Kosuke Hagino’s Asian Record Highlights Final Night of FINA World Cup in Tokyo

TOKYO – The FINA World Cup stop in Tokyo came to a close with an Asian record from Kosuke Hagino, as well as another big gold-medal haul for the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu.

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Scheduled Events

• Men’s 1500 free
• Women’s 400 IM
• Women’s 100 free
• Men’s 200 free
• Women’s 50 breast
• Men’s 100 breast
• Men’s 100 fly
• Women’s 100 back
• Men’s 50 back
• Women’s 200 fly
• Men’s 200 IM
• Women’s 400 free
• Men’s 50 free
• Women’s 200 breast
• Women’s 100 IM
• Men’s 200 back
• Women’s 50 fly

Men’s 1500 free

Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta continued his strong performances in the metric mile on the tour with a 14:36.38 to win the event going away.  Syogo Takeda took second in 14:41.95 with Ayatsugu Hirai placing third in 14:49.04.

China’s Qiu Ziao (14:53.04) and Kohei Yamamoto (14:57.85) placed fourth and fifth, while Yuto Sato (15:01.80), Yohei Takiguchi (15:01.82) and Ryuta Osaki (15:07.64) made up the rest of the top eight in the timed final event.

Women’s 400 IM

Katinka Hosszu collected her fourth gold medal of the meet with a 4:23.67, well ahead of Mireia Belmonte of Spain, who took silver in 4:26.42.  USA’s Caitlin Leverenz snared third-place honors in 4:27.19 to cash another podium paycheck.

USA’s Elizabeth Beisel (4:28.25), USA’s Ella Eastin (4:34.45), Wakaba Tsuyuchi (4:35.47), Miyu Otsuka (4:35.54) and Yura Taniguchi (4:35.75) finished fourth through eighth.

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Women’s 100 free

Great Britain’s Fran Halsall put up the only 51-point time during finals with a 51.96 for the win, her third of the meet here in Tokyo. She’s just the third swimmer to break 52 this year, alongside Femke Heemskerk (51.66) and Ranomi Kromowidjojo (51.84).  Australia’s Emma McKeon raced her way to silver in 52.21 with Miki Uchida earning third overall in 52.69.

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker, who has owned nearly every event she’s swum this year on the FINA World Cup tour, had her first significant drop off with a fourth-place 52.85.

Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz (53.60), Great Britain’s Siobhan O’Connor (53.65), Rikako Ikee (53.86) and Tomomi Aoki (54.21) also competed for the title.

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Men’s 200 free

Kosuke Hagino smashed the Japanese record in the 200 free with a time of 1:42.62 as he clipped South Africa’s Myles Brown (1:42.78) for his second win of the meet.  His time tonight eclipsed the 1:43.83 set by Syunsuke Kuzuhara at the 2012 Japanese Short Course Championships here in Tokyo.

Meanwhile, Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes continued to track down USA’s Tom Shields for third in the overall point standings with a third-place time of 1:43.01.  Shields has missed both the Beijing and Tokyo stops due to an undisclosed ailment, which should have him back by the Singapore stop.

Great Britain’s James Guy (1:44.48), Yuki Kobori (1:44.77), Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (1:45.47), Naito Ehara (1:46.06) and Chiaki Ishibashi (1:46.32) also swam in the finale.

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Women’s 50 breast

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte turned in a 29.36 to move to second in the world rankings, while Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson took second with a 29.66.  Atkinson leads the world rankings this year with a 29.12 from the Dubai stop of the FINA World Cup.

Lilly King claimed bronze for the U.S. Junior National Team with a 30.13, while Katie Meili placed fourth for the U.S. in 30.28.

Australia’s Sally Hunter (30.47), Asuka Kobayashi (30.87), Kanako Watanabe (31.06) and Maya Hamano (31.16) rounded out the championship field.

Men’s 100 breast

Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta clipped Yasuhiro Koseki, 57.23 to 57.24, for the men’s 100 breaststroke title – his second gold of the meet.  Ippei Watanabe took bronze in 58.30, while Ryuta Nomura placed fourth overall in 58.66.

Kazuki Kohinata (58.90), Akihiro Yamaguchi (58.93), Yoshiki Yamanaka (59.08) and Naoki Taguchi (59.18) touched fifth through eighth.

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Men’s 100 fly

Overall points leader Chad le Clos collected his third gold medal of the meet with a 48.95 to win the 100 fly.  That’s just a bit off his world-leading 48.56 from the Hong Kong stop of the FINA World Cup.

Germany’s Steffen Deibler claimed his second bronze of the meet with a 50.24, while Takeshi Kawamoto cashed his first paycheck of the meet with a third-place 50.40.

USA’s Giles Smith (50.69), Kohei Kawamoto (50.81), Ranmaru Harada (51.29), Yuki Shirai (51.57) and Great Britain’s Adam Barrett (51.69) finished fourth through eighth in the finale.

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Women’s 100 back

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu won the women’s 100 back by nearly a second with a 56.07 for her fifth gold medal of the meet, while Great Britain’s Georgia Davies touched second in 57.06. Australia’s Madison Wilson wound up third overall in 57.34.

USA’s Felicia Lee (57.36), Sayaka Akase (57.65), USA’s Kathleen Baker (57.79), Emi Moronuki (57.89) and Masumi Takaba (58.33) comprised the rest of the finale.

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Men’s 50 back

Spain’s Miguel Ortiz touched out USA’s Eugene Godsoe, 23.30 to 23.36, for the sprint backstroke title, while Germany’s Christian Diener took third in the finale with a 23.42.

