Sun Yang Tops Loaded Men’s 200 Free Semifinal Field at 2015 FINA World Championships

Photo Courtesy: Maria Dobysheva

Coverage of the 2015 FINA World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing. Visit our coverage page for more.

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

HEAT SHEETS

Name*

Email*

Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use