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California’s Nathan Adrian vaulted to second in the world rankings in the 50-meter free at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.
His win moved him up from fourth, and gave him the overall points series lead.
Original 50 free report:
California’s Nathan Adrian uncorked a blistering men’s 50-meter fee at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando.
Adrian won the finale in a time of 21.70. That swim jumped him from fourth in the world with a 21.85 to second behind only Florent Manaudou’s 21.57 from the Amiens stop of the FFN Golden Tour.
Florida’s Caeleb Dressel, fresh off his amazing 18.23 in the 50-yard free, took second in 22.06 to move to sixth in the world rankings. Indiana’s Ali Khalafalla grabbed third overall in 22.25 to move into the top 10 in the world.
Brazil’s Italo Duarte (22.28), Italy’s Luca Dotto (22.37), Brazil’s Cesar Cielo (22.47), Tucson Ford’s Brad Tandy (22.54) and Wolfpack’s Caleb Weir (22.55) comprised the rest of the heat.
NYAC’s Josh Schneider won the B final in a time of 22.50. Trojan’s Kenta Ito took second in 22.63.
=== A - Final ===
1 Adrian, Nathan 27 California Aquat 22.03 21.70JNATS
2 Dressel, Caeleb 19 Unattached 22.52 22.06 NATS
3 Khalafalla, Ali 19 Unattached-IN 22.56 22.25 NATS
4 Duarte, Italo 23 Brazil-US 22.57 22.28 NATS
5 Dotto, Luca 25 Italy 22.54 22.37 NATS
6 Cielo, Cesar 29 Brazil-US 22.67 22.47 NATS
7 Tandy, Bradley 24 Tucson Ford Deal 22.63 22.54 NATS
8 Weir, Caleb 24 Wolfpack Elite-N 22.66 22.55 NATS
=== B - Final ===
9 Schneider, Josh 28 New York Athleti 22.81 22.50 NATS
10 Ito, Kenta 25 Trojan Swim Club 22.95 22.63 NATS
11 Fratus, Bruno 26 Brazil-US 22.71 22.72 NATS
12 Lobintsev, Niki 27 Trojan Swim Club 22.96 22.77 NATS
13 Cheah, Geoffrey 25 Club Wolverine-M 23.01 22.81 NATS
14 Hammer, Martin 22 Una Gtsa-FL 23.00 22.94 NATS
15 Santana, Matheu 19 Brazil-US 23.01 23.19 NATS
16 Chierighini, Ma 25 Brazil-US 22.82 23.37 JRS
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