Russia’s Anton Chupkov powered his way to victory in a World Junior record time in the men’s 100-meter breast at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.
Chupkov, who set the World Junior record with a 1:00.12 during prelims yesterday, raced his way to the top of the podium tonight in 1:00.19.
USA’s Reece Whitley turned in a second-place time of 1:01.00 as he was unable to keep up the pace Chupkov had ahead of him.
Lithuania’s Andrius Sidlauskas rounded out the podium with a third-place time of 1:01.26.
USA’s Michael Andrew, swimming a Katinka Hosszu-like schedule tonight, could not handle the top three swimmers as he faded off the podium with a fourth-place time of 1:01.52.
Andrew entered the meet just behind Chupkov in terms of seeds, 1:00.65 to 1:00.68, but took on such a daunting schedule he was unable to compete in the finale tonight.
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[table “” not found /]Great Britain’s Charlie Attwood tied Australia’s Matthew Wilson for fifth with matching 1:01.69s.
Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi (1:02.08) and Belgium’s Basten Caerts (1:02.37) closed out the finale.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Men’s 100 back finals
- Women’s 200 fly finals
- Men’s 200 free finals
- Women’s 50 breast finals
- Men’s 100 fly semis
- Women’s 100 free semis
- Men’s 100 breast finals
- Women’s 100 back finals
- Men’s 200 IM finals
- Women’s 800 free finals
- Mixed 400 medley relay finals
I know Michael Andrew will work even harder to beat him