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FINA Aquatics 2017, 12th day – Hungary, Greece, Serbia and Croatia went to the semi-finals, world records in Budapest
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The Hungarian men’s national team are through to the last four of the 2017 World Championship after they put in a masterful performance to outclass Russia 14-5. Tamás Märcz’s water polo team now face Greece in the semi-finals on Thursday. Lilly King of the United States won the women’s 100-metre breaststroke event with a new world record of 1:04.13. Jiayu Xu of China won the men’s 100-metre backstroke event. Kylie Jacqueline Masse of Canada won the women’s 100-metre backstroke event with a new world record of 58.10 seconds in Budapest. Adam Peaty of Great Britain set a new world record in men’s 50-metre breaststroke. Katie Ledecky of the United States won the women’s 1,500-metre freestyle event. Yang Sun of China won the men’s 200-metre freestyle event in the 17th World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.
Lilly King wins women’s 100 m breaststroke with world record
Results:
1. Lilly King (USA) 1:04.13
2. Katie Meili (USA) 1:05.03
3. Yuliya Efimova (RUS) 1:05.05
Jiayu Xu wins men’s 100 m backstroke
Results:
1. Jiayu Xu (CHN) 52.44 sec
2. Matt Grevers (USA) 52.48
3. Ryan Murphy (USA) 52.59
Masse wins women’s 100 m backstroke with world record
Results:
1. Kylie Jacqueline Masse (CAN) 58.10 sec
2. Kathleen Baker (USA) 58.58
3. Emily Seebohm (AUS) 58.59
Peaty sets second world record in men’s 50 m breaststroke in 9 hours
Adam Peaty of Great Britain set a new world record in men’s 50-metre breaststroke by clocking 25.95 seconds in a semifinal heat in the 17th World Aquatics Championships in Budapest on Wednesday.
Peaty broke his own world record of 26.10 seconds clocked this morning.
Ledecky wins women’s 1,500 m freestyle
Results:
1. Katie Ledecky (USA) 15:31.82 min
2. Mireia Belmonte (ESP) 15:50.89
3. Simona Quadarella (ITA) 15:53.86
4. Boglárka Kapás (HUN)
Yang Sun wins men’s 200 m freestyle
Results:
1. Yang Sun (CHN) 1:44.39
2. Townley Haas (USA) 1:45.04
3. Aleksandr Krasnykh (RUS) 1:45.23
Men’s water polo – quarterfinals
The qualification matches took place in the morning, with the following results:
For the 15th place:
Canada – South Africa 9-6 (1-2, 4-1, 2-1, 2-2)
For the 13th place
France – United States 8-10 (1-0, 2-3, 3-4, 2-3)
For the 9th-12th places
Brazil -Japan 7-9 (1-3, 3-4, 1-1, 2-1)
Kazakhstan – Spain 6-18 (0-4, 1-5, 1-3, 4-6)
Quarter finals
Montenegro-Greece 7-12 (0-1, 2-5, 1-4, 4-2)
Hajós Alfréd Swimming Complex, referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Flahive (AUS)
Montenegro: Lazovic – Drasko Brguljan 1, Petkovic 1, Draskovic, Radovic 2, Misic 1, Cuckovic. Subs.: Scepanovic (gk), Banicevic, Darko Brguljan 1, Radovic, Ukropina, Murisic 1. Head coach: Vladimir Gojkovic
Greece: Flegkas – Genidounias 1, Delakas, Fountoulis 4, Kolomvos 1, Gounas 2, Vlachopoulos 1. Subs.: Dervisis 1, Kapotsis, Pontikeas, Argyropoulos 1, Mourikis 1. Head coach: Theodorus Vlachos
Montenegro got to the quarter finals directly by winning its group. Even point saving against Canada went easily for the team. The Greeks had a much more difficult task getting into the quarter final. This training has proved to be useful.
Greece beat Spain 8-7, went down against Serbia 11-6, and they succesfully faced off Japan 14-4.
The olympic bronze medallist national team started the quarter final better. Gounas made Greece lead the game by the middle of the quarter by scoring the only goal of the first part. Angelos Vlachopoulos increased their lead, soon followed by the tricky action of Georgios Dervisis, 0-3.
After the score of 4-1, Sasa Misic scored for Montenegro, but the Greeks have proved to be much better at shooting on target, they increased their lead to five goals. Aeskasandar Radovic succesfully hit through the wall, being fuelled by anger (2-6), but the European Championship’s silver medallist couldn’t get any closer until the break.
The disappointment of the players of Montenegro may have intensified in the third quarter as after the score of 3-0, the Greeks’ lead grew up to the score of 9-2, mostly due to Ioannis Fountoulis’s incredible gameplay.
By the beginning of the fourth quarter, Montenegro faced the seven goal advance of Greece, something they couldn’t handle. The team didn’t succeed in turning the match around.