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World Cup 3 in Edmonton - Day 2 Finals
Nov 20, 2000
EDMONTON - After two days of competition Martina Morvacova (SVK) and Ed Moses (USA) were the undisputed stars of the third stage of the 2000-2001 FINA World Cup.
Two Acura automobiles were up for grabs at this competition which generated a great deal of excitement and fast times.
Moses already posted the fastest men's time yesterday in the 50 breaststroke but improved on that with his win in the 100 breaststroke with 59.60 worth 981 points giving him the top male performance over two days and the keys to a shiny black Acura.
Moravcova put on a virtuoso display over two days competing and winning six events. Her best performance was the 200 free in 1:56.39 worth 991. Her winning time in the 100 IM of 1:00.67 was the second best performance worth 989.
She had a busy week, competing and winning six events at World Cup 2 (Wednesday and Thursday) for a total of 12 wins in 5 days. She was also the top performer at World Cup 2.
Moravcova picked the silver-gray Acura as her reward for all the fine swimming. "It's my colour," Martina said. "I won two silvers at the Olympics."
The host country amassed the most medals with 39 (12-13-14) with Slovakia's Moravcova in second with six golds. Australia with a team of relatively inexperienced rookies had a total of 20 (5-8-7).
| MEDAL TOTALS after 2 days | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL | |
| CAN | 12 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| SVK | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| AUS | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| GER | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| USA | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| CHN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| BRA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ITA | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| GBR | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| NED | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |
One Canadian record fell today as the top two female swimmers matched up in a thrilling and very closely fought 100 IM. Moravcova had the edge after fly and back, with Marianne Limpert (CAN) taking a small lead after breaststroke only to have Moravcova touch her out 1:00.67 to 1:00.93.
Moravcova's three wins were in the 100 frestyle with 54.24 and the 50 fly in 26.87 in addition to the 100 IM.
Ageless Sylvia Gerasch, 31 (GER) won the 50 breast in a fast time of 31.30. She also won the 100 yesterday with a 1:08.62. Christin Petelski (CAN) won the 200 today with a 2:28.07.
Yang Yu (CHN) won the 400 free in 4:09.53, she was second in the 200 free yesterday. Other wins for the small Chinese team were by Zhan Shu (CHN) in the 100 back in 1:00.51 and Ruan Yi in the 200 fly with 2:12.91.
Kristen Caverly (USA) won the 400 IM in 4:40.68 and added a second in the 200 breast 2:28.70 and was third yesterday in the 200 back in 2:11.93.
Best men's race was in the 100 breaststroke with Morgan Knabe (CAN) challenging winner Moses' 59.70 to Knabe's 1:00.02. It was much closer than the final winning margin.
Shane Fielding (AUS) won the 200 IM in 2:02.88, after finishing second earlier in the 100 fly 53.45 behind Michael Mintenko (CAN) 52.78.
Raymond Hass (AUS won the 200 backstroke 1:58.58 over Sebastian Halgasch (GER) in second with 1:58.87. Halgasch was second earlier in the 50 back with 24.82 behind winner Beau Mannix (AUS) in 24.52.
| Rating Summary of Top Performances after 2 days | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) | 991 | 1:56.39 | 200 free W | Martina Moravcova, 76,SVK |
| 2) | 983 | 1:00.93 | 100 IM W | Marianne Limpert, 72,CAN |
| 3) | 981 | 59.60 | 100 breast M | Ed Moses, 80,USA |
| 4) | 976 | 31.30 | 50 breast W | Sylvia Gerasch, 69,GER |
| 5) | 973 | 1:57.81 | 200 free W | Yu Yang, 85,CHN |
| 6) | 971 | 1:00.02 | 100 breast M | Morgan Knabe, 81,CAN |
| 7) | 965 | 2:09.79 | 200 back W | Jennifer Fratesi, 84,CAN |
| 8) | 964 | 24.52 | 50 back M | Beau Mannix, 80,AUS |
| 9) | 960 | 52.78 | 100 fly M | Michael Mintenko, 75,CAN |
| 10) | 959 | 1:58.99 | 200 free W | Karen Pickering, 71,GBR |
Spectator interest was good today with over 1,000 in attendance.
The future of this competition is up in the air.
FINA wants to reduce the number of swimming World Cups to eight from 10. The cost of staging this competition is escalating yearly (over Cdn $ 350,000 this year) but Edmonton wants to be a player and is looking for the magic formula to continue with this much needed Canadian stop on the circuit.
