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
Day 6 prelims are set to get underway in Budapest, with a total of six events on the schedule. This morning marks the beginning of Caeleb Dressel‘s difficult 50 free / 100 fly quest. Check out a full preview of today’s prelims here.
Check out the relay lineups for this morning’s men’s 4×200 here.
Men’s 50 Free Prelims
- World Record: 20.91, Cesar Cielo, 2009
- Championship Record: 21.08, Cesar Cielo, 2009
- Junior World Record: 22.00, Yu Hexin, 2014
- Bruno Fratus, BRA, 21.51
- Caeleb Dressel, USA, 21.61
- Kristian Gkolomeev, GRE, 21.69
- Vladimir Morozov, RUS, 21.72
- Pawel Juraszek, POL, 21.74
- Ben Proud, GBR, 21.93
- Cameron McEvoy, AUS, 21.95
- Luca Dotto, ITA, 21.98
- Cesar Cielo, BRA, 21.99 / Nathan Adrian, USA, 21.99
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- Damian Wierling, GER, 22.00
- Andriy Govorov, UKR, 22.05
- Ari-Pekka Liukkonen, FIN, 22.12
- Sergii Shevtsov, UKR, 22.13
- Shinri Shioura, JPN, 22.17
- Krisztian Takacs, HUN, 22.18
Caeleb Dressel started off his double this morning with a win in the first circle-seeded heat, easing his way into the wall in 21.61, less than a tenth off his best of 21.53. Kristian Gkolomeev had a big swim to take 2nd in the heat in 21.69, and qualified 3rd overall. Gkolomeev shattered his Greek record of 21.87 by nearly two full tenths.
Bruno Fratus (21.51) took the top seed from heat 12, followed by Vladimir Morozov (21.72). Poland’s Pawel Juraszek won the last heat in 21.74 over top seed Ben Proud (21.93), as both easily qualify.
Other notable names moving on include Cameron McEvoy in 7th, Nathan Adrian and Cesar Cielo dead-locked in 9th, and Andriy Govorov in 12th.
Evgeny Sedov (17th), Jesse Puts (21st) and Katsumi Nakamura (23rd) were among those missing the semi-finals
Women’s 50 Fly Prelims
- World Record: 24.43, Sarah Sjostrom, 2014
- Championship Record: 24.96, Sarah Sjostrom, 2015
- Junior World Record: 25.50, Rikako Ikee, 2016
- Sarah Sjostrom, SWE, 25.25
- Kelsi Worrell, USA, 25.65
- Rikako Ikee, JPN, 25.72
- Aliena Schmidtke, GER, 25.73
- Farida Osman, EGT, 25.74 / Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED, 25.74
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- Beryl Gastaldello, FRA, 25.79
- Melanie Henique, FRA, 25.81
- Kimberly Buys, BEL, 25.82
- Penny Oleksiak, CAN, 25.87
- Emilie Beckmann, DEN, 25.88
- Holly Barratt, AUS, 25.91
- Aleksandra Urbanczyk, POL, 26.00
- Maaike De Waard, NED, 26.03
- Silvia Di Pietro, ITA, 26.24
- Lu Ying, CHN, 26.34
Sarah Sjostrom easily advanced to the women’s 50 fly semis with the top spot, clocking 25.25 to win the last heat of the morning. American Kelsi Worrell took 2nd to Sjostrom in the heat and takes 2nd overall, clocking 25.65 to come within 0.15 of the American record of Dara Torres (25.50).
Japan’s Rikako Ikee (25.72) and the Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo (25.74) won their respective heats to easily advance in 3rd and t-5th overall.
Tying Kromowidjojo was Egypt’s Farida Osman, who lowered her own African record of 25.78 in 25.74.
Aliena Schmidtke of Germany advances 4th overall in 25.73, and others moving on include Beryl Gastaldello, Kimberly Buys and Penny Oleksiak.
Those missing include Zhang Yufei, Sarah Gibson and Katerine Savard, while Pernille Blume didn’t show for her heat.
