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FINA World Cup Meet 1 - Day 2 Daejeon, Korea

Nov 25, 2003  - Russell McKinnon - FINA Press Commission Member

Daejeon, Korea - The two-day World Cup swimming meet at the Chung-mu Swimming Pool here proved to be a happy hunting ground for Ukraine's Yana Klochkova.

She won a staggering six gold medals but it was Austria's Mirna Jukic, as a winner of three golds and a silver, who clocked three of the top five female swims of the meet.

Her final swim tonight in the 200m breaststroke gave her 973 points while the fourth and fifth best swims came in the 100m and 50m breaststroke respectively.

Japan's Mai Nakamura swam the second and third highest scoring races, gaining 970 points for the 100m backstroke and 962 for the 50m backstroke.

Klochkova, on the other hand, scored four in the top 13 but her best came in tonight's 400m freestyle, the sixth best of the meet. By the time she won the 100m IM late in the evening she had slowed considerably but was still dominant.

On the men's side of the ledger, Germany's Stefan Herbst was the standout with three golds and one silver.

His fastest swim earned 973 points, the same as Jukic, while he had two others in the top eight. The best points came in the fast 200m freestyle. Next best was Croatian Gordan Kozulj in the 200m backstroke with 964 in what was a fast race.

Slovenian Peter Mankoc with 960 points in the 200m IM, the only gold of his four medals, was the third best. The other medals were all silver.

Two swimmers gained two gold medals, the host nation's Seung Hun You with two great breaststroke wins over world champion Roman Sludnov (RUS) and Germany's Steffen Driesen in the backstroke.


Mens Events
200m freestyle: German Stefan Herbst (1:45.15) came within a slither of his personal best to win his third gold medal and from lane one. Last night he won the 100m IM from the same lane. His coach stated it was not unusual for Herbst to go that slow in the heats. He won easily from Slovenia's Peter Mankoc (1:46.83) and Brazil's Rodrigo Castro (1:48.36) and did so with a long lunge at the timing pad. Herbst's best is 1:45.04 at the distance. The swim was the best-scoring race of the meet with Herbst scoring 973 points.

100m breaststroke: Korea's Seung Hun You (1:00.82) did what he did to Russia's Roman Sludnov in the 200m breaststroke last night and won gold, giving him two gold and a silver in the discipline here. You had the lead at the halfway and always looked in control of Sludnov (1:01.11). Sweden's Joakim Niclsen took third in 1:02.38.

100m butterfly: Russian Igor Marchenko continued the winning lane streak of Lane One when he eclipsed Korea's Doo Hee Jeong (53.06) and Uzbekistan's Ravil Hachaev (53.13). Hachaev (lane 5) led at halfway but he was blown away by Marchenko in one and Jeong in lane seven.

50m backstroke: Steffen Driesen did Germany proud with a swift 24.44, ahead of Russian Evgueni Alechine (25.30) and Croatian Gordan Kozulj (25.67). Driesen was well ahead at the turn and maintained the momentum until the end. Alechine went one better than his bronze in the 100m event last night and Kozulj reversed his medal from the same event.

200m individual medley: Slovenia's Peter Mankoc (1:58.90) went to the front early and stayed there for his first gold medal, adding to his two silvers of the first night. He was never headed while Korea's Gyu Chul Han edged past Japan's Taishi Okude for the silver in 1:59.77. Okude touched in 2:01.20. Mankoc gained silvers in the 100m IM and the 100m freestyle.

50m freestyle: This was to be German Stefan Herbst fourth gold medal. However, swimming from his favoured lane one, he was touched out by the United States' Robert Zaabadick (22.29). Herbst was one tenth of second behind with Korea's Chung Hee Lee (22.56) in third.

1500m freestyle: The USA's Justin Mortimer cleaned up the longer distances, adding to his 400m freestyle gold and 400m IM bronze medal of yesterday. He touched in a creditable 15:09.48, ahead of Koreans Kook In Han (15:29.66) and Min Gyu O (15:30.20).

