{"id":147689,"date":"2015-08-03T00:16:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T07:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=147689"},"modified":"2015-08-03T00:16:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T07:16:13","slug":"mitchell-larkin-moves-to-10th-all-time-in-100-back-history-at-2015-fina-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mitchell-larkin-moves-to-10th-all-time-in-100-back-history-at-2015-fina-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitchell Larkin Moves to 10th All Time in 100 Back History at 2015 FINA World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mitchell Larkin<\/strong> of Australia moved into the top 10 all time in the men’s 100-meter back with an Oceania record at the 2015 FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n

Larkin raced his way to a sizzling time of 52.50. \u00a0That swim blasted the previous world best from this year of 52.88 from Chris Walker-Hebborn at the British Nationals. \u00a0It also moved Larkin to 10th all time in the event’s history.<\/p>\n

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USA’s Matt Grevers<\/strong> cruised through the final heat to qualify second overall in 53.21, while China’s Xu Jiayu<\/strong> qualified third in 53.29.<\/p>\n

Great Britain’s Liam Tancock<\/strong> (53.35) and Japan’s Ryosuke Irie<\/strong> (53.37) comprised the rest of the top five.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s Guilherme Guido<\/strong> (53.57), Great Britain’s Chris Walker-Hebborn<\/strong> (53.64), Russia’s Grigory Tarasevich<\/strong> (53.69), Russia’s Evgeny Rylov<\/strong> (53.74) and Germany’s Jan-Philip Glania<\/strong> (53.78) also made the top 10.<\/p>\n

Italy’s Simone Sabbioni<\/strong> (53.83), France’s Jeremy Stravius<\/strong> (53.92), France’s Camille Lacourt<\/strong> (53.92), Israel’s Yakov Toumarkin<\/strong> (53.92), Australia’s Ben Treffers<\/strong> (54.00) and USA’s David Plummer<\/strong> (54.06) will also move on to the semis.<\/p>\n

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