{"id":494195,"date":"2021-12-20T22:29:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=494195"},"modified":"2021-12-21T00:11:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T07:11:55","slug":"fina-short-course-world-championships-day-6-prelims-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-short-course-world-championships-day-6-prelims-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"FINA Short Course World Championships Day 6 Prelims: US Women Sprint Relay, Shaine Casas Claim Top Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final day of the 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships began with the last heats session of the meet from Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>The session starts with the women\u2019s 200 freestyle relay, then the men\u2019s 200 backstroke, women\u2019s 200 breaststroke then the men\u2019s and women\u2019s 400 medley relays.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. women took the top seed in the 200 free relay, while <strong>Shaine Casas<\/strong> claimed the top spot in the 200 backstroke. Meanwhile, a Sjostrom-less Swedish medley relay also claimed the top seed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2021-fina-short-course-world-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2021-fina-short-course-world-championships-day-6-prelims-day-6\/international-elite\/2021\/December\/21?rtn=%2Fresults%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 6 Prelims results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2021\/15th-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-united-states-and-canada-tie-for-womens-400-free-relay-gold-day-one-womens-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day one women\u2019s recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-alberto-razzetti-claims-200-fly-gold-and-200-im-bronze-day-one-mens-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day one men\u2019s recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-louise-hansson-leads-sweden-to-relay-wr-then-wins-individual-gold-day-two-womens-recap\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day two women\u2019s recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-shaine-casas-ilya-shymanovich-hwang-sunwoo-capture-gold-medals-day-two-mens-recap\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day two men\u2019s recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-siobhan-haughey-makes-it-a-double-rhyan-white-is-golden-womens-live-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day three women\u2019s recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-nic-fink-continues-roll-with-title-in-200-breaststroke-day-3-mens-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day three men\u2019s recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-ranomi-kromowidjojo-tops-loaded-field-in-50-butterfly-claire-curzan-sets-wjrlive-womens-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day four women\u2019s recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-day-4-finals-live-mens-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day four men\u2019s recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-short-course-worlds-kate-douglass-scares-200-im-american-record-as-top-seed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day five prelims recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-canada-wins-three-gold-medals-with-pickrem-macneil-800-free-relay-day-five-womens-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day five women\u2019s recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/short-course-world-championships-daiya-seto-wins-fifth-straight-400-im-title-day-five-mens-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day five men\u2019s recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>FINA Short Course World Championships: Women&#8217;s 200 Freestyle Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. took the top seed in the 200 free relay, finishing less than two seconds off the meet record in the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katharine Berkoff<\/strong> (24.43), <strong>Torri Huske<\/strong> (24.44), <strong>Kate Douglass<\/strong> (23.39) and<strong> Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong> (23.62) touched the wall in 1:35.88 to hold off the field by four tenths.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands took the second seed with <strong>Kim Busch<\/strong> (24.30), <strong>Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> (24.16),<strong> Tessa Giele<\/strong> (23.95) and <strong>Maaike de Waard<\/strong> (23.86) finishing in 1:26.27.<\/p>\n<p>The third seed went to Sweden with<strong> Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> (23.50),<strong> Michelle Coleman<\/strong> (23.98),<strong> Sara Junevik<\/strong> (24.31) and <strong>Hanna<\/strong> <strong>Rosvall<\/strong> (24.76) finishing in 1:36.55.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"494197\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-short-course-world-championships-day-6-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2021-12-21-at-12-43-07-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.43.07-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"866,682\" 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 2021-12-21 at 12.43.07 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2021-12-21 at 12.43.07 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.43.07-AM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.43.07-AM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-494197 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.43.07-AM.png\" alt=\"fina-Screen Shot 2021-12-21 at 12.43.07 AM\" width=\"866\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.43.07-AM.png 866w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.43.07-AM-254x200.png 254w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.43.07-AM-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.43.07-AM-450x354.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.43.07-AM-533x420.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s 200 Backstroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shaine Casas<\/strong> of the U.S. put together a strong swim to take the top spot in the 200 backstroke. Casas, who already has a world title under his belt, touched the wall in 1:49.82.<\/p>\n<p>He started strong at 25.04 and was able to hold off the field by nearly seven tenths of a second.<\/p>\n<p>Czech Republic\u2019s J<strong>an Cejka<\/strong> took the second spot in 1:50.50, ahead of France\u2019s <strong>Yohann Ndoye-Brouard<\/strong> (1:50.71) and Germany\u2019s <strong>Christian Diener<\/strong> (1:51.06).<\/p>\n<p>Casas is about three seconds off the meet record (1:46.68, <strong>Ryan Lochte<\/strong>, 2010) with his prelims time and four away from <strong>Mitch<\/strong> <strong>Larkin<\/strong>\u2019s world record of 1:4563.