2019 FINA Swimming World Cup Tokyo: Hosszu, Larkin Set IM Meet Records

Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant

The second night of finals from the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup from Tokyo, Japan had 12 events as two meets records fell from Katinka Hosszu and Mitch Larkin.

Women’s 400 IM

Katinka Hosszu got the Saturday night session off to a good start with a new World Cup record in the 400 IM with a 4:32.30. She broke her own world cup record that she set in 2015 in Dubai at 4:33.88. Hosszu had a challenging race with Japan’s Yui Ohashi, who won the bronze at World Championships last week. Ohashi was second here at 4:34.27 while Spain’s Mireia Belmonte (4:34.47) was third.

That swim was a really good one for Belmonte, who was 13th last week in the 400 IM only managing a 4:42.16. Belmonte is now ranked fourth in the world for 2019.

2019 World Rankings:

4:30.39, Katinka Hosszu, HUN
4:32.07, Ye Shiwen, CHN
4:32.33, Yui Ohashi, JPN
4:34.47, Mireia Belmonte, ESP
4:35.15, Sydney Pickrem, CAN
4:35.47, Emma Weyant, USA
4:36.06, Brooke Forde, USA
4:36.98, Aimee Willmott, GBR
4:37.18, Ella Eastin, USA
4:37.23, Madisyn Cox, USA

1	HOSSZU	Katinka	HUN	4:32.30	WC
2	OHASHI	Yui	CLB	4:34.27
3	BELMONTE	Mireia	ESP	4:34.47
4	SHIMIZU	Sakiko	CLB	4:43.02
5	PEREZ BLANCO	Jimena	ESP	4:43.96
6	JAKABOS	Zsuzsanna	HUN	4:44.78
7	MELVERTON	Kiah	AUS	4:45.78
8	KOBORI	Waka	CLB	4:46.52

Men’s 200 IM

Australia’s Mitch Larkin won the 200 IM final on Saturday night in Tokyo with a 1:57.06 to lower the World Cup record of 1:58.46 set by Philip Heintz in 2015. The time was quicker than what Larkin swam at the World Championships where he placed seventh at 1:57.32. Larkin still has the fastest time in the world this year with his 1:55.72 from June.

Second place went to Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes (2:00.00) while Japan’s Kosuke Hagino (2:00.03) was third. Hagino is swimming in his first international competition this year after dropping out of consideration for the World Championships.

1	LARKIN	Mitchell	AUS	1:57.06	WC
2	FRASER-HOLMES	Thomas	AUS	2:00.00
3	HAGINO	Kosuke	CLB	2:00.03
4	UCHIYAMA	Takumi	CLB	2:00.72
5	TAKAHASHI	Kotaro	CLB	2:00.90
6	OHTAKE	Masayuki	CLB	2:02.78
7	QIAN	Zhiyong	CHN	2:02.79
8	HONJYOU	Tomoki	CLB	2:03.00

Men’s 1500 Free

Japan’s Shogo Takeda took care of business in the 1500 free timed final as Japan swept the top five spots. Takeda was a 15:07.05 to win the World Cup by five seconds over Ayatsugu Hirai (15:12.08). The only non-Japanese swimmer to place in the top eight was USA’s Brennan Gravley, who was 14th in the 5K and 15th in the 25K at World Championships. Gravley will be a freshman at the University of Florida this fall.

1	TAKEDA	Shogo	CLB	15:07.05
2	HIRAI	Ayatsugu	CLB	15:12.08
3	NAKAYA	Shingo	CLB	15:18.81
4	YOSHIDA	Atsuya	CLB	15:19.55
5	SHOIKE	Tatsuki	CLB	15:21.71
6	GRAVLEY	Brennan	USA	15:22.00
7	TAKAHASHI	Kouki	CLB	15:23.00
8	YAMAMOTO	Kohei	CLB	15:27.71

Men’s 50 Back

Russia’s Vladimir Morozov showed off his sprint prowess in the 50 back on Saturday night in Tokyo with a 24.53 to claim the top spot over Michael Andrew (24.87). Belarus’ Mikita Tsmyh (25.06) finished in third.

1	MOROZOV	Vladimir	RUS	24.53
2	ANDREW	Michael	USA	24.87
3	TSMYH	Mikita	BLR	25.06
4	KAWAMOTO	Takeshi	CLB	25.13
5	PEBLEY	Jacob	USA	25.28
6	YANG	William	AUS	25.49
7	HOSOKAWA	Kouhei	CLB	25.55
8	KANEKO	Masaki	CLB	25.67

Women’s 200 Free

Australia’s Brianna Throssell and Madison Wilson, fresh off a world record in the 4×200 free relay last week, took the top two spots in the 200 free on Saturday night at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. Throssell got the better of Wilson with a 1:56.99 to Wilson’s 1:57.44. Those two teamed up with Ariarne Titmus and Emma McKeon to win the 4×200 free relay gold medal at the World Championships.

Japan’s Nagisa Ikemoto finished in third at 1:58.19.

