The penultimate stop of the FINA World Cup kicked off Tuesday morning in Tokyo, and Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson and American Kelsi Worrell each had impressive performances in earning lane four for the evening finals.
Atkinson crushed the field in the women’s 100 breast, touching in 1:03.96. The USA’s Molly Hannis qualified second in 1:04.94, just ahead of Teramura (1:05.16). Olympic silver medalist Yulia Efimova qualified fourth in 1:06.32. Worrell topped the field in the 100 fly with a 56.73, ahead of Rikako Ikee (57.55), Hosszu (57.63) and Jeanette Ottesen (58.14).
Australia’s Tomasso D’Orsogna led the way in the men’s 100 free, clocking 47.62, just ahead of Russia’s Vladimir Morozov (47.91), who has won the event at all seven previous World Cup meets. Notably, Olympic gold medalist Kyle Chalmers barely snuck into the final, finishing eighth with his time of 48.22. Olympic silver medalist Pieter Timmers qualified sixth in 48.19.
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu kicked off her Tokyo meet with a top-seeded 1:54.38 in the women’s 200 free, well ahead of countrywoman Zsuzsanna Jakobos (1:55.30). Hosszu cruised to the top seed in the 200 IM with a 2:07.27, well ahead of Miho Teramura (2:08.56).
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