2024 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP – SINGAPORE
Day 3 Finals Begin Checklist
The third and last day of the Singapore cease for the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup might be kicking off shortly on the OCBC Aquatic Centre. The primary two days of the meet featured a ton of data, so extra will certainly come tonight.
The session will kick off with the quickest warmth of the boys’s 400 IM, which needs to be an exceptional race. Italy’s Alberto Razzetti is the highest seed, coming in with a 3:57.01. Sitting not too far off is France’s Leon Marchand, who’s the 2nd seed with a 3:58.30. The World Cup File sits at 3:57.25, which feels very attainable for both Razzetti or Marchand. Extra apparently, the World File is 3:54.81, and on condition that Marchand is the World File holder within the LCM 400 IM, it appears fairly potential he might make a run at that mark tonight.
The ladies’s 800 free will see the quickest warmth swum tonight in direction of the start of the session. It needs to be an important race, as Individuals Claire Weinstein and Katie Grimes (membership teammates again within the US), Australia’s Moesha Johnson, and Japan’s Waka Kobori are within the combine.
Grimes might be again in motion shortly after the 800, as she’s additionally racing the ladies’s 200 again tonight. She’ll be swimming subsequent to fellow American Regan Smith, who led prelims this morning with a 2:02.95. Smith has been racing nicely all through the World Cup, so regulate her as she tries to interrupt the American File within the occasion.
American Kate Douglass was dominant within the ladies’s 100 free this morning in prelims, swimming a 51.59. She clocked the highest time within the discipline by almost 2 full seconds, setting her up properly for tonight’s last.
In a loaded males’s 200 free last, Lithuanian Danas Rapsys would be the prime seed after going 1:42.35 this morning in prelims. He doesn’t actually have any respiratory room, nonetheless, because the eighth seed within the occasion, Australia’s Edward Sommerville, was 1:43.88 this morning. The sphere additionally options celebrity swimmers similar to Leon Marchand (France), Duncan Scott (Nice Britain), and Kieran Smith (USA).
MEN’S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – TIMED FINAL
- World File: 3:54.81 – Daiya Seto, JPN (2o19)
- World Cup File: 3:57.25 – Daiya Seto, JPN (2018)
- World Junior File: 3:56.47 – Ilia Borodin, RSF (2021)
RESULTS:
- Leon Marchand (France) – 3:58.45
- Alberto Razzetti (Italy) – 4:00.59
- Trenton Julian (USA) – 4:04.46
- Lewis Clareburt (New Zealand) – 4:06.84
- Mark Szaranek (Nice Britain) – 4:08.01
- Luke Ellis (USA) – 4:09.37
- Gabriel Manteufel (USA) – 4:13.84
- Richard Nagy (Slovakia) – 4:13.95
Leon Marchand earned the win within the males’s 400 IM to open the session tonight. The French phenom bought out to an early lead over Italy’s Alberto Razzetti, hitting the 300m flip precisely 4 seconds forward of Razzetti. Razzetti would shut the hole on Marchand on the ultimate 100m of the race, ending up touching 2nd by simply over 2 seconds. For Marchand, the swim is available in simply off his private finest of three:58.30.
The Individuals ended up with 3 swimmers within the prime 8 on this timed finals occasion. They have been led by Trenton Julian, who got here in third with a 4:04.46. Luke Ellis, whose 18th birthday is at this time, got here in sixth with a 4:09.37, whereas 16-year-old Gabriel Manteufel completed seventh in 4:13.84.
WOMEN’S 800M FREESTYLE – TIMED FINALS
- World File: 7:57.42 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2022)
- World Cup File: 7:57.42 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2022)
- World Junior File: 7:59.44 – Jianjiahe Wang, CHN (2018)
RESULTS:
- Katie Grimes (USA) – 8:14.36
- Moesha Johnson (Australia) – 8:18.24
- Claire Weinstein (USA) – 8:18.41
- Waka Kobori (Japan) – 8:22.77
- Maya Werner (Germany) – 8:34.38
- Yang Junxuan (China) – 8:34.77
- Han Dakyung (South Korea) – 8:39.05
- Kim Chaeyun (South Korea) – 8:46.91
American Katie Grimes established an early lead within the ladies’s 800 free tonight and held on by the end. Grimes earned the gold by 4 seconds over Australia’s Moesha Johnson. For Grimes, her time of 8:14.36 is available in simply off her profession better of 8:12.20, which she swam on the Indianapolis cease of the World Cup again in November of 2022. She was out below her finest time tempo, splitting 4:05.39 on the opening 400m.
