Felipe Silva Keys 200 Medley Relay World Record for Brazil at Worlds; USA Beats American Mark – Video
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DOHA – Brazil eliminated all controversy from the world’s top time in the men’s 200-meter medley relay with a world record in the event at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Felipe Silva keyed the world record with a brilliant breaststroke split. Watch Race Video
Brazil eliminated all controversy from the world’s top time in the men’s 200-meter medley relay with a world record in the event at the FINA World Short Course Championships.
The foursome of Guilherme Guido (23.42), Felipe Silva (25.33), Nicholas Santos (21.68) and Cesar Cielo (20.08) blasted through the 1:31 barrier with a winning time of 1:30.51.
Not only did that swim destroy Russia’s world record of 1:32.78 from prelims, it also beat the unrecognized world best of 1:31.80 set by Russia back in 2009.
FINA began recognizing this event with an official world record last year, but did not elect to use the fastest time ever legally swum in the event. So, there was some confusion regarding the event until Brazil unified the world record and world best today.
France’s Ben Stasiulis (23.41), Giacomo Perez-Dortona (25.74), Mehdy Metella (22.06) and Florent Manaudou (20.04) also cleared the previous world best with a 1:31.25 for silver.
Team USA’s Eugene Godsoe (23.11), Cody Miller (26.04), Tom Shields (21.99) and Josh Schneider (20.69) demolished the American record with a bronze-winning time of 1:31.83. That swim crushed the mark of 1:33.25 set this morning in prelims.
Russia (1:32.15), Great Britain (1:32.30), Italy (1:32.68), Lithuania (1:34.35) and South Africa (1:35.05) also competed in the finale.
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- Men’s 200 medley relay finals
- Women’s 100 free semis
- Men’s 400 IM finals
- Women’s 50 breast finals
- Men’s 100 back finals
- Women’s 50 fly semis
- Men’s 50 free semis
- Women’s 100 back finals
- Men’s 100 breast finals
- Women’s 100 IM semis
- Men’s 100 fly finals
- Women’s 800 free finals
- Men’s 800 free relay finals
- Mixed 200 medley relay finals
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