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Canada’s Ryan Cochrane captured a Pan American Games record in the men’s 400-meter free while being unshaven as he is focused on the World Championships next month.
Cochrane clocked a time of 3:48.29 to hold on for the gold medal and smash Matt Patton’s 2007 meet mark of 3:49.77. Cochrane has been faster this year with a 13th-ranked 3:47.50.
USA’s Ryan Feeley made a move but didn’t have enough to overtake Cochrane as he settled for silver with a 3:49.69. That’s nearly a personal best, just off his 3:49.21 lifetime best.
Brazil’s Leonardo De Deus clipped USA’s Michael Klueh for bronze, 3:50.30 to 3:50.53. De Deus just missed his Brazilian record of 3:49.62.
Canada’s Jeremy Bagshaw (3:50.55), Colombia’s Mateo De Angulo (3:51.38), Venezuela’s Cristian Quintero (3:52.92) and Mexico’s Ricardo Vargas (3:55.42) finished fifth through eighth.
De Angulo crushed his previous Colombian record of 3:53.01.
El Salvador’s Marcelo Acosta raced his way to a win in the B final with a time of 3:51.12. That’s a three-second drop from his lifetime best.
Brazil’s Lucas Kanieski (3:52.73) and Venezuela’s Rafael Davila (3:53.76) finished second and third.
Puerto Rico’s Christian Bayo (3:54.11), Ecuador’s Tomas Peribonio (3:57.49), Argentina’s Juan Pereyra (3:59.65), Barbados’ Alex Sobers (4:00.25) and Mexico’s Arturo Perez (4:00.96) also competed in the consolation heat.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 100 back
- Men’s 100 back
- Women’s 400 free
- Men’s 400 free
- Women’s 100 breast
- Men’s 100 breast
- Women’s 50 free
- Men’s 50 free
Pedestrian swim for Cochrane who’s probably not much rested. Too bad neither Feeley nor Klueh could beat their seed times from last summer to try and challenge him. Great last 50 by De Deus; he slowed down a little at the 350 into 5th place, but bounced back with a 27.8 for the bronze.
I’m sure Cochrane is going to do very well at worlds. It’s going to be his last world championships, and he REALLY wants to beat Sun Yang.