FFN Golden Tour in Nancy: Five More Golds for Hosszu on Day 3

FFN Golden Tour Stage Four – Nancy, France

  • Friday May 22nd-Sunday May 24th, 2015
  • Prelims 9 am GMT+1 (3 am EST/12 am PDT)
  • Finals 6 pm (12 pm EDT/9 am PDT), Sunday 3:30 pm (9:30 am EDT/6:30 am PDT)
  • Live Video
  • Live Results

After stages in Nice, Amiens, Marseille, and now Nancy, the French Federation’s 2015 Golden Tour came to a close on Sunday. Day Three of the Nancy stage was the Katinka Hosszu Show, if ever there’s been one: the Hungarian swam all six events, mounted the podium six times, and pocketed five golds and one silver medal. It was a pretty impressive display of talent and grit, even by Katinka standards.

The finals session began with the 50 back, in which Hosszu clocked a season-best 28.30 to tie for 16th in the world this year. Greece’s Theodora Drakou was second in 28.73, while Mathilde Cini of Valence finished third with 29.34, nearly a second off her time from French Nationals in Limoges in April.

In the men’s event, Florent Manaudou of Marseille won in 24.98, breaking 25 seconds for the second meet in a row (after his third-place finish of 24.77 in Limoges). Only eight swims, including his 24.77, have been faster this season. The silver and bronze medals went to backstroke foes Jérémy Stravius of Amiens (25.05) and Camille Lacourt of Marseille (25.51), respectively. Lacourt (24.56) and Stravius (24.70) lead the rankings with their times from Limoges.

2014-2015 LCM Men 50 Back

2Junya
KOGA
JPN24.3608/06
3Matt
GREVERS
USA24.5908/08
4Benjamin
TREFFERS
AUS24.6408/08
5Mitchell
LARKIN
AUS24.6508/08
6Jeremy
STRAVIUS
FRA24.7004/02
6David
PLUMMER
USA24.7011/03
8Daniel
ORZECHOWSKI
BRA24.7108/21
9Vladimir
MOROZOV
RUS24.7308/09
10Liam
TANCOCK
GBR24.7508/08
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Hosszu came back after a brief break to win the 400 free. Out in under 1:00 for her first 100, Hosszu had already built up about a 10-meter lead, which she continued to extend through the 300. There were three races going on in the “A” final: Hosszu all alone against the clock, Léa Marchal of Besançon battling Ophélie-Cyrielle Etienne of Lille for second, and everyone else. Hosszu finished in 4:08.83, while Marchal earned the silver medal in 4:15.95, coming in just in front of Etienne (4:16.69).

Germany’s Florian Vogel (3:50.48) and Poul Zellmann (3:56.03) went 1-2 in the men’s 400 free, with Simon Guerin of Amiens coming in third with 3:58.39. Marseille’s Clément Mignon, who finished third in both the 100 free and 200 free in Limoges, was fifth with 4:05.50.

Germany’s Franziska Hentke won the 200 fly with 2:07.75, just off the 2:07.05 she went in April at German Nationals, making her the fifth-fastest so far this season. Hosszu was second in 2:09.37, 1.3 behind her eighth-in-world 2:08.00 from Charlotte last weekend. Switzerland’s Martina Van Berkel put up a 2:10.55 for third. Hentke came home in a blazing 31.5 over the last 50 meters, outsplitting Hosszu by 2.1 seconds to assure her victory.

Greece’s Stefanos Dimitriadis led wire-to-wire in the men’s 200 fly, but Hungary’s David Verraszto nearly caught him over the last 50. In the end it was Dimitriadis with 1:58.19 for the win, followed by Verraszto (1:58.34) and French national champion, Jordan Coelho of Vanves, in 1:59.66.

Hosszu was back in the 50 breast after a short medals ceremony, leading the race from start to finish. Hosszu went 32.31 to earn yet another gold medal. Two of France’s rising stars, Nolwenn Herve of Lorraine and Chloé Cazier of Beauvaisis, took second and third, respectively, with 32.70 and 33.00.

The men’s version of the race featured Marseille’s Manaudou, looking for a sweep of the 50 stroke events at Nancy. In the closest race of the meet, Hendrik Feldwehr of Germany won a photo-finish, touching in 27.78. Marseille’s Giacomo Perez Dortona was second in 27.82, and Manaudou rounded out the podium in 27.91. Germany’s Marco Koch was fourth in 27.93.