Johnson was locked between Grimes and American Claire Weinstein all through the majority of the race. Weinstein was main Johnson early, nonetheless, Johnson pulled forward of her on the 275m mark and would stay forward by the tip. Weinstein closed the hole, which had grown to 4 seconds, on the ultimate 150m of the race, ending up touching in 8:18.41, simply 0.17 seconds behind Johnson.
WOMEN’S 100M BUTTERFLY – FINALS
- World File: 54.05 – Margaret Mac Neil, CAN (2022)
- World Cup File: 54.78 – Margaret Mac Neil, CAN (2022)
- World Junior File: 55.39 – Claire Curzan, USA (2021)
RESULTS:
- Louise Hansson (Sweden) – 55.46
- Mizuki Hirai (Japan) – 55.81
- Laura Lahtinen (Finland) – 55.96
- Brittany Castelluzzo (Australia) – 56.36
- Anastasiya Kuliashova (NIA) – 56.72
- Sara Junevik (Sweden) – 56.99
- Isabella Boyd (Australia) – 57.52
- Nicholle Toh (Singapore) – 58.02
Sweden’s Louise Hansson picked up one other win within the ladies’s 100 fly tonight, swimming a 55.46. It was a powerful swim for Hansson, coming in lower than a second off Sarah Sjostrom’s Swedish and European File of 54.61, which has stood for 10 years. On the opening 50m tonight, Hansson break up 25.92, then got here dwelling in 29.44.
Japan’s Mizuki Hirai was out proper behind Hansson, swimming a 25.96 on the opening 50m. She held sturdy with Hansson by the third 25, touching on the 75m flip in 40.57, simply 0.03 seconds behind Hansson. On the finish, Harai was a tick slower than Hansson on the ultimate lap of the pool, and ended up ending 2nd in 55.81.
Finland’s Laura Lahtinen was additionally below 56 seconds tonight, touching third in 55.96.
MEN’S 50M BUTTERFLY – FINALS
- World File: 21.50 – Noe Ponti, SUI (2024)
- World Cup File: 21.50 – Noe Ponti, SUI (2024)
- World Junior File: 22.28 – Ilya Kharun, CAN (2022)
RESULTS:
- Noe Ponti (Switzerland) – 21.64
- Nyls Korstanje (Netherlands) – 21.74
- Teong Tzen Wei (Singapore) – 22.11
- Marius Kusch (Germany) – 22.23
- Dylan Carter (Trinidad and Tobago) – 22.27
- Isaac Cooper (Australia) – 22.35
- Grigori Pekarski (NIA) – 22.41
- Chad Le Clos (South Africa) – 22.53
Switzerland’s Noe Ponti earned gold within the males’s 50 fly as soon as once more, ending in 21.64. He was simply off his World File of 21.50, which he swam this morning in prelims. Ponti has been dominant within the 50 fly all through this World Cup sequence.
Netherlands’ Nyls Korstanje was proper behind Ponti tonight, incomes the silver medal with a 21.74. His efficiency tonight marks a brand new Dutch File within the occasion, taking down the earlier report of 21.96, which Korstanje set again on the Shanghai cease of the World Cup two weeks in the past.
Bronze tonight went to Singapore’s Teong Tzen Wei, who swam a 22.11. He holds the Singaporean File within the occasion with the 21.98 he swam in prelims this morning.
WOMEN’S 200M BACKSTROKE – FINALS
World File: 1:58.94 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2020)World Cup File: 1:59.35 – Daryna Zevina, UKR (2016)- World Junior File: 2:00.03 – Missy Franklin, USA (2011)
RESULTS:
- Regan Smith (USA) – 1:58.83 (WORLD RECORD)
- Anastasiya Shkurdai (NIA) – 2:01.63
- Iona Anderson (Australia) – 2:01.98
- Katie Grimes (USA) – 2:02.25
- Ingrid Wilm (Canada) – 2:02.41
- Bella Grant (Australia) – 2:04.61
- Hannah Jane Fredericks (Australia) – 2:08.65
- Xeniya Ignatova (Kazakhstan) – 2:09.01
American Regan Smith bought the job performed tonight, successful gold within the ladies’s 200 again and setting a brand new World File within the course of. Smith ripped a 1:58.83, taking down the World File mark of 1:58.94, which Australia’s Kaylee McKeown established again in 2020. With the efficiency, Smith now holds the World File in each the 100 and 200 backstroke, as she set the WR within the 100 again once more yesterday with a 54.27.
Tonight, Smith was out quick, splitting 58.18 on the opening 100m, however the power of her race got here within the again half. Smith mustered a 30.29 on the third 50 and got here dwelling in 30.36 on the ultimate 50, for a 1:00.65 on the again half. Her World File swim tonight comes after she set the American File within the occasion final week with a 1:59.60.
