2024 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP – INCHEON
Day 3 Finals Begin Record
It’s the ultimate session of the Incheon cease of the 2024 World Cup Collection, and the race to the highest of the general rankings is on.
Kate Douglass received the Shanghai cease and gave the impression to be on observe to say the crown once more right here, however no-showed the 200 IM prelims this morning. That was her final particular person occasion of the cease, which implies she’s locked in at 59.2 factors. That provides fellow American Regan Smith an opportunity to sneak by and improve her general silver from Shanghai. The newly minted 100 backstroke SCM world file holder is entered within the 200 backstroke. (See a extra in-depth breakdown of the scoring system right here.)
On the boys’s facet, Pieter Coetze at the moment leads the standings. He received each the 50 and 200 backstroke and has the prospect at making it a sweep within the 100 tonight. He’ll must get by means of some stiff competitors, together with high seed Kacper Stokowski and LCM world file holder Thomas Ceccon. No matter who claims the general crown, there will certainly be a shuffle amongst the highest 5 after the 200 breast has settled. Caspar Corbeau, Qin Haiyang, and Ilya Shymanovich are solely 2.4 factors aside from each other so the end order will matter.
We’ll see Leon Marchand in motion to kick off the session. After dropping each the 200 breast and 200 free this morning, he’s all-in on the 400 IM. A win there may push him again atop the rating after he received the general crown in Shanghai. He topped the sector final time, however world file holder Daiya Seto has entered the combo.
One other thrilling race to be careful for would be the males’s 50 fly, the place Noe Ponti is the highest seed. He broke the world file on the final cease and was the one swimmer to interrupt 22-seconds this morning.
The lads’s 800 free and 200 free can even be contested tonight alongside the ladies’s 100 fly, 50 breast, 100 free, and 200 IM.
Males’s 400 Particular person Medley – Closing
- World Report: 3:54.81 – Daiya Seto (JPN), 2019
- World Cup Report: 3:57.25 – Daiya Seto (JPN), 2018
- World Junior Report: 3:56.47 – Ilya Borodin (RUS), 2021
Prime 8:
- Leon Marchand (FRA) – 3:58.30 French Report
- Daiya Seto (JPN) – 3:59.43
- Alberto Razzetti (ITA) – 4:02.37
- Lewis Clareburt (NZL) – 4:06.03
- Mark Szaranek (GBR) – 4:07.05
- Trenton Julian (USA) – 4:10.68
- Reagan Cheng (SGP) – 4:19.44
- Wang Yi Shun (HKG) – 4:23.85
Leon Marchand accomplished a sweep of the boys’s IM races, reducing his French file from final week within the course of (3:58.30). He was out over two seconds slower than his Shanghai efficiency, however had a a lot improved back-half to interrupt 4:00 for the primary time. He additionally cracks the highest 10 all-time record for the primary time, leaping up from #18 to #10.
It was world file Daiya Seto who set the tempo, holding a lead over Marchand and the remainder of the sector from the beginning by means of the 350. He and Marchand separated themselves from the remainder of the sector early. Seto took the race out aggressively (54.19/1:00.66) to steer by over
Alberto Razzetti was in bronze place for the whole lot of the race, although he was barely off his Shanghai efficiency.
After the race, Marchand commented on his improved pacing whereas Seto declared his intent to chase his personal world file at Worlds in December.
Males’s 800 Freestyle – Closing
- World Report: 7:20.46 – Daniel Wiffen (IRL), 2023
World Cup Report: 7:35.58 – Gabriele Detti (ITA), 2017- World Junior Report: 7:36.00 – Sven Schwarz (GER), 2019
Prime 8:
- Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 7:35.30 World Cup Report, Chinese language Report
- Kim Junwoo (KOR) – 7:39.15
- Kazushi Imafuku (JPN) – 7:40.77
- Charlie Clark (USA) – 7:42.42
- Kaito Tsujimori (JPN) – 7:43.99
- Kregor Zirk (EST) – 7:44.19
- Benjamin Goedemans (AUS) – 7:45.70
- Received June (CLB) – 7:55.53
Pan Zhanle, greatest identified to the world as a sprinter, accomplished the space sweep in Incheon with a World Cup file within the 800 free. The Chinese language star held robust from lane 8, splitting constant 14-mids for almost all of the race. His stroke seemed extremely easy as nicely, earlier than he dropped a 25.80 closing cut up to clinch the race. That additionally represents a brand new Chinese language file, surpassing Fei Liwei‘s time from 2022 (7:37.74).
