2024 WORLD AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
The second morning of motion in Doha will characteristic 5 occasions: the ladies’s 100 again, males’s 100 again, ladies’s 100 breast, males’s 200 free, and ladies’s 1500 free. The 2 backstroke occasions will kick off the session, with USA teammates Claire Curzan and Hunter Armstrong coming into as the highest seeds.
Curzan is entered together with her greatest time of 58.35, certainly one of solely two swimmers seeded underneath the 59-second barrier. Canada’s Ingrid Wilm is the opposite, seeded together with her greatest time of 58.80. A pair of younger Australians may also characteristic, Jaclyn Barclay and Iona Anderson. Barclay lately gained the World Junior title on this occasion again in September, with Anderson snagging silver. Since then, Barclay has actually improved within the 200m distance, whereas Anderson has actually hit her stride within the dash distances.
Although 18-year-old Anderson is simply ranked eighth, she lately posted a number of greatest occasions within the occasion on the Queensland Championships. She posted 59.69 within the heats earlier than touching in 59.43 for 2nd later within the day. She adopted up these swims with one other greatest time a few week later, touching in 59.24 main off a relay on the Western Australian Relay Championships. If she entered the occasion together with her greatest time, she can be the third seeded entrant.
Nice Britain’s Kathleen Dawson may also compete within the occasion this morning, and owns a greatest time (and European document) of 58.08 from the 2021 European Championships. She has not been in a position to replicate the 58-second swims she was producing all through 2021 since, however is a transparent medal contender if she will get inside a few second of her greatest time.
The lads’s subject can also be fairly deep behind Armstrong, with three different swimmers seeded underneath the 53-second barrier: Pieter Coetze (52.78) of South Africa, Ksawery Masiuk (52.81) of Poland, and Apostolos Christou (52.99) of Greece. Each Coetze and Masiuk are World Junior champions in backstroke occasions, whereas Christou has been as swift as 52.09 within the occasion. If Christou will be wherever close to his greatest time, he’s very a lot within the gold medal dialog.
The ladies’s 100 breast will characteristic defending World Champion Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania. Eire’s Mona McSharry (1:05.55), Tes Schouten (1:05.71) of the Netherlands, and Italy’s Benedetta Pilato (1:05.75) are seeded 2nd by 4th, and are among the many a number of different swimmers within the subject with 1:05 greatest occasions. South Africa’s Lara Van Niekerk, who’s ranked eleventh, is one other title to observe. She gained the Commonwealth title in 2022 with a greatest time of 1:05.47.
The lads’s 200 free will characteristic a number of 1:44-range swimmers, together with Hwang Sunwoo (KOR), Pan Zhanle (CHN), Lukas Märtens (GER), Luke Hobson (USA), Katsuhiro Matsumoto (JPN), Duncan Scott (GBR), Fernando Scheffer (BRA), and Danas Rapsys (LTU). Pan broke the world document within the 100 free final evening, swimming 46.80 on the lead-off leg of China’s victorious 4×100 free relay.
The ultimate occasion of the morning is the ladies’s 1500 free, the place 2023 silver medalist Simona Quadarella enters as the highest ranked athlete. Assuming she safely qualifies for the ultimate, she can have the chance to win her second lengthy course world title within the occasion. China’s Li Bingjie may also contest the occasion, and posted a close to greatest time within the 400 free final evening en path to silver.
WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – HEATS
- World File: Kaylee McKeown, Australia – 57.33 (2023)
- World Junior File: Regan Smith, United States – 57.57 (2019)
- Championship File: Kaylee McKeown, Australia – 57.53 (2023)
- 2023 World Champion: Kaylee McKeown, Australia – 57.53
- Olympic ‘A’ Qualifying Time: 59.99, Olympic ‘B’ Qualifying Time: 1:00.29
High 16 Qualifiers:
- Claire Curzan (USA) – 59.72
- Ingrid Wilm (CAN) – 59.82
- Iona Anderson (AUS) – 59.88
- Jaclyn Barclay (AUS) – 1:00.05
- Lauren Cox (GBR) – 1:00.27
- Kathleen Dawson (GBR) – 1:00.36
- Carmen Weiler Sastre (ESP) – 1:00.44
- Kira Toussaint (NED) – 1:00.50
- Maaike De Waard (NED) – 1:00.61
- Adela Piskorska (POL) – 1:01.03
- Hanna Rosvall (SWE) – 1:01.20
- Anastasiya Shkurdai (NIA) – 1:01.43
- Camila Rebelo (POR) – 1:01.51
- Francesca Pasquino (ITA) – 1:01.54
- Gabriela Georgieva (BUL) – 1:01.65
- Stephanie Au (HKG) – 1:01.80
Warmth 4 featured Australian backstroke duo Iona Anderson and Jaclyn Barclay, with Anderson charging by the primary 50 in 29.04. She held the lead all the best way to the end, touching in a time of 59.88. Barclay (1:00.05) touched in 2nd place, whereas European document holder Kathleen Dawson (GBR) completed third in 1:00.36.
