{"id":488618,"date":"2021-10-03T11:12:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T18:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=488618"},"modified":"2021-10-07T12:12:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T19:12:27","slug":"matthew-sates-sets-wjr-and-african-mark-over-200-free-at-world-cup-stop-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/matthew-sates-sets-wjr-and-african-mark-over-200-free-at-world-cup-stop-in-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Sates Sets WJR And African Mark Over 200 Free At World Cup Stop In Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Matthew Sates<\/strong> set a world junior record and African mark as he went 1:40.65 over 200 free at the FINA World Cup in Berlin.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fina.org\/competitions\/1380\/fina-swimming-world-cup-2021\/results\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The South African had completed a clean sweep of the IM events with victory over 400 in the opening race of the evening before returning 70 minutes later for eight lengths of freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Not only was it a WJR but also a continental mark, lowering <strong>Darian Townsend<\/strong>&#8216;s time of 1:40.89 from November 2009 &#8211; coincidentally at the Berlin stop of the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>It sliced 1.10secs off the previous WJR of 1:41.75 set by <strong>Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong> in December 2018 and was his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/matthew-sates-destroys-200-im-world-junior-record-at-fina-world-cup\/\">second record in as many days following the 200IM.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was also a world junior record of 1:41.55 by the United States in the 4&#215;50 mixed medley relay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arno Kamminga<\/strong> and <strong>Christian Diener<\/strong> completed clean sweeps of the breaststroke and backstroke events respectively and\u00a0<strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong> added the 100 free to her 50 title in a PB of 50.96.<\/p>\n<p>Germany topped the medal standings with six golds, six silvers and four bronzes among a total haul of 16.<\/p>\n<h3>Sates Continues Record-Breaking Golden Run<\/h3>\n<p>Sates has had a superb meet and his WJR followed his 1:51.45 mark in the 200IM on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyle Chalmers<\/strong> led at the halfway mark, 0.11 ahead of the South African in 49.40, but Sates went away on the third 50 in 25.63 and held off the Australian&#8217;s late charge.<\/p>\n<p>Splits: 23.58\/49.51 (25.93)\/1:15.14 (25.63)\/1:40.65 (25.51).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_488575\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-488575\" data-attachment-id=\"488575\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/matthew-sates-destroys-200-im-world-junior-record-at-fina-world-cup\/sa-short-course-swimming-championships-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MattSates.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1250,834\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;BOOGS Photography \\\/ Andrew Mc Fa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;-SA Short course swimming championships - Image: BOOGS Photography \\\/ Andrew Mc Fadden&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1603562175&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;SA Short course swimming championships&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SA Short course swimming championships\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;10-2-21 &#038; 10\/4\/21 &#038; 1\/31\/22&lt;br \/&gt;\nMatthew Sates Swimming South Africa&lt;br \/&gt;\n-SA Short course swimming championships &#8211; Image: BOOGS Photography \/ Andrew Mc Fadden&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Matthew Sates Photo Courtesy: BOOGS Photography\/Andrew Mc Fadden\/Swimming South Africa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MattSates-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MattSates-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-488575\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MattSates-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"matthew-sates-SA Short course swimming championships - Image: BOOGS Photography \/ Andrew Mc Fadden\" width=\"315\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-488575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Sates: Photo Courtesy: BOOGS Photography\/Andrew Mc Fadden\/Swimming South Africa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the stands<strong> Chad le Clos<\/strong> stood with his hands on his head and his mouth open looking at the scoreboard while Sates thanked his coach and family.<\/p>\n<p>He told FINA TV: &#8220;This is awesome. Being at the World Cup. I couldn&#8217;t be happier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chalmers was just 0.02 off <strong>Cameron McEvoy<\/strong>&#8216;s Australian record in 1:40.82 with <strong>Danys Rapsys<\/strong> next home in 1:41.17.<\/p>\n<p>Sates had begun his final day by slicing more than six seconds off his PB to win the 400IM, adding to his 100 and 200IM golds.<\/p>\n<p>He forged a handsome lead on breaststroke to go into the freestyle 3.25secs up on <strong>Hubert Kos<\/strong> to claim victory in 4:01.98 &#8211; still some way outside <strong>Daiya Seto<\/strong>&#8216;s world junior mark of 3:59.15 that has stood since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Kos was more than 7.5secs adrift in second in 4:09.49 with <strong>Thomas Jansen<\/strong> of the Netherlands third in 4:14.86.<\/p>\n<p>The USA quartet of Quintin McCarty (24.81)\/Zhier Fan (26.79)\/Tess Howley (26.26) and Kristina Paegle (23.69) &#8211; with a combined age of 67 &#8211; set the new WJR as they came second to Germany in the mixed medley relay.<\/p>\n<p>Germany &#8211; led off by Diener with his second gold of the night &#8211; clocked 1:39.17 with South Africa third in 1:42.17.<\/p>\n<h3>Kamminga And Diener Claim Hat-Tricks<\/h3>\n<p>Kamminga &#8211; the double Olympic silver medallist &#8211; went away from the 50m mark to win the 200br in 2:01.92, his fastest time of the season so far.