A familiar face appeared in lane 4 of the women’s 200 IM: Hosszu. The Hungarian clocked her fastest Golden Tour performance yet, swimming more or less alone and coming to the wall in 2:11.69. Although Evelyn Verraszto had finished second in prelims, the entire Nice contingent skipped finals so Hosszu had to race the clock in finals. Germany’s Alexandra Wenk (2:16.36) and Annika Bruhn (2:17.40) took second and third. Hosszu’s 2:08.66 from Charlotte is the season’s top time so far:

2014-2015 LCM Women 200 IM

KatinkaHUN
HOSSZU
08/03
2:06.12*WR
2Siobhan-Marie
O'CONNOR
GBR2.08.4508/02
2Kanako
WATANABE
JPN2.08.4508/03
4Maya
DiRADO
USA2.08.9908/03
5Sydney
PICKREM
CAN2.10.0808/02
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Germany’s Philip Heintz and David Verraszto gave the crowd a thrill in the men’s 200 IM final. Heintz had the lead after the fly, but Verraszto narrowed it considerably with his backstroke leg. Verraszto took over in the breast, but Heintz outsplit the Hungarian in the freestyle to get the victory, 2:01.26 to 2:01.34. Germany’s Koch took third in 2:03.89.

Hosszu went out with a bang, winning her fifth gold medal of the day and ninth of the weekend, going 55.60 in the 100 free. Germany’s Paulina Schmiedel (56.06) came in just ahead of Mathilde Cini of Valence (56.20) for the silver.

Marseille’s Mehdy Metella was the victor in the men’s 100 free, going a season-best 48.44. Metella seems to be making a good case for himself vis-à-vis France’s free relays in Kazan this summer. He has been very consistent throughout the season and continues to show impressive strength in his free races. Greece’s Kristian Gkolomeev was second in 48.85; Stravius of Amiens was third in 49.16. Stravius won the national title in Limoges with 48.50.

Golden Tour in Nancy – Leaderboard

Women Points Men Points
HOSSZU Katinka 155 VERRASZTO David 53
DRAKOU Theodora 30 METELLA Mehdy 46
VERRASZTO Evelin 26 MANAUDOU Florent 43
WENK Alexandra 26 KOCH Marco 36
BONNET Charlotte 24 STRAVIUS Jérémy 30
HENTKE Franziska 21 VOM LEHN Christian 25
HENIQUE Mélanie 20 DIENER Christian 25
WATTEL Marie 20 HEINTZ Philip 25
KOST Nina 20

 

Golden Tour – Overall Winners

Women Points Men Points
HOSSZU Katinka 265 VERRASZTO David 164
BONNET Charlotte 124 METELLA Mehdy 127
VERRASZTO Evelin 89 STRAVIUS Jérémy 113
WATTEL Marie 55 MANAUDOU Florent 100
MARTIN Adeline 46 KOCH Marco 94
BALMY Coralie 46 FELDWEHR Hendrik 80
HENIQUE Mélanie 38 DIENER Christian 63
SANTAMANS Anna 34 LACOURT Camille 55

 

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Hmmm...
9 years ago

Roids

bobo gigi
Reply to  Hmmm...
9 years ago

Dear Hmmm…, please start to clean your baseball and NFL championships, then you can speak. 😆

weirdo
9 years ago

bobo, where was agnel? is he going to mare nostrum?

bobo gigi
Reply to  weirdo
9 years ago

Agnel was in Nancy this weekend after a 2-week high altitude training in Font-Romeu. But after swimming in the 200 free prelims the 11th time of the in 1.51.82, he prefered to pack and go home in Mulhouse.
No idea about Agnel and Mare Nostrum.
You can watch here an early list of the countries and the clubs entered in Monaco.
http://montecarlo-swimming.org/textes/2015/news-report-02.pdf

Rafael
9 years ago

I saw his bearded pic but was he really unrested?

bobo gigi
Reply to  Rafael
9 years ago

Metella is in a huge training period like all his Marseille training partners (Lacourt, Manaudou, GPD, Gilot, Mignon….).
What is weird is that at the same meet he swam 1.77s slower than his PB in the 100 fly (53.51 vs 51.74) and he broke his PB in the 100 free (48.44 vs 48.69). Perhaps because the 100 fly was on day 1 and the 100 free was on day 3. He was probably rusty and very tired the first day and felt better and better throughout the meet. Or more simply perhaps his best stroke becomes freestyle.
He was very surprised watching his time and thought he swam rather around 49 low. Didn’t expect such a fast time… Read more »

bobo gigi
Reply to  bobo gigi
9 years ago

I forgot William Meynard as training partner in Marseille. The former 100 free world bronze medalist in 2011 in 48.00 is back in training for one month to prepare the olympic year after a break since Barcelona 2013.

bobo gigi
9 years ago

Day 3 full replay. You can watch the men’s 100 free A-Final at 2h08 in the video.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2raqb8_replay-ffn-golden-tour-nancy-jour-3_sport

bobo gigi
9 years ago

New national record for Gkolomeev in the 100 free in 48.85.

Women’s performance of the meet: 2.06.81 in the 200 back by Hosszu
Men’s performance of the meet: 48.44 in the 100 free by Metella, bearded and not rested!

swimmer
Reply to  bobo gigi
9 years ago

Also qualification time for Kazan and Rio.

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Anne Lepesant is the mother of four daughters, all of whom swam in college. With an undergraduate degree from Princeton (where she was an all-Ivy tennis player) and an MBA from INSEAD, she worked for many years in the financial industry, both in France and the U.S. Anne is currently …

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