Daniil Pakhomov Downs Meet Record to Lead 100 Fly Semis at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships

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Russia’s Daniil Pakhomov lowered the meet record in the men’s 100-meter fly semis at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Pakhomov managed to put up a strong time of 52.40 to win semifinal two and break Daniel Bell’s 2008 meet record of 52.52 set for New Zealand in Monterrey, Mexico.

Pakhomov already was third in the 18-and-under world rankings this year according to USA Swimming Stats, with his 52.13 from the European Junior Championships in Baku.

18-And-Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats

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The second-seeded swimmer coming into the meet, Michael Andrew of the U.S. with a 52.57 from the 2015 Junior Nationals, wound up missing out on finals altogether with a ninth-place time of 53.72.

Brazil’s Vinicius Lanza qualified second in 52.81 with USA’s Ryan Hoffer racing his way to the third seed in 52.89.

Spain’s Alberto Lozano (52.99), Poland’s Michal Chudy (53.38), Russia’s Daniil Antipov (53.45), Brazil’s Henrique Painhas (53.52) and Italy’s Giacomo Carini (53.68) closed out the rest of the championship field.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

  • Men’s 100 back finals
  • Women’s 200 fly finals
  • Men’s 200 free finals
  • Women’s 50 breast finals
  • Men’s 100 fly semis
  • Women’s 100 free semis
  • Men’s 100 breast finals
  • Women’s 100 back finals
  • Men’s 200 IM finals
  • Women’s 800 free finals
  • Mixed 400 medley relay finals
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