Hugo Gonzalez Tops 200 Back Finals at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships

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Photo Courtesy: Singapore Swimming Federation

Spain’s Hugo Gonzalez clipped a pair of Americans for the men’s 200-meter back title at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.

Gonzalez checked in with a top time of 1:58.11, just missing the meet record of 1:57.92 set by Luca Mencarini back in 2013.

USA’s Michael Taylor (1:58.39) and Austin Katz (1:58.51) placed second and third to round out the podium.

18-and-Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats

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Great Britain’s Luke Greenbank (1:58.74), Italy’s Jacopo Bietti (1:59.58), Australia’s Tristan Ludlow (2:00.01), Poland’s Jakub Skierka (2:00.57) and Russia’s Roman Larin (2:01.12) finished fourth through eighth.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Men’s 100 free finals
Women’s 200 breast finals
Men’s 200 back finals
Women’s 100 fly finals
Men’s 1500 free finals
Women’s 50 free finals
Men’s 200 fly finals
Men’s 50 breast finals
Women’s 200 free finals
Men’s 400 medley relay finals
Women’s 400 medley relay finals

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Brian Murphy

8 years ago

Need some help here: do the toes need to be submerged on the start? FINA says you can’t stand on the gutter or curl toes over, but that’s all. Does this picture capture a DQ or a legal start?