2016 Short Course World Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap

2016 SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Swimmers are gearing up for day 6 finals of the 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships in Windsor, Canada, which marks the final session of the meet. Tonight, we’ll crown the world champions in the women’s 200 free relay, 200 breast, 100 fly, 50 free, and 400 medley relay, as well as the men’s 1500 free, 100 free, 200 back, 50 breast, and 400 medley relay.

Olympic gold medalists Park Tae Hwan (KOR) and Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) will go head-to-head in the 1500 free. Immediately after that, Park is slated to compete in the 100 free final, which is headlined by top seed Blake Pieroni, a 2016 U.S. Olympian. On the women’s side, World Record holder Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) will look to defend her title in the 50 free against Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen. Team USA’s Kelsi Worrell will square off with Hungarian iron lady Katinka Hosszu and Junior World Record holder Rikako Ikee (JPN) in the women’s 100 fly.

Follow along with us for a live recap of tonight’s events.

WOMEN’S 200 FREE RELAY FINALS

  • 2014 World Champion: Netherlands, 1:34.24, 2014
  • World Record: Netherlands, 1:34.24, 2014
  • Championship Record: Netherlands, 1:34.24, 2014

GOLD: Canada, 1:35.00

SILVER: Netherlands, 1:35.37

BRONZE: Italy, 1:35.61

The Canadian team brought down the hammer in front of their home down, taking down the defending world champ Dutch to win gold. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) dug deep for a 23.11 on the 2nd leg, but the Canadians were able to run them down as junior stars Taylor Ruck (23.77) and Penny Oleksiak (23.54) closed out the relay.

The Italians were out like a light with Silvia Di Pietro leading them off in 23.92, but faded to 3rd on the back half to settle for bronze. Just off the podium by 2 tenths were the Americans, who got a pair of 23 splits from Kelsi Worrell (23.57) and Katrina Konopka (23.82) on the 2nd and 4th legs.

MEN’S 1500 FREE FINALS

GOLD: Park Tae Hwan (KOR), 14:15.51

SILVER: Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA), 14:21.94

BRONZE: Wojciech Wojdak (POL), 14:25.37

Through the first 1000 meters, Park Tae Hwan (KOR) and Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) were neck-and-neck. Paltrinieri took the early lead, but Park was able to move slightly ahead on the middle 500 meters, and break away in the final 500 meters. That gives Park his 3rd gold of the meet, and his winning time of 14:15.51 broke the former Championship Record held by Paltrinieri.

Paltrinieri held on for silver, with Poland’s Wojciech Wojdak rounding out the medals behind him. The battle for 4th say Denmark’s Anton Ipsen (14:31.53) break away from Norway’s Henrik Christiansen (14:33.56) in the last 100.

MEN’S 100 FREE FINALS

  • 2014 World Champion – 45.75: Cesar Cielo, BRA
  • World Record – 44.94: Amaury Leveaux, FRA, 2008
  • Championship Record – 45.51: Vladimir Morozov, 2014

GOLD: Simonas Bilis (LTU), 46.58

SILVER: Shinri Shioura (JPN), 46.59

BRONZE: Tommaso D’Orsogna (AUS), 46.70

The race for gold in the 100 free was just about as close as as they come, with Lithuania’s Simonas Bilis and Japan’s Shinri Shioura fighting to get a hand on the wall first. In the end, it was Bilis rocketing to the win, touching .01 ahead of Shioura, who set a new Asian Record for 2nd place. Taking 3rd was Australia’s Tomasso D’Orsogna, who pulled ahead of Team USA’s Blake Pieroni on the 2nd 50. Pieroni (46.88) was just off the podium at 4th.

