COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2022
- Friday 29 July – Wednesday 3 August 2022
- Birmingham, UK
- Sandwell Aquatic Center
- start times
- Prelims: 10:30 a.m. local time / 5:30 a.m. ET
- Finals: 7:00 p.m. local time / 2:00 p.m. ET
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DAY 4 START LISTS
On day three of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the men’s 200, women’s 200 breaststroke, men’s 50 backstroke heats will fly. Ladies fly 50th and men 100 free are contested.
We will get a first impression Kyle Chalmers He swam a 100m freewheel from a shallow start that year as he chose not to swim the event at the 2022 World Championships. Coming in with a best of 47.08 and will be the favorite to win but expect to be challenged by Canada Josh LiendoEnglands Lewis Burras and Jacob Wittleas well as Scotland Duncan Scott.
world record holder Tatyana Schoenmacher will swim the 200 breaststroke in this session. She’s also signed out of Worlds so this heat will give us a first look at her form at her best event of the year.
Keep an eye out Maggie McNeil and Emma McKeon in the 50 fly where they are primed for a rematch after going 1-2 in the 100 fly yesterday. However, Holly beret could beat both swimmers in this race. Other stars to watch include, among others Chad Le Clos in the 200 Fly and 100 Back Champion Pieter Coetzee back in the 50’s.
Men’s 200 fly heats
- World record: 1:50.39 – Kristof Milak, Hungary (2022)
- Commonwealth Record: 1:52.96 — Chad Le ClosSouth Africa (2012)
- Commonwealth Game Record: 1:54.00 — Chad Le ClosSouth Africa (2018)
Top 8:
Englands JamesGuy led the 100 meter mark in the first heat, but his teammate Mason Wilby passed him down the stretch, beating him by 0.33s and winning the race in a time of 1:57.97 while Guy was in 1:58.30.
In the second run it was Australia’s Bowen Gough who won in 1:57.53 and held a late load Jay Lelliott from England.
Top seeded in his typical racing strategy Chad Le Clos from South Africa took out the final heat very quickly but became the 400 IM champion Lewis Clareburt from New Zealand, who won the fastest overall time in the heats with a time of 1:56.76. Le Clos touched in 1:56.85, the second fastest time and the only other time under the 1:57 mark. Scotland Duncan Scottemerging from a 200 free/400 IM doubles, ran 1:57.48 and finished third overall in heats.
200 breast warmers for women
- World record: 2:18.95 — Tatyana SchoenmacherSouth Africa (2021)
- Commonwealth record: 2:18.95 — Tatyana SchoenmacherSouth Africa (2021)
- Commonwealth Games record: 2:20.72 – Leisel Jones, Australia (2006)
Top 8:
Englands Molly Renshawof South Africa Kaylene Corbettand Australia’s Harkin Abbey was well ahead in the first heat, Renshaw scoring in 2:25.06 to win her race, beating Corbett by 0.02 seconds. Harkin led for the first half of the race but fell back to third place and ended up posting a time of 2:26.11.
world record holder Tatyana Schoenmacher was a body length ahead of the rest of the field in heat two, winning easily in a time of 2:21.76 to take a comfortable first place in the heats and establish herself as a huge favorite to win the finals. That time is a season best for her by three seconds and also the fastest in the Commonwealth so far this year. World Silver Medalist Jenna Strauch of Australia touched behind Schoenmaker in 2:24.97, the second fastest prelim time overall.
50 men’s back runs
- World Record: 23.71 – Hunter Armstrong, USA (2022)
- Commonwealth Record: 24.04 – Liam Tancock, Great Britain (2009)
- Commonwealth Games record: 24.62 – Liam Tancock, England (2010)
Top 16:
New Zealand record holder Andrew Jeffcoat led the field in heat five, winning in a time of 25.04 and nearly breaking the 25-second barrier.
100 Backmaster Pieter Coetzee won the fifth heat in a time of 24.95, just beating Australia’s Ben Armbruster at the end of his race. Coetzee was the only man under 25 in the heats and swam the fastest overall time in the heats.
Scotland Scott Gibson won the final run with 25.26 while top seeded Mitch Larkin connected from Australia to India Srihari Nataraj for second in a time of 25.52.
50 women’s fly heats
- World Record: 24.43 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2014)
- Commonwealth record: 25.20 – Francesca Halsall, Great Britain (2014)
- Commonwealth Games record: 25.20 – Francesca Halsall, England (2014)
Top 16:
100 Fly Champion Maggie McNeil of Canada rode through the fifth heat and touched first in a time of 26.24 to swim the fastest overall time from the heats by around three tenths.
Then, in the sixth run, it was a 100 Fly silver medalist Emma McKeon from Australia, who won in 26.65. She seems to have more in the tank as her opening split of 26.41 in 100-fly yesterday was faster than her 50-fly run time today.
In the last heat Helen Gassen was first with 26.52 and swam the second fastest preliminary round time overall. Australia’s Holly Barratt, a longtime veteran of the sport, finished third in 26.86 and will also qualify for the final.
100 men’s free runs
- World Record: 46.91 – Cesar Cielo, Brazil (2009)
- Commonwealth Record: 47.04 – Cameron McEvoy, Australia (2016)
- Commonwealth Games record: 47.98 – Brent Hayden, Canada (2012)
Top 16:
canada Ruslan Gaziev beat England’s Lewis Burras and Jacob Whittle in heat seven, touching first in 48.84. Whittle and Burras had times of 49.26 and 49.70, respectively, with the three swimmers being the only ones under 50 seconds in their run.
Gaziev’s teammate, Josh Liendoled heat 8 from start to finish, winning by 48.54 and earning first place in the semifinals. However, he had to fend off England’s Tom Dean and Zac Incerti, both of whom had very strong back halves.
Australia Kyle Chalmers made his 100 Free individual debut in the final heat but was beaten by Canada Stephen Calkin, who won the race from lane one in a time of 48.96. This was a mighty swim for Calkins, who had a best of 49.60 early in the meet. Chalmers went 48.98, a time that will be good enough to make it to the semifinals. Duncan Scott managed his second consecutive doubles session and qualified for the semifinals with a score of 49.31.