FINA WORLD CUP – BERLIN
- Tuesday, August 30 – Wednesday, August 31, 2016
- Berlin, Germany – Schwimm- und Sprunghalle im Europa-Sportpark
- Short Course – 25 m
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The FINA World Cup stop in Berlin kicked off today, with Russian Vlad Morozov continuing to impress in an identical fashion to his Chartres performance last week. Morozov once again opened the meet with 2 individual gold medals and a new World Record. His first win of the session came in the men’s 100 free, where he swam a 45.79. He then went on to break his own World Record in the 100 IM, lowering the mark to a 50.30.
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu also brought the heat tonight, pulling out a win in a tight 200 backstroke battle. Hosszu got her hand to the wall in 2:00.52, just ahead of the Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina, who swam a 2:00.75 for 2nd.
That win for Hosszu came after she had already taken gold in the 200 free (1:52.08) and 200 IM (2:05.57). In addition to her golds, she picked up a silver in the 50 back and a bronze in the 100 fly before closing the session with a 5th place finish in the 800 free. With all those swims, Hosszu competed in 6 of the 8 individual events offered on night 1.
The women’s 100 breaststroke was also a highlight tonight, as Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson was there to chase the World Record she tied last week in Chartres. However, it was the USA’s Katie Meili who got to the wall first, winning gold in 1:02.92. Atkinson wound up 2nd in 1:03.10, just ahead of Russia’s Olympic silver medalist Yuliya Efimova (1:03.17).
Coming into the session, Morozov was the leader in the men’s point standings, holding a 26 point lead with a total of 86. After today’s performance, he’s jumped up to a total of 130, giving him an even bigger lead. Morozov earned $1,500 for each gold, as well as a $10,000 bonus for the World Record, giving him $13,000 for the day.
Likewise, on the women’s side, Hosszu has now widened the gap between herself and Atkinson, who are currently the top 2 in the points standings. Her 5 medal performances in tonight’s session increase her points total to 180. It also won her a total of $6,000 for day 1.
Additional Event Winners:
- South Africa’s Cameron Van Der Burgh continued to capitalize off his breaststroke speed tonight, winning the men’s 50 breast with a time of 25.75.
- Van Der Burgh’s teammate, Chad Le Clos, also found the top of the podium with multiple event wins. He first took gold in the 200 fly in 1:49.33 before going on to win the 50 fly in 22.15.
- Jeanette Ottesen doubled up with another World Cup win in the women’s 100 fly, getting to the wall in 55.86. She then followed suit in the 50 free, winning with a 23.58.
- Emily Seebohm brought gold to Australia, racing to a 26.38 in the women’s 50 back.
- James Guy, a 2015 World Champion for Great Britain, dominated the men’s 400 free final. Guy threw down a 3:39.20 to win the race by nearly 4 seconds.
- Germany’s Philip Heintz, a finalist at the Rio Olympics, won the men’s 400 IM handily in 4:02.84. His teammates, Marco Koch and Franziska Hentke, also won individual golds with Koch’s 2:01.92 in the men’s 200 breast and Hentke’s 8:22.82 in the women’s 800 free.
- Russia’s Stanislav Donetc topped a stacked field with a 50.06 in the men’s 100 back before going on to team up with Vlad Morozov as a part of Russia’s Mixed 4×50 Medley Relay team. The quartet included Donetc (23.50), Efimova (28.80), Morozov (22.33), and Daria Ustinova (25.14), as they combined to win the race in 1:39.77.
I wonder how much of the winnings ends up going to pay for hotels [ guessing to performance constantly at that level you’re staying at a higher class hotel] , travel, on the road recovery ect.
It seems that that alone costs 150K plus.
I wondered that too. Maybe the swimmers don’t make as much money as people think.
Im pretty sure the federation pays the hotel and travel of the elite swimmers (olympians and such)
American record for Katie Meili?
Soni 1:02.70 (2009)
Swum at Duel in the Pool with a banned suit, so counted at the WR but not AR
Ah, right. New record. Old AR 1:03.20 by Meili 2015.
Morozov’s butterfly is his secret weapon. He has put up top times in the past in free/back/breast, but he’s getting out FAST in the fly, and splitting 22. on the MR.
He’s made 32k from the wc so far, he’ll likely win the cluster and his events again next stop so after the cluster bonus he will have made 91k not bad. That’s also not assuming he breaks another world record
And the drug cheat Morozov continues to win, break records and steal money away from those actually deserving of it.
He had several positive drug tests go “missing” his country helped him dope. Please explain how people are turning a blind eye on this?????
Morozov is a joke, FINA and WADA are even bigger jokes
Excellent work Steve! Posting the same comments repeatedly on internet forums will totally change things in the real world! Good job on your opinion! You did it, you’re a hero! Definitely not a bitter little man! Good for you!
funny, he didn’t test positive in Rio.
22.77 what a monster split. To go 49 he will need to lower his last 50, because the first 50 are already from another planet
Morozov may well be the first man to break 50.00 in 100IM if he can find just a little something extra at the upcoming meets.
Fast swims there by Chad
A few weeks too late.
He’s simply a better short course swimmer thanks to his great underwaters.