WOMEN’S 200 BREAST FINALS

  • 2014 World Champion: Kanako Watanabe (JPN), 2:16.92
  • World Record: Rebecca Soni (USA), 2:14.57, 2009
  • Championship Record: Rikke Pedersen (DEN), 2:16.08, 2012

GOLD: Molly Renshaw (GBR), 2:18.51

SILVER: Kelsey Wog (CAN), 2:18.52

BRONZE: Chloe Tutton (GBR), 2:18.83

Great Britain’s breaststroke duo of Molly Renshaw and Chloe Tutton collected a pair of medals tonight. Canada’s Kelsey Wog made a big move on the last 50, but came up just short, as Renshaw won the gold by a hundredth. Tutton followed for 3rd, as all 3 medalists touched in the 2:18-range.

Team USA’s Lilly King (2:19.34) jumped out to an early lead at the 50, but wound up finishing 4th.

MEN’S 200 BACK FINALS

  • 2014 World Champion: Radoslaw Kawecki, 1:47.38
  • World Record: Mitch Larkin (AUS), 1:45.63, 2015
  • Championship Record: Ryan Lochte (USA), 1:46.68, 2010

GOLD: Radoslaw Kawecki (POL), 1:47.63

SILVER: Jacob Pebley (USA), 1:48.98

BRONZE: Masaki Kaneko (JPN), 1:49.18

Poland’s Radoslaw Kawecki successfully defended his 200 back title, breaking away from the field with a 27.26 on the 3rd 50 to secure his gold. Behind him, Team USA’s Jacob Pebley made a big drop from his prelims time to take silver. Australia’s Mitch Larkin (1:49.25) had a slight edge on Japan’s Masaki Kaneko until the final 50, but Kaneko made a late surge to take bronze ahead of Larkin by 7 hundredths.

WOMEN’S 100 FLY FINALS

  • 2014 World Champion – 54.61: Sarah Sjostrom, SWE
  • World Record – 54.61: Sarah Sjostrom, SWE, 2014
  • Championship Record – 54.61: Sarah Sjostrom, SWE, 2014

GOLD: Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 55.12

SILVER: Kelsi Worrell (USA), 55.22

BRONZE: Rikako Ikee (JPN), 55.64

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu and the USA’s Kelsi Worrell fought tooth and nail to the finish of the 100 fly, but in the end it was the iron lady who once again emerged victorious, finishing 1st by a tenth. Worrell’s silver-winning time was good for a new American Record, while Japan’s Rikako Ikee broke her own Junior World Record to take bronze.

MEN’S 50 BREAST FINALS

  • 2014 World Champion – 25.63, Felipe Franca Silva, BRA
  • World Record – 25.25, Cameron van der Burgh: RSA, 2009
  • Championship Record – 25.63, Felipe Franca Silva, BRA, 2014

GOLD: Cameron van der Burgh (RSA), 25.64

SILVER: Peter Stevens (SLO), 25.85

BRONZE: Felipe Lima (BRA), 25.98

South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh, the World Record holder in this event, was 3 tenths shy of his World Record and just a hundredth shy of the Championship Record to win 50 breast gold tonight. The silver and bronze medalists were also sub-26, with Slovenia’s Peter Stevens, who swims collegiately at Tennessee, taking 2nd and Brazil’s Felipe Lima taking 3rd.

2014 world champ Felipe Silva (BRA) fell short of the podium, tying for 5th with South Africa’s Giulio Zorzi in 26.13.

WOMEN’S 50 FREE FINALS

GOLD: Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED), 23.60

SILVER: Silvia Di Pietro (ITA), 23.90

BRONZE: Madison Kennedy (USA), 23.93

The Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo threw down a quick 23.60 to successfully defend her world title in the women’s 50 free. Italy’s Silvia Di Pietro and Team USA’s Madison Kennedy were the next to the wall, finishing within 3 hundredths of each other to take 2nd and 3rd respectively. That left Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen just off the podium with a 24.00 for 4th place.

MEN’S 400 MEDLEY RELAY FINALS

  • 2014 World Champion: Brazil, 3:21.14
  • World Record: Russia, 3:19.16, 2009
  • Championship Record: USA, 3:20.99, 2010

GOLD: Russia, 3:21.17

SILVER: Australia, 3:23.56

BRONZE: Japan, 3:24.71

Russia pulled in another gold in the men’s 400 medley relay, higlighted by a 55.78 breast split from Kirill Prigoda and a 45.58 free split from Vlad Morozov. Australia’s Mitch Larkin gave his team the early lead with a 50.24 back split, but the Aussies settled for silver. Their butterflier, David Morgan, also had the fastest split of the field with his 49.32.

