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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 24.
Brazil’s Bruno Fratus slayed some major dragons to take home the Pan Pacific gold medal in the men’s 50-meter freestyle. Bettering his second-ranked season best of 21.45 with a 21.44, Fratus became the first Brazilian ever to win the event. In fact, he’s just the second non-American to win since this meet began in 1985. He joins South Africa’s Mark Dedekind, who won in 1997 with a 22.42.
Notably, Fratus’ time beat Nathan Adrian’s meet record of 21.55 from 2010 and moved him just a bit closer to Cesar Cielo’s world-leading time of 21.39 from the Maria Lenk Trophy meet.
Anthony Ervin, meanwhile, showed that he still has a lot left in his 33-year-old body with a silver-winning 21.73, while pre-meet favorite Nathan Adrian settled for bronze in 21.80.
Australia’s Cameron McEvoy (22.07), Japan’s Shinri Sioura (22.11), Australia’s Matt Abood (22.18), Japan’s Kastumi Nakamura (22.42) and Brazil’s Marcelo Chierighini (22.46) rounded out the top eight.
A Final Results
1 FRATUS, BRUNO 25 BRAZIL 22.10 21.44P 927
r:+0.65
2 ERVIN, ANTHONY 33 UNITED STATES 21.75 21.73 891
r:+0.67
3 ADRIAN, NATHAN 25 UNITED STATES 21.76 21.80 882
r:+0.60
4 MCEVOY, CAMERON 20 AUSTRALIA 22.27 22.07 850
r:+0.60
5 SHIOURA, SHINRI 22 JAPAN 22.39 22.11 845
r:+0.67
6 ABOOD, MATTHEW 28 AUSTRALIA 22.30 22.18 837
r:+0.71
7 NAKAMURA, KATSU 20 JAPAN 22.47 22.42 811
r:+0.65
8 CHIERIGHINI, MA 23 BRAZIL 22.21 22.46 806
r:+0.65
USA’s Jimmy Feigen thumped the consolation heat with a 22.38, while Canada’s Luke Peddie took a distant second in 22.68. Japan’s Kenta Ito rounded out the top three in 22.74 in the heat.
Canada’s Yuri Kisil (22.78), Canada’s Kyle Troskot (22.94), Hong Kong’s Geoff Cheah (22.99), South Africa’s Doug Erasmus (23.05) and Brazil’s Nicholas Santos (23.35) also put up times in the B final.
B Final Results
9 FEIGEN, JIMMY 24 UNITED STATES 22.38 22.38 815
r:+0.62
10 PEDDIE, LUKE 21 CANADA 22.78 22.68 783
r:+0.61
11 ITO, KENTA 23 JAPAN 22.50 22.74 777
r:+0.65
12 KISIL, YURI 18 CANADA 22.95 22.78 773
r:+0.69
13 TROSKOT, KYLE 22 CANADA 22.81 22.94 757
r:+0.71
14 CHEAH, GEOFFREY 23 HONG KONG 22.97 22.99 752
r:+0.63
15 ERASMUS, DOUGLA 24 SOUTH AFRICA 23.05 23.05 746
r:+0.60
16 SANTOS, NICHOLA 34 BRAZIL 22.75 23.35 718
r:+0.62
