2024 WORLD AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
The prelims relay lineups for the ladies’s and males’s 4×100 free relays have been launched, and lots of groups are swimming their high athletes in prelims.
Relays right here in Doha are of the upmost significance, as they decide nearly all of qualifiers for the Paris Olympics. Per the qualification system, which may be discovered right here, there can be a most of 16 certified groups in every relay occasion.
The highest 3 from every relay in Fukuoka earned automated qualification, whereas the remaining 13 groups can be chosen through the use of the quickest instances mixed between the 2023 Worlds and this competitors. Ought to the final qualifying spot end in a tie, a swim-off would happen to find out the ultimate invitation.
Ladies’s 4×100 Free Relay
The defending champions within the girls’s 4×100 freestyle relay, Australia, solely return considered one of their 4 swimmers from the Fukuoka last. That swimmer is Shayna Jack, and she’s going to anchor the Aussies this morning. Butterfly specialist Alexandria Perkins, backstroke phenom Jaclyn Barclay, and breaststroker Abbey Harkin will be a part of her on the prelims relay. Brianna Throssell, who owns a finest time within the 53-second vary, is extensively anticipated to affix the finals quartet. Australia has gained this occasion on the previous three editions of this meet, and are favored to maintain that streak alive come tonight’s last.
The Netherlands will swim subsequent to Australia in warmth 2, and their quartet consists of Kim Busch, Milou van Wijk, Janna Van Kooten, and Kira Toussaint. Search for Marrit Steenbergen to affix the ultimate’s line-up later at the moment, as she medaled within the particular person 100 free in Fukuoka.
Canada’s morning squad is comprised of Rebecca Smith, Sarah Fournier, Ella Jansen, and Taylor Ruck. Ruck lately made the transfer to coach with the ASU professional group, so this meet can be her first main check-in following the teaching change.
Of be aware, breaststroke world report holder Ruta Meilutyte will lead-off for Lithuania in warmth two. She contested freestyle occasions individually on the London 2012 Olympics, so it will likely be fascinating to see what she clocks on the opening leg.
The highest seeded entrant within the particular person 100 free, Siobhan Haughey, is notably absent from Hong Kong’s relay.
Kayla Sanchez, who lately modified her sporting citizenship from Canada to Phillippines, will lead off in warmth one. She has helped Canada win a number of medals on this relay in previous years, so search for her cut up on the opening leg.
Males’s 4×100 Free Relay
The Australian males have opted to scratch this occasion, and are the defending champions from Fukuoka. Nevertheless, Group GB will function prominently in warmth 1, lane 0. Their lineup consists of Jacob Whittle, Tom Dean, Duncan Scott, and Matthew Richards. They’re notably main off with Whittle, who jumped a bit early within the Fukuoka heats. Group GB have been the early favorites for gold in Fukuoka, previous to their prelim DQ, and are nonetheless searching for Paris qualification on this relay.
Group Italy will function a really sturdy relay within the heats, as they’re going with Lorenzo Zazzeri, Paolo Conte Bonin, Leonardo Deplano, and Alessandro Miressi. Zazzeri and Miressi return from final yr’s silver medal profitable relay.
Group USA submitted a lineup of Hunter Armstrong, Jack Aikins, Luke Hobson, and Carson Foster. Anticipate Matt King to be substituted into the lineup tonight, as he anchored the bronze medal profitable relay in Fukuoka final yr.
