MOSCOW – Vlad Morozov turned up the heat during the men’s 100-meter IM at the Salnikov Cup today as he challenged the world record in the event.
Morozov blasted the finale of the sprint medley with a time of 50.77. That’s just off Markus Deibler’s world record of 50.66 set at the World Short Course Championships earlier this month.
[table “” not found /]That performance broke Morozov’s Russian record of 50.81 also set at Worlds.
Viacheslav Prudnikov took second tonight in 53.64 with Dmitry Zhilin claiming third in 54.29.
Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu scorched the women’s 100-meter fly with a 55.71 for the win. That pushed her to fourth in the world behind only Sarah Sjostrom (54.61), Lu Ying (55.25) and Jeanette Ottesen (55.32). That’s a Hungarian record for Hosszu, cracking 56 seconds for the first time.
Inge Dekker took second tonight in 56.72, while Anastasia Lyazeva placed third in 58.33.
Hosszu doubled up with a 26.66 to win the women’s 50-meter backstroke. That’s a bit off her third-ranked season best of 25.96 posted at Worlds, but was enough for a second gold medal.
Aliaksandra Herasimenia placed second in 26.91 with Daria K Ustinova earning third overall in 26.92.
Hosszu kept on rolling with a third gold medal in the women’s 800-meter free. She clocked an 8:20.98 for the win, nearly 10 seconds ahead of Anastasia Ivanenko’s second-place 8:30.59. Valeria Salamatina took third in 8:40.24.
Hosszu’s fourth gold medal came in the women’s 200-meter backstroke as the world-record holder clocked a 2:01.80. That’s well off her world record of 1:59.23, but was more than enough for the win tonight.
Daria K Ustinova took second in 2:04.64 with Jenny Mensing placing third in 2:05.87.
Here is Hosszu with her gold medals after day one:
Oleg Kostin touched out Kirill Prigoda, 26.61 to 26.64, in the men’s 50 breast. Igor Golovin finished third overall in 26.69. Kostin doubled up with a 2:03.17 to win the men’s 200-meter breast. That’s just off his fifth-ranked season best of 2:03.04 from the Russian Short Course Championships. Anton Chupkov (2:06.90) and Ilya Khomenko (2:08.10) took second and third.
Ranomi Kromowidjojo, the world-leader with a 23.32 at Worlds earlier this month, won the women’s 50-meter free in 23.83. Inge Dekker took second overall in 24.14, just off her eighth-ranked 23.89. Meanwhile, Rozaliya Nasretdinova finished third in 24.24.
Danila Izotov kicked off the first night of finals with a 46.57 to win the men’s 100-meter free. That’s not far off his fourth-ranked season best of 46.09 from Worlds. Evgeny Lagunov took second in 47.03 with Alexander Sukhorukov earning third-place honors in 47.53.
Femke Heemskerk blasted off in the women’s 200-meter free with a time of 1:52.63. She’s been just a second faster this year with a third-ranked 1:51.69 from Worlds. Her Netherlands’ compatriot Esmee Vermeulen took second in 1:57.69 with Arina Openysheva taking third in 1:58.21.
Moniek Nijhuis followed with a 1:05.31 to 1:05.66 victory against Ganna Dzerkal in the 100-meter breast. Valentina Artemyeva placed third in 1:05.75.
David Verraszto clinched the men’s 400-meter IM top prize with a 4:05.82, while Dmitrii Gorbunov finished second in 4:08.43. Daniil Pasynkov wound up third in 4:09.20.
Evgeny Rylov topped the men’s 100-meter back in 51.40 with Pavel Kosmynin taking second in 52.27. Viktar Staselovich earned third-place honors in 52.38. Aleksandr Kudashev hit the wall first in the men’s 200-meter fly with a 1:54.04, while Nikolay Skvortsov took second in 1:54.61. Andrey Tambovskiy claimed third in 1:55.60.
Maarten Brzoskowski clocked a 3:44.51 to win the men’s 400-meter free. Sergiy Frolov (3:45.59) and Alexander Fedorov (3:46.11) took second and third. Yauhen Tsurkin won the men’s 50-meter fly in 22.67 with Alexander Popkov taking second in 22.94. Evgeny Korotyshkin placed third in 23.25.
The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker (53.19), Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.12), Esmee Vermeulen (55.19) and Femke Heemskerk (52.53) won the women’s 400-meter free relay in 3:34.03. Meanwhile, Viacheslav Andrusenko (48.03), Evgeniy Ayzetullov (48.34), Oleg Tikhobaev (46.78) and Evgeny Lagunov (46.93) captured the men’s 400-meter free relay in 3:10.08.