World Cup Incheon, Day 2: Pieter Coetze Enjoys Document-Breaking Day, Wins For Haughey & Marchand
Pieter Coetze loved two top-three finishes and set an African report within the 50 again on day two of the World Cup in Incheon, South Korea.
Leon Marchand and Duncan Scott tussled as soon as extra within the 200IM whereas Siobhan Haughey claimed her second 200 free win to go inside one victory of the triple crown.
Regan Smith commanded the highlight with a world report of 54.41 within the 100 again with the American now the proprietor of the brief and long-course marks.
The second stage of the World Cup 2024 concludes on Saturday in Incheon earlier than the ultimate leg in Singapore which runs from 31 October to 2 November.
Ladies’s 400IM
Mary-Sophie Harvey took over the lead from Yu Yiting going into the freestyle leg and prolonged her result in come residence in a 4:26.23 PB and her second victory in as many days following her 400 win on the opening day.
Yu was second in 4:27.81 adopted by Tara Kinder of Australia (4:29.02).
Males’s 50m Backstroke
Pieter Coetze was the one man inside 23secs as he set an African report of twenty-two.80 forward of Isaac Cooper (23.10) and Thierry Bollin, the Swiss claiming his first World Cup medal in 23.20.
Coetze, the 2022 Commonwealth silver medallist, minimize 0.04 from his personal African mark of twenty-two.84 set on the 2022 World Quick-Course Championships in Melbourne, Australia.
Ladies’s 200m Freestyle
Siobhan Haughey was 0.6 off her WR on the midway stage and prolonged her lead all through for a dominant victory in 1:51.02.
Brittany Castelluzzo went second at midway, a place she maintained to the touch in 1:54.11 with Milla Jansen making it an Australian 2-3 in 1:54.98.
Males’s 200IM
This was an actual thriller of a race with Leon Marchand and Duncan Scott renewing rivalries after they completed 1-2 final week in Shanghai.
The Frenchman set a European and World Cup report of 1:50.30 in China nevertheless it was Scott who led by means of the fly and breaststroke legs, turning 0.19 forward.
Marchand surged on the breaststroke and had constructed up a 0.49 lead by 150. Scott clawed his approach again by means of the water and lowered the deficit to 0.14 on the closing flip.
The four-time Olympic champion greater than held agency with a 12.59 closing 25 – the quickest within the discipline – propelling him to the win in 1:50.91 with victory greeted with a thumbs-up.
Scott repeated his Shanghai second in 1:51.25 with Seto third in 1:52.36.
Males’s 50m Breaststroke
This was an actual tussle with Qin Haiyang edging victory by 0.02 over Ilya Shymanovich, the Chinese language touching in 25.76 to 25.78.
Choi Dongyeol of South Korea was third in 26.05.
Ladies’s 50m Butterfly
Kate Douglass went inside 0.4 of Therese Alshammar‘s WR of 24.38 in prelims, a mark that has stood since November 2009.
The American already has one international commonplace beneath her belt in Incheon after her 2:14.16 within the 200m breaststroke on Thursday and on Friday she was a transparent winner in 24.73, 0.15 off Claire Curzan’s nationwide report of 24.55.
Sara Junevik of Sweden and Lily Worth of Australia shared second in 25.27.
Males’s 100m Freestyle
Jamie Jack led all through to win in 46.48 forward of Hwang Sunwoo who took second from lane eight in 46.60.
Pieter Coetze continued his high-quality evening within the pool, including freestyle bronze in 46.74 to his backstroke gold.
Ladies’s 100m Breaststroke
Tang Qianting was contained in the tempo of the 1:02.36 world report shared by Alia Atkinson and Ruta Meilutyte all through the race and the prospect of a second international mark of the session was a definite risk.
Nevertheless, the WR line obtained away within the closing few metres with the Chinese language athlete stopping the clock at 1:02.82, exterior the Asian mark of 1:02.53 she set final week in Shanghai.
Alina Zmushka was second in 1:04.12 with Sophie Angus of Canada coming from fourth on the closing flip to maneuver previous Benedetta Pilato and take third in 1:05.41.
Males’s 200m Butterfly
Trenton Julian was 0.76 forward of Chad le Clos on the 175 mark which heralded a blistering closing 25 of 14.10 by the South African.
The American’s lead was sufficient for him to carry on and take the win in 1:51.00 to 1:51.07 with Italy’s Alberto Razzetti third in 1:52.23.
