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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 24.
Japan’s Yasuhiro Koseki nearly put up a Pan Pacific Championship record as he won the finale in 2:08.57. That’s just off Kosuke Kitajima’s 2010 mark of 2:08.36, and fell short of Koseki’s fifth-ranked 2:08.34 from the Japan Open earlier this year.
USA’s Nic Fink powered his way to a 2:08.94 for silver, moving to 10th in the world rankings, while Japan’s Kazuki Kohinata finished third for bronze with a time of 2:10.14.
USA’s Josh Prenot, initially set to swim in the B final before Kevin Cordes scratched to focus on the medley relay, took fourth in 2:11.05.
Brazil’s Tales Cerdeira (2:11.49), Canada’s Richard Funk (2:13.75), Brazil’s Simon Thiago (2:13.89) and Canada’s Lyam Dias (2:16.19) comprised the rest of the A final.
A Final Results
1 KOSEKI, YASUHIR 22 JAPAN 2:10.43 2:08.57 964
r:+0.65 28.68 1:01.58 (32.90)
1:34.77 (33.19) 2:08.57 (33.80)
2 FINK, NICOLAS 21 UNITED STATES 2:09.64 2:08.94 955
r:+0.69 29.28 1:01.93 (32.65)
1:35.25 (33.32) 2:08.94 (33.69)
3 KOHINATA, KAZUK 19 JAPAN 2:10.30 2:10.14 929
r:+0.69 30.09 1:03.32 (33.23)
1:37.03 (33.71) 2:10.14 (33.11)
4 PRENOT, JOSH 21 UNITED STATES 2:11.19 2:11.05 910
r:+0.69 30.34 1:03.40 (33.06)
1:37.19 (33.79) 2:11.05 (33.86)
5 CERDEIRA, TALES 27 BRAZIL 2:12.93 2:11.49 901
r:+0.62 29.91 1:03.50 (33.59)
1:37.36 (33.86) 2:11.49 (34.13)
6 FUNK, RICHARD 21 CANADA 2:12.50 2:13.75 856
r:+0.60 29.86 1:03.47 (33.61)
1:38.00 (34.53) 2:13.75 (35.75)
7 THIAGO, SIMON 24 BRAZIL 2:14.20 2:13.89 853
r:+0.71 29.81 1:03.37 (33.56)
1:38.01 (34.64) 2:13.89 (35.88)
8 DIAS, LYAM 21 CANADA 2:16.34 2:16.19 811
r:+0.64 30.40 1:05.03 (34.63)
1:40.14 (35.11) 2:16.19 (36.05)
Japan showed its dominance in this heat as well with Naoya Tomia (2:11.45) and Yuta Oshikiri (2:11.97) going 1-2 in the B final. USA’s Cody Miller, a late call up to the B final once Kevin Cordes scratched the A final to focus on the medley relay, took third in 2:13.40.
B Final Results
9 TOMITA, NAOYA 25 JAPAN 2:11.98 2:11.45 902 10 OSHIKIRI, YUTA 20 JAPAN 2:12.14 2:11.97 891 11 MILLER, CODY 22 UNITED STATES 2:14.43 2:13.40 863 12 DARRAGH, MACK 20 CANADA 2:16.75 2:17.23 792 13 SONG, MOLIN 21 CHINA 2:20.46 2:19.64 752 14 TSUI, RONALD 21 HONG KONG 2:20.29 2:20.52 738 15 HALL, JOSHUA 23 PHILLIPINES 2:20.48 2:23.13 698 16 PIKE, JARED 23 SOUTH AFRICA 2:23.11 2:24.72 675
