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BEIJING – The FINA World Cup kicked off its third cluster of events in Beijing with a mixed-bag of swims from those in attendance. Plenty of time drops could be had as swimmers vie for big money tonight in 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
Chinese swimmers owned the first heat with Qu Fang setting the time to beat with an 8:38.29. Liu Jiahe (8:50.09) and Yang Caiping (8:50.37) also cleared 9:00.
Men’s 100 free
Russia’s Sergiy Fesikov provided the only sub 48-second time of the morning with a 47.83, while China’s Lin Yongqing finished second in 48.15.
FINA points leader Chad le Clos of South Africa took third in 48.27 with Australia’s Edward McKendry placing fourth in 48.60.
Germany’s Steffen Deibler (48.78), China’s Ling Huanan (49.23), Germany’s Robin Backhaus (49.30) and China’s Liu Junwu (49.33) also made the finale.
On the Michael Andrew watch, for those following the 15-year-old pro throughout his first World Cup experience, he took 15th in 50.36.
[table “” not found /]Women’s 200 free
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She didn’t waste any time piling up the finals as the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu threw down a 1:54.49 to lead the way in the 200 free preliminary qualifying. Youth Olympic Games standout Shen Duo raced her way to second in 1:56.49 with Zhang Sishi earning third in 1:56.56.
China’s Sun Meichun (1:56.60) and Zhang Yuhan (1:56.87) also made the finale with USA’s Elizabeth Beisel putting up a 1:57.39 for sixth overall to get her World Cup swims going.
Han Tingru (1:57.69) and Guo Junjun (1:58.38) also added finals swims to their docket with seventh and eighth.
[table “” not found /]Men’s 50 breast
Roland Schoeman, the evergreen sprinter who just keeps on putting up strong sprint times well into his 30s, topped the sprint breaststroke in 27.35. China’s Huang Yunkun (27.74) and Yan Zibei (27.76) took second and third, with Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta placing fourth in 27.82. China’s Li Xiang also cleared 28 with a 27.98.
Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell placed sixth in 28.03 with 15-year-old pro Michael Andrew took seventh in 28.18 for his first career World Cup final.
Xue Jiajia and Zhou Guangci set up a swimoff with matching 28.19s for eighth-place. Xue won the swimoff, 28.02 to 28.26.
Women’s 100 breast
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Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson, who dominated the Hong Kong stop but cost herself $20,000 in cluster money by not swimming in Moscow, led the 100 breast by more than a second this morning with a 1:05.06. Australia’s Sally Hunter put up a second-place 1:06.77, while Zhang Jiaying earned third in 1:07.01.
Spain’s Jessica Vall (1:07.39), Japan’s Runa Imai (1:07.47), China’s Zhang Xinyu (1:07.51), USA’s Breeja Larson (1:07.52) and Russia’s Maria Astashkina (1:07.70) made up one of the most international finale fields of the night.
[table “” not found /]Women’s 100 fly
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Although Li Shuang had the top time with a 57.45 in prelims, the top two names going into finals are certainly Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (57.50) and The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker (57.56). Hosszu will be looking to add to her already astounding total of medals this year, while Dekker will likely keep up with her dominance of the sprint events.
China’s Chen Xinyi (57.72), Lu Ying (58.17) and Liu Lan (58.20) took fourth through sixth, while Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz finished seventh in 58.40. China’s Liu Zige barely made the finale in 58.88.
[table “” not found /]Men’s 100 back
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Australia’s Mitch Larkin picked up the top time in the morning by more than half-a-second with a 51.08, while China’s Xu Jiayu placed second in 51.62. USA’s Eugene Godsoe turned in a 51.66 for third overall.
Germany’s Christian Diener (52.62), Japan’s Masaki Kaneko (52.68) and China’s Li Guangyuan (53.18) qualified fourth through sixth.
Michael Andrew claimed his second finals swim of the evening with a seventh-place 54.14, while Wang Peng wound up eighth in 54.22.
[table “” not found /]Women’s 50 back
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China’s Fu Yuanhui (26.95) and Australia’s Madison Wilson (26.99) both cleared 27 seconds in the sprint backstroke to take the top two qualifying spots.
China’s Qiu Yuhan (27.16) and Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (27.20) finished third and fourth.
