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Only\u00a0<strong>Cesar Cielo\u00a0<\/strong>(20.91) and\u00a0<strong>Fred Bousquet\u00a0<\/strong>(20.94) have ever been quicker.<\/p>\n<p>Proud moved past\u00a0<strong>Caeleb Dressel&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>winning time from last year&#8217;s World Championships (21.15) as the fastest ever in textile. He also broke\u00a0<strong>Florent Manaudou&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>championship record of 21.32 from 2014. And Proud might have more in the tank for the final, especially after a long finish which could have cost him a couple hundredths.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Andrea Vergani\u00a0<\/strong>qualified second behind Proud in 21.37, and Russia&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Vladimir Morozov\u00a0<\/strong>qualified third in 21.44. The duo improved to third and fourth, respectively, in the world this year.<\/p>\n<p>Greece&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kristian Gkolomeev\u00a0<\/strong>qualified fourth in 21.52, followed by Poland&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Pawel Juraszek\u00a0<\/strong>(21.67), Finland&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Ari-Pekka Liukkonen\u00a0<\/strong>(21.96) and the Netherlands&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Jesse Puts\u00a0<\/strong>(22.02). There will be a swim-off for the last spot in the final between Lithuania&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Simonas Bilis\u00a0<\/strong>and Ukraine&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Andriy Govorov<\/strong>, the 50 fly European champion. Both swam times of 22.04 in semis.<\/p>\n<p>In the swim-off, Govorov got off to the better start, only for Bilis to battle back and touch him out, 21.70 to 21.74, and claim the finals spot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"324574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ben-proud-becomes-third-fastest-man-ever-in-50-free-semi-finals-best-ever-in-textile\/men-50-fr-sf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/men-50-fr-sf.png\" data-orig-size=\"1530,713\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"men-50-fr-sf\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;men-50-fr-sf&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/men-50-fr-sf-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/men-50-fr-sf-1024x477.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-324574\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/men-50-fr-sf.png\" alt=\"men-50-fr-sf\" width=\"700\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/men-50-fr-sf.png 1530w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/men-50-fr-sf-533x248.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/men-50-fr-sf-280x130.png 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/men-50-fr-sf-1024x477.png 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/men-50-fr-sf-150x70.png 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/men-50-fr-sf-500x233.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Britain&#8217;s\u00a0Ben Proud\u00a0became the third-fastest performer in history in the men&#8217;s 50 free, swimming a time of 21.11 in the European Championships semi-finals. 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