Katinka Hosszu Competes 10-Medal, 7-Win, 3-WR Haul at Doha Stop of FINA World Cup
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DOHA, Qatar, August 28. The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu completed a 10-medal, 7-victory, 3-world record run in Doha tonight as the first stop of the FINA World Cup circuit came to close.
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Men’s 1500 free
In an exciting finale, Hungary’s Gergo Kis edged Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic, 14:50.24 to 14:50.92, for the metric mile title. Tunisia’s Ous Mellouli claimed third-place honors in 14:51.87.
Splits:
Kis:
14:50.24 870
50m 28.49
30.59
100m 59.08
30.26
150m 1:29.34
30.56
200m 1:59.90
30.61
250m 2:30.51
30.56
300m 3:01.07
30.47
350m 3:31.54
30.33
400m 4:01.87
30.31
450m 4:32.18
30.47
500m 5:02.65
29.98
550m 5:32.63
30.46
600m 6:03.09
29.62
650m 6:32.71
30.14
700m 7:02.85
29.90
750m 7:32.75
29.65
800m 8:02.40
29.91
850m 8:32.31
29.61
900m 9:01.92
29.64
950m 9:31.56
29.71
1000m 10:01.27
29.45
1050m 10:30.72
29.19
1100m 10:59.91
29.43
1150m 11:29.34
29.56
1200m 11:58.90
29.26
1250m 12:28.16
29.73
1300m 12:57.89
28.59
1350m 13:26.48
29.01
1400m 13:55.49
28.54
1450m 14:24.03
26.21
Stjepanovic:
14:50.92 868
50m 27.63
30.88
100m 58.51
30.74
150m 1:29.25
30.42
200m 1:59.67
30.47
250m 2:30.14
30.38
300m 3:00.52
30.38
350m 3:30.90
30.12
400m 4:01.02
29.93
450m 4:30.95
29.76
500m 5:00.71
29.69
550m 5:30.40
29.62
600m 6:00.02
29.86
650m 6:29.88
29.77
700m 6:59.65
29.91
750m 7:29.56
29.54
800m 7:59.10
29.67
850m 8:28.77
29.95
900m 8:58.72
29.92
950m 9:28.64
29.95
1000m 9:58.59
30.03
1050m 10:28.62
30.14
1100m 10:58.76
29.98
1150m 11:28.74
30.04
1200m 11:58.78
29.72
1250m 12:28.50
29.43
1300m 12:57.93
29.70
1350m 13:27.63
29.05
1400m 13:56.68
28.71
1450m 14:25.39
25.53
Hungary’s David Verraszto (14:55.53), Austria’s David Brandl (15:18.84), Austria’s Markus Ambros (15:21.58), Miles Williams (15:47.67) and Singapore’s Brandon Boon (15:54.44) made up the rest of the top eight in the timed final event.
Women’s 400 IM
No one swims for money like the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu. With another $10,000 world-record bonus on the line, Hosszu stepped up to the blocks and threw down a world record in the distance medley for her third world record of the meet. She turned in a 4:20.83, clipping her previous global mark of 4:20.85 from the Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup from 2013. That’s $30,000 in world-record bonuses thus far, and she still has the rest of the night to go.
Comparative Splits:
Hosszu (2013):
27.91, 59.79 (31.88), 1:32.77 (32.98), 2:04.99 (32.22), 2:42.16 (37.17), 3:20.68 (38.52), 3:51.31 (30.63), 4:20.85 (29.54)
Hosszu (2014):
28.06, 59.41 (31.35), 1:32.29 (32.88), 2:04.63 (32.34), 2:42.16 (37.53), 3:20.84 (38.68), 3:51.14 (30.30), 4:20.83 (29.69)
Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia took a distant second in 4:25.85, while USA’s Caitlin Leverenz placed third in 4:29.59.
Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (4:35.64), Austria’s Jordis Steinegger (4:38.40), China’s Luo Yue (4:52.24) and China’s Zhu Chaonan (4:54.74) also competed in the final.
