Photo Courtesy: Raia Rapida<\/p>\n
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, September 14. \u00a0THE host country topped the third edition of the fun-filled Raia Rapida\/Fast Lane meet today in Rio De Janeiro by having a strong performance in the 50 knockouts, then winning the men’s 200-meter medley relay at the end of the day.<\/p>\n
The meet, which features teams of four men from four countries competing in a round-robin elimination set of 50-meter stroke swims, is one of the more enjoyable competitions to keep an eye on during this part of the year. \u00a0It’s definitely unorthodox with the slowest swimmer of the four of each stroke getting knocked out in each round as the countries claim team points throughout the individual events that feature the 50 free, 50 back, 50 fly and 50 breast. \u00a0The meet then tops off with a 200-meter medley relay.<\/p>\n
Brazil won the overall team points with 15, while USA took second with 11 points. \u00a0South Africa placed third with 9, while Australia finished last.<\/p>\n
Brazil’s foursome of Guilherme Guido, Felipe Franca, Nicholas Dos Santos and Matheus Santana won out with a 1:37.68 in the men’s 200-meter medley relay at the end of the day.<\/p>\n
In the individual 50-meter knockouts, USA’s Anthony Ervin topped South Africa’s Roland Schoeman, 21.92 to 22.19, in the men’s 50-meter free. \u00a0Meanwhile, South Africa’s Gerhard Zandberg downed Guido in the 50-meter back, 25.00 to 25.12.<\/p>\n
Dos Santos hit the wall in 22.97 in the men’s 50-meter fly to more to third in the world behind Andrey Govorov (22.87) and Ben Proud (22.93) as he topped USA’s Eugene Godsoe (23.79) in the process. \u00a0Franca then won the 50 breast, 27.21 to 27.60, against South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh.<\/p>\n
Gerhard Zandberg 25”60 1 1
\nDavid Plummer 25”66 1 1
\nGuilherme Guido 25”69 1 1
\nDaniel Arnamnart 26”19 0 0<\/p>\n
Cameron Van Der Burgh 27”61 1 2
\nFelipe Fran\u00e7a 27”92 1 2
\nMichael Alexandrov 28”20 1 2
\nJames Stacey 28”76 0 0<\/p>\n
Nicholas Santos 23”74 1 3
\nEugene Godsoe 23”91 1 3
\nJayden Hadler 24”32 1 1
\nGiulio Zorzi 24”44 0 2<\/p>\n
Anthony Ervin 22”81 1 4
\nMatheus Santana 22”83 1 4
\nRoland Schoeman 23”02 1 3
\nKurt Herzog 23”51 0 1<\/p>\n
Gerhard Zandberg 25”21 1 4
\nGuilherme Guido 25”36 1 5
\nDavid Plummer 25”86 0 4<\/p>\n
Cameron Van Der Burgh 27”67 1 5
\nFelipe Fran\u00e7a 27”87 1 6
\nMichael Alexandrov 28”20 0 4<\/p>\n
Nicholas Santos 23”76 1 7
\nEugene Godsoe 23”86 1 5
\nJayden Hadler 24”30 0 1<\/p>\n
Anthony Ervin 22”63 1 6
\nRoland Schoeman 22”64 1 6
\nMatheus Santana 22”86 0 7<\/p>\n
Gerhard Zandberg 25”00 1 7
\nGuilherme Guido 25”12 0 7<\/p>\n
Felipe Fran\u00e7a 27”21 1 8
\nCameron Van Der Burgh 27”60 0 7<\/p>\n
Nicholas Santos 22”97 1 9
\nEugene Godsoe 23”79 0 6<\/p>\n
Anthony Ervin 21”92 1 7
\nRoland Schoeman 22”19 0 7<\/p>\n
Brazil 1’37”68 6 15
\nUSA 1’37”75 4 11
\nSouth Africa\u00a01’39”15 2 9
\nAustralia 1’42”29 0 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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