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The American men entered the 100 backstroke semi-finals tonight ready to make a statement, earning the first and second place seeds for tomorrow night’s final of the men’s 100 back. Ryan Murphy moved to the top of the qualifier’s list with a swift 52.49 from heat one, edging out China’s Xu Jiayu and Russia’s Evgeny Rylov.
Moving into the second place seed was fellow American David Plummer posting a time only .01 seconds slower at 52.50. Plummer stopped the clock .20 seconds ahead of Australia’s Mitch Larkin in heat two. Larkin returns as the third place seed with a 52.70.
France’s Camille Lacourt slipped from his first place seed down to fourth turning in a final time of 52.72, just ahead of China’s Xu Jiayu and his time of 52.73.
Rylov will return as sixth with a 52.84, while Japan’s Ryosuke Irie picks up seventh with a 53.21.
Robert Glinta of Romania rounds out the top eight qualifiers with a 53.34.
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1-2. Awesome.
I hope they tie!