The race for gold was carried out throughout the pool, as Kim Junwoo took it out laborious in entrance of a house crowd in lane 2. The 17-year-old led by means of the midway mark, however was handed by Pan at 575 meters. Nonetheless, he had constructed up sufficient of a result in grasp onto silver.
The center of the pool seemed even for a lot of the race, however Shanghai 1500 champion Charlie Clark began to drag away in direction of the center of the race. He seemed to have bronze secured till one other 17-year-old, Kazushi Imafuku, scorched 26.17 on the ultimate 50 to make it a full Asian podium.
Girls’s 100 Butterfly – Closing
- World Report: 54.05 – Maggie MacNeil (CAN), 2022
- World Cup Report: 54.78 – Maggie MacNeil (CAN), 2022
- World Junior Report: 55.39 – Claire Curzan (USA), 2021
Prime 8:
- Laura Lahtinen (FIN) – 55.76
- Lily Worth (AUS) – 56.15
- Yu Yiting (CHN) – 56.22
- Louise Hansson (SWE) – 56.24
- Brittany Castelluzzo (AUS) – 56.45
- Anastasiya Kuliashova (NIA) – 56.74
- Kim Seoyeong (KOR) – 56.87 South Korean Report
- Sara Junevik (SWE) – 57.29
Whereas she didn’t match her Finnish file from final week, Laura Lahtinen as soon as once more took dwelling the win within the 100 fly. Like her Shanghai efficiency, she used a robust back-half to say the win. Lahtinen was the one athlete to crack the 56-second barrier.
Lily Worth improved by simply over a tenth of a second for silver, additionally utilizing a robust 50 to maneuver up from fifth. That provides to her silver from the 50 butterfly final evening.
Yu Yiting earned bronze, about 0.3-seconds slower than her silver outing in Shanghai. She simply out-touched Louise Hansson, who light on the ultimate 25 meters.
Males’s 50 Butterfly – Closing
- World Report: 21.67 – Noe Ponti (SUI), 2024
- World Cup Report: 21.67 – Noe Ponti (SUI), 2024
- World Junior Report: 22.28 – Ilya Kharun (CAN), 2022
Prime 8:
- Noe Ponti (SUI) – 21.76
- Nyls Korstanje (NED) – 21.99
- Marius Kusch (GER)/Isaac Cooper (AUS) – 22.30
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- Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 22.35
- Grigori Pekarski (NIA) – 22.53
- Ji Yuchan (KOR) – 22.60
DQ: Teong Tzen Wei (SGP)
Noe Ponti as soon as once more received gold within the 50 fly, nevertheless it was Nyls Korstanje who was out first on the 25 (9.9 to 10.08). Ponti roared dwelling with the one sub-12 cut up of the sector to overlook his world file by beneath a tenth.
Korstanje held robust for silver, simply lacking his Dutch file of 21.96 from final week.
There was a tie for bronze between Marius Kusch and Isaac Cooper, who cut up the race almost identically (10.15/12.15 vs. 10.16/12.14).
Girls’s 200 Backstroke – Closing
Prime 8:
- Regan Smith (USA) – 1:59.60 American Report
- Anastasiya Shkurdai (NIA) – 2:01.51
- Ingrid Wilm (CAN) – 2:03.23
- Beata Nelson (USA) – 2:03.25
- Bella Grant (AUS) – 2:04.55
- Hannah Fredericks (AUS) – 2:06.41
- Lee Yunjung (CLB) – 2:08.51 South Korean Report
- Track Jaeyun (CLB) – 2:08.79
In keeping with the printed, Regan Smith wanted a 2:00.50 on this occasion to win the general cease. She blew previous that solely, clocking 1:59.60 to overhaul Missy Franklin‘s American file from 2011. That improves on the time she put up in Shanghai by almost a second. Smith was robust all through her race, descending her second, third, and fourth 50s.
Anastasiya Shkurdai took silver as soon as once more, including simply 0.2-seconds from final week. It seemed like it could be a repeat of the Shanghai podium till the ultimate 25, as Ingrid Wilm stormed previous Beata Nelson down the stretch. Wilm cut up 14.97 coming dwelling, although each athletes had been just a little off their collection greatest.
With that, Smith strikes into the general meet lead.
