Radoslaw Kawecki Defends 200 Back Title With Lane 8 Outside Smoke at Worlds – Video

DOHA – Poland’s Radoslaw Kawecki provided some outside smoke with a lane 8 title defense in the men’s 200 back at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Watch Race Video

Kawecki turned in a world-leading time of 1:47.38 for the win. That’s better than Mitch Larkin’s 1:47.72 from the Australian Championships earlier this year as the top time in the world.

Kawecki joins Ryan Lochte (2006, 2010) and Aaron Peirsol (2002, 2004) as the only swimmers to take this world title twice in a career.

Lochte, meanwhile, grabbed silver with a time of 1:48.20. That’s his record 36th career medal in short course worlds history. He’s won 21 golds, nine silvers and six bronzes, and has picked up six medals this week already.

Larkin wound up taking bronze in 1:48.35, while Japan’s Ryosuke Irie touched fourth in 1:48.77.

USA’s Tyler Clary (1:49.87), Colombia’s Omar Pinzon (1:50.88), Japan’s Yuki Shirai (1:51.67) and Israel’s David Gamburg (1:52.24) finished fifth through eighth.

Name	50	100	150	200
Kawecki	25.41	52.63	1:19.90	1:47.38
Lochte	25.33	52.70	1:20.31	1:48.20
Larkin	24.82	52.21	1:20.55	1:48.35

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