Anastasiya Shkurdai completed 2nd within the race tonight, swimming a 2:01.63. Australia’s Iona Anderson was out forward of Shkurdai on the entrance half of the race, splitting 59.16 on the opening 100m to Shkurdai’s 59.81. Shkurdai then took over the lead on the third 50 and managed to inch a bit additional forward on the ultimate 50, ending 0.35 seconds forward of Anderson ultimately.
Following her victory within the 800 free, American Katie Grimes was again in motion right here, taking 4th with a 2:02.25. That efficiency marks a brand new profession finest within the occasion for Grimes.
MEN’S 100M BACKSTROKE – FINALS
- World File: 48.33 – Coleman Stewart, USA (2021)
- World Cup File: 48.84 – Shaine Casas, USA (2022)
- World Junior File: 48.90 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2017)
RESULTS:
- Pieter Coetze (South Africa) – 49.36
- Thomas Ceccon (Italy) – 49.68
- Kacper Stokowski (Poland) – 49.87
- Ralf Tribuntsov (Estonia) – 50.67
- Lorenzo Mora (Italy) – 50.91
- Jack Dolan (USA) – 51.08
- Chad Le Clos (South Africa) – 51.42
- Nikola Miljenic (Croatia) – 51.54
South Africa’s Pieter Coetze received a good race within the males’s 100 again tonight, swimming a 49.36. Coetze was out in 24.04 on the opening 50m, marking the quickest break up within the discipline. He then held on by the again half, touching 1st by 0.32 seconds.
Poland’s Kacper Stokowski was out proper behind Coetze, splitting 24.06 on the first 50. Stokowski then light to third on the again half of the race, ending in 49.87.
Italy’s Thomas Ceccon, the World File holder within the LCM 100 again, took silver tonight with a 49.68. He was out in 24.19, then pulled forward of Stokowski on the again half.
WOMEN’S 50M BREASTSTROKE – FINALS
- World File: 28.37 – Ruta Meilutyte, LTU (2022)
- World Cup File: 28.56 – Alia Atkinson, JAM (2018)
- World Junior File: 28.81 – Benedetta Pilato, ITA (2020)
RESULTS:
- Tang Qianting (China) – 28.87
- Benedetta Pilato (Italy) – 29.42
- Alina Zmushka (NIA) – 29.79
- Sophie Hansson (Sweden) – 29.98
- Sophie Angus (Canada) – 30.25
- Adelaida Pchelintseva (Kazakhstan) – 30.37
- Park Sieun (South Korea) – 30.41
- Man Wui Kiu (Hong Kong) – 30.98
China’s Tang Qianting received the ladies’s 50 breast decisively tonight, swimming a 28.87. Her efficiency tonight was simply off her personal Asian File of 28.76, which she swam on the Shanghai cease of the World Cup about 2 weeks in the past.
Italy’s Benedetta Pilato got here in 2nd with a 29.42, whereas Alina Zmushka was third in 29.79.
Sophie Hansson, the sister of 100 fly champion Louise Hansson, was additionally below 30 seconds tonight, swimming a 29.98 for 4th.
MEN’S 200M BREASTSTROKE – FINALS
- World File: 2:00.16 – Kirill Prigoda, RUS (2018)
- World Cup File: 2:00.48 – Daniel Gyurta, HUN (2014)
- World Junior File: 2:03.23 – Akihiro Yamaguchi, JPN (2012)
RESULTS:
- Caspar Corbeau (Netherlands) – 2:02.33
- Joshua Yong (Australia) – 2:02.85
- Ilya Shymanovich (NIA) – 2:03.90
- Josh Gilbert (New Zealand) – 2:05.80
- Joshua Collett (Australia) – 2:06.16
- Adam John Chillingworth (Hong Kong) – 2:06.51
- Erik Persson (Sweden) – 2:07.29
- Qin Haiyang (China) – DSQ
Netherlands’ Caspar Corbeau received the boys’s 200 breaststroke tonight with a 2:02.33, beating out Australia’s Joshua Yong by half a second. Corbeau was out to an early lead, swimming a 58.96 on the opening 100m, which put him almost a second forward of Yong. He held his lead by the third 50, then Yong closed the hole barely on the ultimate 50, although it wasn’t sufficient.
With the efficiency, Corbeau was lower than a second off the Dutch File of two:01.43, which is held by Arno Kamminga.
Ilya Shymanovich was firmly in third place tonight, swimming a 2:03.90. He was out a bit quicker than Yong, splitting a 59.68 on the opening 100m.
China’s Qin Haiyang was disqaulified.