Males’s 100 Backstroke – Finals
- World Report: 48.33 – Coleman Stewart (USA), 2021
- World Cup Report: 48.84 – Shaine Casas (USA), 2022
- World Junior Report: 48.90 – Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2017
Prime 8:
- Pieter Coetze (RSA) – 49.93
- Kacper Stokowski (POL) – 50.17
- Thomas Ceccon (ITA) – 50.41
- Enoch Robb (AUS) – 51.10
- Track Imgyu (CLB) – 51.14 South Korean Report
- Lorenzo Mora (ITA) – 51.15
- Ralf Tribuntsov (EST) – 51.20
- Thierry Bollin (SUI) – 51.37
Pieter Coezte accomplished the backstroke sweep in Incheon, recording the one sub-50 time of the sector for the win. He was off his African file from final week, nevertheless it was sufficient to seize the win over Kacper Stokowski. Coetze had the most effective closing velocity (25.55).
The highest three had been the identical as Shanghai, with Stokowski and Thomas Ceccon buying and selling locations. Ceccon didn’t present the identical opening velocity as he did final week, and moved by means of the sector from fifth to third within the second 50.
Girls’s 50 Breaststroke – Finals
- World Report: 28.37 – Ruta Meilutyte (LTU), 2022
- World Cup Report: 28.56 – Alia Atkinson (JAM), 2018
- World Junior Report: 28.81 – Benedetta Pilato (ITA), 2020
Prime 8:
- Tang Qianting (CHN) – 29.03
- Benedetta Pilato (ITA) – 29.48
- Alina Zmushka (NIA) – 29.80
- Sophie Hansson (SWE) – 29.98
- Park Sieun (KOR) – 30.35 South Korean Report
- Kim Hyejin (CLB) – 30.56
- Sophie Angus (CAN) – 30.64
- Kim Sewon (CLB) – 30.84
Tang Qianting repeated as winner of the 50 breast, main wire-to-wire to win by nearly half-a-second. Tang cut up 13.28/15.75 to clock 29.03, off her Asian file from Shanghai however a lot for the win.
World junior file holder Benedetta Pilato repeated for silver, dropping 0.25-seconds from final week. She improved on each laps of the race to obviously separate herself from the remainder of the sector.
Alina Zmushka, who tied for 4th final week, made it onto the rostrum with a 29.80. That drops simply over a tenth from her outing there. The highest 4 finishers held their positions for your entire race.
Males’s 200 Breaststroke – Finals
- World Report: 2:00.16 – Kirill Prigoda (RUS), 2018
- World Cup Report: 2:00.48 – Daniel Gyurta (HUN), 2014
- World Junior Report: 2:03.23 – Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN), 2012
Prime 8:
- Qin Haiyang (CHN) – 2:02.57
- Joshua Yong (AUS) – 2:02.73
- Caspar Corbeau (NED) – 2:03.44
- Joshua Collett (AUS) – 2:04.19
- Cho Sung Jae (KOR) – 2:04.95 South Korean Report
- Adam Chillingworth (HKG) – 2:06.32
- Josh Gilbert (NZL) – 2:06.84
- Ilya Shymanovich (NIA) – 2:07.46
Up till this level, each Shanghai champion claimed a second win (except the boys’s 800 freestyle, which was first contested within the collection this week). That streak got here to an finish within the 200 breast, as lengthy course WR holder Qin Haiyang held off a late cost from Joshua Yong.
Swimming out of lane 8, Qin grabbed an early lead. Yong narrowly took over within the final 75, however Qin’s closing 25 of 15.44 (to Yong’s 15.99) closed the door on one other win for the Australian. Each swimmers hit 2:01s final week.
Caspar Corbeau picked up one other bronze, simply over a second off the two:02.42 he put up final week.
Girls’s 100 Freestyle – Finals
- World Report: 50.25 – Cate Campbell (AUS), 2017
- World Cup Report: 50.58 – Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2017 & Emma McKeon (AUS), 2021
- World Junior Report: 51.45 – Kayla Sanchez (CAN), 2018
Prime 8:
- Siobhan Haughey (HKG) – 51.73
- Kasia Wasick (POL) – 52.19
- Milla Jansen (AUS) – 52.26
- Yang Junxuan (CHN) – 52.29
- Brittany Castelluzzo (AUS) – 52.57
- Sara Junevik (SWE) – 53.16
- Li Sum Yiu (HKG) – 53.22
- Mizuki Hirai (JPN) – 54.21
Siobhan Haughey repeated as 100 free champion, enhancing her time by 0.15-seconds. All of that drop got here from her back-half, as she cut up 25.08/26.65 in comparison with 24.99/26.90 final week.
