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The men’s 200-meter semifinals are loaded with some top names, paced by 400-meter free victor Sun Yang of China at the 2015 FINA World Championships.
Sun, who won the 400-meter free last night, put up a 1:46.00 this morning to earn the top seed. That swim fell a bit short of his second-ranked 1:45.75 from Chinese Nationals.
Great Britain’s James Guy put up a 1:46.10 to clear his seventh-ranked season best of 1:46.32 from British Nationals.
Germany’s Paul Biedermann, the world best with a 1:45.60 from German Nationals, put up a 1:46.20 for the third seed.
Australia’s Cameron McEvoy, ranked fourth in the world with a 1:45.94 from Australian Nationals, picked up the fourth seed in 1:46.39.
Great Britain’s Calum Jarvis (1:46.61), Russia’s Danila Izotov (1:46.65), USA’s Conor Dwyer (1:46.73) and The Netherlands’ Sebastiaan Verschuren (1:46.88) closed out the top eight.
Russia’s Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:46.91), Australia’s David McKeon (1:47.00), Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (1:47.10), South Africa’s Chad le Clos (1:47.17), USA’s Ryan Lochte (1:47.18), Brazil’s Joao De Lucca (1:47.47), South Africa’s Myles Brown (1:47.48) and Argentina’s Federico Grabich (1:47.73) also will battle for finals spots in semis.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 100 back
- Men’s 100 back
- Women’s 100 breast
- Men’s 200 free
- Women’s 1500 free
