Men’s 100 Backstroke
Spain’s Hugo Gonzalez started things off with a bang on night two by breaking the Meet Record in the 100 back. While he split 26.51-27.92 in his semifinals swim where he was just off, Gonzalez came home in 27.62 this time around, giving him the edge. His final time of 54.27 was enough to better the previous record set in 2015 by .03 seconds.
Ireland’s Conor Ferguson and Romania’s Daniel Martin had incredible performances of their own, finishing in 54.51 and 54.55 to earn the silver and bronze medals. Ferguson was also home under 28 seconds, while Martin was first to the wall at the fifty in 26.18.
USA’s Drew Kibler also dipped under the 55-second mark, finishing fourth in 54.97. This was his first time the American has broken this barrier.
Poland’s Kacper Stokowski (55.04), USA’s Nicolas Albiero (55.29), Great Britain’s Nicholas Pyle(55.38) and Russia’s Nikita Tretyakov (55.57) rounded out the heat.
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