200m backstroke: Germany's Steffen Driesen (1:55.52) missed out on the backstroke hat-trick by half a second to Croatia's Gordan Kozulj (1:55.02). Russian Evgueni Alechine touched third in 1:56.08 for a silver and two bronzes in the backstroke events.

Womens Events
100m freestyle: 50m freestyle gold medallist Katrin Meissner (54.97) denied a Korean gold for the second successive night in the opening race of the evening. She led from the start from eventual third-placegetter Danni Miatke (55.70), the fastest qualifier, but had to hold out a fast-finishing Korean, Yoon Ji Ryu (54.99), the silver medallist in the 50m freestyle.

50m breaststroke: Mirna Jukic gained her third medal and second gold for Austria, stopping the clock in 31.40. Australian Sally Foster (32.22) was always on Jukic's tail in the first lap but Jukic fired over the third quarter and slowed in the final 12m. Korea's Ji Young Lee was third in 33.48.

400m individual medley: Yana Klochkova from the Ukraine just loves the middle distances and collected her fourth gold medal in a time of 4:43.40. She took the lead in the butterfly and increased it in the backstroke but Brazilian Joanna Maranhao-Melo narrowed the lead to half-body length at the end of the breaststroke. However, Klochkova did enough to stay ahead and cruised to the line. South African Tamaryn Laubscher lowered her best time by five seconds in finishing third (4:49.23).

100m backstroke: Japan's Mai Nakamura (59,48) had no equal in this event and collected a second gold after the shorter race yesterday. She blitzed Korean pair Da Hye Lee (1:01.51) and Nam Eun Lee (1:01.69). Both Koreans claimed their third medals of the meet but none was a gold. Nakamura claimed 970 points for the win for the two highest-scoring races in women's events, including last night's 50m backstroke.

200m butterfly: It was a Korean quinella with Kyung Hwa Park leading from start to finish in 2:11.82 but just holding out You Ri Kown (2:12.46) and Australian Kate Corkran (2:13.30). Kown was the latecomer, making up about three body lengths in the final 50m to overhaul Corkran and nearly upstage Park.

400m freestyle: Yana Klochkova (UKR) deposited more money in her gold bank with a fifth for the meet, shooting to the front early and doing enough for victory. Touching in 4:10.66, Klochkova beat Germany's Silke Nowotzin (4:13.04), the silver medallist in the 200m freestyle, and Australia's Megan Walker (4:14.32), the bronze medallist in the 800m freestyle.

200m breaststroke: Austria's Mirna Jukic made a clean sweep of the breaststroke events, winning comfortably in 2:23.19. Australia's Sally Foster swept the silver medals in 2:27.48 while Korea's A Ra Cho gained her first medal in a tight finish for third in 2:28.57.

100m individual medley: It was that woman Klochkova again, easily winning her sixth gold medal in 1:03.25, a slower time than her heat swim, showing the racing was telling on her. She beat China's Xiao Yu Liu (1:04.75) and Korea's Na Ri Park (1:04.91).

50m butterfly: Two Australians made the podium with Danni Miatke winning in 27:08, ahead of the USA's Michelle Defreese (27.41) and Australian Kate Corkran (27.54). It completed a set of medals for Miatke, two in butterfly and one in freestyle.



WORLD CUP 1 FINAL MEDAL TOTALS
COUNTRY Gold Silver Bronze Total
GER 7 4 0 11
UKR 6 0 0 6
KOR 4 11 13 28
USA 4 1 2 7
AUT 3 1 0 4
AUS 2 4 6 12
RUS 2 3 3 8
JPN 2 3 1 6
SLO 1 3 1 5
CHN 1 2 1 4
CRO 1 1 1 3
UZB 1 0 1 2
BRA 0 1 3 4
RSA 0 0 1 1
SWE 0 0 1 1
Total 34 34 34 102

