Two legs of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series overlapped this weekend with events in Quebec City (CAN) and Barcelona (ESP), with Japan’s Yukiko Inui continuing her outstanding season in the Solo events.
She won both the Solo Technical and the Solo Free in Quebec City, finishing ahead of Canada’s Jacqueline Simoneau in both for the second week in a row. Inui teamed with Megumu Yoshida and finished second to the 2014 Asian Games champions Xuechen Huang and Wenyan Sun of China.
In Barcelona, 2017 Worlds silver medalist Ona Carbonell of Spain won the Solo Technical, but Ukraine’s Marta Fiedina won the Solo Free and teamed with Anastasiya Savchuk to win both the Duet Technical and Duet Solo events. Russia was very impressive in both the Team Technical and Team Free events with tremendous execution and scores. Summaries:
FINA Artistic Swimming World Series
Quebec City (CAN) ~ 30 May-1 June 2019
(Full results here)
Solo Technical: 1. Yukiko Inui (JPN), 91.6105; 2. Jacqueline Simoneau (CAN), 89.4814; 3. Halle Pratt (CAN), 83.1117.
Solo Free: 1. Inui (JPN), 93.1667; 2. Simoneau (CAN), 90.8667; 3. Pratt (CAN), 85.6667.
Duet Technical: 1. Xuechen Huang/Wenyan Sun (CHN), 92.8409; 2. Yukiko Inui/Megumu Yoshida (JPN), 91.7778; 3. Claudia Holzner/Jacqueline Simoneau (CAN), 88.6612.
Duet Free: 1. Huang/Sun (CHN), 94.5667; 2. Inui/Yoshida (JPN), 92.9667; 3. Holzner/Simoneau (CAN), 90.1000.
Team Technical: 1. China,. 93.5677; 2. Canada, 87.7736; 3. Hungary, 75.7132.
Team Free: 1. China, 95.3667; 2. Canada, 89.9333; 3. Hungary, 77.4333.
Team Combination: 1. Canada, 80.0667; 2. Korea, 77.5667; 3. Hungary, 77.3000.
Team Highlight: 1. Canada, 80.3667; 2. Hungary, 77.6333; (only entrants).
Mixed Duet Technical: 1. Haoyi Shi/Yayi Zhang (CHN), 84.0853; 2. Aigerim Issayeva/Olzhas Makhanbetiyarov (KAZ), 72.0954; (only entrants).
Mixed Duet Free: 1. Wentao Cheng/Haoyi Shi (CHN), 84.100; (only entrant).
FINA Artistic Swimming World Series
Barcelona (ESP) ~ 31 May-2 June 2019
(Full results here)
Solo Technical: 1. Ona Carbonell (ESP), 90.0730; 2. Marta Fiedina (UKR), 89,9790; 3. Kate Shortman (GBR), 82.4228.
Solo Free: 1. Fiedina (UKR), 91.7000; 2. Mako Sawada (JPN), 85.6333; 3. Shortman (GBR), 85.6000. Also: 4. Anita Alvarez (USA), 84.333.
Duet Technical: 1. Marta Fiedina/Anastasiya Savchuk (UKR), 91.0077; 2. Paula Ramirez/Sara Saldana (ESP), 86.8509; 3. Charlotte Tremble/Laura Tremble (FRA), 85.7457. Also: 5. Anita Alvarez/Ruby Remati (USA), 83.2002.
Duet Free: 1. Fiedina/Savchuk (UKR), 93.1000; 2. Ona Carbonell/Paula Ramirez (ESP), 90.3000; 3. Tremble/Tremble (FRA), 87.6000. Also: 7. Anita Alvarez/Lindi Schroeder (USA), 84.6000.
Team Technical: 1. Russia, 95.3284; 2. Spain, 89.2455; 3. Mexico, 85.8775. Also: 6. United States, 85.1178.
Team Free: 1. Russia, 97.2333; 2. Ukraine, 94.2333; 3. Spain, 91.8000. Also: 8. United States, 85.8333.
Team Combination: 1. Ukraine, 92.6332; 2. Japan, 87.5668; 3. Spain, 86.4332.
Team Highlight: 1. Ukraine, 92.8333; 2. Spain, 90.1000; 3. France, 87.2000.
Mixed Duet Technical: 1. Mayya Gurbanberdieva/Alexsandr Maltsev (RUS), 90.4055; 2. Bill May/Natalia Vega (USA), 87.5144; 3. Emma Garcia/Pau Ribes (ESP), 84.9049.
Mixed Duet Free: 1. Gurbanberdieva/Maltsev (RUS), 92.4000; 2. Manila Flamini/Giorgio Minisini (ITA), 90.7333; 3. Garcia/Ribes (ESP). 88.8867.