WOMEN’S 100M FREESTYLE – FINALS
- World File: 50.25 – Cate Campbell, AUS (2017)
- World Cup File: 50.58 – Sarah Sjoestroem, SWE (2017)/Emma McKeon, AUS (2021)
- World Junior File: 51.45 – Kayla Sanchez, CAN (2018)
RESULTS:
- Kate Douglass (USA) – 50.82
- Siobhan Haughey (Hong Kong) – 51.56
- Katarzyna Wasick (Poland) – 52.04
- Sara Junevik (Sweden) – 52.61
- Brittany Castelluzzo (Australia) – 53.16
- Claire Weinstein (USA) – 54.02
- Hur Yeonkyung (South Korea) – 54.24
- Linnea Mack (USA) – 54.72
American Kate Douglass was distinctive tonight within the ladies’s 100 free, successful the race by almost a second. She was out very quick tonight, splitting 24.39 on the opening 50m, then got here dwelling in 26.43. Her last time of fifty.82 marks a brand new American File within the occasion.
Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey took silver tonight with a 51.56. She was 24.74 on the primary 50m of the race, then got here dwelling in 26.82. Haughey holds the Asian File within the occasion with a 50.79, a time which she swam in December of 2021.
The rostrum was rounded out by Poland’s Katarzyna Wasick, who swam a 52.04. The 32-year-old is the Polish File holder within the occasion together with her profession better of 51.44, which she swam in 2021.
Displaying off her freestyle versatility, American Claire Weinstein was racing on this 100 free last after taking third within the 800 free initially of the session. Weinstein completed sixth with a 54.02.
MEN’S 200M FREESTYLE – FINALS
- World File: 1:39.37 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009)
- World Cup File: 1:39.37 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009)
- World Junior File: 1:40.65 – Matthew Sates, RSA (2021)
RESULTS:
- Duncan Scott (Nice Britain) – 1:39.83
- Leon Marchand (France) – 1:40.91
- Pan Zhanle (China) – 1:41.59
- Danas Rapsys (Lithuania) – 1:42.31
- Kieran Smith (USA) – 1:42.56
- Edward Sommerville (Australia) – 1:42.68
- Rafael Miroslaw (Germany) – 1:43.06
- Thomas Ceccon (Italy) – 1:46.65
Nice Britain’s Duncan Scott placed on a present within the males’s 200 free last tonight, ripping a British File of 1:39.83. He received the race by over a second, which is much more spectacular contemplating this discipline. Scott was out in 48.83 on the opening 100m, flipping as the one swimmer within the discipline below 49 seconds. He held on nicely, swimming a 51.00 on the 2nd 100.
France’s Leon Marchand got here in 2nd tonight, swimming a 1:40.91. He was nice on the ultimate 50 of the race, splitting a field-leading 25.38, nonetheless, Scott had constructed approach an excessive amount of of a lead by that time.
China’s Pan Zhanle, the World File holder within the LCM 100 free, earned the bronze medal tonight with a 1:41.59. He confirmed off his pace early, splitting 23.52 on the opening 50m, which was the quickest 1st 50 break up within the discipline. He was 49.08 on the 100 flip, which was 2nd solely to Scott. Pan was nonetheless forward of Marchand on the 150m flip, nonetheless, Marchand ran him down on the ultimate 50.
WOMEN’S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – FINALS
- World File: 2:01.86 – Katinka Hosszu, HUN (2014)
- World Cup File: 2:02.13 – Katinka Hosszu, HUN (2014)
- World Junior File: 2:04.48 – Yiting Yu, CHN (2021)
RESULTS:
- Yu Yiting (China) – 2:03.99
- Mary-Sophie Harvey (Canada) – 2:04.82
- Beata Nelson (USA) – 2:05.00
- Tara Kinder (Australia) – 2:07.18
- Tamara Potocka (Slovakia) – 2:09.37
- Lee Hee Eun (South Korea) – 2:11.62
- Applejean Gwinn (Taipei) – 2:12.97
- Nikoleta Trnikova (Slovakia) – 2:14.27
China’s Yu Yiting despatched this cease of the World Cup off with a bang, successful the ladies’s 200 IM in 2:03.99. The efficiency marks a brand new Chinese language File within the occasion, downing her personal earlier mark of two:04.48, which had stood since 2021. Yu was additionally proper off the Asian File of two:03.93, which is held by Japan’s Yui Ohashi from 2020.
Yu was out quick, splitting 25.99 on the fly 50, then tacked on a 31.21 backstroke break up to stay within the lead by over 1 second on the 100m flip. She then expanded her lead over the sphere with a 36.32 on the breaststroke 50, then she got here dwelling in 30.47.
Canada’s Mary-Sophie Harvey earned the silver medal with a 2:04.82. Harvey was wonderful on the ultimate 50 of the race, splitting 29.40 on the freestyle leg of the race.
American Beata Nelson rounded out the rostrum, clocking a 2:05.00.