2004 FINA WORLD CUP 1
Daejon (KOR) Nov 24-25, 2003 (25 M)

RATING SUMMARY OF TOP PERFORMANCES
1)	973	2:23.19	200 breast W	Jukic Mirna,86,AUT
 	973	1:45.15	200 free M	Herbst Stefan,78,GER
3)	970	59.48	100 back W	Nakamura Mai,79,JPN
4)	964	1:55.02	200 back M	Kozulj Gordan,76,CRO
5)	960	1:58.90	200 im M	Mankoc Peter,78,SLO
6)	959	52.76	100 back M	Driesen Steffen,81,GER
7)	953	1:58.78	200 free W	Klochkova Yana,82,UKR
8)	951	1:56.08	200 back M	Aleshine Evgeni,79,RUS
 	951	1:58.94	200 free W	Nowotzin Silke,85,GER
10)	950	4:14.02	400 im M	Han Kyu-Chul,81,KOR
 

Day 2 results

MEN
50 METRES FREESTYLE
1	22.29	Zaabadick Robert,80,USA
2	22.39	Herbst Stefan,78,GER
3	22.56	Lee Chung-Hee,81,KOR

200 METRES FREESTYLE
1	1:45.15	Herbst Stefan,78,GER
2	1:46.83	Mankoc Peter,78,SLO
3	1:48.36	Castro Rodrigo,78,BRA

1500 METRES FREESTYLE
1	15:09.48	Mortimer Justin,82,USA
2	15:29.66	Han Koon-Im,84,KOR
3	15:30.20	O Min-Kyu,84,KOR

50 METRES BACKSTROKE
1	24.44	Driesen Steffen,81,GER
2	25.30	Aleshine Evgeni,79,RUS
3	25.67	Kozulj Gordan,76,CRO
 
200 METRES BACKSTROKE
1	1:55.02	Kozulj Gordan,76,CRO
2	1:55.52	Driesen Steffen,81,GER
3	1:56.08	Aleshine Evgeni,79,RUS
 
100 METRES BREASTSTROKE
1	1:00.82	You Seung-Hun,83,KOR
2	1:01.11	Sloudnov Roman,80,RUS
3	1:02.38	Nielsen Joakim,84,SWE
 
100 METRES BUTTERFLY
1	52.99	Marchenko Igor,75,RUS
2	53.06	Jeong Doo-Hee,84,KOR
3	53.13	Nachaev Ravil,74,UZB
 
200 METRES IND.MEDLEY
1	1:58.90	Mankoc Peter,78,SLO
2	1:59.77	Han Kyu-Chul,81,KOR
3	2:01.20	Okude Taishi,83,JPN


WOMEN

100 METRES FREESTYLE
1	54.97	Meissner Katrin,73,GER
2	54.99	Ryu Yoon-Ji,85,KOR
3	55.70	Miatke Danni,87,AUS
 
400 METRES FREESTYLE
1	4:10.66	Klochkova Yana,82,UKR
2	4:13.04	Nowotzin Silke,85,GER
3	4:14.32	Walker Meagan,84,AUS

100 METRES BACKSTROKE
1	59.48	Nakamura Mai,79,JPN
2	1:01.51	Lee Da-Hye,84,KOR
3	1:01.69	Lee Nam-Eun,84,KOR
 
50 METRES BREASTSTROKE
1	31.40	Jukic Mirna,86,AUT
2	32.22	Foster Sally,85,AUS
3	33.48	LEELee Ji-Young,85,KOR
 
200 METRES BREASTSTROKE
1	2:23.19	Jukic Mirna,86,AUT
2	2:27.48	Foster Sally,85,AUS
3	2:28.57	Cho A-Ra,87,KOR

50 METRES BUTTERFLY
1	27.08	Miatke Danni,87,AUS
2	27.41	de Freese Michelle,81,USA
3	27.54	Corkran Kate,83,AUS
 
200 METRES BUTTERFLY
1	2:11.82	Park Kyung-Hwa,84,KOR
2	2:12.46	Kwon Hye-Rim,86,KOR
3	2:13.30	Corkran Kate,83,AUS

100 METRES IND.MEDLEY
1	1:03.25	Klochkova Yana,82,UKR
2	1:04.75	Liu Xiaoyu,91,CHN
3	1:04.91	Park Na-Ri,84,KOR
 
400 METRES IND.MEDLEY
1	4:43.40	Klochkova Yana,82,UKR
2	4:44.53	Maranhao Joanna,87,BRA
3	4:49.23	Laubscher Tamaryn,85,RSA