FULL LINEUPS
Ladies’s 4×100 Free Relay:
Warmth 1:
Lane 1 – Chinese language Taipei (Mei-Chien Huang, Yi-En Wu, Pei-Wun Lin, Applejean Gwinn)
Lane 2 – Phillippines (Kayla Sanchez, Jasmine Alkhaldi, Xiandi Chua, Teia Isabella Salvino)
Lane 3 – Brazil (Ana Carolina Vieira, Stephanie Balduccini, MF da Silva Costa de Oliveira, Aline Rodrigues)
Lane 4 – China (Lyu Yue, Ma Yonghui, Gong Zhenqi, Ai Yanhan)
Lane 5 – Canada (Rebecca Smith, Sarah Fournier, Ella Jansen, Taylor Ruck)
Lane 6 – Eire (Erin Riordan, Grace Davison, Maria Godden, Victoria Catterson)
Lane 7 – Serbia (Katarina Milutinovic, Nina Stanisavljevic, Janna Markovic, Martina Bukvic)
Warmth 2:
Lane 1 – Slovenia (Neza Klancar, Janja Segel, Katja Fain, Hana Sekuti)
Lane 2 – Lithuania (Ruta Meilutyte, Sylvia Statkevicius, Patricija Geriksonaite, Smilte Plytnykaite)
Lane 3 – Italy (Sofia Morini, Costanza Cocconcelli, Emma Virginia Menicucci, Chiara Tarantino)
Lane 4 – Australia (Alexandria Perkins, Jaclyn Barclay, Abbey Harkin, Shayna Jack)
Lane 5 – Netherlands (Kim Busch, Milou van Wijk, Janna Van Kooten, Kira Toussaint)
Lane 6 – Hong Kong (Hoi Lam Tam, Camille Lily Mei Cheng, Stephanie Au, Sum Yiu Li)
Lane 7 – Poland (Zuzanna Famulok, Julia Maik, Aleksandra Polanska, Kornelia Fiedkiewicz)
Males’s 4×100 Free Relay:
Warmth 1:
Lane 0 – Bulgaria (Josif Miladinov, Kaloyan Bratanov, Petar Mitsin, Yordan Yanchev)
Lane 1 – Lithuania (Tomas Navikonis, Daniil Pancerevas, Tomas Lukminas, Rokas Jazdauskas)
Lane 2 – Singapore (Mikkel Lee, Jonathan Tan, Ardi Azman, Darren Lim)
Lane 3 – Spain (Luis Dominguez, Sergio de Celis Montalban, Mario Molla Yanes)
Lane 4 – United States (Hunter Armstrong, Jack Aikins, Luke Hobson, Carson Foster)
Lane 5 – Canada (Javier Acevedo, Finlay Knox, Antoine Sauve, Stephen Calkins)
Lane 6 – Hungary (Szebasztian Szabo, Daniel Meszaros, Adam Jaszo, Nandor Nemeth)
Lane 7 – Sweden (Robin Hanson, Bjoern Seeliger, Isak Eliasson, Marcus Holmquist)
Lane 8 – Thailand (Dulyawat Kaewsriyong, Navaphat Wongcharoen, Ratthawit Thammananthachote, Tonnam Kanteemool)
Warmth 2:
Lane 0 – Nice Britain (Jacob Whittle, Tom Dean, Duncan Scott, Matthew Richards)
Lane 1 – Mexico (Andreas Dupont Cabrera, Hector Rubalcaba, Jose Martinez, Jorge Iga)
Lane 2 – Poland (Kamil Sieradzki, Ksawery Masiuk, Mateusz Chowaniec, Kacper Majchrzak)
Lane 3 – Republic of Korea (Jaehoon Yang, Yuchan Ji, Yooyeon Lee, Minsuk Kim)
Lane 4 – Italy (Lorenzo Zazzeri, Paolo Conte Bonin, Leonardo Deplano, Alessandro Miressi)
Lane 5 – China (Wang Haoyu, Ji Xinjie, Zhang Zhanshou , Pan Zhanle)
Lane 6 – Serbia (Velimir Stjepanovic, Andrej Barna, Uros Nikolic, Nikola Acin)
Lane 7 – Greece (Apostolos Christou, Stergios Marios Bilas, Kristian Gkolomeev, Andreas Vazaios)
Lane 8 – Vietnam (Hung Nguyen Tran, Huy Hoang Nguyen, Ding Chuyen Ngo, Quang Thuan Nguyen)
Lane 9 – Slovakia (Tibor Tistan, Matej Dusa, Richard Nagy Frantisek Jablcnik)
