwangju while Szilagyi was sixth.<\/p>\n
China’s\u00a0Zhang Yufei<\/strong>, who did not make it out of the heats at Worlds, had a much better showing at the World Cup with a 2:08.89 for the bronze medal. Zhang was only a 2:14.20 at Worlds in a very disappointing showing considering she came into the meet as a medal favorite.<\/p>\n
China’s\u00a0Zhang Yuhan\u00a0<\/strong>(2:12.40) finished in fourth while Australia’s\u00a0Laura Taylor\u00a0<\/strong>(2:12.72), who was a 2:06 in 2018, finished in fifth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n HOSSZU<\/td>\n Katinka<\/td>\n $\"Hungary\"$ \u00a0HUN<\/span><\/td>\n 2:07.26<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n JAKABOS<\/td>\n Zsuzsanna<\/td>\n $\"Hungary\"$ \u00a0HUN<\/span><\/td>\n 2:07.75<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n <\/td>\n ZHANG<\/td>\n Yufei<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 2:08.89<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n <\/td>\n ZHANG<\/td>\n Yuhan<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 2:12.40<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n <\/td>\n TAYLOR<\/td>\n Laura<\/td>\n $\"Australia\"$ \u00a0AUS<\/span><\/td>\n 2:12.72<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n <\/td>\n MA<\/td>\n Mingxuan<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 2:20.42<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n <\/td>\n LIN<\/td>\n Yung-Hsin<\/td>\n $\"Chinese$ \u00a0TPE<\/span><\/td>\n 2:20.61<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n <\/td>\n WANG<\/td>\n Ya-Jen<\/td>\n $\"Chinese$ \u00a0TPE<\/span><\/td>\n 2:21.65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Men’s 100 Fly<\/h3>\n
Hungary’s\u00a0Szebasztian Szabo\u00a0<\/strong>has enjoyed a solid year of racing in 2019 and continued that on Thursday night in Jinan, China at the FINA Swimming World Cup. Szabo swam a 51.45 in the 100 fly to win the gold medal ahead of Australia’s\u00a0Grant Irvine\u00a0<\/strong>(51.60) and Italy’s\u00a0Santo Condorelli\u00a0<\/strong>(52.00). Szabo actually swam a season best time and moved up to 11th in the world rankings for 2019. Szabo did not swim this event at the World Championships since\u00a0Kristof Milak\u00a0<\/strong>and long-time veteran\u00a0Laszlo Cseh\u00a0<\/strong>carried the torch. Szabo certainly has thrown his name in the hat for a possible Olympic berth for Hungary next year.<\/p>\n
Irvine swam a season best since he did not swim at the World Championships. He is now 14th in the world for 2019 and is the third fastest Australian in a relatively wide open event for next year. Condorelli moved up to 27th in the world with his swim as he went faster than either Italian did at the World Championships. Condorelli was a solid international swimmer for Canada in the last Olympic quad but has since taken his talents across the Atlantic to swim for Italy.<\/p>\n
USA’s\u00a0Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>(52.08) finished in fourth, adding a little from his season best of 51.87. Belarus’\u00a0Yauhen Tsurkin\u00a0<\/strong>(52.54), Australia’s\u00a0Nic Brown\u00a0<\/strong>(52.74), China’s\u00a0Wang Shun\u00a0<\/strong>(53.13) and\u00a0Li Zhuhao\u00a0<\/strong>(53.23) also swam in the final.<\/p>\n
This was a particularly disappointing swim for Li, who finaled at the Olympics in this event. Li was a 51.66 earlier this year at the FINA Champions Series and was even a dark horse for a medal at Worlds but he did not make it out of the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n SZABO<\/td>\n Szebasztian<\/td>\n $\"Hungary\"$ \u00a0HUN<\/span><\/td>\n 51.45<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n IRVINE<\/td>\n Grant<\/td>\n $\"Australia\"$ \u00a0AUS<\/span><\/td>\n 51.60<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n <\/td>\n CONDORELLI<\/td>\n Santo<\/td>\n $\"Italy\"$ \u00a0ITA<\/span><\/td>\n 52.00<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n <\/td>\n ANDREW<\/td>\n Michael<\/td>\n $\"United$ \u00a0USA<\/span><\/td>\n 52.08<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n <\/td>\n TSURKIN<\/td>\n Yauhen<\/td>\n $\"Belarus\"$ \u00a0BLR<\/span><\/td>\n 52.54<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n <\/td>\n BROWN<\/td>\n Nic<\/td>\n $\"Australia\"$ \u00a0AUS<\/span><\/td>\n 52.74<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n <\/td>\n WANG<\/td>\n Shun<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 53.13<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n <\/td>\n LI<\/td>\n Zhuhao<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 53.23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Women’s 200 Breast<\/h3>\n
Russia’s\u00a0Vitalina Simonova\u00a0<\/strong>comes from a very rich breaststroke tradition in Russia and it showed on Thursday at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Jinan. Simonova scored a season best of 2:24.52 in the 200 breast but is the fifth fastest in Russia as she moved up to 23rd in the world for this year. Simonova won handily over China’s\u00a0Yu Jingyao\u00a0<\/strong>(2:27.51) and\u00a0He Yun\u00a0<\/strong>(2:27.51).<\/p>\n
Simonova also did not swim this event at the World Championships with\u00a0Yulia Efimova\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Mariia Temnikova\u00a0<\/strong>getting the nod. It will be a tough team to make next year for Simonova as the 26-year-old is looking to make her first Olympics.<\/p>\n
