2015 FINA World Championships: Day One Finals Live Recap

2015 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Women’s 100m Butterfly – Semi-finals

  • 2013 World Champion: Sarah Sjostrom, SWE – 56.53
  • World Record: 55.98 – Dana Vollmer, USA – 2012
  • Championship Record: 56.06 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE – 2009

Starting off the 2015 FINA World Championships with a bang, Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden posted the fastest time of the evening in the women’s 100 butterfly, breaking the world record with her time of 55.74. That time lowers Dana Vollmer’s world record of 55.98 from 2012, and is the second swim in history under 56 seconds.

Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen finished second with her time of 57.04, and China’s Lu Ying finished third with her time of 57.36. Her teammate, Chen Xinyi, also secured her spot in the final with a 57.63, also a World Junior Record, that was good for sixth.

Canada’s Katerine Savard is locked into the final in fourth, but her teammate Noemie Thomas is in the hot seat. Thomas tied for eighth with Inge Dekker of the Netherlands at 58.05 and a swim off is required.

Emma McKeon of Australia and Alexandra Wenk of Germany are the other two swimmers that made finals in fifth and seventh.

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Men’s 400m Freestyle – FINALS

  • 2013 World Champion: Sun Yang, CHN – 3:41.59
  • World Record: 3:40.07 – Paul Biedermann, GER – 2009
  • Championship Record: 3:40.07 – Paul Biedermann, GER – 2009

GOLD: Sun Yang, CHN 3:42.58
SILVER: James Guy, GBR 3:43.75
BRONZE: Ryan Cochrane 3:44.59

Winning the first Gold Medal of the Championships, Sun Yang powered through the men’s 400m freestyle, winning with a time of 3:42.50. Great Britain’s James Guy won the silver medal with a 3:43.75, and Canada’s Ryan Cochrane secured the bronze medal with a 3:44.59.

It was a very close race for third, but Connor Jaeger of the United States ended up on the wrong side of the touch, finishing fourth with a 3:44.81.

Peter Bernek of Hungary and Wojciech Wojdak of Poland both finished with 4:46’s, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively. Germany’s Clemens Rapp finished seventh at 4:48.52, and Michael McBroom finished eighth with a 3:51.94.

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Women’s 200m IM – Semi-finals

  • 2013 World Champion: Katinka Hosszu, HUN – 2:07.92
  • World Record: 2:06.15 – Ariana Kukors, USA – 2009
  • Championship Record: 2:06.15 – Ariana Kukors, USA – 2009

Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu broke the European Record en route to claiming the top seed of the women’s 200 IM. The Hungarian posted the fastest time of the semi-final with a 2:06.84, which is the second fastest time in history.

Siobhan Marie O’Connor finished second with a 2:08.45, snagging the first finals swim for Great Britain. Her teammate, Hannah Miley, also qualified to advance with a seventh place time of 2:11.19.

Kanako Watanabe of Japan was third with a 2:09.61, finishing just ahead of the American Maya DiRado in 2:09.81. Melanie Margalis also made it to finals with a sixth place time of 2:10.61.

Sydney Pickrem finished fifth, earning a spot in finals for Canada with her time of 2:10.08. The final spot went to Ye Shiwen of China with her time of 2:11.39.

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Men’s 50m Butterfly – Semi-finals

  • 2013 World Champion: Cesar Ceilo, BRA – 23.01
  • World Record: 22.43 – Rafael Munoz, ESP – 2009
  • Championship Record: 22.67 – Milorad Cavic, SRB – 2009

Florent Manadou of France was the only swimmer of the day to break 23 seconds in the men’s 50 butterfly. He will lead the field into finals with a 22.84. That sets himself up well to get within striking distance of breaking the Championship Record.

Brazil put two swimmers into finals with Nicholas Santos and Cesar Cielo. Santos posted the second fastest time of 23.05 and Cielo snuck in for eighth at 23.29.

Laszlo Cseh of Hungary and Konrad Czerniak of Poland were third and fourth at 23.06 and 23.07, respectively.

Andrii Govorov of Ukraine, Benjamin Proud of Great Britain, and Joseph Schooling of Singapore also qualified for the final with 23.15, 23.24 and 23.27. Schooling’s time of 23.27 also broke the previous Asian record.

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Women’s 400m Freestyle – FINALS

  • 2013 World Champion: Katie Ledecky, USA – 3:59.82
  • World Record: 3:58.37 – Katie Ledecky, USA – 2014
  • Championship Record: 3:59.15 – Federica Pellegrini, ITA – 2009

Katie Ledecky continues to defy the odds and impress swimming fans around the world, by making a sub-4:00 400 look easy.

