2017 FINA World Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

2017 FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Sunday, July 23rd – Sunday, July 30th
• Budapest, Hungary
• LCM (50m)
• Full Competition Schedule
• Meet Info
• Psych Sheets
• Omega Results
• Pick ’em Contest
• Event-by-Event Previews

The heats of the women’s 50 back, men’s 100 free, women’s 200 fly, and men’s 200 IM, and the prelims of the mixed 4×100 medley relay are on deck for the morning of day 4.

You can read a full preview of this morning’s events here.

WOMEN’S 50 BACK – HEATS

• WR 27.06 ZHAO Jing CHN Rome (ITA) 30 JUL 2009
• CR 27.06 ZHAO Jing CHN Rome (ITA) 30 JUL 2009
• WJR 27.49 ATHERTON Minna AUS Brisbane (AUS) 7 FEB 2016

1. Fu Yuanhui (CHN) – 27.21
2. Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) / Etiene Medeiros (BRA) – 27.65
3. –
4. Georgia Davies (GBR) – 27.73
5. Holly Barratt (AUS) – 27.75
6. Wang Xueer (CHN) – 27.85
7. Hannah Stevens (USA) – 27.89
8. Emily Seebohm (AUS) – 27.91
9. Kathleen Baker (USA) – 27.94
10. Anastasiia Fesikova (RUS) / Andrea Berrino – 27.96
11. –
12. Mimosa Jallow (FIN) – 28.05
13. Kylie Masse (CAN) – 28.10
14. Alicja Tchorz (POL) – 28.13
15. Simona Baumrtova (CZE) – 28.15
16. Theodora Drakou (GRE) – 28.22

Defending world champion Fu Yuanhui of China put up the 4th-fastest 50 backstroke in history this morning to qualify first for semis. She came in nearly half a second ahead of the field. Defending second-place finisher Etiene Medeiros of Brazil tied with Belarus’s Aliaksandra Herasimenia for second with 27.65.

Fourth went to Great Britain’s Georgia Davies in 27.73, followed by Australia’s oldest-rookie-in-WCs-history Holly Barratt in 27.75. China’s Wang Xueer was sixth in 27.85, followed by American rookie Hannah Stevens of the University of Missouri in 27.89. Aussie veteran Emily Seebohm was eighth in 27.91.

MEN’S 100 FREE – HEATS

• WR 46.91 CIELO FILHO Cesar BRA Rome (ITA) 30 JUL 2009
• CR 46.91 CIELO FILHO Cesar BRA Rome (ITA) 30 JUL 2009
• WJR 47.58 CHALMERS Kyle AUS Rio (BRA) 10 AUG 2016

1. Cameron McEvoy (AUS) – 47.97
2. Mehdy Metella (FRA) – 48.18
3. Caeleb Dressel (USA) – 48.26
4. Jack Cartwright (AUS) – 48.43
5. Shinri Shioura (JPN) / Marcelo Chierighini (BRA) / Nathan Adrian (USA) / Duncan Scott (GBR) – 48.46
6. –
7. –
8. –
9. Danila Izotov (RUS) / Yuri Kisil (CAN) – 48.56
10. –
11. Sergeii Shevtsov (UKR) – 48.60
12. Gabriel Santos (BRA) – 48.64
13. Pieter Timmers (BEL) – 48.67
14. Oussama Sahnoune (ALG) – 48.75
15. Ivano Sahnoune (ITA) – 48.78
16. Velimir Stejpanovic (SRB) – 48.80

Cameron McEvoy of Australia put up the quickest time of the morning in the men’s 100 free with 47,97, as the only swimmer to break 48. Mehdy Metella of France was second in 48.18, followed by American record holder Caeleb Dressel in 48.26. Aussie teen Jack Cartwright was fourth in 48.43.

Japan’s Shinri Shioura, Brazil’s Marcelo Chierighini, and the U.S.’s Nathan Adrian came in a three-way tie for fifth in 48.46.

Singapore’s Joseph Schooling missed the semifinals, finishing 17th in 48.86.

WOMEN’S 200 FLY – HEATS

• WR 2:01.81 LIU Zige CHN Ji Nan (CHN) 21 OCT 2009
• CR 2:03.41 SCHIPPER Jessicah AUS Rome (ITA) 30 JUL 2009
• WJR 2:06.29 HASEGAWA Suzuka JPN Nagoya (JPN) 15 APR 2017