Ingrid Wilm of Canada made her presence identified within the penultimate warmth, successful in 59.82. Kira Toussaint, who swam on the successful 4×100 free relay for the Netherlands final evening, stopped the clock in 1:00.50 for runner-up standing. Poland’s Adela Piskorska completed third on this warmth, hitting the touchpad in 1:01.03.
High seed Claire Curzan (59.72) claimed victory within the ultimate warmth, posting the quickest time of the morning. She’s going to notably characteristic in tonight’s 100 fly ultimate, the place she is the 2nd seed. The 100 fly ultimate will happen earlier than the 100 again semi-finals. Lauren Cox of Staff GB was main on the 50, and completed 2nd within the warmth with a time of 1:00.27. Maaike De Waard of the Netherlands touched third (1:00.61).
Anastasiya Shkurdai positioned 12 this morning with a time of 1:01.43. She has been as fast as 59.08 within the occasion, which she did in 2020. Of be aware, it took a time of 1:01.80 to qualify for tonight’s semi-finals, with 4 swimmers underneath the 1:02-barrier lacking out.
MEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – HEATS
- World File: Thomas Ceccon, Italy – 51.60 (2022)
- World Junior File: Kliment Kolesnikov, Russia – 52.53 (2018)
- Championship File: Thomas Ceccon, Italy – 51.60 (2022)
- 2023 World Champion: Ryan Murphy, United States – 52.22
- Olympic ‘A’ Qualifying Time: 53.74, Olympic ‘B’ Qualifying Time: 54.01
High 16 Qualifiers:
- Pieter Coetze (RSA) – 53.32
- Evangelos Makrygiannis (GRE) – 53.43
- Hugo Gonzalez (ESP) – 53.61
- Hunter Armstrong (USA) – 53.66
- Michele Lamberti (ITA) – 53.73
- Bradley Woodward (AUS) – 53.76
- Apostolos Christou (GRE) – 53.79
- Juho Lee (KOR) – 53.81
- Kai Van Westering (NED) – 53.84
- Jack Aikins (USA) – 53.87
- Conor Ferguson (IRL) – 53.95
- Roman Mityukov (SUI) – 54.10 & Ole Braunschweig (GER) – 54.10
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- Miroslav Knedla (CZE) – 54.20
- Kacper Stokowski (POL) – 54.23
- Oleksandr Zheltiakov (UKR) – 54.24
Warmth 4 was gained by Hugo Gonzalez of Spain, who touched in 53.61 for the win. The Cal Bear completed sturdy over the closing meters, grabbing the win forward of Eire’s Conor Ferguson (53.95). Gonzalez and Ferguson had been the one two swimmers to crack the 54-second barrier on this warmth.
South African Pieter Coetze, who gained the 200 again World Junior title in 2022, claimed the win in warmth 5. He opened the primary 50 in 25.53, and by no means relinquished the lead. He completed the race in a ultimate time of 53.32, touching out Australia’s Bradley Woodward (53.76) and Kai Van Westering of the Netherlands (53.84).
The ultimate warmth was taken by Evangelos Makrygiannis (53.43), posting the 2nd quickest time of the morning. American Hunter Armstrong, the highest seeded entrant and a 2x Worlds medalist on this occasion, regarded to cruise for a lot of the warmth. He elevated his tempo with 15 meters to go, snagging 2nd in 53.66.
Armstrong’s American teammate, Jack Aikins, certified tenth into the semi-finals with a time of 53.87. World Junior Champion Oleksandr Zheltiakov of Ukraine snuck in, inserting sixteenth this morning in 54.24.
A notable miss was Polish document holder and 2022 World Junior Champion Ksawery Masiuk. He completed seventeenth this morning, hitting the touchpad in 54.33.
Greece’s Apostolos Christou, who ripped a greatest time of 52.09 again in 2022, certified seventh in 53.79.
WOMEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – HEATS
- World File: Lilly King, United States – 1:04.13 (2017)
- World Junior File: Ruta Meilutyte, Lithuania – 1:04.35 (2013)
- Championship File: Lilly King, United States – 1:04.13 (2017)
- 2023 World Champion: Ruta Meilutyte, Lithuania – 1:04.62
- Olympic ‘A’ Qualifying Time: 1:06.79, Olympic ‘B’ Qualifying Time: 1:07.12
High 16 Qualifiers:
MEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – HEATS
- World File: Paul Biedermann, Germany – 1:42.00 (2009)
- World Junior File: David Popovici, Romania – 1:42.97 (2022)
- Championship File: Paul Biedermann, Germany – 1:42.00 (2009)
- 2023 World Champion: Matthew Richards, Nice Britain – 1:44.30
- Olympic ‘A’ Qualifying Time: 1:46.26, Olympic ‘B’ Qualifying Time: 1:46.79
High 16 Qualifiers:
WOMEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – HEATS
- World File: Katie Ledecky, United States – 15:20.48 (2018)
- World Junior File: Katie Ledecky, United States – 15:28.36 (2014)
- Championship File: Katie Ledecky, United States – 15:25.48 (2015)
- 2023 World Champion: Katie Ledecky, United States – 15:26.27
- Olympic ‘A’ Qualifying Time: 16:09.09, Olympic ‘B’ Qualifying Time: 16:13.94
High 8 Qualifiers:
