2024 Quick Course World Championships
We’re now getting into the second half of the 2024 Quick Course World Championships. With all of the information damaged by way of the primary 3 days of the meet, we’re certainly set for an equally nice again half. It begins with this morning’s prelims session, which options the 200 breast, 100 fly, combined 4×50 free relay, males’s 4×200 free relay, and the slowest heats of the ladies’s 1500 free.
Day 4 Prelims Schedule & Warmth Sheet
- Blended 4×50 free relay
- Ladies’s 200 breast
- Males’s 200 breast
- Ladies’s 100 fly
- Males’s 100 fly
- Males’s 4×200 free relay
- Ladies’s 1500 free slowest heats
American Kate Douglass is available in because the heavy favourite within the ladies’s 200 breast. Douglass holds the World Document within the occasion together with her profession greatest of two:12.72, which has her seeded 1st this morning by a whopping 5 seconds.
Whereas the ladies’s 200 breast seems to be like a executed deal, the lads’s 200 breast seems to be prefer it’s going to be an incredible race. Australian Joshua Yong is available in as the highest seed with a 2:01.67, nevertheless, Kirill Prigoda (2:01.85), Aleksandr Zhigalov (2:01.91), and Qin Haiyang (2:01.92) are proper behind. Morevoer, Caspar Corbeau and Yamato Fukasawa are seeded with 2:02’s as properly.
American Gretchen Walsh leads the entries within the ladies’s 100 fly, coming in with a 55.18. Walsh is the World Document holder within the LCM 100 fly, so we’ll be seeking to see if she will be able to crack Maggie MacNeil’s SC World Document of 54.05 right now, Sweden’s Louise Hansson is shut behind, coming in because the 2nd seed with a 55.37.
Switzerland’s Noe Ponti is the highest seed within the males’s 100 fly, coming in with a 48.40.
MIXED 4×50 FREESTYLE RELAY – HEATS
- World Document: FRA – 1:27.33
- World Championship Document: FRA – 1:27.33
- 2022 World Champion: FRA – 1:27.33
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
- Italy – 1:29.46
- Impartial Athletes – 1:29.94
- Poland – 1:30.14
- Canada – 1:30.23
- Netherlands – 1:30.53
- Norway – 1:30.89
- Hong Kong – 1:30.94
- Slovakia – 1:31.00
Italy put up an incredible efficiency within the combined 4×50 free relay this morning, seeing Leonardo Deplano (21.08), Lorenzo Zazzeri (21.25), Silvia di Pietro (23.71), and Sara Curtis (23.42) mix for a 1:29.46. They’d a pleasant entrance half with Deplano and Zazzeri, however the place the Italian squad gained this morning was with their two ladies on the again half. Di Pietro and Curtis mixed for a 47.13 on the again half, which was the quickest again half within the discipline.
The Impartial Athletes relay was additionally below 1:30 this morning, with Dmitri Zhavoronkov (21.63), Pavel Samusenko (20.56), Alina Gaifutdinova (24.09), and Daria Trofimova (23.66) teaming up for a 1:29.84.
Poland’s Katarzyna Wasick was wonderful this morning, anchoring her relay in 23.46. Poland ended up third with a 1:30.14. Canada’s Yuri Kisil was phenomenal as properly, splitting 20.65 on the 2nd leg of his relay.
In a giant shock, the US relay of Michael Andrew (21.27), Matt King (21.23), Claire Weinstein (24.49), and Alex Shackell (24.09) completed ninth with a 1:31.06, lacking the ultimate. These are good splits for the Individuals on this relay, nevertheless, the US gambled and misplaced, as they’d quicker 50 freestylers right here in Budapest who may have swum this morning. For instance, Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass are the 2 quickest yards 50 freestylers of all-time.
WOMEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – HEATS
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
- Kate Douglass (United States) – 2:16.64
- Evgeniia Chikunova (Impartial Athletes) – 2:17.04
- Alex Walsh (United States) – 2:18.74
- Rebecca Meder (South Africa) – 2:18.79
- Kristyna Horska (Czech Republic) – 2:19.00
- Alina Zmushka (Impartial Athletes) – 2:19.19
- Angharad Evans (Nice Britain) – 2:19.51
- Clara Rybak-Andersen (Denmark) – 2:19.59
It took below 2:20 to make it into finals within the ladies’s 200 breast tonight, seeing 2:19.59 safe eighth place for Denmark’s Clara Rybak-Andersen. China’s Zhu Leiju was additionally below 2:20, going 2:19.97, however was ninth, lacking out on tonight’s remaining.