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 2:07.25
2. Zhang Yufei (CHN) – 2:07.50
3. Mireia Belmonte (ESP) – 2:07.59
4. Zhou Yilin (CHN) – 2:07.72
5. Liliana Szilagyi (HUN) – 2:07.73
6. An Sehyeon (KOR) / Franziska Hentke (GER) – 2:08.06
7. –
8. Hali Flickinger (USA) / Stefania Pirozzi (ITA) – 2:08.84
9. –
10. Dakota Luther (USA) – 2:08.86
11. Brianna Throssell (AUS) – 2:08.98
12. Suzuka Hasegawa (JPN) – 2:09.10
13. Ilaria Bianchi (ITA) – 2:09.12
14. Alys Margaret Thomas (GBR) – 2:09.13
15. Hiroko Makino (JPN) – 2:09.14
16. Anja Klinar (SLO) – 2:09.21

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary put up the fastest time of the morning with 2:07.25. A quarter of a second back was Zhang Yufei of China with 2:07.50, followed by Spain’s Mireia Belmonte in 2:07.59. Zhou Yilin finished fourth in 2:07.72. Hungary’s Liliana Szilagyi finished fifth in 2:07.73.

An Sehyeon of South Korea and Franziska Hentke of Germany finished sixth in 2:08.06. Eighth went to American Hali Flickinger and Stefania Pirozzi of Italy in 2:08.84.

MEN’S 200 IM – HEATS

• WR 1:54.00 LOCHTE Ryan USA Shanghai (CHN) 28 JUL 2011
• CR 1:54.00 LOCHTE Ryan USA Shanghai (CHN) 28 JUL 2011
• WJR 1:57.54 QIN Haiyang CHN Qingdao (CHN) 4 APR 2017

1. Kosuke Hagino (JPN) – 1:56.46
2. Chase Kalisz (USA) – 1:56.48
3. Max Litchfield (GBR) – 1:56.64
4. Daiya Seto (JPN) – 1:57.55
5. Jeremy Desplanches (SUI) – 1:57.59
6. Clyde Lewis (AUS) – 1:58.06
7. Philip Heintz (GER) – 1:58.99
8. Qin Haiyang (CHN) – 1:59.01
9. Andreas Vazaios (GRE) – 1:59.29
10. Yakov Toumarkin (ISR) – 1:59.49
11. Shun Wang (CHN) – 1:59.56
12. Abrahm Devine (USA) – 1:59.65
13. Mark Szaranek (GBR) – 1:59.68
14. Alexis Santos (POR) – 1:59.69
15. Bradlee Ashby (NZL) – 2:00.20
16. Federico Turrini (ITA) – 2:00.23

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino finished first in the men’s 200 IM with 1:56.46, followed by Chase Kalisz of the United States in 1:56.48. Max Litchfield put up a new British record to qualify third with 1:56.64, followed by Hagino’s Japanese teammate Daiya Seto in 1:57.55. Switzerland’s Jeremy Desplanches was fifth with 1:57.59, followed by Aussie Clyde Lewis in 1:58.06.

Germany’s Philip Heintz finished seventh in 1:58.99, and Qin Haiyang was eighth in 1:59.01.

MIXED 4×100 MEDLEY – PRELIMS

• WR 3:41.71 Great Britain Kazan (RUS) 5 AUG 2015
• CR 3:41.71 Great Britain Kazan (RUS) 5 AUG 2015

1. USA (Ryan Murphy, Kevin Cordes, Kelsi Worrell, Mallory Comerford): 3:40.28 WR
2. Australia (Kaylee McKeown, Matthew Wilson, Grant Irvine, Shayna Jack): 3:44.13
3. Canada (Javier Acevedo, Richard Funk, Rebecca Smith, Chantal van Landeghem): 3:44.46
4. Great Britain (Georgia Davies, Ross Murdoch, James Guy, Freya Anderson): 3:44.79
5. Russia (Kliment Kolesnikov, Vsevolod Zanko, Svetlana Chimrova, Viktoriia Andreeva): 3:46.09
6. China (Li Guangyuan, Jinglin Shi, Li Zhuhao, Zhu Menghui): 3:46.25
7. Italy (Margherita Panziera, Nicolo Martinenghi, Piero Codia, Silvia di Pietro): 3:46.75
8. Germany (Lisa Graf, Christian Vom Lehn, Aliena Schmidtke, Marius Kusch): 3:47.66

The American team put up a new world record 3:40.28, as Ryan Murphy, Kevin Cordes, Kelsi Worrell, and Mallory Comerford teamed up to take down the previous mark by a second and a half. They finished nearly four seconds ahead of every other team in the field.

Aussies Kaylee McKeown, Matthew Wilson, Grant Irvine, and Shayna Jack were 3:44.13 for second, followed by Canada’s Javier Acevedo, Richard Funk, Rebecca Smith, and Chantal van Landeghem in 3:44.46.

Great Britain, Russia, China, Italy, and Germany also made the final.

Sweden and Hungary were both disqualified on exchanges. Hungary’s DQ came on the first exchange between Gabor Balog and Daniel Gyurta, and Sweden’s came on the middle one between Johannes Skagius and Louise Hansson.