Florent Manaudou Blasts World Leader in 50 Back Semis at Worlds
DOHA – France’s Florent Manaudou put up a world-leading 22.97 in the men’s 50 back semifinals at the FINA World Short Course Championships.
That swim moved him ahead of his previous world best of 22.98 set at the French Championships earlier this year.
Venezuela’s Albert Subirats charged to the second seed with a 23.17 to tie Sergey Fesikov for third in the world rankings.
USA’s Eugene Godsoe, who stands second in the world with a 23.00 from the Dubai stop of the FINA World Cup, took third in semis with a 23.19. Teammate Matt Grevers also made finals with a 23.27 for fourth.
Australia’s Mitch Larkin (23.33), Norway’s Lavrans Solli (23.33), Great Britain’s Chris Walker-Hebborn (23.34) and Russia’s Stanislav Donets (23.41) also advanced to finals.
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- Women’s 100 free finals
- Men’s 50 fly semis
- Women’s 200 back finals
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- Women’s 50 fly finals
- Men’s 400 free finals
- Women’s 100 breast semis
- Women’s 100 IM finals
- Men’s 50 free finals
- Women’s 400 free finals
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