Daniil Pakhomov Breaks Meet Record En Route to Gold in 100 Fly at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships
Russia’s Daniil Pakhomov clipped his own meet record in the men’s 100-meter fly finals at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.
Pakhomov checked in with a top time of 52.28 for the win, just off his season-best time of 52.13 from the European Junior Championships in Baku.
That swim downed Pakhomov’s meet record of 52.40 set yesterday.
With USA’s Michael Andrew missing finals due to a daunting schedule yesterday, Pakhomov was the clear favorite tonight.
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[table “” not found /]Brazil’s Vinicius Lanza snared silver with a time of 52.88, while Russia’s Daniil Antipov also cleared 53 seconds with a bronze-winning 52.99.
Spain’s Alberto Lozano (53.10), Poland’s Michal Chudy (53.25), Brazil’s Henrique Painhas (53.44), Italy’s Giacomo Carini (53.51) and USA’s Ryan Hoffer (53.53) closed out the finale.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 50 fly semis
- Men’s 50 free semis
- Women’s 200 back finals
- Men’s 100 fly finals
- Women’s 100 breast semis
- Men’s 50 back semis
- Women’s 100 free finals
- Men’s 800 free finals
- Mixed 400 free relay finals