Mitch Larkin Cranks Out 3rd-Fastest 50 Back This Year 24.73

Photo Courtesy: Swimming Australia

Mitch Larkin moved to third in the world in the men’s 50-meter back at the 2016 Australian Nationals.

Larkin turned in a winning time of 24.73 to move behind Camille Lacourt (24.67) and Junya Koga (24.71) in the rankings.

Bobby Hurley finished second tonight in 25.07 to move to sixth in the world, while Joshua Beaver finished third in 25.25.

Ben Treffers (25.36), Gede Sudartawa (25.37), Zac Incerti (25.46), Ryan Pini (25.55) and James Traiforos (25.90) also competed.

                         === Finals ===                          
 
  1 LARKIN, MITCH    22 STPET               25.49      24.73.  918  
         r:+0.58                       
  2 HURLEY, BOBBY    27 UNAN                25.39      25.07   881  
         r:+0.57                       
  3 BEAVER, JOSHUA   23 NUN                 25.38      25.25   863  
         r:+0.56                       
  4 TREFFERS, BENJA  24 BLGR                25.62      25.36   851  
         r:+0.56                       
  5 SUDARTAWA, (V),  21 INA                 25.43      25.37   850  
         r:+0.55                       
  6 INCERTI, ZAC     19 UWSC                25.59      25.46   841  
         r:+0.60                       
  7 PINI, (V), RYAN  34 PNG                 25.62      25.55   832  
         r:+1.43                       
  8 TRAIFOROS, JAME  19 TRGR                26.11      25.90   799  
         r:+0.54

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