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NYAC’s Arkady Vyatchanin turned in a sizzling time to win the men’s 200-meter back at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.
Vyatchanin, now a Serbian swimmer after defecting as a Russian Olympian, took home the title with a 1:56.31 for the victory. That effort moved him to fourth in the world behind Ryosuke Irie (1:54.62), Mitch Larkin (1:55.52) and Xu Jiayu (1:56.26).
Vyatchanin beat a pair of Olympic gold medalists as SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary placed second in 1:58.43 and Ryan Lochte earned third in 1:58.56.
Jack Conger (1:59.85), Omar Pinzon (1:59.92), Jonathan Roberts (2:00.10), Tristan Sanders (2:02.53) and Jay Litherland (2:05.22) also swam in the finale.
Canada’s Markus Thormeyer won the B final in a time of 2:01.68 with Canadian teammate Javier Acevedo placing second in 2:02.41.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 800 free
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 200 IM
- Women’s 200 back
- Men’s 200 back
- Women’s 50 breast
- Men’s 50 breast
- Women’s 100 free
- Men’s 100 free
- Men’s 1500 free