USA’s Ryan Lochte put himself in position to become just the second man behind Grant Hackett with a fourpeat by topping the men’s 200-meter IM semis at the 2015 FINA World Championships.
Lochte, who topped the second semifinal in a time of 1:56.81 to move to second in the world behind Kosuke Hagino’s 1:56.30 from April, is vying for his fourth straight victory in the event’s history.
He previously won in 2009 (1:54.10), 2011 (1:54.00) and 2013 (1:54.98). Lochte could join Hackett, who won the 1500 free from 1998-2005, as the only other person to win an event four straight editions.
The likelihood rose with Hagino having to miss out on this meet due to injury.
China’s Wang Shun qualified second in 1:57.07 with Brazil’s Thiago Pereira earning third in 1:57.33.
Great Britain’s Dan Wallace (1:57.77), Sweden’s Simon Sjodin (1:58.10), Poland’s Marcin Cieslak (1:58.20) and Brazil’s Henrique Rodrigues (1:58.45) qualified fourth through seventh.
USA’s Conor Dwyer and Great Britain’s Roberto Pavoni set up a swimoff by posting matching 1:58.54s for eighth overall.
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
Adrienn Albrecht :)Itt van a “dreamboat” Lochte?
Meg is nézem gyorsan felvételről 🙂
Holnap drukkolunk.Elo is vettem a magyar zaszlot,hogy el ne felejtsem!Szerintem Lochte megnyeri a 200 vegyest!:)