1	THROSSELL	Brianna	AUS	1:56.99
2	WILSON	Madison	AUS	1:57.44
3	IKEMOTO	Nagisa	CLB	1:58.19
4	DUMONT	Valentine	BEL	1:58.63
5	AOKI	Tomomi	CLB	1:59.31
6	OVERHOLT	Emily	CAN	1:59.60
7	NAMBA	Miyu	CLB	2:01.64
8	JAKABOS	Zsuzsanna	HUN	2:02.15

Women’s 100 Back

Australia’s Emily Seebohm won the third straight gold medal for the Aussies with a 59.44 in the 100 back to take down the almighty Katinka Hosszu (59.65). Italy’s Federica Pellegrini finished in third at 1:00.13. Seebohm is rebounding nicely from not making the World Championships team, winning her second event of the meet.

1	SEEBOHM	Emily	AUS	59.44
2	HOSSZU	Katinka	HUN	59.65
3	PELLEGRINI	Federica	ITA	1:00.13
4	MORONUKI	Emi	CLB	1:00.62
5	COLEMAN	Michelle	SWE	1:01.33
6	TAKAHASHI	Miki	CLB	1:01.47
7	BARRATT	Holly	AUS	1:01.57
8	TAKEUCHI	Miono	CLB	1:01.98

Men’s 50 Breast

Belarus’ Ilya Shymanovich (26.78) won a tight race over Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi (26.88) in the 50 breast on Saturday night at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. Yasuhiro Koseki, swimming in his home country, placed third at 27.05 while Michael Andrew was fourth at 27.23.

1	SHYMANOVICH	Ilya	BLR	26.78
2	MARTINENGHI	Nicolo	ITA	26.88
3	KOSEKI	Yasuhiro	JPN	27.05
4	ANDREW	Michael	USA	27.23
5	MATSUMURA	Yuuki	CLB	27.39
6	YAMANAKA	Yoshiki	CLB	27.56
7	OKAZAKI	Kouchirou	CLB	27.99
8	OUMI	Harry	CLB	28.02

Women’s 50 Fly

Australia’s Holly Barratt claimed another gold for the Aussie as she won an extremely tight 50 fly final on Saturday night in Tokyo at the FINA Swimming World Cup. Barratt swam a 25.96 to hold off Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen (25.97) and Japan’s Yukina Hirayama (25.98).

1	BARRATT	Holly	AUS	25.96
2	OTTESEN	Jeanette	DEN	25.97
3	HIRAYAMA	Yukina	CLB	25.98
4	CAMPBELL	Cate	AUS	26.06
5	BUYS	Kimberly	BEL	26.30
6	SOMA	Ai	CLB	26.32
7	KUROKI	Masako	CLB	26.39
8	HANSSON	Louise	SWE	26.42

Men’s 100 Free

Russia’s Vladimir Morozov won his second event of the day on Saturday night at the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup in Tokyo with a 48.12 in the 100 free. Morozov won ahead of a talented field with USA’s Blake Pieroni (48.43) getting in second and Hungary’s Szebasztian Szabo (48.45) getting third. Fellow USC Trojan Santo Condorelli (48.52) also was in the final and placed fourth.

1	MOROZOV	Vladimir	RUS	48.12
2	PIERONI	Blake	USA	48.43
3	SZABO	Szebasztian	HUN	48.45
4	CONDORELLI	Santo	ITA	48.52
5	MATSUMOTO	Katsuhiro	CLB	48.59
6	SELISKAR	Andrew	USA	48.80
7	KOZMA	Dominik	HUN	48.86
8	RAPSYS	Danas	LTU	49.04

Women’s 100 Breast

South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker has had herself a great year as she continued her impressive summer with a 1:06.54 to win the 100 breast on Saturday night at the FINA Swimming World Cup in Tokyo. Schoenmaker was sixth at the World Championships last week in this event but also won the silver in the 200, becoming the first South African woman to win a medal at the World Swimming Championships.

Japan’s Miho Teramura (1:06.77) and Reona Aoki (1:07.06) finished in second and third.

1	SCHOENMAKER	Tatjana	RSA	1:06.54
2	TERAMURA	Miho	CLB	1:06.77
3	AOKI	Reona	CLB	1:07.06
4	SEKIGUCHI	Misaki	CLB	1:07.27
5	VALL MONTERO	Jessica	ESP	1:07.29
6	ZMUSHKA	Alina	BLR	1:07.51
7	SUZUKI	Satomi	CLB	1:07.87
8	FUKASAWA	Mai	CLB	1:08.08

Men’s 200 Fly

Japan’s Nao Horomura closed out the Saturday night session at the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup with a 1:55.25 in the 200 fly. He won the final ahead of USA’s Zach Harting (1:56.26) and fellow Japanese Takumi Terada (1:56.79).

1	HOROMURA	Nao	CLB	1:55.25
2	HARTING	Zach	USA	1:56.26
3	TERADA	Takumi	CLB	1:56.79
4	UMEMOTO	Masayuki	CLB	1:56.92
5	HONDA	Tomoru	CLB	1:56.93
6	TANAKA	Daiki	CLB	1:56.99
6	BROWN	Nic	AUS	1:56.99
8	YASUI	Daiki	CLB	1:58.68

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Anonymous

5 years ago

Go Holly!! ?

Deb Barratt

5 years ago

Go Holly!! ?