Men’s 100 Fly Prelims
- World Record: 49.82, Michael Phelps, 2009
- Championship Record: 49.82, Michael Phelps, 2009
Junior World Record: 51.24, Li Zhuhao, 2016
- Caeleb Dressel, USA, 50.08
- Piero Codia, ITA, 51.09
- James Guy, GBR, 51.16
- Joseph Schooling, SGP, 51.21
- Kristof Milak, HUN, 51.23
- Chad Le Clos, RSA, 51.28
- Mehdy Metella, FRA, 51.46
- Henrique Martins, BRA, 51.48
- Konrad Czerniak, POL, 51.50
- Laszlo Cseh, HUN, 51.55
- Li Zhuhao, CHN, 51.62
- Grant Irvine, AUS, 51.67
- Jan Switkowski, POL, 51.82
- Aleksandr Popkov, RUS, 51.84
- David Morgan, AUS, 51.90
- Tim Phillips, USA, 51.96
Just about 34 minutes after his 50 free, Dressel was back in the water in the 100 fly. Unbelievably, Dressel swam the fastest ever textile time in 50.08, making him the 3rd fastest performer in history and giving him the 4th fastest performance in history. Who knows what we are in store for later.
Italian Piero Codia qualified 2nd overall after taking 2nd to Dressel in the heat, over a full second back in 51.09.
James Guy set a new British record to qualify 3rd in 51.16, and Kristof Milak broke the Junior world record qualifying 5th in 51.23.
Olympic champ Joseph Schooling didn’t try and answer Dressel, easing his way to the 4th fastest time in 51.21. Also making it through was Chad Le Clos, Mehdy Metella, Laszlo Cseh and Li Zhuaho.
Women’s 200 Back Prelims
- World Record: 2:04.06, Missy Franklin, 2012
- Championship Record: 2:04.76, Missy Franklin, 2013
- Junior World Record: 2:07.29, Daria Ustinova, 2015
- Kathleen Baker, USA, 2:06.82
- Katinka Hosszu, HUN, 2:07.30
- Emily Seebohm, AUS, 2:07.94
- Regan Smith, USA, 2:08.13
- Kylie Masse, CAN, 2:08.30
- Hilary Caldwell, CAN, 2:08.32
- Daryna Zevina, UKR, 2:09.16
- Kaylee McKeown, AUS, 2:09.42
- Marghertia Panziera, ITA, 2:09.43
- Africa Zamorano, ESP, 2:09.70
- Katalan Burian, HUN, 2:09.86
- Daria Ustinova, RUS, 2:09.99
- Lisa Graf, GER, 2:10.10
- Liu Yaxin, CHN, 2:10.59
- Tatiana Salcutan, MDA, 2:11.17
- Claudia Lau, HKG, 2:11.67
Kathleen Baker led the women’s 200 back prelims in 2:06.82, coming within half a second of her personal best time.
Katinka Hosszu and Emily Seebohm won the other two seeded heats in 2:07.30 and 2:07.94, safely moving on in 2nd and 3rd.
The Canadian duo of Kylie Masse and Hilary Caldwell advanced 5th and 6th, while Regan Smith lowered her best time in her Worlds debut to qualify 4th overall in 2:08.13.
Also advancing was Daryna Zevina (UKR), Kaylee McKeown (AUS) and Daria Ustinova (RUS).
Men’s 4×200 Free Relay Prelims
- World Record: 6:58.55, United States, 2009
- Championship Record: 6:58.55, United States, 2009
- Junior World Record: 7:13.76, United States, 2015
- Australia, 7:05.68
- Great Britain, 7:05.79
- Russia, 7:07.21
- Netherlands, 7:09.22
- Italy, 7:09.53
- Japan, 7:09.66
- United States, 7:09.78
- Poland, 7:10.53
The Australians and Brits battled it out in the 1st of 2 heats in the men’s 4×200, with Jack Cartwright‘s 1:45.6 anchor giving the edge to the Aussies as they qualify 1st overall in 7:05.68. Great Britain was right behind for 2nd in 7:05.79, with their top split coming from Nicholas Grainger at 1:46.19.
The Russians won heat 2 in 7:07.21, getting a sub-1:46 leg from Danila Izotov. The Netherlands, Italy and Japan all performed solid to qualify 4th through 6th overall.
The Americans were quite average, qualifying just 7th overall in 7:09.78. With Zane Grothe (1:46.96) the only sub-1:47 split, you have to wonder whether or not they’ll bring a completely new team to the final. Townley Haas and Blake Pieroni are certainties, and it wouldn’t be a shock to see Jack Conger or possibly even Caeleb Dressel in the final after this morning’s performances.