The Team from the USA was disqualified in this event, as officials cited extra dolphin kicks by breaststroker Cody Miller.

WOMEN’S 400 MEDLEY RELAY FINALS

  • 2014 World Champion: Denmark, 3:48.86
  • World Record: USA, 3:45.20, 2015
  • Championship Record: China, 3:48.29, 2010

GOLD: USA, 3:47.89

SILVER: Canada, 3:48.87

BRONZE: Australia, 3:49.66

The USA ended the meet on a golden note, as the women’s squad brought home gold in the 400 medley  relay. Butterflier Kelsi Worrell (55.48) had the 2nd fastest split of the field despite having to get stitched up 15 minutes earlier due to a warm up pool collision.

Host country Canada saw their relay team take silver after a blazing 51.07 freestyle split from Penny Oleksiak. The Aussies picked up bronze, with Emily Seebohm getting them off to a great start after a 56.12 back split.

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bobo gigi
7 years ago

Quick thoughts

Women’s 4X50 free relay. Canada almost had its best team apart from Van Landeghem. Logical gold for them. Great week for women’s relays for Canada. Many other medals in perspective to come in the next few years with 2 young stars like Oleksiak and Ruck. US B-team 4th. In 2 or 4 years put Simone Manuel, Abbey Weitzeil, Kate Douglass and Anya Goeders in the team and the world record will fall. France had no medal chance but at least they are in final and fight well.

Men’s 1500 free. It was Park’s week. Back to his best. He will be very dangerous next year in Budapest. Paltrinieri clearly not targeted that meet. I presume he took a… Read more »

xenon
7 years ago

cody miller is a repeat offender. Im not sure on the rule but at the olympics ryan murphy’s record would have been null if cody miller got dq’ed. And he would have dq’ed phelps in his last race. He knew this going in but he decided to take multiple dolphin kicks anyway. Aint no doubt he took at least 2 maybe 3. http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/underwater-cam-phelps-23rd-olympic-gold-medley-relay just ridiculous.

Sea Monster
Reply to  xenon
7 years ago

The record would still stand actually

relay coverage
7 years ago

not to have much details but he cost the 7 americans a medal (prelims swimmers also get medals)
and some money for the pro swimmers

and hope rowdy corrected himself by the end of the telecast …he said pieroni jumped early
make sure you know the facts before giving wrong info on a DQ

Aussie crawl
Reply to  relay coverage
7 years ago

Rowdy needs to put a sock in it.

Hswimmer
7 years ago

Miller finally got cought

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  Hswimmer
7 years ago

I hope he never appears on a medley really again EVER !!!! Usa has got to put Cordes next summer – he doesn’t do that nonsense multiple dolphin kicks after the wall or on the start .

Bigly
Reply to  ERVINFORTHEWIN
7 years ago

Cordes has DQd many relays between college and US swimming. In international meets, I think he’s had a false start costing a gold and a DQ for pulling his goggles down.

AvidSwimFan
Reply to  Bigly
7 years ago

That’s not the same as cheating though. Those are fixable with practice. They didn’t happen in Rio prelims.

G Lee
Reply to  Bigly
7 years ago

Cordes has DQd only once while swimming for team USA at the world championships. Don’t think…. you must know when you make a serious accusation like that. If your gonna give Cody a pass, Kevin should get one as well. It’s only fair.

Bigly
Reply to  G Lee
7 years ago

He was also DQd in the 100 breast for the goggles incident at PanPacs. Cost team USA a medal. Neither one gets a pass.

ct swim fan
Reply to  Hswimmer
7 years ago

Why doesn’t someone fix it? Either people have tried and he has resisted the change, or the coaches have tried and he has resisted. Either way, he should not be on relays in these meets ever again until it is fixed. The officials are also at fault for letting him get away with this for so long.