Unsurprisingly, it was American Kate Douglass who led the best way this morning, swimming a 2:16.64. Douglass has already been 4 seconds quicker than that this yr, so we will anticipate a a lot quicker swim out of the famous person tonight.
Fellow American Alex Walsh clocked a brand new profession greatest of two:18.74 this morning, ending third. Walsh is true within the thick of the group that will probably be competing for medals tonight, so the USA may see two swimmers on the rostrum.
Impartial Athletes’ Evgeniia Chikunova had a robust swim this morning, ending 2nd in 2:17.04.
MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – HEATS
- World Document: 2:00.16 – Kirill Prigoda, RUS (2018)
- World Junior Document: 2:03.23 – Akhiro Yamaguchi, JPN (2012)
- World Championship Document: 2:00.16 – Kirill Prigoda, RUS (2018)
- 2022 World Champion: Daiya Seto, JPN – 2:00.35
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
- Yamato Fukasawa (Japan) – 2:02.24
- Aleksandr Zhigalov (Impartial Athletes) – 2:02.46
- AJ Pouch (United States) – 2:03.06
- Kirill Prigoda (Nuetral Athletes) – 2:03.61
- Carles Coll Marti (Spain) – 2:03.63
- Caspar Corbeau (Netherlands) – 2:03.86
- Ilya Shymanovich (Impartial Athletes) – 2:04.11
- Joshua Yong (Australia) – 2:04.15
Japan’s Yamato Fukasawa led the best way within the males’s 200 breast this morning, swimming a 2:02.24. Fukasawa was out quick, splitting 58.08 on the opening 100, which was the quickest cut up within the discipline.
Aleksandr Zhigalov was additionally 2:02 this morning, taking 2nd with a 2:02.46. He was out slower than Fukasawa however had the quickest again half within the discipline this morning, coming residence in 1:03.67.
American AJ Pouch rounded out the highest 3 this morning, placing up a profession greatest of two:03.06.
Australian Joshua Yong, who entered with the highest seed this morning, barely made it again for the ultimate tonight, swimming a 2:04.15 for eighth.
China’s Qin Haiyang missed out on finals for tonight, swimming a 2:04.42 this morning, which put him ninth.
WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – HEATS
World Document: 54.05 – Maggie MacNeil, CAN (2022)- World Junior Document: 55.39 – Claire Curzan, USA (2021)
World Championship Document: 54.05 – Maggie MacNeil, CAN (2022)- 2022 World Champion: Maggie MacNeil, CAN – 54.05
TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:
- Gretchen Walsh (United States) – 53.24 (World Document)
- Tessa Giele (Netherlands) – 55.71
- Louise Hansson (Sweden) – 55.86
- Alexandria Perkins (Australia) – 55.97
- Ellen Walshe (Eire) – 56.17
- Laura Lahtinen (Finland) – 56.20
- Arina Surkova (Impartial Athletes) – 56.28
- Mizuki Hirai (Japan) – 56.30
- Anastasiya Kuliashova (Impartial Athletes) – 56.42
- Lily Worth (Australia) – 56.50
- Chen Luying (China) – 56.84
- Daria Klepikova (Impartial Athletes) – 56.88
- Vanessa Ouwehand (New Zealand) – 56.97
- Georgia Damasioti (Greece) – 57.14
- Helena Bach (Denmark) – 57.40
- Iris Berger (Austria) – 57.44
Nicely…Gretchen Walsh wasted not time getting after it this morning. The 21-year-old shattered the World Document of 54.05 this morning, tearing into the end in 53.24. Walsh led the sector by 2.47 seconds this morning, leaving little doubt as to who’s the highest canine on this race. She was out like a bullet, splitting 24.55 on the opening 50, which was the quickest first 50 cut up within the discipline by over 1 second.
Netherlands’ Tessa Giele had an incredible swim this morning, clocking a 55.71 for 2nd. She was out in 26.26, which was very middle-of-the-pack so far as those that certified for semifinals, nevertheless, she got here residence in 29.45, which was the 2nd-fastest again half solely to Walsh.
Of word, American Regan Smith didn’t swim the occasion this morning, regardless of being entered. Smith has the 50 again remaining tonight, which can have led to her resolution to skip the 100 fly.
MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – HEATS
- World Document: 47.78 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2020)
- World Junior Document: 49.03 – Ilya Kharun, CAN (2022)
- World Championship Document: 48.08 – Chad le Clos, RSA (2016)
- 2022 World Champion: Chad le Clos, RSA – 48.59
TOP 16 QUALIFIERS:
- Ilya Kharun (Canada) – 49.17
- Maxime Grousset (France) – 49.22
- Noe Ponti (Switzerland) – 49.35
- Hubert Kos (Hungary) – 49.36
- Youssef Ramadan (Egypt) – 49.37
- Matthew Temple (Australia) – 49.45
- Dare Rose (United States) – 49.55
- Andrei Minakov (Impartial Athletes) – 49.58
- Simone Stefani (Italy) – 49.81
- Roman Shevliakov (Impartial Athletes) – 49.97
- Simon Bucher (Austria) – 49.98
- Chad le Clos (South Africa) – 50.04
- Clement Secchi (France) – 50.12 (TIE)
- Takaya Yasue (Japan) – 50.12 (TIE)
- Michele Busa (Italy) – 50.15 (TIE)
- Tzen Wei Teong (Singapore) – 50.15 (TIE)
In a really aggressive prelims of the lads’s 100 fly, Canada’s Ilya Kharun led the best way with a 49.17. Kharun, who can be the youngest swimmer within the discipline to qualify for semifinals (19), was simply off his profession better of 49.03, which he swam again in 2022 and stands because the World Junior Document within the occasion.
France’s Maxime Grousset was proper behind with a 49.22. There have been 11 males in complete who went below 50 seconds this morning, organising tonight’s semifinals to be a really powerful race.
Andrei Minakov was out the quickest of anybody within the discipline this morning, splitting 22.57 on the primary 50. He ended up eighth with a 49.58. Dare Rose was almost as quick on the primary 50, splitting 22.65. Rose was seventh with a 49.55.
MEN’S 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – HEATS
- World Document: 6:44.12 – USA (2022)
- World Championship Document: 6:44.12 – USA (2022)
- 2022 World Champion: USA – 6:44.12
TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:
- United States – 6:51.69
- Australia – 6:53.50
- Italy – 6:53.89
- China – 6:55.96
- Spain – 6:56.04
- Germany – 6:57.18
- Impartial Athletes B – 6:57.59
- Canada – 6:57.78
The Individuals got here out on prime in prelims of the lads’s 4×200 free relay this morning. Shaine Casas (1:40.88), Trenton Julian (1:42.39), Daniel Matheson (1:45.53), and Kieran Smith (1:42.89) teamed up for a 6:51.69. We’ll see what the Individuals have in retailer for tonight and if they’ll make a run at their very own World Document of 6:44.12, which they set again on the 2022 SC World Championships.
The Australian staff of Elijah Winnington (1:43.29), David Schlicht (1:45.17), Harrison Turner (1:43.03), and Edward Sommerville (1:42.01) mixed for a 6:53.50.
WOMEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – SLOWEST HEATS
- World Document: 15:08.24 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2022)
- World Junior Document: 15:42.05 – Katie Grimes, USA (2022)
- World Championship Document: 15:21.43 – Lani Pallister, AUS (2022)
- 2022 World Champion: Lani Pallister, AUS – 15:21.43
RESULTS:
- Jillian Cox (United States) – 15:41.29
- Moesha Johnson (Australia) – 15:45.07
- Ching Gan (Singapore) – 15:50.37
- Kate Hurst (United States) – 15:55.11
- Eve Thomas (New Zealand) – 15:56.27
- Leticia Fassina (Brazil) – 15:59.08
- Artemis Vasilaki (Greece) – 16:01.96
- Viktoria Farkas-Mihalyvari (Hungary) – 16:03.59
American Jillian Cox led the slowest heats of the ladies’s 1500 free this morning with a 15:41.29. That efficiency marks an enormous profession greatest for Cox, b;lowing away her earlier mark of 16:09.72, which she swam again in 2022. Furthermore, her time from this morning stands an actual probability of incomes her a medal tonight, as there are solely 3 ladies within the quickest warmth seeded quicker than Cox went this morning.
Australian Moesha Johnson wasn’t far behind, swimming a 15:45.07, which is her profession greatest as properly.