Australia’s Mitchell Larkin (23.64), Great Britain’s Christopher Walker-Hebborn (23.83), Yusuke Kudo (24.03), Masaki Kaneko (24.05) and Takeshi Kawamoto (24.34) also put up times in finals.

Women’s 200 fly

The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu won her sixth gold medal with a 2:03.14 in the 200 fly, while Spain’s Mireia Belmonte took second overall in 2:03.83.  Germany’s Franziska Hentke took a distant third in 2:05.61, while Miyu Nakano just missed the podium with a fourth-place 2:05.75.

USA’s Cassidy Bayer (2:06.77), Yai Watanabe (2:07.74), Australia’s Emma McKeon (2:07.93) and USA’s Caitlin Leverenz (2:10.07) made up the rest of the finale.

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Men’s 200 IM

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino snared his third gold medal of the FINA World Cup stop here in Tokyo with an Asian and World Cup record in the men’s 200-meter IM.

Hagino blasted his way to a sizzling time of 1:51.27.  That swim eclipsed his 1:51.50 Asian record from the 2013 FINA World Cup stop here in Tokyo, which also stood as the World Cup record. His time tonight also undercut Chad le Clos’ 1:51.56 from Dubai as the top time in the world so far this year.

Daiya Seto took second in 1:52.55 with Hiromasa Fujimori earning third overall in 1:55.02.

Ryosuke Irie (1:55.22), Takeharu Fujimori (1:57.39), Naoki Nakatani (1:58.02), Yuki Shirai (1:58.13) and Tatsuya Ito (1:58.15) rounded out the All-Japan finale.

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Women’s 400 free

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte touched out Chihiro Igarashi, 4:00.87 to 4:00.89, in a close contest as the two moved to second and third in the world behind Cao Yue’s 4:00.72 from the Beijing stop of the FINA World Cup tour.  Meanwhile, Katinka Hosszu earned bronze in 4:04.20 for her ninth medal overall at this meet.

USA’s Elizabeth Beisel (4:04.67), USA’s Katie Drabot (4:06.35), Yuna Kikuchi (4:07.29), Misato Iwanaga (4:09.96) and Asami Chida (4:10.66) finished fourth through eighth in the championship heat.

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Men’s 50 free

Japan’s Shinri Shioura edged Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell and Kenta Ito for the 50 free title, 21.38 to 21.42 and 21.43, in what proved to be yet another close contest tonight.  Shioura just missed Ito’s Asian record of 21.25 set here in 2011 on the FINA World Cup tour.

Germany’s Steffen Deibler (21.58), Spain’s Miguel Ortiz (21.69), Kastumi Nakamura (21.74), South Africa’s Roland Schoeman (21.87) and Great Britain’s Ben Proud (22.04) also swam tonight.

Women’s 200 breast

Rie Kaneto beat Australia’s Sally Hunter to the wall, 2:19.18 to 2:19.63, in another exciting finish, while Japanese youngster Runa Imai took third in 2:21.02.

Reona Aoki (2:21.61), Russia’s Maria Astashkina (2:22.72), Sakino Akaishi (2:23.59), Sae Saito (2:24.67) and Spain’s Jessica Vall (2:25.14) closed out the finale.

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Women’s 100 IM

The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu ran her gold-medal tally to seven with a 57.74 in the sprint medley, while Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson managed to put up a 58.47 for second-place honors.  Great Britain’s Siobhan O’Connor took third in 58.56, just off her British mark of 58.26 from the 2013 European Short Course Championships.

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte (59.23), Kanako Watanabe (59.57) and USA’s Katie Meili (59.73) also cleared 1:00 to take fourth through sixth.

Tomoyo Fukuda (1:00.45) and USA’s Felicia Lee (1:00.74) claimed seventh and eighth in the finale.

Men’s 200 back

With how close tonight’s finals have been, it’s no wonder one of them would finish in a tie as Yuki Shirai and Mitch Larkin shared the gold medal with 1:49.95s. Germany’s Christian Diener wound up third overall in 1:50.45.

Masaki Kaneko (1:50.62), Ryosuke Irie (1:50.65), Hayate Matubara (1:54.12), Yuma Edo (1:55.15) and Syunya Nishimura (1:55.95) also vied for the title tonight.

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Women’s 50 fly

The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker got back into the win column with a 25.18 to top the sprint fly, while Fran Halsall downed her British record with a 25.29 for second.  That time surpassed her 25.44 from the 2009 British Grand Prix in Leeds, U.K.

Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz edged USA’s Felicia Lee, 25.76 to 25.94, for third in the finale.

Rikako Ikee (26.25), Rino Hosoda (26.36), Brazil’s Daynara De Paula (26.52) and Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (26.95) closed out the championship heat.

Mixed 200 free relay

Mikihouse’s Hiromasa Fujimori (22.50), Kenta Ito (20.75), Shiho Sakai (25.42) and Yayoi Matsumoto (24.61) won the final swim in Tokyo with a 1:33.28, while Toyo’s Kosuke Hagino (21.96), Yusuke Miyoshi (22.65), Yui Ohashi (25.84) and Miki Uchida (23.89) took second in 1:34.34.

Konami’s Takuro Fujii (22.05), Ryo Takayasu (22.80), Syoko Tanabe (25.27) and Rino Hosoda (24.58) put up a 1:34.70 to take third overall.

Niigata (1:35.14), Team USA (1:35.52), Wakayama (1:35.78), Chuo (1:35.80) and ATSC (1:36.81) also competed in the finale.

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