Ledecky ran away with the final, breaking Pellegrini’s championship record of 3:59.15 with her time of 3:59.13. She has the fastest time in the field by four seconds leading into finals.

Sharon Van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands finished second with a strong 4:03.02, finishing just ahead of Jessica Ashwood, who grabbed the bronze with a time of 4:03.34.

Jaz Carlin finished outside the medals for fourth at 4:03.74, while Lauren Boyle of New Zealand finished fifth with her time of 4:04.38.

The last group to round out the final were Melani Costa (ESP), Diletta Carli (ITA), and Boglarka Kapas (HUN). All three finished between 4:06 and 4:08.

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Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Semi-finals

  • 2013 World Champion: Christian Sprenger, AUS – 58.79
  • World Record: 57.92 – Adam Peaty, GBR – 2015
  • Championship Record: 58.52 – Adam Peaty, GBR – 2015

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty appears to be on pace to break the World Record in the men’s 100 breaststroke for the second time this year after breaking the World Championship record twice in one day. He broke the initial record in prelims with a 58.52, and then lowered it again during finals to 58.18.

His teammate, Ross Murdoch, also qualified for finals with an eighth place time of 59.75.

Cameron Van Der Burgh of South Africa was not too far behind Peaty, finishing at 58.49 during the semi-final. He will be in lane 5, which will set up a fun race between the two stars.

Lithuania’s Giedrius Titenis was the only other swimmer in the field to break 59 seconds with his time of 58.96 for the third seed.

Dimitry Baladin finished fourth with a 59.39, touching ahead of a big group at 59.6’s. Krill Prigoda, Hendrik Feldwehr, and Jake Packard all finished together in fifth, sixth, and seventh.

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Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Finals

  • 2013 World Champion: United States – 3:32.31
  • World Record:  3:31.72 – Netherlands – 2009
  • Championship Record: 3:31.72 – Netherlands – 2009

The sisters Campbell are carrying the Australian women to new heights, as Bronte Campbell and Cate Campbell back ended their relay to a new Championship Record, finished at 3:31.48. That broke the old Netherlands World Championships’ Record of 3:31.72 set in 2009.

Splits:
Emily Seebohm – 53.92
Ema McKeon – 53.57
Bronte Campbell – 51.77
Cate Campbell – 52.22
While Seebohm had the Australians in an early hole in this race (specifically being behind American Missy Franklin, with whom she’ll have many battles at this meet), the Aussies took control in the second leg and led the rest of the race.
Otherwise, there was a ton of back-and-forth action in this race as teams jockeyed for medal position. The Dutch moved Ranomi Kromowidjojo up to the leadoff leg after she anchored in prelims, and she swam 53.30 to give them the early lead on the feild.
But at 51.99 from anchor Femke Heemskerk wasn’t quite enough to run down the two-second gap to the Australians. Although it did pull them past team USA’s anchor Simone Manuel (53.09) and Swedish anchor Magdalena Kuras (55.06), to take the silver.
The American’s finished in third overall, at 3:34.61, where they remained after the second leg of the race.
The Swedes showed that they’re still in the same spot that they’ve been in for the last five-plus years: one leg short of a medal in both 400 relays. Sarah Sjostrom’s 52.38 split, even after breaking a World Record in the 100 fly earlier in the session, kept them in the battle after the third leg. But the Swedes were just one more sub-54 sprinter away from a medal.
Finish order:
1. Australia – 3:31.48
2. Netherlands – 3:33.67
3. USA – 3:34.61
4. Sweden – 3:35.71
5. Canada – 3:36.44
6. Italy – 3:37.16
7. China – 3:37.64
8. France – 3:38.46

Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Finals

  • 2013 World Champion: France – 3:11.18
  • World Record: 3:08.24 – United States – 2008
  • Championship Record: 3:09.21 – United States – 2009

The French quartet of Mehdy Metella, Florent Manaudou, Fabien Gilot, and Jeremy Stravius were able to hold off Russian squad, upsetting them in front of a home crowd. France touched the wall first, winning the gold medal with their time of 3:10.74.

Take a look at the splits below:

  • Mehdy Metella – 48.37
  • Florent Manaudou – 47.93
  • Fabien Gilot –  47.08
  • Jeremy Stravius –  47.36

Russia’s relay earned the silver medal with their time and nearly ran down the French squad thanks to Vlad Morozov. On the third leg of the relay, Morozov split 46.95, which was the fastest split from any swimmer in the field. With his 46.95 split, he will be one of the favorites to win the individual 100 freestyle later in the week, although we can’t count out Nathan Adrian and Cameron McEvoy, who didn’t have a chance to swim after the United States and Australian relays failed to qualify for finals.

