2016 SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- December 6th – December 11th, 2016
- Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- WFCU Centre
- SCM (25m)
- Prelims: 9:30 AM EST/Finals: 6:30 PM EST
- Start Lists/Results
- Live Stream ($)
Canadian Kylie Masse has dropped the 100 IM on day 3 of the FINA SC World Championships. Last night, she earned the silver medal in the 100 back with a time of 56.24 to finish 2nd behind only Katinka Hosszu. The country’s top sprint backstroker will instead focus on that stroke and relays for the rest of the meet. According to Swimming Canada, her coaches have decided to rest her for relays along with the 50 backstroke.
Additionally, Federica Pellegrini has dropped the 200m back. The freestyle phenom took a win in the 200m free to surprise Hosszu earlier in the competition. Pellegrini won the event with a time of 1:51.73, less than a second off of Sarah Sjöstrom’s world record of 1:50.78.
Other than that, there weren’t any big-time scratches for today’s prelims session. Day three starts at 9:30 Eastern Time, with some fast swimming to be had. We’ll see Hosszu in the 200 back, Marco Koch in the 200 breast, and Vladimir Morozov in the 50 free, along with the 100 IM.
Kromowidjojo and Seebohm also scratched the 100IM.
Sorry the 50 fly
Interesting, since they showed up on the start lists. But, makes sense, as those are off events for both.
Lilly King should have done the same to save her energy for breaststroke events. Hopefully it will not cost her the 100 breast world record.
I don’t agree. This is more experience for her. She is trying to test herself and there is less pressure on her compared to Masse who is swimming in front of her home crowd.
Not everyone treats every meet like the holy grail of the sport. It’s the SC World Champs right after the Summer Olympics, and while I do think swimmers shouldn’t take these meets for granted, I think it’s fair (especially for a swimmer in the middle of her sophomore year of college) to diversify her events and see where she stacks up in a secondary race.
100im is fun for most swimmers. Let her have some fun and it’s just a mid season meet for her.