Kosuke Hagino Clips Michael Phelps for 200 IM Win; Ryan Lochte Smokes B Final (Pan Pacific Championships, Results)

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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 24.

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino had just enough in the tank to hold off a hard-charging Michael Phelps for victory in the shorter distance 200-meter IM, 1:56.02 to 1:56.04. Hagino would have liked to have had his world-leading 1:55.38 from Japanese Nationals in play here to make it less of a battle, but he still managed to stop the clock just .02 seconds ahead of the Greatest of All Time. Phelps lowered his third-ranked season best of 1:56.55 from U.S. Nationals, but could not keep pace with Ryan Lochte, as Lochte tied Hagino’s time with his epic B final swim just minutes earlier (see below).

Japan’s Daiya Seto finished third in 1:57.72, half-a-second back of his fourth-ranked 1:57.32 from the Canet stop of the Mare Nostrum, while Brazil’s Thiago Pereira took fourth in 1:57.83.

USA’s Tyler Clary finished fifth in 1:58.79, and along with Lochte’s amazing swim in the consolation heat, put Phelps and Lochte onto the 2015 Worlds roster for the U.S. in this event.

Australia’s Travis Mahoney (1:59.79), New Zealand’s Mitch Donaldson (2:01.34) and South Africa’s Michael Meyer (2:01.78) also competed in the A final.

A Final Results

  1 HAGINO, KOSUKE   20 JAPAN             1:57.61    1:56.02C  948  
    r:+0.65  24.99        54.15 (29.16)
        1:28.20 (34.05)     1:56.02 (27.82)
  2 PHELPS, MICHAEL  29 UNITED STATES     1:58.95    1:56.04C  948  
    r:+0.71  25.28        55.09 (29.81)
        1:28.86 (33.77)     1:56.04 (27.18)
  3 SETO, DAIYA      20 JAPAN             1:58.02    1:57.72   908  
    r:+0.63  25.15        55.35 (30.20)
        1:29.04 (33.69)     1:57.72 (28.68)
  4 PEREIRA, THIAGO  28 BRAZIL            2:00.44    1:57.83   905  
    r:+0.67  25.05        54.05 (29.00)
        1:28.13 (34.08)     1:57.83 (29.70)
  5 CLARY, TYLER     25 UNITED STATES     1:58.70    1:58.79   883  
    r:+0.60  25.79        54.83 (29.04)
        1:30.16 (35.33)     1:58.79 (28.63)
  6 MAHONEY, TRAVIS  24 AUSTRALIA         2:01.50    1:59.79   861  
    r:+0.64  25.97        55.71 (29.74)
        1:30.90 (35.19)     1:59.79 (28.89)
  7 DONALDSON, MITC  21 NEW ZEALAND       2:01.45    2:01.34   829  
    r:+0.69  25.82        57.00 (31.18)
        1:31.87 (34.87)     2:01.34 (29.47)
  8 MEYER, MICHAEL   21 SOUTH AFRICA      2:01.80    2:01.78   820  
    r:+0.66  26.76        57.89 (31.13)
        1:32.53 (34.64)     2:01.78 (29.25)

Knowing his spot on the 2015 World Championship roster was in jeopardy after missing the A final, USA’s Ryan Lochte didn’t mess around as he smashed the consolation heat with a 1:56.02. That bettered his second-ranked season best of 1:56.50 from Nationals by half-a-second, and he had to do so while basically swimming by himself, and would have tied him with Hagino for the title.

Japan’s Takeharu Fujimori (2:01.05) and Hiromasa Fujimori (2:01.38) placed well behind for second and third in the consolation heat.

B Final Results

  9 LOCHTE, RYAN     30 UNITED STATES     1:59.09    1:56.02C  948  
    r:+0.66  24.68        53.73 (29.05)
        1:27.49 (33.76)     1:56.02 (28.53)
 10 FUJIMORI, TAKEH  20 JAPAN             2:01.01    2:01.05   835  
    r:+0.64  26.45        56.55 (30.10)
        1:31.77 (35.22)     2:01.05 (29.28)
 11 FUJIMORI, HIROM  23 JAPAN             1:59.41    2:01.38   828  
    r:+0.63  25.41        55.17 (29.76)
        1:31.59 (36.42)     2:01.38 (29.79)
 12 REILLY, LUKE     18 CANADA            2:04.32    2:05.23   754  
    r:+0.67  26.33        57.79 (31.46)
        1:35.50 (37.71)     2:05.23 (29.73)
 13 ASSAAD, GAMAL    19 CANADA            2:06.61    2:07.13   721  
    r:+0.59  26.08        58.16 (32.08)
        1:36.99 (38.83)     2:07.13 (30.14)
 14 MAK, RAYMOND     21 HONG KONG         2:08.81    2:07.92   707  
    r:+0.64  27.64        59.57 (31.93)
        1:37.09 (37.52)     2:07.92 (30.83)
 15 NG, CHUN NAM     20 HONG KONG         2:13.43    2:12.61   635  
    r:+0.69  27.28      1:02.75 (35.47)
        1:42.36 (39.61)     2:12.61 (30.25)

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