Bruno Fratus Slays Sprint Dragons, Sets Pan Pacs Record in 50 Free (Pan Pacific Championships, Results)

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GOLD COAST, Australia, August 24.

Brazil’s Bruno Fratus slayed some major dragons to take home the Pan Pacific gold medal in the men’s 50-meter freestyle.  Bettering his second-ranked season best of 21.45 with a 21.44, Fratus became the first Brazilian ever to win the event.  In fact, he’s just the second non-American to win since this meet began in 1985.  He joins South Africa’s Mark Dedekind, who won in 1997 with a 22.42.

Notably, Fratus’ time beat Nathan Adrian’s meet record of 21.55 from 2010 and moved him just a bit closer to Cesar Cielo’s world-leading time of 21.39 from the Maria Lenk Trophy meet.

Anthony Ervin, meanwhile, showed that he still has a lot left in his 33-year-old body with a silver-winning 21.73, while pre-meet favorite Nathan Adrian settled for bronze in 21.80.

Australia’s Cameron McEvoy (22.07), Japan’s Shinri Sioura (22.11), Australia’s Matt Abood (22.18), Japan’s Kastumi Nakamura (22.42) and Brazil’s Marcelo Chierighini (22.46) rounded out the top eight.

A Final Results

  1 FRATUS, BRUNO    25 BRAZIL              22.10      21.44P  927  
         r:+0.65                       
  2 ERVIN, ANTHONY   33 UNITED STATES       21.75      21.73   891  
         r:+0.67                       
  3 ADRIAN, NATHAN   25 UNITED STATES       21.76      21.80   882  
         r:+0.60                       
  4 MCEVOY, CAMERON  20 AUSTRALIA           22.27      22.07   850  
         r:+0.60                       
  5 SHIOURA, SHINRI  22 JAPAN               22.39      22.11   845  
         r:+0.67                       
  6 ABOOD, MATTHEW   28 AUSTRALIA           22.30      22.18   837  
         r:+0.71                       
  7 NAKAMURA, KATSU  20 JAPAN               22.47      22.42   811  
         r:+0.65                       
  8 CHIERIGHINI, MA  23 BRAZIL              22.21      22.46   806  
         r:+0.65

USA’s Jimmy Feigen thumped the consolation heat with a 22.38, while Canada’s Luke Peddie took a distant second in 22.68.  Japan’s Kenta Ito rounded out the top three in 22.74 in the heat.

Canada’s Yuri Kisil (22.78), Canada’s Kyle Troskot (22.94), Hong Kong’s Geoff Cheah (22.99), South Africa’s Doug Erasmus (23.05) and Brazil’s Nicholas Santos (23.35) also put up times in the B final.

B Final Results

 9 FEIGEN, JIMMY    24 UNITED STATES       22.38      22.38   815  
         r:+0.62                       
 10 PEDDIE, LUKE     21 CANADA              22.78      22.68   783  
         r:+0.61                       
 11 ITO, KENTA       23 JAPAN               22.50      22.74   777  
         r:+0.65                       
 12 KISIL, YURI      18 CANADA              22.95      22.78   773  
         r:+0.69                       
 13 TROSKOT, KYLE    22 CANADA              22.81      22.94   757  
         r:+0.71                       
 14 CHEAH, GEOFFREY  23 HONG KONG           22.97      22.99   752  
         r:+0.63                       
 15 ERASMUS, DOUGLA  24 SOUTH AFRICA        23.05      23.05   746  
         r:+0.60                       
 16 SANTOS, NICHOLA  34 BRAZIL              22.75      23.35   718  
         r:+0.62

 

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