Australia’s Kyle Chalmers blasted the meet record in the men’s 100-meter free finals at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.
Chalmers raced his way to a sizzling 48.47 to crush the 48.87 set by Pedro Spajari yesterday.
That swim moved Chalmers up to 17th in the world rankings, and smashed his previous season best of 48.69 that led all 18-and-unders.
18-and-Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats
[table “” not found /]Maxime Rooney uncorked a smoking 48.87 for the USA to take silver, while Brazil’s Felipe Souza rounded out the podium with a third-place 49.30.
Spajari could not replicate his semifinal speed with a fourth-place 49.56.
Italy’s Alessandro Miressi (49.61), Canada’s Markus Thormeyer (49.76), Romania’s Robert Glinta (49.87) and Italy’s Alessandro Bori (50.16) closed out the finale.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Men’s 100 free finals
- Women’s 200 breast finals
- Men’s 200 back finals
- Women’s 100 fly finals
- Men’s 1500 free finals
- Women’s 50 free finals
- Men’s 200 fly finals
- Men’s 50 breast finals
- Women’s 200 free finals
- Men’s 400 medley relay finals
- Women’s 400 medley relay finals
Well done Glinta Robert.