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The 19-year-old would go on to win the final of the event just off of his new record time, touching first in 51.88 ahead of <\/span><b>Vini Lanza<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Lanza had broken the 200 IM national record earlier in the meet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch Pumputis\u2019 prelims swim below:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trofe\u0301u Jose\u0301 Finkel 2018 -  Recorde Sul Americano nos 100 medley masculino   ELIMINATO\u0301RIAS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t35iEbgq0Xk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the same day, Pumputis also won the 200 breast in 2:03.27. 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