Russia’s Ivan Girev Leads Three Men Under 200 Free World Junior Record

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Men’s 200 Freestyle

Russia’s Ivan Girev led a trio of men under the previous World Junior Record in the 200 free final. Ivan dropped over half a second off his previous lifetime best of 1:47.65 to get his hand on the wall first for the win and record in 1:46.40. Hungary’s Nandor Nemeth came in at 1:46.79 for silver while Australia’s Elijah Winnington earned the bronze in 1:46.81.

It was Winnington who had the lead at the 50 and 100 meter marks, going out in 25.01 and 52.20. But both Girev and Nemeth split 27.03 on the third fifty to Winnington’s 27.54, surging them back into the mix. Nemeth actually had the fastest closing split of 26.66, but he ran out of room as Girev took the win.

American duo Patrick Callan (1:47.61) and Trey Freeman III (1:47.79) came in fourth and fifth, with both men setting lifetime bests in the process. Hungary’s Richard Marton (1:48.77), Great Britain’sElliot Clogg (1:49.02) and Brazil’s Breno Correia (1::49.73) placed sixth through eighth.

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