Mitch Larkin With a 49-Second Blast to Win 100 Back at Worlds – Video

Mitch Larkin Pan Pacs 2014 Swimming Australia

DOHA – Another 49-second blast from Mitch Larkin claimed the men’s 100-meter backstroke world title at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Watch Race Video

Australia’s Mitch Larkin turned up the heat in the men’s 100 back when it counted with a 49-second blast to win the finale at the FINA World Short Course Championships.

Larkin raced his way to a 49.57, a bit off his world-leading 49.25 from the Australian Short Course Championships earlier this year in Adelaide.

That swim was good enough to make him the second Australian to ever win this event.  Matt Welsh won a pair of the world titles in the 100 back in 2002 and 2006.

Poland’s Radoslaw Kawecki touched out Japan’s Ryosuke Irie and USA’s Matt Grevers for silver, 50.11 to 50.12 and 50.12.  Kawecki moved to third in the world behind Larkin and Christian Diener (50.10), while Irie and Grevers matched Guilherme Guido for fourth in the rankings.

Diener wound up tying Guido for fifth tonight with 50.21s, while USA’s Eugene Godsoe (50.40) and France’s Ben Stasiulis (50.86) placed seventh and eighth.

Name 50 100
Larkin 23.97 49.57
Kawecki 24.55 50.11
Irie 24.45 50.12
Grevers 23.74 50.12

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

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