2019 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- All sports: Friday, July 12 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- Pool swimming: Sunday, July 21 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- The Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, Korea
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The eighth and final preliminary session of the 2019 FINA World Championships will feature the men’s and women’s 400 IM, as well as the 4 x 100 medley relays.
Men’s 400 IM – Prelims
- World Record: 4:03.84, Michael Phelps (USA), 2008
- World Championship Record: 4:05.90, Chase Kalisz (USA), 2017
- World Junior Record: 4:14.00, Sean Grieshop (USA), 2016
- Defending 2017 World Champion: Chase Kalisz (USA), 4:05.90
Top 8 – Finals Qualifiers
- Daiya Seto (JPN) – 4:12.27
- Arjan Nipping (NED) – 4:13.46
- Jay Litherland (USA) – 4:13.78
- Max Litchfield (GBR) – 4:14.35
- Lewis Clareburt (NZL) – 4:14.56
- Maksym Shemberev (AZE) – 4:14.62
- Jonallu Pons (ESP) – 4:15.14
- Phillip Heintz (GER) – 4:15.24
Daiya Seto took his race out speedily in the second to last of the circle seeded heats, putting a considerable distance between him and the rest of the field. He was on pace for a sub 4:10 swim through the breast, but he eased off the gas on the free leg, cruising to a 4:12.27 to take the top seed heading into finals. He’ll look to earn his third world title in the event later tonight.
Netherland’s Arjan Nipping had a monster back-half to win the final circle seeded heat from an outside lane, charging past the back-half American kings in Jay Litherland and Chase Kalisz to finish second overall in the heats with a 4:13.46. Litherland still managed to notch a third place seed going into the finals, clocking a 4:13.78
Defending world champion Chase Kalisz faded hard in the final 50, eventually touching sixth place in the heat to finish tenth overall with his final time of 4:15.62.
Maksym Shemberev became Azerbaijan’s first-ever world championship finalist with his 4:14.62 preliminary time; he’ll head into the final heat as the sixth seed tonight.
Women’s 400 IM – Prelims
- World Record: 4:26.36, Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2016
- World Championship Record: 4:29.33, Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2017
- World Junior Record: 4:35.69, Zhou Min (CHN), 2014
- Defending 2017 World Champion: 4:29.33, Katinka Hosszu (HUN)
Top 8 – Finals Qualifiers
- Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 4:35.40
- Yui Ohashi (JPN) – 4:37.23
- Ye Shiwen (CHN) – 4:37.66
- Emily Overholt (CAN) – 4:37.90
- Ally McHugh (USA) – 4:38.32
- Fantine Lesaffre (FRA) – 4:38.40
- Sydney Pickrem (CAN) – 4:38.59
- Zsuzanna Jakobos (HUN) – 4:38.93
Despite an uncharacteristically low finish in the 200 back final, “Iron Lady” Katinka Hosszu looked strong in the 400 IM, despite having to give chase to a flying Emily Overholt after the first 100. Hosszu powered her way through the rest of the race in total control, hitting the pad for a preliminary time of 4:35.40 to qualify first going into the championship heat.
In the same heat, China’s Ye Shiwen, who finished second to Hosszu in the 200 IM earlier in the meet, narrowly held off a charging Overholt to finish third and fourth overall in the preliminary heats with times of 4:37.66 and 4:37.90. Ally McHugh will be the lone red, white and blue representative in the final heat – she notched a fifth seed going into finals after posting a 4:38.32.
Yui Ohashi put on a commanding showing in the previous heat, getting her hand on the wall first in a time of 4:37.23 to be seeded right under Hosszu going into tonight’s final.