Jamaica’s\u00a0Alia Atkinson\u00a0<\/strong>(2:31.00) finished in fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n SIMONOVA<\/td>\n Vitalina<\/td>\n $\"Russian$ \u00a0RUS<\/span><\/td>\n 2:24.52<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n YU<\/td>\n Jingyao<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 2:27.51<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n <\/td>\n HE<\/td>\n Yun<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 2:28.13<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n <\/td>\n ATKINSON<\/td>\n Alia<\/td>\n $\"Jamaica\"$ \u00a0JAM<\/span><\/td>\n 2:31.00<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n <\/td>\n GORDON<\/td>\n Lucy<\/td>\n $\"New$ \u00a0NZL<\/span><\/td>\n 2:38.20<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n <\/td>\n WU<\/td>\n Yu-Chen<\/td>\n $\"Chinese$ \u00a0TPE<\/span><\/td>\n 2:41.25<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n <\/td>\n ZHANG<\/td>\n Xinyu<\/td>\n $\"Club\"$ \u00a0CLB<\/span><\/td>\n 2:42.31<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n <\/td>\n CHEN<\/td>\n Jing-An<\/td>\n $\"Chinese$ \u00a0TPE<\/span><\/td>\n 2:44.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Men’s 100 Breast<\/h3>\n
China’s\u00a0Yan Zibei\u00a0<\/strong>gave the Chinese fans in Jinan something to cheer about on Thursday night at the FINA Swimming World Cup. Yan won the 100 breast with a 59.08, which was not far off his Asian record at the World Championships a couple weeks ago when he won the bronze medal behind\u00a0Adam Peaty\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0James Wilby<\/strong>. Yan was a 58.63 at Worlds and he carried that momentum into Jinan with a 59.08, which gave him the win over USA’s\u00a0Andrew Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>(59.56) and China’s\u00a0Wang Lizhuo\u00a0<\/strong>(59.56) who tied for second.<\/p>\n
Wilson also had a nice showing at the World Championships, reaching the final in both the 100 and 200 breast. Wilson was a 58.95 in the semifinals at Worlds but only managed sixth in the final. He has taken advantage of the World Cup stage, breaking a World Cup record last week in Tokyo in the 200 and also swimming right at his bests this week in China. Wilson tied with Wang, who was right at his Worlds time of 59.44 from the heats.<\/p>\n
Qin Haiyang<\/strong> of China almost made it a 1-2-3 finish for the Chinese but he was fourth at 59.63. He is more known as a 200 breaststroker and 200 IMer but he had a solid showing in the 100 breast.\u00a0 Italy’s\u00a0Nicolo Martinenghi\u00a0<\/strong>finished fifth at 59.67. He was disqualified at Worlds in this event and rebounded to swim a season best in Tokyo last week.<\/p>\n
Lithuania’s Andrius Sidlauskas\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.16), China’s\u00a0Zhang Ruixuan\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.63) and Brazil’s\u00a0Felipe Franca\u00a0<\/strong>(1:01.16) also swam in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n YAN<\/td>\n Zibei<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 59.08<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n WILSON<\/td>\n Andrew<\/td>\n $\"United$ \u00a0USA<\/span><\/td>\n 59.56<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n WANG<\/td>\n Lizhuo<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 59.56<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n <\/td>\n QIN<\/td>\n Haiyang<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 59.63<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n <\/td>\n MARTINENGHI<\/td>\n Nicolo<\/td>\n $\"Italy\"$ \u00a0ITA<\/span><\/td>\n 59.67<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n <\/td>\n SIDLAUSKAS<\/td>\n Andrius<\/td>\n $\"Lithuania\"$ \u00a0LTU<\/span><\/td>\n 1:00.16<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n <\/td>\n ZHANG<\/td>\n Ruixuan<\/td>\n $\"People's$ \u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n 1:00.63<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n <\/td>\n FRANCA SILVA<\/td>\n Felipe<\/td>\n $\"Brazil\"$ \u00a0BRA<\/span><\/td>\n 1:01.16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Women’s 50 Free<\/h3>\n
Australia’s\u00a0Cate Campbell\u00a0<\/strong>took care of business in the 50 free on Thursday night at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Jinan, China. Campbell swam a 24.16 which was right at her 24.11 she swam at World Championships to get the bronze medal. Campbell’s season best is still a 24.00 from the FINA Champions Series in Guangzhou so China clearly has been good to the Australian.<\/p>\n
She won fairly handily over Sweden’s\u00a0Michelle Coleman\u00a0<\/strong>(24.74), who is swimming on a bit of a comeback tour after not swimming internationally in 2018. Coleman was a 24.66 in Tokyo last week but her time tonight was faster than what she swam at the World Championships when she didn’t make it out of the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Australia’s\u00a0Holly Barratt\u00a0<\/strong>(24.91) and Denmark’s\u00a0Jeanette Ottesen\u00a0<\/strong>(24.98) placed third and fourth to dip under 25.<\/p>\n
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Impressive win by Cate Campbell \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa in the Women\u2019s 50m Freestyle! Watch live at https:\/\/t.co\/bEozhdW5qV<\/a> #SWC19<\/a> #SWIMMING<\/a> #FINA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/oDdgTwVtpT<\/a><\/p>\n
— World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) August 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n