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Plenty of Olympic gold medalists and world record holders (both in SCM and LCM) are scheduled to race in this morning’s nine events.
Follow along with all the action from day 2 finals in Shanghai, featuring Olympic multi-gold medalist Leon Marchand of France.
Dopo i risultati visti nel primo giorno alla World Cup di Shanghai, l’attesa per le finali è altissima. Resta con noi con il live recap delle Finali Day2
Isaac Cooper is back focused on 50s after the Olympic Games, and that paid off on Saturday with a new World Cup Record in the 50 backstroke.
Gretchen Walsh gareggia per la prima volta in carriera in vasca da 25 metri e stabilisce tre record americani ed un Record del Mondo
Gretchen had a monster day in short course meters on Friday in Virginia’s dual meet against Florida, including a new World Record in the 100 IM.
Seconda giornata di Coppa del Mondo a Shanghai e nelle batterie si sono distinti gli atleti italiani, che ritroveremo nelle finali
Plenty of Olympic gold medalists and world record holders (both in SCM and LCM) are scheduled to race in this morning’s nine events.
Competing in a 100 IM time trial, Walsh rocketed to a time of 55.98, demolishing the world record of 56.51 set by Katinka Hosszu back in 2017.
October 18th, 2024
Day 2 Prelims Heat Sheets
After an electric day one that saw a bevy of national records and World Cup records fall, we’re back for another day of Short Course Meters racing in Shanghai.
It’ll be another star-studded lineup today, as plenty of Olympic gold medalists and world record holders (both in SCM and LCM) are scheduled to race in this morning’s nine events.
The prelims session should be viewable to most fans on the World Aquatics Recast page (for a fee), which can be accessed below. For more information, read here.
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It didn’t take long to see a record go down, as Australia’s Isaac Cooper popped a 22.58 to break a 14 year-old World Cup record. That record was previously set by Peter Marshall of the USA back in 2009.
Cooper was actually a bit off of his best time, a 22.52 that he clocked two years while setting the World Junior Record, so watch for him to be faster in tonight’s finals.
Reigning Olympic 100 Backstroke silver medalist Xu Jiayu qualified 2nd with a 23.07, followed closely by Switzerland’s Theirry Bollin at 23.09.
South Africa’s Pieter Coetze tied with Kacper Stokowski for 4th this morning, with both swimmers going 23.14. Coetze will be the only swimmer from yesterday’s 200m backstroke final to also swim in the shortest backstroke event this stop.
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With only one heat of prelims, there wasn’t a ton of impetus for the top swimmers to throw down fast times this morning. That said, Mary-Sophie Harvey of Canada swam a personal best of 1:54.66 en route to the top seed. World record holder Siobhan Haughey (HKG) posted the second-fastest time of the morning with a 1:57.36, while China’s Yagi Kong was the only other women under two minutes with a time of 1:58.86.
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Leon Marchand will be aiming for another IM gold medal after winning the 100 IM last night. Marchand had the fastest time of the morning by about a third of second. Marchand (1:53.54) and Duncan Scott (1:53.89) were the only two men under 1:54 this morning, with Wang Shun of China rounding out the top three.
It was an incredibly tight prelims race, as Great Britain’s Mark Szaranek missed out on tonight’s final by a mere 0.01s.
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Regan Smith hit a new personal best this morning with a 56.04 to lead the prelims session. With Kaylee McKeown having withdrawn from the remainder of the stop after breaking the Oceanian and World Cup records in the 50m back yesterday, Smith’s path to a win tonight looks pretty clear.
Anastasiya Shkurdai of Belarus posted the second-fastest time of the morning, a 57.45 that’s eight-tenths shy of her personal best, followed by Ingrid Wilm of Canada at 57.43.
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The top three finishers in this morning’s prelims are the same top three from last nights’ 100m final.
After earning a silver medal last night, Ilya Shymanovich of Belarus paced the field this morning with a. 25.69. Last night’s gold medalist, China’s Qin Haiyang, qualified second this morning with a 25.73, followed by teammate Sun Jiajun (26.13).
American Michael Andrew qualified fourth with a 26.22 after missing the 50m back final earlier in the session.
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After winning the 200 breast and 100 IM yesterday, Kate Douglass will be swimming for a win in a third discipline tonight. The American led the field with a 24.67, ahead of Sweden’s Sara Junevik (25.33).
Tonight’s final will look similar to the 100 IM final last night, as besides Douglass, Yu Yiting, Beata Nelson, and Louise Hansson will all be swimming both finals.
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Jamie Jack led the way this morning, shaving 0.28s off of his personal best that he set a few weeks ago at the Australian National Championships. Fellow Aussies Matthew Temple (47.05) and Edward Sommerville (47.11) will join him in tonight’s final.
Leon Marchand opted not to swim this event after all, but his former Arizona State University teammate Jack Dolan posted the second-fast time of the morning with a 46.95.
Long course world record holder Pan Zhanle qualified third with a 46.95, followed by Pieter Coetze (46.99), who’s set to double tonight after qualifying for the 50m back earlier in the session.
There was a tie for eighth, meaning that there will be a swim-off after the conclusion of the session.
Thomas Ceccon won the swim-off, going 46.97 after swimming 47.34 in the heats.
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Tang Qianting, the Paris silver medalist in the long course version of this event, came within six-tenths of a second of the world record. That record of 1:02.36, which Ruta Meilutyte initially set in 2013, has been tied twice by Alia Atkinson (2014 and 2016).
No other woman was under 1:05 this morning, with Italy’s Benedetta Pilato (1:05.02) and Belarus’ Alina Zmushka (1:05.13) coming in just over that mark.
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In heat two, Trenton Julian stuck with his strong first-half approach, building a strong lead at the 100m mark. Alberto Razzetti closed strong, but Julian held on to touch him out 1:53.95 to 1:54.30. Those two times stood as the fastest of the morning. James Guy rounded out the morning’s top three after going 1:54.54 to win
It’s Kong Yaqi, not Yagi.
I always forget that Therese still has that WR.
Ceccon won the 100 free swim off 46.97
Marchand not in 2 fly?
He opted not to swim the event, at least for the two first WC stops. I don’t know his schedule for the Singapore stop. But I would like to see him in the 2fly. I hope he’ll choose the event for the Worlds in December.
Ok Tang’s starts are actually insane, a full body length on the start alone
Douglass got that energy after her record was broken
Marchand DNS in the 100 free, bummer
That’s ok, it wouldn’t be as exciting as his other events anyway. Maybe we are in for something more in another event. Remember when he slept 11 hours before his 200 im at Paris, maybe he needs more sleep. I can’t wait for tomorrow.
douglass on 50 fly wr watch in finals
Agree
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