Laszlo Cseh Leads 200 Fly Prelims Field; Seto Qualifies Second

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Men’s 200 Fly

Laszlo Cseh of Hungary charged ahead of the competition in prelims of the men’s 200 fly to a roaring home crowd. Cseh grabbed the top qualifying time out of prelims with a time of 1:54.08.

Japan’s Daiya Seto picked up the second place seed with a time of 1:54.89, followed by denmark’s Viktor Bromer and his time of 1:55.13.

Antani Ivanov of Bulgaria turned in a fourth place qualifying time of 1:55.55, while South Africa’s Chad le Clos grabbed the fifth place seed with a 1:55.90.

Japan’s Masato Sakai qualified sixth overall close on le Clos’ heels with a time of 1:55.94, just ahead of Hungary’s Tamas Kenderesi’s 1:55.96.

Jack Conger of the USA rounded out the top eight qualifiers, touching in 1:56.00.

Also returning for tonight’s semi-finals will be Russia’s Daniil Pakhomov (1:56.07), Poland’s Jan Switkowski (1:56.20), the USA’s Pace Clark (1:56.23), Italy’s Giacomo Carini (1:56.52), Australia’s David Morgan (1:56.57), Colombia’s Jonathan Gomez (1:56.60), Australia’s Grant Irvine (1:56.61), and Brazil’s (Leonardo de Deus (1:56.71).

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Cseh spoke about how the Hungarian crowd pushed him to a strong effort and how he bounced back from a disappointing result at the Olympic Games:

Le Clos, who showed up to prelims with hair on his face and chest, explained why he chose to pull out of the 200 free and his thoughts on racing hometown favorites Cseh and Kenderesi:

Finally, hear why Conger was so nervous before his first race of the meet and what he thought when the crowd went nuts as Kenderesi chased him down in their heat:

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