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France’s Florent Manaudou will be looking to dethrone two-time defending champions Cesar Cielo of Brazil in the men’s 50-meter fly at the 2015 FINA World Championships.
Manaudou led the way in qualifying with a 23.15. That put him third in the world rankings behind Nicholas Santos (22.90) and Cielo (23.11).
Cielo, meanwhile, barely made semifinals with a 14th-seeded time of 23.66, while Santos had a better time of it with a sixth-seeded 23.41.
Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh put up a second-seeded 23.32 with Spain’s Rafael Munoz clocking a third-seeded 23.36.
Poland’s Konrad Czerniak (23.38), Singapore’s Joseph Schooling (23.40), China’s Shi Yang (23.43) and South Africa’s Chad le Clos (23.45) also earned spots in the top eight.
Belarus’ Yauhen Tsurkin (23.49), Ukraine’s Andrii Govorov (23.49), Great Britain’s Ben Proud (23.58), Belgium’s Francois Heersbrandt (23.59), Japan’s Takeshi Kawamoto (23.61), Canada’s Santo Condorelli (23.67) and Trinidad and Tobago’s Dylan Carter (23.67) will also vie for finals spots in semis.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 100 fly
- Men’s 400 free
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 50 fly
- Women’s 400 free
- Men’s 100 breast
- Women’s 400 free relay
- Men’s 400 free relay
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