PACFAN
7 years ago

I love how everyone would always stand up for Miller when others said he was a cheater for his dolphin kicks.

He is a cheater. He does something against the rules on purpose. He got the United states disqualified on a relay. He cost 3 individuals and the country a medal at the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS for swimming.

How can you defend this guy?? Yes, he has a sad story and he’s accomplished a LOT in the sport. He’s made incredibly tough sacrifices, and he’s worked hard. But despite all of these things, he does something that he KNOWS gives him an unfair advantage over his competition.

Dear Cody, stop with your kicking. Work a little harder and don’t step… Read more »

AvidSwimFan
Reply to  PACFAN
7 years ago

His extra dolphin kicks also probably cost Cordes the bronze at the olympics and the chance to be on top of the podium in the medley relay since he was the #2 breaststroker. Team USA needs to do something to make him stop.

psy
Reply to  AvidSwimFan
7 years ago

By the way Cordes was swimming in Rio, I don’t think he deserved to be on that final relay regardless of Millers kicks. He was who we thought he was, someone unable to preform in the clutch at the highest level. If Miller couldn’t go for the medley relay in Rio for whatever reason, I personally think Prenot should have been considered as the next man up.

dmswim
Reply to  psy
7 years ago

Cordes was .6 faster at both Trials and in the Olympic final than Prenot was at Trials. Cordes was only .04 slower in the Olympic final than he was in the Trials final and less than .3 off of his best time. While I’m sure he would have liked to perform better in the final, his best time wouldn’t have changed his place, and it’s not like his finals swim was a disaster. He was still 4th best in the world. Your comment makes it seem as though he didn’t even make semi’s. Putting Prenot in the final of an Olympic relay is just ludicrous. Prenot swam slower in the Olympic final than he did at Trials, and it cost… Read more »

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  AvidSwimFan
7 years ago

I would prefer Cordes anytime on a medley relay – even if its against Peaty insane splits . Next year , in Hungary , it must be Cordes .

Bigly
Reply to  ERVINFORTHEWIN
7 years ago

You have a short memory about Cordes and relay DQs. He false started at 2013 WCs in Barcelona costing the U.S. gold. At Pan-Pacs in 2014 he was disqualified in the 100 breast for trying to fix his goggles off the turn.

AvidSwimFan
Reply to  Bigly
7 years ago

Give him a break. That was 2013and 2014.

Bigly
Reply to  AvidSwimFan
7 years ago

I do give him a break. But I don’t remember an entire comments section dedicated to describing him as a cheater (though he broke the rules twice) or as a savior.

Bigly
Reply to  PACFAN
7 years ago

Hey, it worked for Katijima and vandenBerg on much bigger stages.

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  Bigly
7 years ago

we dont care of that worked for those cheaters …..its time for some shifts in his mindset . thats it

Bigly
Reply to  ERVINFORTHEWIN
7 years ago

I guarantee you that if you had underwater cameras on the 50 breast, they all would be caught with extra kicks. I’m all for disqualifying the entire field if they’re cheating. It’s an unenforceable rule without underwater cameras in each lane, because the water wake distortion, particularly on the dive, is too much to unequivocally see it from above water.

dmswim
Reply to  PACFAN
7 years ago

I wouldn’t say “everyone would always stand up for Miller.” That’s a pretty broad statement. I have seen plenty of criticisms on this website and elsewhere of Miller.

bigly
7 years ago

Wow. Worrell and Comerford with huge swims.

Philip Johnson
7 years ago

Penny with a 51.0 split, Jesus

Philip Johnson
Reply to  Philip Johnson
7 years ago

51.07

Hanky panky party guy
7 years ago

TOO SNEAKY!!! Pepperoni showed us just how sneaky he truly is. Unfortunately he got caught, but that’s what it takes to get on the podium. Sneaky swimming has got to be a priority for those looking to make it onto the big scene

finniewinnie
Reply to  Hanky panky party guy
7 years ago

What do you mean?

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