The FFN Golden Tour stop in Marseilles produced three more second-ranked swims with Fran Halsall, Sarah Sjostrom and Florent Manaudou both putting up scorchers in the freestyle.
Fran Halsall raced her way to second in the world with a 24.23 in the women’s 50-meter free. That’s behind only Sarah Sjostrom’s 24.17 from Austin. Sjostrom took second tonight in 24.53 with Silvia Di Pietro grabbing third in 24.93.
Sjostrom powered her way to second in the world in the women’s 200-meter free with a 1:55.48. That’s just ahead of the 1:55.53 Commonwealth record from Emma McKeon today in Australia and behind Katie Ledecky’s 1:54.43 from the Austin stop of the Arena Series. Charlotte Bonnet placed second in 1:57.17 with Veronika Popova taking third in 1:58.07.
Florent Manaudou leapfrogged a few spots to move to second in the world in the men’s 100-meter free with a 48.00. That’s just ahead of the 48.05 Nathan Adrian clocked last night at the Arena Pro Swim Series, and is just behind Cameron McEvoy’s 47.56 from Australia. Clement Mignon took second in 48.38 for fourth in the world with Jeremy Stravius placing third in 49.00.
James Guy cruised to a 3:47.96 in the men’s 400-meter free. That performance put him fourth in the world rankings. Paul Biedermann (3:50.22) and Jacob Heidtmann (3:50.40) rounded out the top three.
Viktoria Zeynep Gunes hit the wall in 2:24.55 to win the women’s 200-meter breast and move up to eighth in the world. Jessica Vall Montero took second in 2:25.65 with Chloe Tutton checking in third in 2:25.67.
Lara Grangeon topped the women’s 200-meter fly in 2:07.98 to move to fifth in the world. Liliana Szilagyi placed second in 2:08.41 with Katinka Hosszu fading to third in 2:08.51 after burning up her gas tank during day one and two in the IMs.
Anastasia Fesikova became just the seventh swimmer under 1:00 in the women’s 100-meter back this year with a seventh-ranked 59.91. Elizabeth Simmonds took second in 1:00.29 with Hosszu faltering down the stretch with a third-place time of 1:00.66.
Matteo Rivolta won the men’s 100-meter fly in a time of 52.46 to move to sixth in the world. Mehdy Metella took second in 52.63 for 12th in the world. Steffen Deibler placed third in 53.59.
Jan-Philip Glania checked in with a 1:58.52 to win the men’s 200-meter back to move to 12th in the world. Christian Diener placed second in 1:58.75 for 15th in the world. Oleg Garasymovytch took third in 2:00.83.
David Verraszto won the men’s 200-meter IM in 2:00.86 with Raphael Stacchiotti earning second in 2:01.12. Giovanni Sorriso placed third in 2:02.32.
Kirill Prigoda claimed the men’s 100-meter breast in 1:00.99 with Marco Koch taking second in 1:01.10. Christian Vom Lehn took third overall in 1:01.26.
The last 50 is gonna be the so interesting to see in Rio in the womens 200. It is gonna be a race of speed, stamina and tactics.