{"id":324270,"date":"2018-08-07T09:44:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T16:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=324270"},"modified":"2019-06-19T13:06:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T20:06:27","slug":"duncan-scott-stuns-field-from-lane-eight-for-200-free-win-at-european-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/duncan-scott-stuns-field-from-lane-eight-for-200-free-win-at-european-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"Duncan Scott Stuns Field from Lane Eight for 200 Free Win at European Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great Britain’s\u00a0Duncan Scott\u00a0<\/strong>barely snuck into the 200 free final, but the home favorite unleashed a massive swim out of lane eight to take the title. After a slow start, Scott moved up to flip dead-even with Lithuania’s\u00a0Danas Rapsys\u00a0<\/strong>at the 150 before blasting a 26.87 closing split to hit the wall in 1:45.34. Scott’s time made him the second-fastest swimmer in the world this year.<\/p>\n

The bigger shocker, perhaps, was Rapsys fading to second after setting the world’s fastest time earlier this year at 1:45.12 and then swimming a 1:45.33 in the semi-finals, both faster than Scott’s swim in the final. Rapsys ended up barely hanging on for a silver medal, swimming a time of 1:46.07.<\/p>\n

Just behind Rapsys was Russia’s\u00a0Mikhail Dovgalyuk<\/strong>, who claimed bronze in 1:46.15. 2015 World Champion\u00a0James Guy\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain just missed the medals, finishing fourth in 1:46.20.<\/p>\n

Italy’s\u00a0Felippo Megli<\/strong> took fifth in 1:46.60, and the rest of the final will include Russia’s\u00a0Mikhal Vekovishchev\u00a0<\/strong>(1:46.79), Serbia’s\u00a0Velimir Stjepanovic\u00a0<\/strong>(1:47.00) and Germany’s\u00a0Jacob Heidtmann<\/strong> (1:47.26).<\/p>\n

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