The third and final preliminaries session of the 2019 FINA World Cup in Singapore featured nine total events as this meet is the final stop of the Asia cluster of the World Cup. The Singapore stop is the third of seven World Cup stops as the meet began in Tokyo two weeks ago and continued in Jinan, China last week. This has been an especially challenging cluster for many of the swimmers that competed at the World Championships last month in South Korea and stayed for all three World Cup meets.
There weren’t a lot of great swims in the prelims but Katinka Hosszu did break the World Cup meet record in the 200 IM with a 2:08.15, lowering her own record of 2:08.6 from 2015.
Women’s 100 Fly
Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen cruised to the top seed in the 100 fly on Saturday morning at the FINA World Cup in Singapore as she was a 59.27. Ottesen was the silver medalist in this event at the 2015 World Championships and even took down Sarah Sjostrom before she went on an undefeated streak that was broken last month. She was a favorite to win a medal in Rio but finished seventh in the final. Ottesen is on a bit of a comeback after recently becoming a mom, taking after 2012 Olympic gold medalist Dana Vollmer, who just retired. Ottesen did not swim this at the World Championships but was a 58.3 last week in China.
Ottesen is the top seed ahead of China’s Zhang Yufei (59.77) and Hong Kong’s Chan Kin Lok (1:00.88).
| 1 | OTTESEN | Jeanette |  DEN |
59.27 | ||||||
| 2 | ZHANG | Yufei |  CHN |
59.77 | ||||||
| 3 | CHAN | Kin Lok |  HKG |
1:00.88 | ||||||
| 4 | JAKABOS | Zsuzsanna |  HUN |
1:01.45 | ||||||
| 5 | TAYLOR | Laura |  AUS |
1:01.91 | ||||||
| 6 | ALKHALDI | Jasmine |  PHI |
1:02.44 | ||||||
| 7 | CHAN | Marina |  SGP |
1:02.60 | ||||||
| 8 | YEO | Chiok Sze |  CLB |
1:02.94 |
Men’s 50 Fly
USA’s Michael Andrew, who has swum at all three of the World Cup stops thus far, is the top seed in the 50 fly with a 23.49 that he swam on Saturday morning at the FINA World Cup in Singapore. Andrew is ahead of Hungary’s Szebasztian Szabo (23.58), who has also swum in all three World Cup stops. Andrew was fourth at the World Championships in this event while Szabo was fifth.
USA’s Giles Smith (24.00) is seeded third while Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin (24.14) is fourth.
| 1 | ANDREW | Michael |  USA |
23.49 | ||||||
| 2 | SZABO | Szebasztian | HUN |
23.58 | ||||||
| 3 | SMITH | Giles | USA |
24.00 | ||||||
| 4 | TSURKIN | Yauhen |  BLR |
24.14 | ||||||
| 5 | IRVINE | Grant | AUS |
24.20 | ||||||
| 6 | KRAATZ | Justin |  RSA |
24.32 | ||||||
| 7 | TEONG | Tzen Wei | SGP |
24.45 | ||||||
| 8 | CHAN | Jie |  MAS |
24.50 |
Women’s 200 Back
Emily Seebohm did not take a hard stroke in the 200 back heats on Saturday morning at the FINA World Cup in Singapore as she qualified first with a 2:19.93. Seebohm did not need to exceed too much energy so she swam a conservative race, most likely waiting to drop a 2:09 to conclude the summer on Saturday night. Seebohm is seeded ahead of USA’s Erica Sullivan (2:22.21), who is more known as a distance freestyler.
| 1 | SEEBOHM | Emily | AUS |
2:19.93 | ||||||
| 2 | SULLIVAN | Erica | USA |
2:22.21 | ||||||
| 3 | PEDERSEN | Elena | SGP |
2:23.33 | ||||||
| 4 | WONG | Toto Kwan To | HKG |
2:23.73 | ||||||
| 5 | ISLETA | Chloe | PHI |
2:23.77 | ||||||
| 6 | TAYLOR | Laura | AUS |
2:24.45 | ||||||
| 7 | CHEN | Szu-Chi |  TPE |
2:26.53 | ||||||
| 8 | YEO | Bonnie Lu-Anne | SGP |
2:29.69 |
Men’s 100 Back
Australia’s Mitch Larkin cruised to the top seed in the men’s 100 back on Saturday morning at the 2019 FINA World Cup in Singapore as he was a 55.39 in the heats. Larkin is coming off a solid showing at the World Championships where he won the bronze medal in this event. He is seeded ahead of Michael Andrew, who is swimming in his second event of the day. Andrew was a 55.48 just ahead of Australia’s Tristan Hollard (55.62).
| 1 | LARKIN | Mitchell | AUS |
55.39 | ||||||
| 2 | ANDREW | Michael | USA |
55.48 | ||||||
| 3 | HOLLARD | Tristan | AUS |
55.62 | ||||||
| 4 | IRVINE | Grant | AUS |
56.59 | ||||||
| 5 | MERRILEES | Jorden | AUS |
56.67 | ||||||
| 6 | WONGCHAROEN | Navaphat |  THA |
58.60 | ||||||
| 7 | LAU | Shiu Yue | HKG |
58.98 | ||||||
| 8 | THONGCHUMSIN | Tarit | THA |
59.27 |
Women’s 50 Breast
Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson is leading the 50 breast heats with a 31.14 as she was the only swimmer under 32 in the heats. Atkinson was fourth at the World Championships in this event, just shy of a medal. Atkinson is approaching her 31st birthday this year and is still swimming at the top of her game in the 50 breast. She is seeded first ahead of fellow former Texas A&M Aggie Breeja Larson (32.11). Larson is actually tied for second with China’s Suo Ran (32.11) while Russia’s Vitalina Simonova (32.74) is seeded fourth.
