Xu Jiayu Cruises to 100 Back Top Seed; Murphy, Grevers Qualify 2nd & 3rd

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Chinese swimmer Xu Jiayu cruised over the last 25 in his semi-final heat to grab the number one seed for the 100 back tomorrow night with a 52.44. Xu was out under world record pace and let up over the last few meters in his swim. He leads Americans Ryan Murphy (52.95) and Matt Grevers (52.97) into Tuesday’s final.

Japan’s Ryosuke Irie (53.02), Russia’s Grigory Tarasevich (53.06), Australia’s Mitchell Larkin (53.19), Brazil’s Guilherme Guido (53.71) and New Zealand’s Corey Main (53.76) will also swim in the A-final tomorrow.

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Lane Four

7 years ago

This will be a very fast winning time and by that I mean world record.
Xu’s prelim swim was a thing of beauty. I expect a possible mid-51 from him.