Bruno Fratus Worried About Finish in 50 Free – Video

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AUSTIN – Brazil’s Bruno Fratus was stressed out on the finish of the 50-meter free, but still managed to get his hand to the wall first at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Austin.

Fratus felt like he had a bit too much of a glide into the finish.

Fratus is also looking forward to the Pan American Games and the World Championships.

Bruno Fratus Nearly Lost 50 Free on Glide

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Bruno Fratus, who ranked third in the world last year in 21.41, took down a stacked field in the men’s 50-meter free with a 21.91.

California’s Nathan Adrian, the favorite in the race, took down the second spot with a time of 22.17, while Alabama’s Kristian Gkolomeev placed third overall in 22.31.

                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Bruno Fratus     25 Unattached-SE       22.40      21.91 WJR    
  2 Nathan Adrian    26 California Aquat    22.66      22.17 OLY    
  3 Kristian Gkolom  21 Univ of Alabama-    22.58      22.31 OLY    
  4 Jimmy Feigen     25 New York Athleti    22.96      22.35 OLY    
  5 Miguel Luisgen   23 Una CW-MI           22.45      22.49 OLY    
  6 Roy Burch        29 SwimMAC Carolina    22.93      22.63 OLY    
  7 Anthony Ervin    33 California Aquat    22.87      22.66 OLY    
  8 Erik Risolvato   21 Unattached-AZ       22.84      22.76 OLY    
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Brett Walsh      21 Univ of Alabama-    23.27      22.84 OLY    
 10 Cullen Jones     30 SwimMAC Carolina    22.97      22.93 OLY    
 11 Seth Stubblefie  21 Una Cal-PC          22.99      23.07 OLY    
 12 Joseph Schoolin  19 Univ of Texas-ST    23.19      23.09 OLY    
 12 Michael Andrew   15 Indie Swimming-M    23.19      23.09 OLY    
 14 Junya Koga       27 Una CW-MI           23.30      23.14 OLY    
 15 James Jones      17 Nation's Capital    23.02      23.24 OLY    
 16 Mark Weber       24 SwimMAC Carolina    23.20      23.40 JRS

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Bill Bell

9 years ago

Twenty-one point nine the third Friday in January?

That ought to make Messrs. Manadou/Bousquet sit up and take notice (not to mention his countryman, the world record-holder and defending World Champion).

Maybe Auburn coach Brett Hawke really knows a thing or three about coaching sprinters (Fratus is training there).

And what about Farida Osman’s 24.9 one-Lapper? Now there’s a pleasant surprise for Terri Mc. Middle Eastern/Egyptian record and close to a half-second drop from her old standards of 25-low. She gets down to say 24-mid by Kazan and she could final there.

Look out, Simone, you’ve got company.
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