Men’s 4 x 100 Medley Relay – Prelims
- World Record: 3:27.28, USA (Peirsol, Shanteau, Phelps, Walters), 2009
- World Championship Record: 3:27.28, USA (Peirsol, Shanteau, Phelps, Walters), 2009
- World Junior Record: 3:35.17, Russia (Kolesnikov, Gerasimenko, Minakov, Markov), 2018
- Defending World Champion: USA (Grevers, Cordes, Dressel, Adrian), 3:27.91
Top 8 – Finals Qualifiers
- Russia – 3:30.72
- USA – 3:31.93
- Japan – 3:32.34
- Great Britain – 3:32.35
- Australia – 3:32.50
- Brazil – 3:32.58
- China – 3:33.42
- Germany – 3:34.02
Russia looked absolutely dominant in the first circle-seeded heat – even in the absence of Evgeny Rylov and Andrei Mikanov, the fastest and second-fastest 100 backstroker and 100 butterflier of the meet, respectively. They qualified first overall with a final time of 3:30.72.
The USA men got the job done with Matt Grevers, Michael Andrew, Jack Conger and Zach Apple to win the final heat and notch the second seed for tonight, stopping the clock at 3:31.93. A Peaty-less Great Britain relay will undoubtedly have room to move up in the finals; Australia should be in the mix tonight as well.
Top Three Teams’ Splits:
- Russia – Kliment Kolesnikov (53.75), Anton Chupkov (58.90), Mikhail Vekovischev (50.87), Vladislav Grinev (47.20)
- USA – Matt Grevers (52.89), Michael Andrew (59.75), Jack Conger (51.70), Zach Apple (47.59)
- Japan – Ryosuke Irie (53.83), Yasuhiro Koseki (58.66), Naoki Mizunuma (51.76), Katsumi Nakamura (48.09)
Women’s 4 x 100 Medley Relay – Prelims
- World Record: 3:51.55, USA (Baker, King, Dahlia, Manuel), 2017
- World Championship Record: 3:51.55, USA (Baker, King, Dahlia, Manuel), 2017
- World Junior Record: 3:58.38, Canada (Hannah, Knelson, Oleksiak, Ruck), 2017
- Defending 2017 World Champion: USA (Baker, King, Dahlia, Manuel), 3:51.55
Top 8 – Finals Qualifiers
- USA – 3:55.39
- Australia – 3:58.19
- Italy – 3:58.35
- Canada – 3:58.63
- China – 3:59.26
- Sweden – 3:59.40
- Great Britain – 3:59.74
- Japan – 3:59.87
Olivia Smoliga made a statement in the first circle-seeded heat, bringing the United States to a solid lead after the first leg with a blistering 58.79 lead-off – the fastest in the field. Melanie Margalis, Katie McLaughlin, and Mallory Comerford held down the fort and then some to easily take the top seed going into tonight with a final time of 3:55.39. Margalis’s 1:06.40 breast split and McLaughlin’s 57.15 fly split were also the fastest in the field.
Australia had a strong showing fueled by 200 backstroke specialist Kaylee McKeown‘s 59.44 lead-off leg, but there’s no question they have plenty of room to drop more tonight. Kylie Masse split a 58.98 to lead off Canada’s relay; they qualified fourth for finals with a 3:58.63 without the newly-minted defending world champion in the 100 fly Maggie MacNeil.
Top Three Teams’ Splits:
- USA – Olivia Smoliga (58.79), Melanie Margalis (1:06.40), Katie McLaughlin (57.15), Mallory Comerford (53.05)
- Australia – Kaylee McKeown (59.44), Jessica Hansen (1:06.99), Brianna Throssell (58.29), Maddie Wilson (53.48)
- Italy – Margherita Panziera (1:00.56), Arianna Castiglioni (1:06.68), Ilaria Bianchi (57.54), Federica Pellegrini (53.57)
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Quote / Theme of the Meet:
From Day 1 TV interview, after Adam Peaty’s 100 BR semifinal with a world record:
“There’s always competition. You gotta train like there’s competition, and you gotta compete like there’s competition. Because… as soon as you don’t, that’s when you get second place.”
Umm, that’s great and all but are you just gonna ignore Rowdy’s “HAVE YOU EVER. HAVE YOU EVER” ?
Made more relevant by the fact he gave the interview not long after the women’s 400 free final
Ledecky didn’t loose because she didn’t train for competition. She lost because she was sick.
