Arkady Vyatchanin Moves to 4th in World in 200 Back

Photo Courtesy: Azaria Basile

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NYAC’s Arkady Vyatchanin turned in a sizzling time to win the men’s 200-meter back at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte.

Vyatchanin, now a Serbian swimmer after defecting as a Russian Olympian, took home the title with a 1:56.31 for the victory. That effort moved him to fourth in the world behind Ryosuke Irie (1:54.62), Mitch Larkin (1:55.52) and Xu Jiayu (1:56.26).

Vyatchanin beat a pair of Olympic gold medalists as SwimMAC’s Tyler Clary placed second in 1:58.43 and Ryan Lochte earned third in 1:58.56.

Jack Conger (1:59.85), Omar Pinzon (1:59.92), Jonathan Roberts (2:00.10), Tristan Sanders (2:02.53) and Jay Litherland (2:05.22) also swam in the finale.

Canada’s Markus Thormeyer won the B final in a time of 2:01.68 with Canadian teammate Javier Acevedo placing second in 2:02.41.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 800 free
Women’s 200 IM
Men’s 200 IM
Women’s 200 back
Men’s 200 back
Women’s 50 breast
Men’s 50 breast
Women’s 100 free
Men’s 100 free
Men’s 1500 free

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