﻿{"id":195341,"date":"2016-04-14T11:46:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T18:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=195341"},"modified":"2016-04-14T11:46:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T18:46:52","slug":"max-litchfield-jumps-3rd-world-400-im-qualifies-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/max-litchfield-jumps-3rd-world-400-im-qualifies-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Litchfield Jumps to 3rd in World in 400 IM; Qualifies for Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Max Litchfield<\/strong> punched his ticket to the Rio Olympics with a third-ranked time in the men&#8217;s 400-meter IM at the 2016 British Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Litchfield won in 4:12.05, moving him to third in the world behind only <strong>Kosuke Hagino<\/strong> (4:08.90) and <strong>Thomas Fraser-Holmes<\/strong> (4:11.09). That time also cleared the super-tough British Olympic automatic qualifying time of 4:12.08.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roberto Pavoni<\/strong> finished second in a time of 4:14.31 with <strong>Daniel Wallace<\/strong> taking third overall in 4:18.11.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"t2\">Place<\/td>\n<td class=\"t2\">Name<\/td>\n<td class=\"t2\">YoB<\/td>\n<td class=\"t2\">Club<\/td>\n<td class=\"t2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"t2\">Time<\/td>\n<td class=\"t2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"t2\">R.T.<\/td>\n<td class=\"t2\">FINA Pt<\/td>\n<td class=\"t2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"t1_centre\">1.<\/td>\n<td class=\"t1_left\">Max Litchfield<\/td>\n<td class=\"t1_centre\">(95)<\/td>\n<td class=\"t1_left\">Co Sheffield<\/td>\n<td class=\"t1_centre\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"t1_right\">4:12.05<\/td>\n<td class=\"t1_right\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"t1_right\">+ 0.66<\/td>\n<td class=\"t1_centre\">905<\/td>\n<td class=\"t1_centre\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td 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