Yes, but we didn’t know that at the time
Correct, she lost because she was sick. And while there were a few other upsets and changing of the guard examples that weren’t from a lack of training hard, I found his answer extremely fitting the summer before 2020 Olympics as a haunting reminder that every single swimmer there is always vulnerable.
This is disrespectful to Titmus.
Titmus dropped a top 10 all time performance. No guarantee Ledecky beats her even healthy.
That sickness story still sounds kinda iffy though… Titmus beat her and suddenly she’s sick?
“He’s like a kangaroo!!!”
“I win. You lose.”
“If you ain’t first, you’re last”
How sick do you think Peaty would have to be before someone beats him in the 100 breast? I bet he could win with a 100 degree temp but 101 and it could get dicey.
There aren’t swim-offs in the 800 or 1500. 10 lane pool, so the final is stocked with a swimmer in lane 9, and lane 0 if need be. Exactly that happened in a distance final in Rome in 2009.
I think he was mainly talking about himself rather than commenting on the W400 – although it does apply to everyone. Last year at Commonwealth Games he looked vulnerable and he ended up getting beat by VDB in the 50 but bounced back at Euros. He has certainly dropped the hammer since.
Smith WR on the relay today
I think this is the most least controversial thing you’ve said.
That’s because this isn’t Ol’ Longhorn, just his protege…
Aw, I just caught it haha
Along with my Mexican brother Ole Longhorn.
“Ole is a Danish and Norwegian masculine given name, derived from the Old Norse name Óláfr, meaning “ancestor’s descendant”
That’s my Danish brother. He doesn’t use the accent over the e.
@ Ol” Longhorn: you forgot about me, pardner!
How could I forget…
Good call 👍 I predict 57.71 (assuming she does do it)
have they released relay lineups yet?
Doesn’t look like it. They should be posted soon
Men
http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070105F701FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf
Women
http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070205F701FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf
The women’s 4 IM American record is the oldest one on the books.
4:31.12
Something to think about.
Don’t see anyone coming up who will threaten that record
Regan Smith.
How’s her breaststroke?
uh no.
I wish Melanie Margalis or Hali Flickinger would give this event a go.
Who’s record is it?
Katie Hoff
Yup, it’s Hoff’s. From ’08 Olympic Trials.
I still find it astounding that she retired without being an Olympic champion. She was the most dominant female swimmer in 2007 and was touted as the next Phelps
Same is true for Germany. Record is 4:36.10 back from 1982 and i think it will stand for at least another decade. Second oldest record is women’s 800 free relay back from 2006.
Smoliga leading off. Regan should be in the final now.
Has to be since Smith’s 100 split in her 200 back WR was faster than Baker.
Smith’s 100 split faster than the 100 back world record holder at this meet. Bananas
Where do you find the relay lineups?
Under the results tab that links you to the omega website.
Not often you take gold in the 50, bronze in the 100 and still end up in the prelims in favor of someone who didn’t even swim the individual 100.
Next year at trials is going to be one hell of a battle between Smith, Baker and Smog for only 2 slots.
Add to that, the Olympic silver medalist and WR holder is not even in contention to lead the relay!
All which goes to (further) show that USA Swimming really needs a better selection process for per-Olympic WC.
Let’s wait for Pan Ams too, Bacon could throw down a really fast time (59 low last summer)
The most interesting one to watch in August is Beata Nelson after her AR swims at NCAAs.
Wouldn’t sleep on Berkoff either in 2020
This is the type of situation where we need invites for top 16 swimmers who are pushed out by either national selection policies or the two country rule. They did it for Santos in the 50 Fly.
I’m sad this is our last prelims together 🙁
Don’t worry…only one more year until the bright lights go on in Tokyo.
We’ll always have Paris… 2024
I don’t want it to end 😭
At least we have Nationals next week along with Pan Ams and WJRs the rest of the summer
They crowded the meets. They should have had one every 8-10 days
Margalis over Sumrall oof – In my opinion GREAT CHOICE hopefully 1:06 something, her PB is 1:07
Apple in prelims…Pieroni or Adrian finals? Adrian most likely?
Margalis is a great relay swimmer. She’ll probably post a solid 1:05
Looks like Adrian most likely.