{"id":148555,"date":"2015-08-06T09:19:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T16:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=148555"},"modified":"2015-08-06T09:48:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T16:48:59","slug":"mitch-larkin-breaks-oceanic-record-with-world-best-in-200-back-semis-at-2015-fina-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mitch-larkin-breaks-oceanic-record-with-world-best-in-200-back-semis-at-2015-fina-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch Larkin Breaks Oceanic Record With World Best in 200 Back Semis at 2015 FINA World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia’s Mitch Larkin<\/strong> broke 1:55 for the first time with an Oceanic record in the men’s 200-meter back semis at the 2015 FINA World Championships.<\/p>\n

Larkin topped the semifinal heats with a time of 1:54.29. \u00a0That swim blasted his record of 1:55.26 as he vaulted to the top of the world rankings. \u00a0That swim cleared Ryosuke Irie’s<\/strong> world-best time of 1:54.62 from the BHP Super Series.<\/p>\n

USA’s Ryan Murphy<\/strong>, who nearly broke a world record in the 100-meter backstroke as a mixed 400 medley relay leadoff earlier this week<\/a>, raced his way to the second seed in 1:55.10. \u00a0That’s a personal best for Murphy, who lowered his previous top time of 1:55.73.<\/p>\n

China’s Xu Jiayu<\/strong> checked in with a third-seeded effort of 1:55.13, just off his lifetime best and Chinese record of 1:55.05.<\/p>\n

Russia’s Evgeny Rylov<\/strong> (1:55.54), Poland’s Radoslaw Kawecki<\/strong> (1:55.54), Japan’s Ryosuke Irie<\/strong> (1:55.76), USA’s Tyler Clary<\/strong> (1:56.58) and China’s Li Guangyuan<\/strong> (1:57.12) also managed to make their way into the championship eight.<\/p>\n

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