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"494199\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-short-course-world-championships-day-6-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2021-12-21-at-12-53-52-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.53.52-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"932,512\" 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 2021-12-21 at 12.53.52 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2021-12-21 at 12.53.52 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.53.52-AM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.53.52-AM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-494199 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.53.52-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2021-12-21 at 12.53.52 AM\" width=\"932\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.53.52-AM.png 932w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.53.52-AM-280x154.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.53.52-AM-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.53.52-AM-450x247.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-12.53.52-AM-533x293.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 200 Breaststroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian Swimming Federation\u2019s<strong> Evgeniia Chikunova<\/strong> took the top seed in the 200 breaststroke after closing with a 35.40 split to hang on by three quarters of a second.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden\u2019s <strong>Sophie Hansson<\/strong> took the second seeding 2:20.31 and looks to be in striking distance, along with Great Britain\u2019s <strong>Molly Renshaw<\/strong> (2:20.33), who was just two hundredths behind Hansson.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s<strong> Francesca Fangio<\/strong> took the fourth seed (2:20.53), followed by USA\u2019S<strong> Emily Escobedo<\/strong> (2:31.30) and Canada\u2019s <strong>Tessa<\/strong> <strong>Cieplucha<\/strong> (2:21.35).<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s<strong> Mona McSharry<\/strong> and Czech Republic\u2019s<strong> Kristyna Horska<\/strong> tied for the seventh seed in 2:21.59 to both qualify for finals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"494201\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-short-course-world-championships-day-6-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2021-12-21-at-1-12-35-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.12.35-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"951,506\" 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 2021-12-21 at 1.12.35 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2021-12-21 at 1.12.35 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.12.35-AM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.12.35-AM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-494201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.12.35-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2021-12-21 at 1.12.35 AM\" width=\"951\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.12.35-AM.png 951w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.12.35-AM-280x149.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.12.35-AM-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.12.35-AM-450x239.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.12.35-AM-533x284.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINA Short Course World Championships: Men\u2019s 400 Medley Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Russian Swimming Federation took the top seed in the men\u2019s 400 medley relay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pavel Samusenko<\/strong> (50.48), <strong>Alexander Zhigalov<\/strong> (57.74), <strong>Roman Shevilkov<\/strong> (50.70) and <strong>Vladislav Grinev<\/strong> (46.09) came together to finish in 3:25.01. The time is six seconds off the meet record.<\/p>\n<p>Italy took the second seed with <strong>Thomas Ceccon<\/strong> (50.96), <strong>Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> (56.90), <strong>Alberto Razzetti<\/strong> (50.48) and <strong>Lorenzo Zazzeri<\/strong> (47.24) finishing in 3:25.58.<\/p>\n<p>USA was third with <strong>Hunter Tapp<\/strong> (52.52),<strong> Will Licon<\/strong> (57.40), <strong>Trenton Julian<\/strong> (49.25) and <strong>Zach Apple<\/strong> (46.80) touching the wall in 3:25.97.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"494203\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-short-course-world-championships-day-6-prelims-live-recap\/screen-shot-2021-12-21-at-1-27-41-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.27.41-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"914,691\" 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 2021-12-21 at 1.27.41 AM\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Screen Shot 2021-12-21 at 1.27.41 AM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.27.41-AM-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.27.41-AM.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-494203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.27.41-AM.png\" alt=\"fina-Screen Shot 2021-12-21 at 1.27.41 AM\" width=\"914\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.27.41-AM.png 914w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.27.41-AM-265x200.png 265w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.27.41-AM-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.27.41-AM-450x340.png 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-1.27.41-AM-533x403.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 400 Medley Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sweden took the top seed in the 400 medley relay even without <strong>Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> participating in the heats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hanna Rosvall<\/strong> (57.86), <strong>Emelie Fast<\/strong> (1:05.59), <strong>Louise Hansson<\/strong> (56.04) and<strong> Michelle Coleman<\/strong> (53.18) took the top spot in 3:52.67.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s <strong>Kylie Masse<\/strong> (56.62), <strong>Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> (1:05.46), <strong>Katerine Savard<\/strong> (57.41) and <strong>Summer McIntosh<\/strong> (53.55) touched thew all in 3:53.04.<\/p>\n<p>Italy was third with <strong>Silvia Scalia<\/strong> (57.71), <strong>Martina Carraro<\/strong> (1:05.66),<strong> Ilaria Bianchi<\/strong> (57.39) and<strong> Costanza Cocconcelli<\/strong> (52.92) finishing in 3:53.68.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. took the fourth seed in 3:52.73 with<strong> Katharine Berkoff<\/strong> (56.62), <strong>Kate Douglass<\/strong> (1:05.06), <strong>Torri Huske<\/strong> (58.81) and <strong>Paige Madden<\/strong> (53.24).<\/p>\n<p><img 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