2023 World Aquatics World Cup – Athens
There were some explosive performances in Athens last night and the heat continues to increase on day two as swimmers stake their claim to this morning’s qualifying event.
The 19-year-old won gold in the men’s 200m back last night. Peter Coetzee The South African athlete earned the top seed in the 50m dash and is aiming for a double crown.
Coetzee, who is committed to swimming at California State University, was the only person in the field to run under 25 seconds, clocking a time of 24.85 seconds by the time he landed in lane four. Behind him is michael andrew American player touched in 25.18 during Australian Dynamo Isaac Cooper The morning result was 25.25.
Last week in Berlin, MA won gold in the 50-meter dash in 24.47 seconds, with Cooper chasing in 24.59 seconds to take silver.bronze medalist Kusaweri Masiuk Poland’s Coetzee will make his World Cup debut here in Athens, but he did not play there.
erica fairweather The New Zealander has already topped the women’s 400m free here in Athens and will strive to achieve the same result in the 200m free.
The Olympian clocked 1:57.79 in the morning swim, but Hong Kong’s multiple Olympic medalist Siobhan Hoey Casually, I was right behind him at 1:58.78.
European Junior Championship gold medalist Nicolette Padard Hungry (1:58.82), Australian Lani Pallister (1:59.30), and marit steenburgen A Dutch athlete (1:59.63) is also being chased. The American pair claire weinstein (1:59.80) and tori husk (1:59.81) also had a shot in tonight’s main event.
But if Hoey is anywhere near the form he was in last week in Berlin, he will have a big challenge on the field. Haughey, 25, won the gold medal in a time of 1:55.10, setting a new World Cup record in the process. This put the former University of Michigan Wolverine against the wall about a second faster than his rival.
Hasuke also advanced to the finals in the women’s 50-meter fly, scoring a score of 26.17 for the third seed.Landing lane 4 belonged to China Zhang Yufeithe Asian Games MVP who has already climbed to the top of the podium in the 200m fly last night.
Zhang recorded a time of 25.47 seconds and held a 0.03 point advantage over the Olympic legend. sarah sjostrom of Sweden.Canada’s maggie mcneil He won the fifth seed with a time of 26.46 seconds and will also appear in the final.
Sjostrom won the gold medal in the 50-meter fly in Berlin last week, setting a new World Cup record with a time of 25.06 seconds.
Last night Kayley McKeown The Australian came close to breaking the world record in the women’s 50m back race, just 0.04 seconds off her winning time of 27.02 seconds.
The multiple Olympic champion led the way in this morning’s 100m back heat, clocking 59.89 seconds, the only sub-minute time in the event.
Canada will have two representatives in tonight’s final. kylie masse and Ingrid Wilm Heat times were 1:00.55 and 1:00.74 respectively.
But it will take a magical performance to stand in front of the McCune train. In Berlin, the 22-year-old broke the 100m back World Cup record, which had stood since 2015, with a time of 57.95 seconds.
I reported the situation cody simpson The Australian achieved his first international podium as an elite athlete last night by winning the men’s 100m fly with a silver medal, tied with Andrew.
He continued his momentum this morning, posting a time of 48.99 seconds and entering tonight’s 100m free final in pole position. His result was a career best for the former pop superstar, improving his previous personal best of 49.11 set at this year’s Australian World Championships by 0.12.
But if Simpson is to have a shot at gold, he will likely need to hack even more minutes off his all-time performance, just like the Italian athlete. Thomas Ceccon He won the championship in Berlin last week with a score of 47.97.
The 100m back world record holder, an Olympian from Trinidad and Tobago, lurks as the third seed in this morning’s heat with a time of 49.14 seconds. dylan carter Find the hardware for the second seed 49.10.
South Africa’s noteworthy chad le clos Although she did not advance to the finals, finishing 12th with a time of 50.00 seconds, her teammate Coetzee slipped into the 1 free final as the eighth-seeded swimmer with a time of 49.80 seconds.
additional top seeds
- In the heat of the morning 200m IM, not a single athlete broke the 2:00 mark.lithuanian Danas Lapsis Despite being an American, he recorded the fastest performance with a time of 2:01.38. Kieran Smith It was almost the same at 2:01.40.Last week’s gold medalist, South Africa Matthew Seitzearning him the No. 5 seed with a time of 2:02.12.
- chinese speedster Qin Haiyang He led the way in this morning’s men’s 50m breast pack, stopping the clock with a time of 26.83 seconds.It’s going to be a fierce and fierce battle against the Dutchman until the end. Arno Camminga (27.20), Italian Nicolo Martinenghi (27.21) and British Olympic Champion adam peaty (27.30) All potential gold candidates. Andrew from the United States was also seeded sixth with a time of 27.44 seconds and reached the final in this event as well.
- Tess Schouten In the women’s 100-meter swim race, a Dutch swimmer achieved the top result in the morning swim with a time of 1:07.12. This gave her a .04 advantage over Lithuania. Ruta Meiltite He ran a time of 1:07.16, making him the only athlete to break 1:08. Schouten, 22, and Meilutite, 26, will be looking to improve on last week’s fourth and fifth place finishes respectively.
- Men’s 200m fly saw trenton julian The American athlete took first place with a time of 1 minute 59.58 seconds.Japanese Takumi Terada He was the only competitor to break the two-hour barrier, recording a time of 1 minute 59.93 seconds and becoming the second seed. In Berlin, South Africa’s Satthes set a personal best time of 1 minute 55.87 seconds to top the podium. He swam 2:02.90 this morning and will be in fourth place going into tonight’s final event.
