Photographer Adrian Seetho gives us an inside look at day 3 of the 2015 Junior World Championships.
All photos are courtesy of Adrian Seetho/Singapore Swimming Association. You can find more of Adrian’s photos on the Singapore Swimming Association’s Facebook page here.
Night 3 finals saw five different meet records fall:
Japan’s Rikako Ikee broke the women’s 50 fly meet record in semifinals, coming up just .04 seconds short of the junior world record. More on her swim, from our day 3 finals recap here:
WOMEN’S 50M BUTTERFLY – SEMIFINALS
- WR: 24.43 Sarah Sjoestrom (SWE) 5 JUL 2014 Boras (SWE)
CR: 26.32 Svetlana Chimrova (RUS) 29 AUG 2013 Dubai (UAE)- WJ: 26.26 Rozaliya Nasretdinova (RUS) 20 AUG 2014 Nanjing (CHN)
Japan’s Rikako Ikee blasted a new meet record from the second semifinal, taking the top spot in the night’s first semifinal event. Her time of 26.30 broke the record by .02, but is the top seed by almost three tenths into the final.
She’ll be chased by the winner of the first semi, Russia’s Mariia Kameneva (26.59). From there, things got really tight, with spots 3 through 6 separated by just about a tenth.
Lucia Lassman of Australia and Canada’s Penny Oleksiak tied fort third at 26.80. China’s top entrant, Wang Jingzhuo, was just behind in 26.84, and the other Australian into the final is Gemma Cooney in 26.91.
Also into the top 8: Hungary’s Szonja Azokol in 27.00 and Slovakia’s Barbora Misendova in 27.02.
Records also fell in the women’s 200 back, men’s 100 fly, women’s 100 free and mixed 4×100 free relay.
Photo Vault
Japan’s Rikako Ikee is just hundredths away from a new junior world record in the 50 fly.
Australia’s Kyle Chalmers
USA sprinter Ryan Hoffer
Kyle Chalmers after qualifying first in the 50 free semifinals
Russia’s 100 fly champ Daniil Pakhomov
Young Japanese breaststroker Runa Imai
Hungary’s Bence Szucsik
Egyptian backstroker Youssef Abdalla
Canada’s Taylor Ruck wins gold in the 100 free.
Day 3 was a big one for Team Canada, spurred on by their enthusiastic cheering section.
Canada’s Junior World Champs in the mixed 4×100 free relay strike a pose.