Peter Stevens Wins Men’s 50 Breast Swim-Off; Continues to Semi-Finals

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The men’s 50 breaststroke lit the pool on fire this morning as each country brought their A-Game to qualify.

Three individuals delivered matching times of 27.39 to create a three-way tie for sixteenth, creating the possibility of a swim-off to determine who continues on to tonight’s semi-finals.

Russia’s Vsevolod Zanko, Slovenia’s Peter Stevens, and the Netherlands’ Arno Kamminga each have a chance to move on, but will have to beat out the other two in a potential swim-off that would follow the conclusion of the men’s 800 free preliminary heats.

Swimming World will update this post as results become available.

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Peter Stevens of Slovenia claimed victory in the three-way swim off and will move on to semi-finals of the men’s 50 breast. Stevens led the swift 50-meters from start-to-finish, posting the fastest time of the trio at a 27.38 over Zanko’s 27.41 and Kamminga’s 27.43.

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