The first of seven stops on the FINA Swimming World Cup circuit for 2019 has been completed and four familiar names were the headliners in Tokyo (JPN).
Five-time World Cup seasonal winner Katinka Hosszu took the lead in the series with five medals, including wins in the 200 m Butterfly and 200 m and 400 m Medleys, plus silver medals in the 200 m Backstroke and a leg on Hungary’s 4×100 m Mixed Freestyle relay.
That earned her $6,000 for the weekend, but more importantly, 54 points toward the cluster rankings which have a much larger payout, topped by a $50,000 first prize!
She wasn’t the only one to score three individual golds – the most that are allowed for cluster scoring purposes – as three others also did it: Russia’s Vladimir Morozov in the 50-100 m Freestyles and 50 m Backstroke; Australia’s Mitch Larkin, who won the 100-200 m Backstrokes and the 200 m Medley, and Emily Seebohm (AUS), who won the Backstroke triple in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m races.
Morozov was the only one of those three to get any performance bonus points and leads the men’s standings with 48 points.
Two of the most impressive swims on Sunday came from swimmers who claimed season’s bests and confirmed their places in the world’s top 10 for 2019. Australia’s Kiah Melverton won the 800 m Free in 8:22.24, strengthening her grip on the no. 7 spot in the world rankings. American Andrew Wilson won the 200 m Breaststroke in 2:07.77, a small improvement on his season’s best and continuing him in seventh position. Wilson’s swim was the best of the meet, according to the FINA points table!
American sprinter Michael Andrew was busy, making six finals and earning medals in three.
The award for endurance goes to Russian Vitalina Simonova, who – like Hosszu – entered 14 of the 16 individual events. Where Hosszu scratched down to concentrate on a few events, Simonova did compete in all 14! The European silver medalist in the 200 m Breaststroke back in 2013, Simonova competed in the 800 m Free, 100 m Butterfly, 50 m Breaststroke, 100 m Free and 200 m Medley and did not qualify for the finals (or finish in the top eight) in all of them. Over the three days, she made one final, finishing seventh in her specialty, the 200 m Breaststroke.
Summaries from Tokyo:
FINA Swimming World Cup I
Tokyo (JPN) ~ 2-4 August 2019
(Full results here)
Men
50 m Freestyle: 1. Vladimir Morozov (RUS), 21.56; 2. Shinri Shioura (JPN), 21.92; 3. Michael Andrew (USA), 21.94. Also: 4. Blake Pieroni (USA), 22.03.
100 m Free: 1. Morozov (RUS), 48.12; 2. Pieroni (USA), 48.43; 3. Szebasztian Szabo (HUN), 48.45. Also: 6. Andrew Seliskar (USA), 48.80.
200 m Free: 1. Danas Rapsys (LTU), 1:45.74; 2. Dominik Kozma (HUN), 1:45.77; 3. Pieroni (USA), 1:46.62.
400 m Free: Rapsys (LTU), 3:45.57; 2. Zac Reid (NZL), 3:50.25; 3. Jeremy Bagshaw (CAN), 3:52.20.
1,500 m Free: 1. Syogo Takeda (JPN), 15:07.05; 2. Ayatsugu Hirai (JPN), 15:12.08; 3. Shingo Nakaya (JPN), 15:18.81.
50 m Backstroke: 1. Morozov (RUS), 24.53; 2. Andrew (USA), 24.87; 3. Mikita Tsmyh (BLR), 25.06. Also: 5. Jacob Pebley (USA), 25.28.
100 m Back: 1. Mitch Larkin (AUS), 53.76; 2. Markus Thornmeyer (CAN), 54.05; 3. Pebley (USA), 54.28. Also: 8. Andrew (USA), 56.49.
200 m Back: 1. Larkin (AUS), 1:55.97; 2. Pebley (USA), 1:56.37; 3. Hayate Matsubara (JPN), 1:57.74.
50 m Breaststroke: 1. Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), 26.78; 2. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 26.88; 3. Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN), 27.05. Also: 4. Andrew (USA), 27.23.
100 m Breast: 1. Shymanovich (BLR), 58.73; 2. Koseki (JPN), 59.01; 3. Andrew Wilson (USA), 59.02.
200 m Breast: 1. Wilson (USA), 2:07.77; 2. Koseki (JPN), 2:08.49; 3. Ryuya Mura (JPN), 2:10.05.