Cheng Haihua (27.63), Spain’s Duane Da Rocha (27.74), Wang Xueer (27.82) and Liu Xiang (27.96) also surpassed 28 seconds to round out the top eight.
Men’s 200 fly
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Japan’s Daiya Seto (1:54.18) and China’s Wang Shun (1:54.96) both posted 1:54s to take the top two seeds heading into finals.
China’s Wang Pudong (1:56.15) and Australia’s Grant Irvine (1:56.24) placed third and fourth, while South Africa’s Chad le Clos earned fifth in 1:56.32.
Japan’s Masaki Kaneko (1:57.69), Peru’s Mauricio Fiol (1:57.73) and Germany’s Robin Backhaus (2:00.10) also will compete in finals.
[table “” not found /]Women’s 200 IM
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The Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu led a trio of 2:10s with a 2:10.22 this morning, while USA’s Caitlin Leverenz (2:10.53) and Spain’s Mireia Belmonte (2:10.99) took second and third in qualifying.
China’s Zhang Sishi (2:11.22), USA’s Elizabeth Beisel (2:11.37), China’s Zhou Min (2:11.77), Spain’s Duane Da Rocha (2:13.23) and Zhang Jiaqi (2:14.03) also made the finale.
[table “” not found /]Men’s 400 free
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China’s Sun Yang, fresh off a difficult meet at the Asian Games where he suffered a hand injury, took the top seed in 3:44.19. South Africa’s Myles Brown took second in 3:45.55 with Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic earning third in 3:46.84.
China’s Wang Kechang (3:47.48), Germany’s Paul Biedermann (3:47.78), Hungary’s Gergely Gyurta (3:47.87), Canada’s Ryan Cochrane (3:47.87) and Yang Jintong (3:50.37) also earned transfer spots into the championship field.
[table “” not found /]Women’s 50 free
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The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker set up another likely sprint gold medal with a 24.46 in the splash-and-dash, while China’s Qiu Yuhan earned second in 24.89.
Tang Yuting (24.91), Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz (24.95), China’s Sun Meichen (24.98) and Han Tingru (24.98) also beat 25 seconds.
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (25.07) and Tang Yi (25.20) closed out the rest of the top eight.
Men’s 200 breast
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Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta, who is battling for a top three spot in the overall points race, likely will pick up big points in this event with a 2:07.38 to lead prelims. China’s Huang Chausheng (2:09.91) and Mao Feilian (2:10.36) were the second and third-fastest qualifiers this morning, well behind Gyurta.
Yan Zibei (2:10.41), Japan’s Takeharu Fujimori (2:10.81), Li Yungsong (2:13.01), Wang Boyu (2:13.51) and Taipei’s Hsuan-Yen Lee (2:15.55) will also vie for the title tonight.
[table “” not found /]Men’s 100 IM
Russia’s Sergiy Fesikov picked up his second top seed of the morning, this time with a 53.54 in the sprint medley. China’s Wang Shun (54.12) and Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell (54.87) took second and third in the event this morning as well.
Michael Andrew, in potentially his strongest big to win prize money, qualified fourth in 55.11.
China’s Yang Zhixian (55.18), Jiang Tiansheng (55.42), Ling Huanan (55.86) and Hong Kong’s Raymond Mak (56.01) comprised the rest of the finale.
Women’s 200 back
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Australia’s Madison Wilson turned in the top time in the 200 back with a 2:04.36, while Spain’s Duane Da Rocha touched second in 2:06.85. Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu (2:06.92) and USA’s Elizabeth Beisel (2:07.01) will also battle for the podium tonight.
Xu Huiyi (2:12.15), Chen Jie (2:13.02), Spain’s Mireia Belmonte (2:14.65) and Liu Haiyun (2:16.65) also made the finale.
[table “” not found /]Men’s 50 fly
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USA’s Giles Smith lit up the sprint fly prelims with a 22.62 for the top seed. Germany’s Steffen Deibler (23.16) and China’s Zhang Qibin (23.23) took second and third.
Shi Yang (23.32), Yu Hexin (23.32), South Africa’s Roland Schoeman (23.34) and Chad le Clos (23.36) as well as USA’s Eugene Godsoe (23.42) qualified fourth through eighth.
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