Tom Shields, Laszlo Cseh Tie for First Place Seed in 100 Fly at 2015 FINA World Championships

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Tom Shields of the USA and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary turned in matching times during semi-finals of the men’s 100-meter fly. From separate heats the two competitors each posted a 51.03 to situate themselves in the middle of the pool for the upcoming finals. Shields succeeded in shaving .06 seconds off his prelims time of 51.09, while Cseh missed out on another sub-51 swim.

Chad Le Clos was close behind Shields in heat one of the semis touching the wall with a 51.11 to situate himself in the third-place seed. Le Clos dropped .55 seconds to improve upon his 2015 best time of 51.66 from the Monte Carlo stop of the Mare Nostrum circuit.

Poland’s Konrad Czerniak grabbed the fourth-place seed with a time of 51.29, improving upon his time of 51.37 which he posted at the Spanish Nationals earlier this year.

Zhuhao Li of China and Mehdy Metella of France kept it close in heat two finishing .06 seconds apart. The young Li won out touching the wall in 51.33, while Metella turned in a 51.39.

Singapore’s Joseph Schooling (51.40) and Poland’s Pawel Korzeniowski (51.51) complete the top eight that will be competing in finals.

Scheduled Events

Women’s 100 Free (Finals)
Men’s 200 Back (Finals)
Women’s 200 Back (Semis)
Men’s 50 Free (Semis)
Women’s 200 Breast (Finals)
Men’s 100 Fly (Semis)
Women’s 50 Fly (Semis)
Men’s 200 Breast (Finals)
Men’s 800 Free Relay (Finals)
Men’s 50 Free (Swim-Off)

2015 FINA World Championships Finals, Day 6 – Results

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