TOKYO – The FINA World Cup in Tokyo opened up with Katinka Hosszu steamrolling her way to another handful of finals. Additionally, the U.S. Junior National Team did some work, qualifying two into finals.
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Scheduled Events
- Women’s 800 free
- Men’s 400 IM
- Men’s 100 free
- Women’s 200 free
- Men’s 50 breast
- Women’s 100 breast
- Women’s 100 fly
- Men’s 100 back
- Women’s 50 back
- Men’s 200 fly
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 400 free
- Women’s 50 free
- Men’s 200 breast
- Men’s 100 IM
- Women’s 200 back
- Men’s 50 fly
Women’s 800 free slower seeds
Asami Chida dominated the early heats with an 8:30.44, while Brazil’s Bruna Primati took second in 8:35.64. Misato Iwanaga put up a third-seeded 8:35.94.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Erin Earley – 8:38.83
Erin Voss – 8:48.49
Men’s 400 IM slower seeds
Naoki Nakatani took the top time in timed finals with a 4:08.84, while USA’s Sean Grieshop made an impact with a second-seeded 4:09.58. Hirotaka Fujii snared the third-best time in the slower heats with a 4:12.72.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Sean Grieshop – 4:09.58
Corey Okubo – 4:15.62
Patrick Mulcare – 4:17.37
Abrahm Devine – 4:19.37
Men’s 100 free
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Katsumi Nakamura topped qualifying with a time of 47.85, while Russia’s Sergiy Fesikov placed second in 47.89 as just two swimmers cleared 48 seconds this morning.
Germany’s Steffen Deibler (48.05) and Japan’s Kosuke Hagino (48.11) wound up third and fourth in what proved to be a loaded finale.
Kenta Ito (48.28), Shinri Shioura (48.45), Great Britain’s Ben Proud (48.54) and Canada’s Yuri Kisil (48.80) also made finals.
In a bit of a surprising outcome, U.S. National Team mentor Anthony Ervin took 24th overall in 49.70. Michael Andrew, the 15-year-old pro, wound up 31st in 50.14.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Michael Taylor – 50.85
Women’s 200 free
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The Iron Lady made her first appearance as Katinka Hosszu charged to the top of qualifying with a 1:54.82. Australia’s Emma McKeon qualified second in 1:55.29, while U.S. Junior National Teamer Katherine Drabot put herself in podium contention with a third-seeded 1:56.29.
Chihiro Igarashi (1:56.41), Great Britain’s Siobhan O’Connor (1:56.78), Yasuko Miyamoto (1:56.91), Tomomi Aoki (1:57.56) and Maho Takiguchi (1:57.69) also earned their way into the finale.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Katherine Drabot – 1:56.29 – qualified
Kathleen Baker – 1:58.02
Ella Eastin – 2:00.50
Men’s 50 breast
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The veterans were in full force in the sprint breaststroke with South Africa’s Roland Schoeman (26.85), Ryouta Nomura (26.97), Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta (27.10) and Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell (27.10) comprising the top four in the finale.
Masaki Niyama (27.12), Yuki Okajima (27.21), Kohei Tominaga (27.39) and Yuki Hayashi (27.41) also grabbed transfer spots into finals.
15-year-old pro Michael Andrew was the only swimmer from the U.S. in the event, taking 21st with a 28.13.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
None
Women’s 100 breast
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In one of the deeper preliminary pools of the entire tour, Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson turned in the top time with a 1:04.75, while USA’s Katie Meili hit the wall second in 1:04.87.
All everything breaststroke Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania qualified third in 1:05.60 and should challenge for the title tonight, while Mina Matsushima placed fourth in 1:06.04.
Australia’s Sally Hunter (1:06.14), USA’s Breeja Larson (1:06.23), Russia’s Maria Astashkina (1:06.59) and Rie Kaneto (1:06.76) also made the finale.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Lilly King – 1:07.44
Women’s 100 fly
Photo Courtesy: Gian Mattia Dalberto/Lapresse
The FINA World Cup Sprint Queen returned to action today as The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker put up the top time with a 56.59. Aside from a rare loss to Lu Ying in Beijing, Dekker has been racking up gold-medal points in four sprint events throughout the tour.
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu took second in 56.89 with USA’s Felicia Lee providing a third-place time of 57.40.
Rino Hosoda (57.92), Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz (58.02), Australia’s Emma McKeon (58.22), Brazil’s Daynara De Paula (58.44) and Yai Watanabe (59.12) rounded out the championship field.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Hannah Kukurugya – 59.35
Cassidy Bayer – 59.53
Men’s 100 back
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Germany’s Christian Diener and USA’s Eugene Godsoe put up matching 51.09s to top qualifying in the event, while Ryosuke Irie (51.28) and Yuki Shirai (51.44) earned third and fourth overall.
Australia’s Mitchell Larkin (51.46), Spain’s Miguel Ortiz (51.63), Takeshi Kawamoto (51.79) and Masaki Kaneko (51.88) all beat 52 seconds to make the championship field as well.
Michael Andrew took 18th overall for the U.S. in 53.25.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Michael Taylor – 55.36
Women’s 50 back
In another loaded finale, Great Britain’s Georgia Davies (26.60) and USA’s Felicia Lee (26.65) turned in the top two times, while Katinka Hosszu qualifying third overall in 26.75.
Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros (26.91), Great Britain’s Elizabeth Simmonds (26.94), Australia’s Madison Wilson (27.07), Great Britain’s Fran Halsall (27.17) and Emi Moronuki (27.27) tracked down the other spots in finals.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Kathleen Baker – 27.37
Ella Eastin – 29.03
Erin Earley – 29.70
Men’s 200 fly
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In what could be one of the fastest finals of the weekend, Japan’s Daiya Seto (1:51.94), Yuya Yajima (1:53.16) and South Africa’s Chad le Clos (1:53.84) set up a showdown for tonight.
Kenta Hirai (1:54.08), Masato Sakai (1:54.18), Kou Fukaya (1:55.11), Masafumi Osaka (1:55.26) and Masayuki Umemoto (1:55.38) also cleared 1:56 to make finals.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Corey Okubo – 1:58.94
Alex Valente – 2:03.91
Women’s 200 IM
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Katinka Hosszu collected another top seed, this time with a 2:06.33 in prelims of the IM event. She led qualifying by a wide margin with USA’s Caitlin Leverenz second in 2:08.37. Kanako Watanabe checked in third with a 2:09.10.
Great Britain’s Siobhan O’Connor (2:09.41) and USA’s Elizabeth Beisel (2:09.82) also put up 2:09s to make the finale, while Tomoyo Fukuda (2:10.44), Emu Higuchi (2:10.90) and Namiki Ueda (2:11.07) snared the rest of the lanes in finals.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Katherine Drabot – 2:12.30
Ella Eastin – 2:12.59
Allie Szekely – 2:12.70
Kim Williams – 2:15.12
Cassidy Bayer – 2:15.24
Lilly King – 2:16.07
Men’s 400 free
Naito Ehara put up the top time this morning in the middle distance event with a 3:43.65, while Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes also went 3:43 with a second-place 3:43.97.
Australia’s David McKeon (3:44.33), South Africa’s Myles Brown (3:44.52), Yuki Kobori (3:44.98), Great Britain’s James Guy (3:45.02), Germany’s Paul Biedermann (3:45.46) and Canada’s Ryan Cochrane (3:46.25) also will swim in the finale.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
None
Women’s 50 free
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The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker put up the top time in the morning with a 24.14, while Great Britain’s Fran Halsall could challenge her tonight with a 24.36 for second this morning. Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz posted a third-place 24.51.
Miki Uchida (24.59), Australia’s Emma McKeon (24.76), Rikako Ikee (24.77), Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros (24.82) and Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (24.87) also earned lanes in the finale.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Katherine Drabot – 25.74
Hannah Kukurugya – 26.14
Men’s 200 breast
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Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta, who is well on his way to finishing second in the overall points standing, took the top seed with a 2:05.93. Kosuke Kitajima’s influence within Japanese breaststroke, however, could easily be seen as Japanese breaststrokers swept the rest of the championship field spots.
Naoki Taguchi (2:06.04), Yasuhiro Koseki (2:06.07), Yukihiro Takahashi (2:06.37), Ippei Watanabe (2:06.38), Kazuki Kohinata (2:06.89), Hayato Watanabe (2:07.20) and Akihiro Yamaguchi (2:07.60) finished second through eighth.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
None
Men’s 100 IM
Photo Courtesy: Maria Dobysheva
Hiromasa Fujimori was the only swimmer under 53 in the morning with a top time of 52.98, while Russia’s Sergiy Fesikov took second in 53.03. Kosuke Hagino (53.08) and Shinri Shioura (53.21) touched third and fourth in the sprint medley.
Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell (53.29), Takuro Fuji (53.37), Ryosuke Irie (53.48) and Keita Sunama (53.53) also put up times to make the finale.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Patrick Mulcare – 55.72
Abrahm Devine – 56.93
Sean Grieshop – 58.44
Alex Valente – 59.21
Women’s 200 back
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Katinka Hosszu snared another top seed, this time with a 2:04.08 in the 200 back. Australia’s Madison Wilson also went 2:04 with a 2:04.20 for second.
Sayaka Akase (2:05.54) and USA’s Elizabeth Beisel (2:05.56) placed third and fourth with Canada’s Hilary Caldwell (2:05.61) and Spain’s Duane Da Rocha (2:05.86) also putting up 2:05s.
Kathleen Baker became the second U.S. Junior National Teamer to make a final with a seventh-place 2:06.29, while Yuriko Saito took eighth in 2:06.56.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Kathleen Baker – 2:06.29 – qualified
Allie Szekely – 2:07.21
Erin Voss – 2:07.69
Erin Earley – 2:11.53
Kim Williams – 2:14.57
Men’s 50 fly
South Africa’s Roland Schoeman led the way in the sprint fly with a 23.00, while Germany’s Steffen Deibler posted a second-place 23.04. South Africa’s Chad le Clos placed just behind with a third-place 23.05.
USA’s Eugene Godsoe (23.11) and Giles Smith (23.12) took fourth and fifth, while Takeshi Kawamoto (23.21), Ranmaru Harada (23.23) and Kohei Kawamoto (23.27) will also swim in the finale.
U.S. Junior National Team Tracker:
Alex Valente – 24.54
Michael Taylor – 25.52
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