Tuesday, 21 December 2021

2021 Short Course World Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap | SwimSwam

By Ben Dornan on SwimSwam

2021 FINA SHORT COURSE SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Fresh off a world record-breaking performance in the 50 backstroke, Maggie MacNeil is back today to race the 100 butterfly. She’s top seed with a 55.45 but is surrounded by a number of worthy competitors including Claire Curzan, Louise Hansson, Torri Huske, among others.

In the 200 backstroke, Shaine Casas will have a shot at pulling off a Rylov-esque sweep of the backstroke events. He swam a 1:49.82 during prelims to establish a huge PB and was the only sub-1:50 man in the field.

The 200 this morning in the women’s 200 breaststroke led by world junior record holder Evgeniia Chikunova. She was a 2:19.56 but Sweden’s Sophie Hanson and Great Britain’s Molly Renshaw were just a touch slower, having swum times of 2:20.31 and 2:20.33, respectively.

Alessandro Miressi and Florian Wellbrock are the other top seeds in the men’s individual events, entered with a 45.58 in the 100 and a 14:24.76 in the 1500 freestyle. The final individual race for the women will be the 50 freestyle, in which Sarah Sjostrom, Kasia Wasick, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, and many more will vie for the gold.

Stay tuned for all of that, along with the women’s 4×50 freestyle, along with both 4×100 medley relays.

Women’s 4×50 Freestyle

  • World Record: 1:32.50 – Netherlands – 12 DEC 2020
  • Championship Record: 1:34.03 – United States – 16 DEC 2018

Top 8:

  1. USA – 1:34.22
  2. Sweden – 1:34.54
  3. Netherland – 1:34.89
  4. China – 1:35.00
  5. Russia – 1:35.40
  6. Canada – 1:35.87
  7. France – 1:36.36
  8. Hong Kong – 1:39.35

Sarah Sjostrom in Sarah Sjostrom fashion opened things up with a 23.33 split to give Sweden the early lead over the field. Michelle Coleman was able to hold onto the lead with her 23.38 but the USA, the Netherlands, Canada, and Russia were closing in.

Sarah Junevik threw down a 24.02, which kept Sweden in the lead at the 150, but Louise Hansson was ultimately overtaken by American Kate Douglass who split a 23.42 to close out the race.

The Americans won gold here in a 1:34.22, which was 0.32 seconds faster than silver medal-winning Sweden. The Netherlands rounded out the podium with a 1:34.89 and their swim included a blistering 22.88 closing split from Ranomi Kromowidjojo. That was the only sub-23 split in the field and is faster than Kromowidjojo’s own world record in the individual event of 22.93.

China swam a 1:35.00, which wasn’t enough for a podium finish but earned them 4th place overall and marked a new Asian record in the event.

Men’s 1500 Freestyle

  • World Record: 14:08.06 – PALTRINIERI Gregorio (ITA) 4 DEC 2015
  • Championship Record: 14:09.14 – ROMANCHUK Mykhailo (UKR) 16 DEC 2018
  • World Junior Record: 14:27.78 – PALTRINIERI Gregorio (ITA) 24 NOV 2012

Top 8:

  1. Florian Wellbrock – 14:06.88 WR
  2. Ahmed Hafnaoui – 14:10.94
  3. Mykhailo Romanchuk – 14:11.47
  4. Gregorio Paltrinieri – 14:21.00
  5. Domenico Acerenza – 14:24.31
  6. Damien Joly – 14:25.62
  7. Henrik Christiansen – 14:30.78
  8. Daniel Wiffen – 14:36.78

Early on in the men’s 1500 freestyle final, a race broke out between our top 4 finishers, but by the halfway point Florian Wellbrock had established a clear lead ahead of the field. Wellbrock only got better as the race went on and ultimately managed to smash the world record in this event with a 14:06.88.

That swim for Wellbrock is more than a second off Gregorio Paltrinieri‘s former mark in the 1500 freestyle of 14:08.06 from 6 years ago. He also broke the Championship record of 14:09.14 from 2018, along with the German and European records.

The silver medal went to Ahmed Hafnaoui of Tunisia who swam a 14:10.94. That time for Hafnaoui is a new PB in the event and was fast enough to take out Oussama Mellouli’s 14:18.79 Tunisian and African record from back in 2014. Mykhailo Romanchuk was third here with a 14:11.47, giving him and Ukraine their first medal of the meet.

The former world record holder Paltrinieri and his teammate Domenico Acerenza went 4-5 with their swims of 14:21.00 and 14:24.31, respectively.

