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Men’s 800 free finals
Ukraine’s Sergii Frolov edged out Great Britain’s Jay Lelliott in an epic men’s 800-meter free battle.
The two battled throughout the entire race with Frolov taking gold in 7:50.28 to move to third in the world rankings. Lelliott, meanwhile, took silver in 7:50.97. That swim shot him to sixth in the world rankings.
800 Free World Rankings
[table “” not found /]Japan’s Ayatsugu Hirai turned on the afterburners down the final 50 meters to overtake USA’s Janardan Burns for bronze, 7:52.77 to 7:56.53. Hirai moved to 11th in the world rankings with the swim.
Australia’s Jack McLoughlin (7:57.76), Japan’s Kohei Yamamoto (7:57.84), USA’s Arthur Frayler (7:59.09), Australia’s Jordan Harrison (8:10.40) also competed for the title.
Women’s 100 breast semifinals
Japan’s Mina Matsushima threw down a blistering time of 1:07.04 to top semifinal qualifying.
That swim shot her to ninth in the world rankings, undercutting her season best of 1:07.52 from the Japan Open that had ranked 19th in the world.
USA’s Lilly King uncorked a lifetime best time of 1:07.21 to win the first semifinal and qualify second overall. That swim pushed her to 14th in the world rankings, and beat King’s previous best of 1:07.98 from the 2014 Junior Pan Pacs.
Australia’s Jessica Hansen earned the third seed with a 1:07.48 to move into the top 20 in the world rankings.
Ireland’s Fiona Doyle (1:07.67), Italy’s Martina Carraro (1:08.07), Russia’s Natalia Ivaneeva (1:08.09), Italy’s Ilaria Scarcela (1:08.36) and Ukraine’s Mariia Liver (1:08.38) also made finals.
USA’s Emma Reaney wound up 10th overall with a 1:08.90 to miss finals.
Men’s 50 fly finals
Brazil’s Henrique Martins shot to third in the world rankings as he topped the sprint fly this evening.
Martins bettered his ninth-ranked season best of 23.38 with a 23.22 to win the gold medal. Only Nicholas Santos (22.90) and Cesar Cielo (23.11) have been faster this year. That gives Brazil a 1-2-3 in the event rankings.
50 Fly World Rankings
[table “” not found /]Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin, who ranks fourth in the world with a 23.26 from the Russian Championships, wound up with silver tonight in 23.44. Italy’s Piero Codia rounded out the podium with a bronze-winning time of 23.48.
Russia’s Oleg Kostin (23.57), USA’s Matt Josa (23.81), China’s Shi Yang (23.85), Russia’s Aleksandr Sadovnikov (23.95) and USA’s Andrew Seliskar (24.28) closed out the rest of the championship heat.
Men’s 100 back finals
Japan’s Junya Hasegawa went out fast in 25.93 and had enough coming home to capture the gold medal with a time of 53.77 in the men’s 100-meter back finale.
That swim shot Hasegawa up to 12th in the world, shared with Ben Treffers’ 53.77 from Australian Nationals.
Italy’s Christopher Ciccarese powered his way into silver with a sizzling 27.57 back half to finish second in 53.92 to stand 19th in the world.
USA’s Jack Conger put up a 54.09 to win bronze, while teammate Jacob Pebley missed the podium with a 54.22.
Italy’s Matteo Milli (54.65), Russia’s Andrei Shabasov (54.76), South Korea’s Seonkwan Park (54.90) and France’s Eddie Moueddene (55.14) also vied for the title.
Women’s 100 free semifinals
Russia’s Rozaliya Nasretdinova led a pair of Americans into the women’s 100-meter free final with the only sub-55 time of the evening.
The Russian put up a time of 54.92 for the top seed, and will need to drop some more time to challenge the top 20 times in the world currently anchored by Michelle Williams of Canada with a 54.21.
USA’s Shannon Vreeland chased after Nasretdinova in semifinal 1 to claim the second seed in 55.04, while teammate Abbey Weitzeil won the second semifinal with a third-seeded effort of 55.25.
Japan’s Yui Yamane put up a 55.26 to qualify fourth, while Slovakia’s Katarina Listopadova earned fifth in 55.37.
Russia’s Margarita Nesterova (55.44), Italy’s Laura Letrari (55.65) and Australia’s Ami Matsuo (55.72) closed out the championship field.
Men’s 200 IM semifinals
USA’s Josh Prenot crushed the first semifinal field in the breaststroke leg then shut it down in freestyle en route to a 1:59.21 to win the heat and lead the field into finals. That’s a bit off his 13th-ranked season best of 1:58.98 from the Charlotte stop of the Arena Pro Swim Series.
Australia’s Justin James touched just behind Prenot to qualify second in 1:59.29 to move to 16th in the world rankings.
USA’s Kyle Whitaker followed Prenot’s lead with a huge breaststroke leg to win semifinal 2 with a third-seeded 1:59.69, while Great Britain’s Max Litchfield picked up fourth in 1:59.94.
Japan’s Takeharu Fujimori, ranked 17th in the world with a 1:59.36, earned the fifth seed in 2:00.19.
Japan’s Keita Sunama, the event favorite with a ninth-ranked season best of 1:58.64 from Japanese Nationals, put up an easy speed 2:00.21 to take sixth to make the finale.
Australia’s Travis Mahoney (2:00.33) and Russia’s Dmitrii Gorbunov (2:01.33) also made the finale.
Women’s 200 back finals
USA’s Lisa Bratton unfurled a scorching back-half en route to winning gold in a time of 2:09.31.
That swim pushed her to 12th in the world and was her first time under 2:10, undercutting her lifetime best of 2:10.62 from earlier this year as part of the Arena Pro Swim Series.
Bratton challenged the Universiade record of 2:08.19 set by Stephanie Proud in 2009.
Czech’s Simona Baumrtova claimed silver with a time of 2:10.53, while Japan’s Yuka Kawayoke chased down bronze in 2:11.60.
USA’s Melanie Klaren went out fast, leading at the 100 with a 1:03.32, but fell apart coming home as she settled for fourth overall in 2:12.01.
Canada’s Barbara Rojas-Jardin (2:13.16), Japan’s Miki Takahashi (2:13.62), France’s Camille Gheorghiu (2:13.63) and Russia’s Alexandra Papusha (2:14.29) also battled for the title.
Men’s 200 free semifinals
USA’s Reed Malone almost posted a lifetime best as he paced the men’s 200-meter free semis with a 1:47.85. In fact, Malone was the only swimmer under 1:48 as he challenged his best of 1:47.41 from last summer’s nationals.
Japan’s Reo Sakata turned in a second-seeded time of 1:48.22 with Italy’s Gianluca Maglia putting up a third-seeded 1:48.42.
Japan’s Naito Ehara (1:48.58), Australia’s Jacob Hansford (1:48.75), USA’s Clay Youngquist (1:48.76), Switzerland’s Alexandre Haldemann (1:49.04) and China’s Qian Zhiyong (1:49.11) rounded out the top eight headed to finals.
Men’s 100 breast finals
Kazakhstan’s Dmitry Balandin, one of the top 200 breaststrokers all time, uncorked a 59.96 to win the shorter distance event and move to ninth in the world this year.
Balandin came up half-a-second shy of Igor Borysik’s meet record of 59.53 from 2009.
Great Britain’s James Wilby grabbed silver in a time of 1:00.28 for his first international podium, while teammate Craig Benson wound up taking bronze with a time of 1:00.33.
USA’s DJ MacDonald (1:00.51), Japan’s Kazuki Kohinata (1:00.75), Russia’s Oleg Kostin (1:00.85) and Australia’s Nicholas Schafer (1:00.90) finished fourth through seventh.
Serbia’s Caba Siladji, the pre-meet favorite with a seventh-ranked season best of 59.79 from the Eindhoven Swim Cup, went out fast in 27.95 but paid for it as he wound up taking eighth in 1:01.01.
Women’s 50 fly finals
Olympic silver medalist Lu Ying of China cleared the Universiade record in the women’s 50-meter fly.
Lu clocked a time of 25.72 to move to fourth in the world rankings, and broke Aleksandra Gerasimenya’s 2013 mark of 25.84.
50 Fly World Rankings
[table “” not found /]Russia’s Svetlana Chimrova powered her way to silver with a time of 26.23, while Australia’s Holly Barratt took bronze in 26.41.
Canada’s Samantha Corea (26.51), Ukraine’s Darya Stepanyuk (26.80), New Zealand’s Laura Quilter (26.85), Italy’s Elena Di Liddo (26.90) and USA’s Christina Bechtel (27.00) also competed in the finale.
2015 World University Games, Day 2 Finals – Results
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Men’s 800 free finals
- Women’s 100 breast semis
- Men’s 50 fly finals
- Men’s 100 back finals
- Women’s 100 free semis
- Men’s 200 IM semis
- Women’s 200 back finals
- Men’s 200 free semis
- Men’s 100 breast finals
- Women’s 50 fly finals
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