Poland got in for 8th in 7:10.53, getting a pair of 1:46 legs from Kacper Majchrzak and Jan Switkowski.
Dominik Kozma had the fastest split in the field at 1:44.81 for the Hungarians, but it wasn’t enough to advance them to the final as they took 11th in 7:11.10.
Women’s 800 Free Prelims
- World Record: 8:04.79, Katie Ledecky, 2016
- Championship Record: 8:07.39, Katie Ledecky, 2015
- Junior World Record: 8:11.00, Katie Ledecky, 2014
- Katie Ledecky, USA, 8:20.24
- Leah Smith, USA, 8:21.19
- Li Bingjie, CHN, 8:22.92
- Mireia Belmonte, ESP, 8:24.98
- Simona Quadarella, ITA, 8:27.70
- Boglarka Kapas, HUN, 8:28.93
- Zhang Yuhan, CHN, 8:29.52
- Holly Hibbott, GBR, 8:30.66
Katie Ledecky eased her way into tomorrow night’s 800 final in a time of 8:20.24, slowly pulling away from 15-year-old Li Bingjie of China in the last heat. Li ended up 3rd overall at 8:22.92, with Leah Smith coming within a second of her PB in 8:21.19 for 2nd.
1500 silver and bronze medalists Mireia Belmonte and Simona Quadarella both qualified through in 4th and 5th, as did Hungarian Boglarka Kapas.
The other Hungarian, Ajna Kesely, missed out in 9th at 8:32.01, and Australian Ariarne Titmus had her first ‘off’ swim of the meet. The 400 free 4th place finisher ended up 14th in 8:37.10, about 14 seconds off her season-best.
Looks like Dressel is raising to call Schooling’s bluff. Schooling better not be bluffing.
jeahhh he better not bluff anymore
Dressel for the 4×200. The prelim relay guys were awful, and you don’t keep your best swimmer who is destroying everyone and actually qualified for this relay off it. If he can do a 50.0 that easy, he can absolutely coast through semis.
he was 6th at trials in the 200 free (behind 3 guys who swam on the prelim team).. and haas is the best the US has in the 200 free currently
having said that, the guys on the morning team didnt do anything spectacular that would warrant the coaches not going to conger AND dressel along with haas and pieroni
I also think the line-up should be Dressel, Kalisz /Conger, Peironi and Haas, i think the tatics for Dressel can be Le Clos-like attacking the field in 200 free last year rio games, he definitely has the speed and the turns, the key is if he can hang on at the last 50 🙂 he may drop 2 seconds in the final (Sub 1:46) we will see:)
I think the final will be Pieroni, Conger, Grothe, and Haas, although I’m curious about how well Kalisz or Dressel can do. A relay of Dressel, Conger, Kalisz, and Haas would be great but we don’t want to exhaust Dressel.
Appears James Guy won’t be scratching the 100fly. Niggling feeling he might regret that should Britain lose out in a close race.
That photo with Dressel flying man and Metella is fabulous.
I predict that Caeleb Dressel by this time next year will own the 50, 100 Free and 100 Fly World Records. This kid is focused, humble and oozing with talent. He may not be the next MP, but he sure as heck is a nice replacement.
He is just the New Dressel
Reminds me of Biondi, just needs to get that 200 going!
yeah
@oldfatslow For all we know his 200 is already going hahaha
He’s great, and capable, but when and where is he going to do this? His focus shifts back to NCCA swimming as soon as this meet is over, and I don’t see him being this prepared and sharp for a Long Course meet until FINA Worlds in 2019.
*wakes up to see the morning results and suddenly can’t go back to sleep*
I really wanna see what Schooling is thinking right now
He said no one expected Dressel’s swim and if’s a shocker, but “it is what it is” right now and he’s excited to swim against Dressel in the final
Please don’t put Dressel in the replay tonight!!!
I need to see WR in men’s 100m fly!!!!
tonight is just the semis.. assuming nothing happens, he’ll have a chance in the finals to break the record too.. IF the coaches were inclined to use him on the 4 x 200 since the morning guys werent that great