The World Aquatics World Cup kicked off in Berlin on Friday with a three-day event.
The first-day finals are the women’s 400 free, men’s 400 free, women’s 50 backstroke, men’s 200 backstroke, women’s 200 butterfly, men’s 100 butterfly, women’s 200 breaststroke, men’s 100 breaststroke, women’s 50 freestyle, men’s 50 freestyle and the women’s 400 free relay.
World Cup: Women’s 400 Free
New Zealand’s Erika Fairweather broke the World Cup record to win the 400 freestyle in 4:01.09.
Australia’s Lani Pallister took the silver medal in 4:02.07, while Siobhan Haughey, fresh off of a gold-medal performance at the Asian Games, took the bronze in 4:05.30.
World Cup: Men’s 400 Free
Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys got the men’s races off to a fast start with a win in the 400 free. Rapsys got to the wall in 3:44.86 to earn the gold medal.
Sweden’s Victor Johansson took the silver medal in 3:48.07, followed by USA’s Kieran Smith, who took the bronze in 3:48.40.
World Cup: Women’s 50 Backstroke
Australia’s Kaylee McKeown broke the World Cup record to win the 50 backstroke in 27.23 after a reaction time of 0.53.
Canada’s Ingrid Wilm took the silver in 27.75, followed by Maaike de Waard of the Netherlands, who took the bronze medal in 27.92, just ahead of Canada’s Kylie Masse (28.01).
World Cup: Men’s 200 Backstroke
Italy’s Thomas Ceccon cruised to a two-second victory in the 200 backstroke. He got to the wall in 1:56.64 to earn the gold medal.
Japan’s Ryosuke Irie took the silver medal in 1:58.99, while New Zealand’s Joshua Edwards-Smith claimed the bronze in 1:59.00.
World Cup: Women’s 200 Butterfly
China’s Zhang Yufei continued her success from the recent Asian Games and claimed gold in the 200 butterfly. She got to the wall in 2:07.11.
Denmark’s Helena Bach took the silver medal in 2:08.74, ahead of Bosnia’s Lana Pudar (2:08.90).
USA’s Katie Grimes finished fourth (2:09.08).
World Cup: Men’s 100 Butterfly
USA took the gold and bronze medals in the men’s 100 butterfly.
Michael Andrew claimed the gold medal with a swim of 51.66, holing off Australia’s Ben Armbruster (51.69).
USA’s Trenton Julian took the bronze medal in 52.06.
World Cup: Women’s 200 Breaststroke
Tess Schouten of the Netherlands broke the World Cup record in the 200 breaststroke to get to the wall in 2:22.13, earning the gold medal.
Australia’s Jenna Strauch took the silver medal in 2:23.60, followed by Singapore’s Letitia Sim (2:24.15).
World Cup: Men’s 100 breaststroke
China’s Qin Haiyang broke the meet record to win the gold medal in the 100 breaststroke in 57.69. His time matched the Asian record in the event.
A pair of swimmers from the Netherlands took the other medals as Arno Kamminga claimed the silver in 59.01 and Caspar Corbeau took the bronze in 59.67.
USA’s Nic Fink was fourth in 59.68, while Great Britain’s Adam Peaty, making his return to racing, finished sixth in 59.85.
World Cup: Women’s 50 Free
In a star-studded final, Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom claimed gold in the 50 freestyle, sprinting to the wall in 23.95.
Australia’s Cate Campbell took the silver in 24.11, followed by USA’s Torri Huske (24.66).
World Cup: Men’s 50 Free
Australia’s Isaac Cooper got to the wall first in the men’s 50 freestyle, earning the gold medal in 21.93.
Swimming a double, Michael Andrew took the silver medal with a swim of 22.03.
Stan Pijnenburg of the Netherlands claimed the bronze in 22.04.
World Cup: Women’s 400 Free Relay
Australia claimed the gold medal in the 4×100 freestyle relay with a time of 3:38.44.
Leah Neale led off with a 55.85 split, followed by Alex Perkins, who threw down splits of 26.34 and 38.03, followed by Bronte Campbell (26.16, 27.99) and Cate Campbell (25.08, 28.09).
Hungary took the silver medal at 4:34.95, followed by the Netherlands (3:45.65).