| 1 | ATKINSON | Alia |  JAM |
31.14 | ||||||
| 2 | LARSON | Breeja | USA |
32.11 | ||||||
| 2 | SUO | Ran | CHN |
32.11 | ||||||
| 4 | SIMONOVA | Vitalina |  RUS |
32.74 | ||||||
| 5 | SEEBOHM | Emily | AUS |
33.08 | ||||||
| 6 | JACKSON | Kaylee |  NZL |
33.13 | ||||||
| 7 | SOOSAI | Alicia Li Ann | CLB |
33.87 | ||||||
| 8 | TSAI | Hao-Yu | TPE |
33.94 |
Men’s 200 Breast
USA’s Andrew Wilson put up an easy morning swim in the 200 breast on Saturday morning at the FINA World Cup in Singapore. Wilson was a 2:12.22 as he eased his way through the heats. Wilson was able to go a season best in Tokyo two weeks ago with a 2:07.77, which was faster than what he swam at the World Championships where he placed sixth in the final. This is the end of a long month of racing for Wilson and others who swam at the World Championships four weeks ago.
Lithuania’s Andrius Sidlauskas (2:14.92) is seeded second while USA’s Jonathan Tybur (2:15.93) is third.
| 1 | WILSON | Andrew | USA |
2:12.22 | ||||||
| 2 | SIDLAUSKAS | Andrius |  LTU |
2:14.92 | ||||||
| 3 | TYBUR | Jonathan | USA |
2:15.93 | ||||||
| 4 | RODRIGUES | Raphael |  BRA |
2:19.90 | ||||||
| 5 | CHU | Chen-Kai | TPE |
2:20.45 | ||||||
| 6 | LIN | Yu-Wei | TPE |
2:21.84 | ||||||
| 7 | FRANCA SILVA | Felipe | BRA |
2:22.36 | ||||||
| 8 | RIMPRANAM | Jirapat | THA |
2:23.34 |
Women’s 100 Free
Sweden’s Michelle Coleman is taking advantage of Cate Campbell leaving Singapore as she leads the 100 free heats with a 55.02. Coleman is swimming in her third World Cup meet this year as she was 16th in this event at the World Championships, failing to make the final. Coleman is seeded ahead of Hong Kong’s Camille Cheng (55.67) and Australia’s Holly Barratt (55.95).
| 1 | COLEMAN | Michelle |  SWE |
55.02 | ||||||
| 2 | CHENG | Camille | HKG |
55.67 | ||||||
| 3 | BARRATT | Holly | AUS |
55.95 | ||||||
| 4 | YEOH | Cherlyn | SGP |
55.98 | ||||||
| 5 | QUAH | Ting Wen | SGP |
56.13 | ||||||
| 6 | QUAH | Jing Wen | SGP |
56.25 | ||||||
| 7 | ALKHALDI | Jasmine | PHI |
56.55 | ||||||
| 8 | AU | Stephanie | HKG |
56.78 |
Men’s 200 Free
Danas Rapsys didn’t seem to take a hard stroke in the heats of the 200 free on Saturday morning of the 2019 FINA World Cup in Singapore as he qualified first with a 1:49.92. Rapsys originally won this race at the World Championships but was disqualified for a false start. He was a 1:45.0 last week in China to break the meet record so he will be looking to end his season on a high note in the finals. China’s Cao Jiwen (1:52.13) and Germany’s Henning Muhlleitner (1:53.64) are seeded second and third.
| 1 | RAPSYS | Danas | LTU |
1:49.92 | ||||||
| 2 | CAO | Jiwen | CHN |
1:52.13 | ||||||
| 3 | MUHLLEITNER | Henning |  GER |
1:53.64 | ||||||
| 4 | SANGAWORAWONG | Ravipon | THA |
1:54.15 | ||||||
| 5 | SINGH CHAHAL | Arvin Shaun | MAS |
1:54.25 | ||||||
| 6 | PANG | Sheng Jun | SGP |
1:54.26 | ||||||
| 7 | FRASER-HOLMES | Thomas | AUS |
1:54.52 | ||||||
| 8 | MITCHELL | Luke | NZL |
1:55.57 |
Women’s 200 IM
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu closed out the morning session of the 2019 FINA World Cup in Singapore with an impressive 2:08.15 in the 200 IM heats to break the World Cup meet record she set four years ago at 2:08.61. It was a rare sight for someone to really gun for a record in the heats but Hosszu has not been one to shy away from a race so she put her game face on and showed she will be a forced to be reckoned with over the next year.
Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:19.92) is seeded second while Russia’s Vitalina Simonova (2:21.20) is third.
| 1 | HOSSZU | Katinka | HUN |
2:08.15 | WC | ||||||
| 2 | JAKABOS | Zsuzsanna | HUN |
2:19.92 | |||||||
| 3 | SIMONOVA | Vitalina | RUS |
2:21.20 | |||||||
| 4 | SEEBOHM | Emily | AUS |
2:22.74 | |||||||
| 5 | PAWAPOTAKO | Phiangkhwan | THA |
2:24.89 | |||||||
| 6 | ISLETA | Chloe | PHI |
2:25.06 | |||||||
| 7 | WU | Yu-Chen | TPE |
2:25.41 | |||||||
| 8 | CHEN | Jing-An | TPE |
2:26.14 |
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