Russia’s Vlad Morozov blasted a quick 20.33, lowering his time from the 4 x 50 free relay earlier in this session. The time is the fastest in the world this year and is closing in on Florent Manoudou’s World Record of 20.26 from 2014.
USA’s Caeleb Dressel went 20.54 for the silver while South Africa’s Brad Tandy landed on the podium with his third-place 20.94. Great Britain’s Ben Proud, a favorite in this event, was disqualified for a false start.
Dressel(on his race): “There are some things that could have been better for me, but the faster swimmer won tonight for sure. Even with a better race, I don’t think I could have been 20.3 tonight. But I’m still happy with it. We’ll move forward from it, but a big congrats to Vlad. That was a fun race.”
Lithuania’s Simonas Bilis (20.99), Poland’s Pawel Juraszek (21.00), Australia’s Cameron McEvoy (21.02) and Brazil’s Cesar Cielo (21.20) placed fourth through seventh, respectively.
Congratulations
Молодец Володя!
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Way to go Vladmir!!