Kasia Wasick had a redemptive swim from final week, the place she was in medal place till the ultimate lap. Right here, she earned silver with 52.19 for a 0.37-second enchancment.
Milla Jansen earned one other World Cup bronze with a brand new private greatest. That caps off a trio of freestyle medals for the Australian teenager at this meet. She eked previous Yang Junxuan within the closing lap.
Males’s 200 Freestyle – Finals
- World Report: 1:39.37 – Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009
- World Cup Report: 1:39.37 – Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009
- World Junior Report: 1:40.65 – Matt Sates (RSA), 2021
Prime 8:
- Duncan Scott (GBR) – 1:40.29
- Danas Rapsys (LTU) – 1:42.00
- Kieran Smith (USA) – 1:42.36
- Hwang Sunwoo (KOR) -1:42.92
- Rafael Miroslaw (GER) – 1:43.32
- Lee Hojoon (KOR) – 1:43.45
- Jack Dahlgreen (USA) – 1:45.52
- Lewis Clareburt (NZL) – 1:46.89
Duncan Scott simply missed his personal British file as he repeated as champion within the males’s 200 free.
Scott was truly main Paul Biedermann‘s world file by almost half a second on the 150, however as we’ve seen many occasions earlier than Biedermann’s closing 50 sped away from him. (Biedermann closed in 24.65; Scott was 26.06 in the present day.) Nonetheless, it was a dominant efficiency from Scott, whose nearest competitor was 1.71-seconds behind.
Danas Rapsys upgraded to silver right here, enhancing from his 1:42.35 effort in Shanghai. He was adopted by Kieran Smith, who additionally dropped time from final week. Hwang Sunwoo, seemingly powered by the house crowd, was in 2nd for a lot of the race however couldn’t maintain off Rapsys and Smith on the ultimate 50.
Girls’s 200 Particular person Medley – Prelims
- World Report: 2:01.86 – Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2014
- World Cup Report: 2:02.13 – Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2014
- World Junior Report: 2:04.48 – Yu Yiting (CHN), 2021
Prime 8:
- Yu Yiting (CHN) – 2:04.73
- Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAN) – 2:05.23
- Tara Kinder (AUS) – 2:06.56
- Waka Kobori (JPN) – 2:08.73
- Isabella Boyd (AUS) – 2:10.43
- Lee Hee Eun (KOR) – 2:11.52
- Nikoleta Trnikova (SVK) – 2:15.02
- Hwang Nahee (CLB) – 2:17.48
A brand new 200 IM champion for the collection was topped in Kate Douglass‘ absence. (The commentator famous that she didn’t pull out of prelims as a result of sickness.)
In her second swim of the evening, Yu Yiting topped the rostrum after choosing up bronze within the 100 fly. Yu led from begin to end, clocking a closing time of two:04.73. That’s inside putting distance of her Chinese language file from 2021 (2:04.48).
Mary-Sophie Harvey was proper on her greatest time, additionally from 2021 (2:05.15), for silver. That provides her a full set of IM medals in Incheon alongside her 400 free gold.
Tara Kinder rounded out the rostrum, hitting a brand new PB of two:06.56.
Total Meet Standings
Regan Smith took dwelling the meet win on the ladies’s facet by simply 0.2 factors. In Shanghai, Douglass was 0.1 factors forward of Smith. Siobhan Haughey repeated for third.
On the boys’s facet, Noe Ponti simply received previous Leon Marchand for the win by 0.1 factors. They swapped positions from Shanghai the place Marchand had over some extent lead. Pieter Coetze was third by a comparably snug margin.
Girls (Prime 10)
- Regan Smith (USA) – 59.4
- Kate Douglass (USA) – 59.2
- Siobhan Haughey (HKG) – 56.0
- Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAN) -53.6
- Yu Yiting (CHN) – 53.6
- Tang Qianting (CHN) – 51.8
- Ingrid Wilm (CAN) – 49.2
- Kasia Wasick (POL) – 48.4
- Lily Worth (AUS) – 47.1
- Tara Kinder (AUS) – 46.8
Males (Prime 10)
- Noe Ponti (SUI) – 58.2
- Leon Marchand (FRA) – 58.1
- Pieter Coetze (RSA) – 56.9
- Qin Haiyang (CHN) – 55.9
- Duncan Scott (GBR) – 54.5
- Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 52.3
- Isaac Cooper (AUS) – 48.6
- Kacper Stokowski (POL) – 46.8
- Ilya Shymanovich (NIA) _ 45.8
- Nyls Korstanje (NED) – 45.3