Men’s 100 Freestyle

  • World Record: 44.84 – CHALMERS Kyle (AUS) 29 OCT 2021
  • Championship Record: 45.51 – MOROZOV Vladimir (RSF) 3 DEC 2014
  • World Junior Record: 46.11 – KOLESNIKOV Kliment (RSF) 21 DEC 2018

Top 8:

  1. Alessandro Miressi – 45.57
  2. Ryan Held – 45.63
  3. Josh Liendo – 45.82
  4. Vlad Grinev – 46.05
  5. Maxime Grousset – 46.20
  6. Hwang Sunwoo – 46.34
  7. Jack McMillan – 46.97
  8. Stan Pijnenburg 47.07

Alessandro Miressi got it done in the men’s 100 freestyle final, delivering a 45.57 swim to narrowly improve upon his own Italian record of 45.58. He posted that former mark just one day previous in the semi-finals.

Ryan Held and Josh Liendo repeated as bronze and silver medalists in the 100 freestyle, having won the exact same medals in the 50 freestyle earlier on in the meet. Ryan Held was out quick with a sub-world-record-pace 21.36 split, but couldn’t quite hold onto the lead and settled for second place in a 45.63.

Liendo managed to dip under 46 seconds as well, improving upon his semi-finals swim of 46.29. He was a bit off Brent Hayden’s Canadian record in the event, though, which sits at a 45.56 from back in 2009.

Vlad Grinez and Maxime Grousset were close to the podium but needed a little extra push, ultimately ending up in 4th with a 46.05 and 5th in a 46.34, respectively.

Women’s 200 Breaststroke

  • World Record: 2:14.57 – SONI Rebecca (USA) 18 DEC 2009
  • Championship Record: 2:16.08 – PEDERSEN Rikke Moller (DEN) 16 DEC 2012
  • World Junior Record: 2:17.71 – CHIKUNOVA Evgeniia (RSF) 21 DEC 2019

Top 8:

  1. Emily Escobedo (USA) – 2:17.85
  2. Evgeniia Chikunova (RSF) – 2:17.88
  3. Molly Renshaw (GBR) – 2:17.96
  4. Sophie Hansson (SWE) – 2:18.13
  5. Francesa Fangio (ITA) – 2:19.77
  6. Tessa Cieplucha (CAN) – 2:19.99
  7. Mona McSharry (IRL) – 2:20.19
  8. Kristyna Horska (CZE) – 2:20.70

This swim came down to the absolute wire as Emily Escobedo and Evgeniia Chikunova went stroke for stroke into the wall. Escobedo managed to pull out the win though, posting a 2:17.85 for the win to pick up the USA women’s second individual title of the meet.

World junior record holder Evgeniia Chikunova was silver in a 2:17.88, which is just off her own PB and WJR of 2:17.71 from 2 years ago. That was just 0.03 seconds slow than victor Escobedo and was just 0.08 seconds faster than bronze medalist Molly Renshaw of Great Britain.

Notably, this is the first individual medal of the meet for all three podium finishers as none of Escobedo, Chikunova, or Renshaw landed within the top 3 in either the 50 or 100 breaststroke. Sophie Hansson, however, was bronze in the 50 and silver in the 100, but just missed the podium here in the 200 with a 2:18.13 for 4th.

2021 Euros bronze medalist Francesa Fangio of Italy was also in the running here with a 2:19.77 for 5th place overall, while Canada’s 400 IM champion Tessa Cieplucha nabbed 6th place with a sub-2:20 swim of 2:19.99.

Men’s 200 Backstroke

  • World Record: 1:45.63 – LARKIN Mitchell (AUS) 27 NOV 2015
  • Championship Record: 1:46.68 – LOCHTE Ryan (USA) 19 DEC 2010
  • World Junior Record: 1:48.02 – KOLESNIKOV Kliment (RSF) 13 DEC 2017

Women’s 100 Butterfly

  • World Record: 54.59 – DAHLIA Kelsi (USA) 3 DEC 2021
  • Championship Record: 54.61 – SJOSTROM Sarah (SWE) 7 DEC 2014
  • World Junior Record: 55.64 – SHKURDAI Anastasiya (BLR) 1 NOV 2020

Men’s 50 Breaststroke

  • World Record: 25.25 – van der BURGH Cameron (RSA) 14 NOV 2009 / Ilya (BLR) 7 NOV 2021
  • Championship Record: 25.41 – van der BURGH Cameron (RSA) 16 DEC 2018
  • World Junior Record: 26.26 – CERASUOLO Simone (ITA) 25 APR 2021

Women’s 50 Freestyle

  • World Record: 22.93 – KROMOWIDJOJO Ranomi (NED) 7 AUG 2017
  • Championship Record: 23.19 – KROMOWIDJOJO Ranomi (NED) 16 DEC 2018
  • World Junior Record: 23.69 – SHKURDAI Anastasiya (BLR) 18 DEC 2020

Men’s 4×100 Medley

  • World Record: 3:19.16 – Russian Federation – 20 DEC 2009
  • Championship Record: 3:19.98 – United States – 16 DEC 2018

Women’s 4×100 Medley

  • World Record: 3:44.52 – United States – 21 NOV 2020
  • Championship Record: 3:45.58 – United States – 16 DEC 2018

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