Women’s 100 free
The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker captured the sprint freestyle title in 52.61, while Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz raced her way to second in 53.18. Austria’s Lena Kreundl wound up third overall in 53.93. That’s Dekker’s third win of the meet thus far.
Dekker’s Splits:
(1) 24.90 52.61 911
27.71
South Africa’s Lehesta Kemp (55.06), Switzerland’s Danielle Villars (55.49), China’s Chen Yuxi (56.61) and China’s Bao Ying (56.81) also swam in the finale, while Liechtenstein’s Julia Hassler was a late scratch.
Men’s 200 free
Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes already looks to be in fine form as he clocked a 1:41.92 from lane one to crush the field in the 200 free finale. That swim already bests his sixth-ranked time from a year ago of 1:42.47 from the Singapore stop of the FINA World Cup, and would have put him fourth a year ago. That’s a third gold medal for Fraser-Holmes this meet already.
Fraser-Holmes’ Splits:
(1) 23.87 (1) 49.52 (1) 1:15.62 1:41.92 926
25.65 26.10 26.30
Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic continued to cash podium checks with a second-place time of 1:44.01, while Poland’s Pawel Korezeniowski took third in 1:44.16.
Russia’s Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:44.26), South Africa’s Leith Shankland (1:44.99), Serbia’s Stefan Sorak (1:45.03), Tunisia’s Ahmed Mathlouthi (1:45.64) and Austria’s David Brandl (1:48.11) also competed in the championship heat.
Women’s 50 breast
Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson dominated the sprint breast finale just like she did prelims when she scorched a 29.12 for the win tonight. That swim would have come close to her third-ranked 28.94 from the Singapore stop of the FINA World Cup a year ago. That’s Atkinson’s second win of the meet thus far.
USA’s Breeja Larson rocketed to a second-place 29.87. That’s just half-a-second behind Jessica Hardy’s American record of 29.58 from Manchester in 2008, which is the ratified record. Hardy has a much faster legal swim with a 28.80 from the 2009 Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup, but USA Swimming had already banned techsuits domestically that year, and ignored all international events swum in the still legal techsuits at that time.
Iceland’s Hilda Luthersdottir finished third in 30.67 with Finland’s Jenna Laukkanen taking fourth in 30.96.
USA’s Laura Sogar (31.33), Austria’s Christina Nothdurfter (31.95), Austria’s Lisa Zaiser (32.06) and South Africa’s Kira Baptiste (35.59) closed out the rest of the championship eight.
Men’s 100 breast
Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta, who ranked third in the world last year with a 56.79, turned up the heat in the back half to win the 100 breast tonight in 57.04. Meanwhile, new pro Cody Miller of the U.S. finished second with a time of 57.25, while Germany’s Marco Koch raced his way to third in 57.59.
Gyurta’s Splits:
1 (4) 27.25 57.04 926
29.79
Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli (57.70), Russia’s Andrei Nikolaev (58.23), Finland’s Eetu Karvonen (58.84), USA’s Mike Alexandrov (59.11) and Japan’s Yukihiro Takahashi (59.22) placed fourth through eighth.
Men’s 100 fly
Out under world-record pace at the 50, South Africa’s Chad le Clos cruised his way to the title in a swift 48.70. That’s just half-a-second off Evgeny Korotyshkin’s world record of 48.48 from the 2009 Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup. Meanwhile, USA’s Tom Shields hit the wall second in 49.23, a bit off his American record of 48.80 set here in Doha a year ago. That’s le Clos’ third title of the meet as he looks to defend his 2013 FINA World Cup circuit title.
Le Clos’ time bettered his South African record of 48.82 from the 2012 World Championships, and is the best time in a textile suit as Shields’ 48.80 from Doha a year ago had been the short course textile best.
Le Clos’ Splits:
(1) 22.78 48.70 986
25.92
Poland’s Konrad Czerniak closed out the podium with a third-place time of 50.55, while Germany’s Steffen Deibler placed fourth in 50.74.
Russia’s Nikolay Skvortsov (51.26), Finland’s Riku Poytakivi (52.37), Japans’ Ko Fukuya (52.81) and Austria’s Sascha Subarsky (53.04) also put up times in the finale.
Women’s 100 back
After taking a run at Shiho Sakai’s world record of 55.23 with a 55.38 this morning, the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu settled in with her sixth victory of the meet as she put up a 56.02 for the win. If Hosszu can keep up with even half of her performance her at Doha throughout the rest of the cup, she’ll bank another $300,000 by the end of the FINA World Cup.
Hosszu’s Splits:
(1) 27.37 56.02 958
28.65
Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina finished second in 57.80 with Colombia’s Carolina Colorado finishing third in 58.60.
Croatia’s Sanja Jovanovic (59.32), Austria’s Jordis Steinegger (1:00.83), China’s Zhu Chaonan (1:01.55), South Africa’s Lehesta Kemp (1:01.78) and China’s Tian Yunjing (1:02.49) rounded out the finale.
Men’s 50 back
USA’s Eugene Godsoe collected a first-place check in the sprint back with a 23.22, while Australia’s Bobby Hurley wound up taking second overall in 23.51. Germany’s Christian Diener finished just behind with a third-place 23.52to close out the podium. Godsoe led the world with a 22.88 last year at the Duel in the Pool, and could be ready to another career spark with short course competition being back.
Spain’s Miguel Ortiz (23.67), Hong Kong’s Henry Hong (24.98), Austria’s Gottfried Eisenberger (26.03), South Africa’s Reynier Pretorius (26.68) and South Africa’s Janco Saaiman (27.52) placed fourth through eighth this evening.
Women’s 200 fly
Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia clinched her second gold of the meet with a 2:03.39 to top the 200 fly tonight. It was much slower than her world-leading 2:01.52 from last year, but was good enough to keep the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu from her seventh victory in two days. Hosszu settled for silver in 2:04.48, while Germany’s Franziska Hentke earned third in 2:04.55.
Belmonte Garcia’s Splits:
(3) 29.01 (3) 1:00.76 (1) 1:31.94 2:03.39 937
31.75 31.18 31.45
USA’s Caitlin Leverenz (2:07.27), Switzerland’s Martina Van Berkel (2:07.96), Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (2:10.05), Austria’s Claudia Hufnagl (2:10.25), Switzerland’s Danielle Villars (2:10.96) and South Africa’s Lizanne Viljoen made up the rest of the finishers in the event.
Men’s 200 IM
Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes has been on fire here in Doha, and he claimed his fourth title of the meet with a 1:53.92 in the 200 IM. That would have placed him in the top 10 in the world a year ago.
Fraser-Holmes’ Splits:
(3) 25.16 (1) 54.44 (3) 1:27.27 1:53.92 891
29.28 32.83 26.65
Germany’s Marco Koch finished second tonight in 1:54.45 with USA’s Cody Miller placing third in 1:55.45.
Hungary’s David Verraszto (1:55.74), Austria’s Jakub Maly (1:56.87), Tunisia’s Taki Mrabet (1:58.93), Switzerland’s Jeremy Desplanches (1:59.18) and Australia’s Lennard Bremer (1:59.18) all cleared 2:00 in the finale.
Women’s 400 free
Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia powered her way to a third meet title, and second tonight in back-to-back swims, as she posted a 4:00.91 to win the women’s 400 free. That’s not even close to her world record of 3:54.52 set last year at the Berlin stop of the FINA World Cup in August, but it was plenty enough to top a sparse finale field.
Belmonte Garcia’s Splits:
4:00.91 922
50m ﴾1﴿ 28.78
30.77
100m ﴾1﴿ 59.55
30.63
150m ﴾1﴿ 1:30.18
30.78
200m ﴾1﴿ 2:00.96
30.19
250m ﴾1﴿ 2:31.15
30.43
300m ﴾1﴿ 3:01.58
30.21
350m ﴾1﴿ 3:31.79
29.12
Liechtenstein’s Julia Hassler clinched second-place honors in 4:06.04, while backstroke specialist Daryna Zevina of Ukraine took advantage of the small field to take third in 4:12.04.
China’s Chen Yuzi (4:17.95) and South Africa’s Michee Van Rooyen (4:23.73) placed fourth and fifth, while the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu looked like she was using this heat as part of a warm down as she finished sixth in 4:25.80. South Africa’s Taneal Baptiste wound up seventh in 4:30.71.
Men’s 50 free
USA’s Josh Schneider dusted the field in the men’s sprint with a time of 21.07. He won by nearly half-a-second, which is a gigantic margin in a sprint event. Poland’s Konrad Czerniak tied Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell for second with 21.43s.
Finland’s Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (21.44), South Africa’s Roland Schoeman (21.56), Germany’s Steffen Deibler (21.67), Japan’s Kenta Ito (21.78) and Spain’s Miguel Ortiz (21.83) also vied for the sprint title tonight.
Women’s 200 breast
Only four women stepped to the blocks in the finale, but that didn’t seem to bother Breeja Larson of the U.S. She turned in a 2:20.71 for the win, a time that would have put her in the top 15 in the world last year.
Larson’s Splits:
(1) 31.24 (1) 1:06.88 (1) 1:43.29 2:20.71 874
35.64 36.41 37.42
Iceland’s Hilda Luthersdottir hit the wall second in 2:23.70 with USA’s Laura Sogar placing third in 2:25.90. South Africa’s Michee Van Rooyen also competed with a fourth-place 2:45.82.
Women’s 100 IM
After blasting her world record during prelims with a 57.25, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu nearly did it again tonight in the sprint medley as she hit the wall in 57.34. That’s faster than her former global mark of 57.45 as well, as she was swimming by herself in the event tonight. Overall, that’s her seventh victory of the meet as she continued to pile up points and cash.
Hosszu’s Splits:
(1) 26.34 57.34 1005
31.00
Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (59.46) and USA’s Caitlin Leverenz (59.75) also broke 1:00, while Austria’s Lisa Zaiser took fourth in 1:00.12.
Austria’s Lena Kreundl (1:01.33), Germany’s Franziska Hentke (1:01.82), Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto (1:02.11) and South Africa’s Kira Baptiste (1:08.99) also swam in the finale.
Men’s 200 back
Germany’s Christian Diener snared his second gold medal of the meet with a 1:50.20 in the men’s 200-meter back. He downed USA’s Tom Shields (1:51.40) by more than a second, while Japan’s Hayate Matsubara wound up third in 1:51.95.
Diener’s Splits:
(1) 25.68 (1) 53.30 (1) 1:21.50 1:50.20 892
27.62 28.20 28.70
USA’s Eugene Godsoe (1:52.75), Hungary’s David Verraszto (1:58.20), South Africa’s Reynier Pretorius (2:02.56), Hong Kong’s Henry Hong (2:08.81) and South Africa’s Janco Saaiman (2:10.14) finished fourth through eighth.
Women’s 50 fly
The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker collected her fourth first-place paycheck with a 25.27 in the sprint fly. That’s better than her third-ranked 25.29 from a year ago at the European Short Course Championships and is a good indicator she might have more in the tank heading into the rest of the World Cup circuit.
Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz touched second in 25.64 with Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu snaring her 10th overall medal of the meet with a third-place 26.38.
Colombia’s Carolina Colorado (27.07), Poland’s Aleksandra Urbanczyk (27.13), South Africa’s Lehesta Kemp (27.65), China’s Zou Xinyi (27.69) and South Africa’s Taneal Baptiste (29.64) also put up times in the finale.
Mixed 200 free relay
Austria’s Martin Spitzer (22.20), Lena Kreundl (25.13), Gottfried Eisenberger (22.11) and Lisa Zaiser (25.03) won the finale in 1:34.47, while China’s Tang Jiawei (22.93), Zou Xinyi (25.98), Bao Ying (25.63) and Shi Tengfei (21.89) placed second in 1:36.43. Switzerland’s Alexandre Haldemann (22.24), Martin Schweizer (22.24), Danielle Villars (25.92) and Martina Van Berkel (26.41) placed third in 1:36.81.
South Africa’s Rudo Loock (24.11), Janco Saaiman (23.58), Taneal Baptiste (27.06) and Eune Odendaal (27.37) was the other team in the race with a fourth-place 1:42.12.
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