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Bad Anon
8 years ago

USA swimming better abandon yards swimming in NCAA, its really a joke. conversion to scm at the very least will be the best way forward… Such a shame, a real shame

Billabong
Reply to  Bad Anon
8 years ago

Totally agree. Even an armchair critic can see that a 25 yard pool is too small for big men and women with huge under waters. It’s not swimming anymore, it’s a starts and turns competition. It’s not good enough to stick one’s head in the sand and mumble something about tradition. Somebody needs to flick the switch, and just say LCM from here onwards. Very simple.

SwimFanFinland
Reply to  Billabong
8 years ago

But if the great majority of pools in the US are 25 yards, it’s easier said than done.

Alz
8 years ago

I’m not sure it has been mentioned but young Sydney Pickrem lowered the national record twice in the 200 IM! Which was already her own since the Pan ams. Over a minute faster now, 2:10.08!

john26
8 years ago

A few weeks ago, someone mentioned being able to trial universalsports for a week. What website was this thru again?

Bobthebuilderrocks
8 years ago

Does anyone have an English stream? I watched Eurosport’s stream yesterday, but after three hours of racing prelims and an hour of finals, not understanding anything became annoying. 🙂

bobo gigi
8 years ago

Well. I have to stay awake until US juniors start in 2 hours so Let’s write a few things about that day 1.

Apart from US and Australian absences in the men’s relay, but they had no medal chances, it was a first day of competition with no surprise.
All winners of the day were favorite on paper.
Quick thoughts.

Women’s 100 fly semifinals. Sjöström in her own world. I had predicted a world record after the prelims. She has not waited for the final. I think she was right. Sometimes you swim the finals less relaxed and with more tension. 55.74. No surprise. Big second 50. That’s the time Dana Vollmer would have swum in London without… Read more »

Years of Plain Suck
Reply to  bobo gigi
8 years ago

Nice summary, Bobo.

Question: since you are quite knowledgeable about all things regarding French swimming, could you kindly explain to me what’s going on with Florent Manadou’s ugly tattoo?

Drew
Reply to  bobo gigi
8 years ago

50 fly would have been another good spot for conger.. And obviously he would have come in handy for the 4×100 free relay

PKWater
8 years ago

What was Vlad’s split? He looked very fast
love that guy

bobo gigi
Reply to  PKWater
8 years ago

Please, you have a link to the results above. 😥

46.94

xenon
8 years ago

I just realized the lanes are backwards.

from the fina rule book –

SW 3.1.2 Except for 50 metre events in 50 metre pools, assignment of lanes
shall be (number 1 lane being on the right side of the pool (0 when using pools
with 10 lanes) when facing the course from the starting end) by placing the
fastest swimmer or team in the centre lane in pool with an odd number of lanes,
or in lane 3 or 4 respectively in pools having 6 or 8 lanes. In pools using 10
lanes, the fastest swimmer shall be placed in lane 4. The swimmer having the
next fastest time is to be placed… Read more »

bobo gigi
8 years ago

I’ve found other race videos from tonight’s session on dailymotion. Hopefully FINA police will not look at that site.

Women’s 100 fly semifinal 1
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3048th_women-s-100m-butterfly-semifinal-1-world-championships-kazan-2015_sport

Women’s 100 fly semifinal 2 NEW WORLD RECORD!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x303pqw_sara-sjostrom-55-74-world-record-100m-butterfly-kazan-2015_sport

Men’s 400 free final
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x303qq2_men-s-400m-freestyle-final-world-championships-kazan-2015_sport

Women’s 200 IM semifinal 1
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x30438t_women-s-200m-medley-semifinal-1-world-swimming-championships-kazan-2015_sport

Women’s 200 IM semifinal 2
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3041t0_women-s-200m-im-semifinal-2-katinka-hosszu-2-06-84-world-championships-kazan-2015_sport

Women’s 400 free final
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x303qhz_women-s-400m-freestyle-final-world-championships-kazan-2015_sport

Men’s 100 breast semifinal 1
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3046uw_men-s-100m-breaststroke-semifinal-1-world-championships-kazan-2015_sport

Men’s 100 breast semifinal 2
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3045k7_men-s-100m-breaststroke-adam-peaty-58-18-world-championships-kazan-2015_sport

Women’s 4X100 free relay final
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x303svy_women-s-4x100m-freestyle-relay-final-world-championships-kazan-2015_sport

Men’s 4X100 free relay final
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x303wex_men-s-4x100m-freestyle-relay-final-world-championships-kazan-2015_sport

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Tony Carroll

The writer formerly known as "Troy Gennaro", better known as Tony Carroll, has been working with SwimSwam since April of 2013. Tony grew up in northern Indiana and started swimming in 2003 when his dad forced him to join the local swim team. Reluctantly, he joined on the condition that …

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