<\/p>\n<p>That gave him the greatest pleasure with his eyes on the European and World Short-Course Championships, a fast time in the latter in Abu Dhabi in December his focus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marco Koch<\/strong> was second in 2:05.29 ahead of German teammate <strong>Fabian Schwingenschlogl <\/strong>(2:05.37).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_483707\" style=\"width: 319px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-483707\" data-attachment-id=\"483707\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-zac-stubblety-cook-strikes-australias-fifth-gold-in-200-breaststroke-in-olympic-record-time\/olympics-swimming-july-29-28\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/xxx-arno-kamminga-medal-scaled-e1627528243305.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,909\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Grace Hollars-USA TODAY Sports&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-9M2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Jul 29, 2021; Tokyo, Japan; Arno Kamminga (NED) holds up his silver medal after finishing second in the men&#039;s 800m freestyle final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. 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Mandatory Credit: Grace Hollars-USA TODAY Sports 2021 Olympics&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Arno Kamminga; Photo Courtesy: Grace Hollars\/USA Today Sports&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/xxx-arno-kamminga-medal-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/xxx-arno-kamminga-medal-1024x846.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-483707\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/xxx-arno-kamminga-medal-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Jul 29, 2021; Tokyo, Japan; Arno Kamminga (NED) holds up his silver medal after finishing second in the men's 800m freestyle final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Mandatory Credit: Grace Hollars-USA TODAY Sports\" width=\"309\" height=\"221\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-483707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arno Kamminga; Photo Courtesy: Grace Hollars\/USA Today Sports<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Diener was first at the halfway point in the 100 back, a lead he extended over the second half of the race to win in 50.32 although that time didn&#8217;t threaten his German record of 49.92 set at the ISL in September.<\/p>\n<p>Teammate <strong>Ole Braunschwwig\u00a0<\/strong>repeated his 50 back second in 50.87 with Israel&#8217;s Yakov Toumarkin next home in 51.34.<\/p>\n<p>McKeon&#8217;s PB guided her to the 100 free title ahead of teammate <strong>Madi Wilson<\/strong> &#8211; still recovering from covid &#8211; who clocked 51.98 and <strong>Michelle Coleman<\/strong> (52.20).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maggie MacNeil<\/strong> made up a deficit of 0.05 at halfway to overhaul<strong> Louise Hansson<\/strong> and claim her first World Cup victory in the 100 fly in 55.30.<\/p>\n<p>Hansson clocked in 55.49 with Switzerland&#8217;s <strong>Maria Ugolkova<\/strong> third in 57.00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kira Toussaint<\/strong> produced a fine demonstration of underwaters to win the 200 back 2:03.44, following up Friday&#8217;s victory over 50m, only to have a nosebleed following the race.<\/p>\n<p>A late charge by <strong>Jojo Ramey<\/strong> of the United States guided her past <strong>Kylie Masse<\/strong> to second in 2:04.41 to 2:04.53.<\/p>\n<p>Ugolkova returned to win the 200IM in 2:08.01 with <strong>Leah Hayes<\/strong> &#8211; at 15 17 years the Swiss swimmers junior &#8211; edging <strong>Kristyna Horska<\/strong> by 0.01 in 2:09.61.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_382796\" style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-382796\" data-attachment-id=\"382796\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/matthew-sates-sets-wjr-and-african-mark-over-200-free-at-world-cup-stop-in-berlin\/maria-ugolkova-4x100-mixed-medley-prelims-world-championships\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/maria-ugolkova-4x100-mixed-medley-prelims-world-championships.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7SM2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1563911875&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"maria-ugolkova-4&#215;100-mixed-medley-prelims-world-championships\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;maria-ugolkova-4&#215;100-mixed-medley-prelims-world-championships&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Maria Ugolkova; Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/maria-ugolkova-4x100-mixed-medley-prelims-world-championships-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/maria-ugolkova-4x100-mixed-medley-prelims-world-championships-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-382796\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/maria-ugolkova-4x100-mixed-medley-prelims-world-championships-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"maria-ugolkova-\" width=\"333\" height=\"238\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-382796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Ugolkova; Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Anastasia Gorbenko<\/strong> added the 50br to her 100 title on Saturday in 29.61, smashing her Israeli record of 30.20 she set at the ISL in October 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Shields<\/strong> won the 50 fly in 22.09 ahead of <strong>Szebasztian Szabo<\/strong> (22.19) and <strong>Chad Le Clos<\/strong>, who clocked 22.48 a day after claiming his 146th World Cup win over 200 fly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cavan Gormsen<\/strong> led throughout to win the fastest heat of the women&#8217;s 800 free, pulling away in the second half of the race to stop the clock at 8:22.16.<\/p>\n<p>Her USA teammate <strong>Paige Kuwata<\/strong> was next home in 8:27.43 with the Netherlands&#8217; <strong>Imani de Jong<\/strong> clocking 8:28.90.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Sates set a world junior record and African mark as he went 1:40.65 over 200 free at the FINA World Cup in Berlin. 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