Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Dashes to 50 Free Gold at Mesa Pro Series
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Men’s 50 Free
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen of Finland topped the competition in the men’s splash and dash, turning in the only sub-22 second time of finals. Liukkonen posted a 21.94 to move to sixth in the world rankings for 2017.
Olympic gold medalist Nathan Adrian turned in a second place finish of 22.25, close to his 2017 world best of 22.09 from the Indy stop of the Arena Pro Series.
Daniel Hunter of New Zealand turned in a third place finish of 22.53, followed closely by Cullen Jones’ 22.56.
Race Pace Club’s Michael Andrew grabbed fifth with a 22.62, followed by Dillon Virva’s time of 22.77.
Josh Schneider and Luke Pechmann completed the top heat with times of 23.10 and 23.12 respectively.





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