50 m Butterfly: 1. Andrii Govorov (UKR), 23.10; 2. Szabo (HUN), 23.11; 3. Andrew (USA), 23.24.
100 m Fly: 1. Seliskar (USA), 51.34; 2. Grant Irvine (AUS), 51.63; 3. Szabo (HUN), 51.67. Also: 5. Zach Harting (USA), 52.02; … 7. Andrew (USA), 52.14; 8. Ryan Murphy (USA), 52.51.
200 m Fly: 1. Nao Horomura (JPN), 1:55.25; 2. Harting (USA), 1:56.26; 3. Takumi Terada (JPN), 1:56.79.
200 m Indiv. Medley: 1. Larkin (AUS), 1:57.06; 2. Thomas Fraser-Holmes (AUS), 2:00.00; 3. Kosuke Hagino (JPN), 2:00.03.
400 m Medley: 1. Daiya Seto (JPN), 4:11.41; 2. Joanllu Pons (ESP), 4:15.68; 3. Takumi Uchiyama (JPN), 4:17.08.
Women
50 m Freestyle: 1. Michelle Coleman (SWE), 24.66; 2. Cate Campbell (AUS), 24.81; 3. Ting Wen Quah (SGP), 24.92.
100 m Free: 1. C. Campbell (AUS), 52.64; 2. Federica Pellegrini (ITA), 53.40; 3. Coleman (SWE), 53.83.
200 m Free: 1. Brianna Throssell (AUS), 1:56.99; 2. Madison Wilson (AUS), 1:57.44; 3. Nagisa Ikemoto (JPN), 1:58.19.
400 m Free: Kiah Melverton (AUS), 4:06.71; 2. Mireia Belmonte (ESP), 4:06.81; 3. Miyu Nambu (JPN), 4:09.39. Also: 4. Erica Sullivan (USA), 4:10.44.
800 m Free: 1. Melverton (AUS), 8:22.24; 2. Belmonte (ESP), 8:24.28; 3. Yukimi Moriyama (JPN), 8:32.40.
50 m Backstroke: 1. Emily Seebohm (AUS), 28.03; 2. Caroline Pilhatsch (AUT), 28.20; 3. Emi Moronuki (JPN), 28.27.
100 m Back: 1. Seebohm (AUS), 59.44; 2. Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 59.65; 3. Federica Pellegrini (ITA), 1:00.13.
200 m Back: 1. Seebohm (AUS), 2:09.03; 2. Aisa Mataki (JPN), 2:10.82; 3. Sayaka Akase (JPN), 2:11.04.
50 m Breaststroke: 1. Alia Atkinson (JAM), 30.35; 2. Satomi Suzuki (JPN), 31.09; 3. Alina Zmushka (BLR), 31.12.
100 m Breast: 1. Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA), 1:06.64; 2. Miho Teramura (JPN), 1:06.77; 3. Reona Aoki (JPN), 1:07.06.
200 m Breast: 1. Schoenmaker (RSA), 2:22.35; 2. Aoki (JPN), 2:24.33; 3. Jessica Vall Montero (ESP), 2:25.32.
50 m Butterfly: 1. Holly Barratt (AUS), 25.96; 2. Jeanette Ottesen (DEN), 25.97; 3. Yukina Hirayama (JPN), 25.98.
100 m Fly: 1. Louise Hansson (SWE), 57.92; 2. Ai Souma (JPN), 58.29; 3. Throssell (AUS), 58.31.
200 m Fly: 1. Hosszu (HUN), 2:07.10; 2. Brianna Throssell (AUS), 2:07.36; 3. Szuzsanna Jakobos (HUN), 2:08.86.
200 m Indiv. Medley: 1. Hosszu (HUN), 2:08.63; 2. Yui Ohashi (JPN), 2:08.80; 3. Miho Teramura (JPN), 2:10.23.
400 m Medley: 1. Hosszu (HUN), 4:32.30; 2. Ohashi (JPN), 4:34.27; 3. Belmonte (ESP), 4:34.47.
Mixed
4×100 m Freestyle: 1. Australia (McEvoy, Fraser-Holmes, M. Wilson, C. Campbell), 3:24.89; 2. Hungary, 3:27.56; 3. Singapore, 3:27.75.
4×100 m Medley: 1. Japan (Sakai, Koseki, Mizunuma, Omoto), 3:44.75; 2. Australia, 3:47.07; 3. Belarus, 3:49.47.
