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AUSTIN – Brazil’s Bruno Fratus was stressed out on the finish of the 50-meter free, but still managed to get his hand to the wall first at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Austin.
Fratus felt like he had a bit too much of a glide into the finish.
Fratus is also looking forward to the Pan American Games and the World Championships.
Bruno Fratus Nearly Lost 50 Free on Glide
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Bruno Fratus, who ranked third in the world last year in 21.41, took down a stacked field in the men’s 50-meter free with a 21.91.
California’s Nathan Adrian, the favorite in the race, took down the second spot with a time of 22.17, while Alabama’s Kristian Gkolomeev placed third overall in 22.31.
=== A - Final === 1 Bruno Fratus 25 Unattached-SE 22.40 21.91 WJR 2 Nathan Adrian 26 California Aquat 22.66 22.17 OLY 3 Kristian Gkolom 21 Univ of Alabama- 22.58 22.31 OLY 4 Jimmy Feigen 25 New York Athleti 22.96 22.35 OLY 5 Miguel Luisgen 23 Una CW-MI 22.45 22.49 OLY 6 Roy Burch 29 SwimMAC Carolina 22.93 22.63 OLY 7 Anthony Ervin 33 California Aquat 22.87 22.66 OLY 8 Erik Risolvato 21 Unattached-AZ 22.84 22.76 OLY === B - Final === 9 Brett Walsh 21 Univ of Alabama- 23.27 22.84 OLY 10 Cullen Jones 30 SwimMAC Carolina 22.97 22.93 OLY 11 Seth Stubblefie 21 Una Cal-PC 22.99 23.07 OLY 12 Joseph Schoolin 19 Univ of Texas-ST 23.19 23.09 OLY 12 Michael Andrew 15 Indie Swimming-M 23.19 23.09 OLY 14 Junya Koga 27 Una CW-MI 23.30 23.14 OLY 15 James Jones 17 Nation's Capital 23.02 23.24 OLY 16 Mark Weber 24 SwimMAC Carolina 23.20 23.40 JRS
Twenty-one point nine the third Friday in January?
That ought to make Messrs. Manadou/Bousquet sit up and take notice (not to mention his countryman, the world record-holder and defending World Champion).
Maybe Auburn coach Brett Hawke really knows a thing or three about coaching sprinters (Fratus is training there).
And what about Farida Osman’s 24.9 one-Lapper? Now there’s a pleasant surprise for Terri Mc. Middle Eastern/Egyptian record and close to a half-second drop from her old standards of 25-low. She gets down to say 24-mid by Kazan and she could final there.
Look out, Simone, you’ve got company.
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