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Australia’s Cameron McEvoy put himself in a good spot heading into the men’s 100-meter free with a world best at the 2015 FINA World Championships.
McEvoy put up the only sub-48 swim of the night with a swift time of 47.94. That’s a new world best, clearing the 47.98 shared by Vlad Morozov and Santo Condorelli. McEvoy still has a full second to drop to challenge Eamon Sullivan’s Australian record of 47.05 from 2008.
Morozov, meanwhile, drew a shocking false start disqualification as the hometown favorite will not get a chance to compete in the stacked finale.
China’s Ning Zetao qualified second in 48.13 with Argentina’s Federico Grabich posting a third-seeded 48.20.
Belgium’s Pieter Timmers (48.22), USA’s Nathan Adrian (48.36), Brazil’s Marcelo Chierighini (48.37), Russia’s Alexander Sukhorukov (48.40) and Canada’s Condorelli (48.49) also made the championship heat.
Condorelli could be the wildcard depending on if he is able to summon the level of performance he had at the Pan American Games just a few weeks ago in Canada.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Men’s 100 free semis
- Women’s 50 back semis
- Men’s 200 fly finals
- Women’s 200 free finals
- Men’s 50 breast finals
- Women’s 200 fly semis
- Men’s 200 IM semis
- Men’s 800 free finals
- Mixed 400 medley relay finals
