2016 Energy Standard Cup
- Saturday, April 30 – Sunday, May 1, 2016
- Lignano, Italy
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Katinka Hosszu, Evgeny Rylov and Andrii Govorov each won multiple events on the first day of the Energy Standard Cup in Italy, with Hozzu popping a huge 4:32.68 in the 400 IM.
That time for Hosszu is better than anyone else in the world so far this season – it would rank her #1 worldwide if Hosszu didn’t already hold that spot with a 4:29.89 from March.
2015-2016 LCM Women 400 IM
HOSSZU
4.26.36*WR
| 2 | Maya DiRADO | USA | 4.31.15 | 08/06 |
| 3 | Mireia BELMONTE | ESP | 4.32.39 | 08/06 |
| 4 | Hannah MILEY | GBR | 4.32.54 | 08/06 |
| 5 | Elizabeth BEISEL | USA | 4.33.55 | 05/13 |
That swim came in the morning session. Hosszu, competing for the Energy Standard club team, would win the 200 free in the afternoon, going 1:57.30.
Rylov, the 19-year-old junior world record-holder for Russia, swept the 100 and 200 backstrokes. His 1:54.76 was the highlight, sitting just half a second off his season-best, which sits 2nd worldwide. Rylov was also 53.45 in the 100 back, again just a tick off his season-best.
The other swimmer to win multiple events in the open age class was the Ukrainian Govorov, who ruled the sprints to the tune of three wins. In the morning, he went 23.23 to win the men’s 50 fly, and also took the 100 free in 49.78 in the same session. The latter was a nail-biter with Italy’s Ivano Vendrame, who was 49.80 for second.
Then in the evening session he was the only man to dip under 22 in the 50 free, going 21.94 for the blowout win.
The evening slate of events was a great one for Italy, with that team taking 5 of the 10 wins. That included Gabriele Detti (1:48.22 in the men’s 200 free), Silvia Scalia (1:01.41 in the women’s 100 back), Giulia Verona (2:30.66 in the women’s 200 breast) and Silvia di Pietro (25.14 in the women’s 50 free), plus a win from the women’s 4×100 medley relay.
The Energy Standard Club won both of the other two relays, the men’s 4×100 medley and the mixed 4×200 free relay.
One more notable swim came from junior world record-holder Anton Chupkov in the 200 breast. The Russian was 2:10.33 for that win.