Russian sprinter Vladimir Morozov won the 2016 and 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup title by getting out to a big lead in the early meets and then maintaining it with quality performances in every competition.
He’s trying to do the same thing this season, starting in Tokyo (JPN), where he has now won three events in two days, ensuring he’ll earn close to the maximum points for the first event on the circuit.
He added wins in the 100 m Free and 50 m Backstroke on day two, so he can’t add any more events to his point total, but he will try to grab the best performance of the meet, worth an additional 24 points. His effort in the 50 m Back – 24.53 – moved him to equal-ninth on the world list for 2019.
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu entered 14 events, but has been more picky in actual competition. She’s won two events, the 200 m Butterfly and the 400 m Medley, but also picked up a second in the 100 m Backstroke. She’ll try for a third win on Sunday in the 200 m Medley.
Russia’s Vitalina Simonova also entered 14 events and it looks like she is going to swim in all of them. She hasn’t had much success, however, failing to make the final on Saturday in all five: the 400 m Medley, 200 m Free, 100 m Back, 50 m Fly, and 100 m Breast. That’s nine events in two days, with one final; there are five more to go on Sunday! Summaries so far:
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.
400 m Free: Danas 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.
200 m Back: 1. Mitch 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.
100 m Butterfly: 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.
Women
50 m Freestyle: 1. Michelle Coleman (SWE), 24.66; 2. Cate Campbell (AUS), 24.81; 3. Ting Wen Quah (SGP), 24.92.
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.
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.
100 m Breaststroke: 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.
200 m Fly: 1. Hosszu (HUN), 2:07.10; 2. Brianna Throssell (AUS), 2:07.36; 3. Szuzsanna Jakobos (HUN), 2:08.86.
400 m Medley: 1. Hosszu (HUN), 4:32.30; 2. Yui 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.
