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Olympic Champion Mireia Belmonte Not In Windsor For The Win; Dylan Carter Flies
- Updated: December 7, 2016
Mireia Belmonte, the Olympic 200m butterfly champion, clocked 2:10.2 for 19th place in her top event this morning in Windsor to top the league of the minority of big names who made it to Windsor towing the weight of Olympic season in their wake.
Kelsi Worrell, the American known for her 100m sprint skills, topped the 200m heats in 2:03.94, closest to her a 2:05.40 from China’s Zhang Yufei, Hungarian Katinka Hosszu close by.
Belmonte then withdrew from the 800m freestyle, her defence of four crowns now over, it seems (and probably never on to start with). It was not immediately clear whether the world record holder over both the events she was slated for today, was unfit, ill or suffering from both those forms of setback.
The 800m opace was set by Leah Smith, her 8:07.67 dominant, USA teammate Ashley Twichell on 8:16.08, with Australian Kiah Melverton closest on 8:23.51.
In other action, Dylan Carter cracked the Trinidad and Tobago national 200m freestyle mark as lead qualifier for the final in 1:42.90.
The national standard had stood to George Bovell since a lead-off relay swim in 2004: 1:44.81. Carter’s swim marked a huge personal improvement for a man who in a long-course pool has never been too far inside the 1:50 mark.
Franz Huggins, Carter’s locally based coach, said:
“The swim this morning looked very controlled. He split his race perfectly and really looked smooth throughout. With Two Olympic 200 freestyle medalists (Le Clos and Park) in the final with him tonight, he will have his hands full, but there is no doubt a place on the podium is the goal.”
Also through to the final, on 1:43s, are Alexander Krasnykh (RUS), Myles Brown (RSA), Matias Koski (FIN), Anders Lie (DEN), Chad le Clos (RSA), Park Tae-hwan* (KOR), and Dan Smith (AUS).
The women’s …
