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World Swimming Championships (Men’s 100 Backstroke Prelims)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Gwangju 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Historical firepower was the theme, as the last three world champions<\/a> qualified among the top-four finishers. China’s Xu Jiayu, the reigning gold medalist from Budapest, led the field into the semifinals with one of two sub-53 clockings. Xu touched the wall in his heat in 52.85, which was clear of the 52.95 produced by\u00a0Guilherme Guido<\/strong>, whose effort granted Brazil a national record and\u00a0first sub-53. Going through in the third and fourth positions were Australia’s Mitch Larkin<\/strong> (53.12) and American Matt Grevers<\/strong> (53.22), the 2015 and 2013 world champions, respectively.<\/p>\n

Posting the fifth-fastest time of the morning was Japanese veteran Ryosuke Irie<\/strong> (53.38), who was followed by Russia’s Evgeny Rylov<\/strong> (53.45), the reigning world champion in the 200 backstroke. Rylov looked strong on the anchor leg of Russia’s 4×100 freestyle relay on the opening night of action, an effort that bodes well for his prime events. Rounding out the top eight were Romanians Robert Glinta<\/strong> (53.64) and Daniel Martin<\/strong> (53.65).<\/p>\n

Olympic champion Ryan Murphy<\/strong> of the United States was ninth in prelims, as the world-record holder cruised to a time of 53.69, pushing only hard enough<\/a> to advance to the next round. Murphy’s approach is reminiscent of backstroke legend Aaron Peirsol<\/strong>, who had an uncanny ability to do just enough in the early rounds before turning in his best showing in finals.<\/p>\n

Italian Simone Sabbioni<\/strong> qualified for the semifinals in 13th, going 63.85. But his path to an additional swim was hardly normal, as Sabbioni had significant trouble with the starting wedge attached to his block. The wedge initially slipped during the last heat, forcing Sabbioni to stop his swim and be awarded a solo time trial. On his first attempt at the time trial, the wedge again slipped, causing another reset.<\/p>\n

Dylan Carter<\/strong> of Trinidad and Tobago was also granted a re-swim after a backstroke wedge issue in his heat. He was originally 30th with a 55.33 but moved up to 16th at 54.03, bumping out Italy’s\u00a0Thomas Ceccon\u00a0<\/strong>(54.04) from the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\n<\/td>\nXU<\/td>\nJiayu<\/td>\n\"People's\u00a0CHN<\/span><\/td>\n52.85<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGUIDO<\/td>\nGuilherme<\/td>\n\"Brazil\"\u00a0BRA<\/span><\/td>\n52.95<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLARKIN<\/td>\nMitchell<\/td>\n\"Australia\"\u00a0AUS<\/span><\/td>\n53.12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGREVERS<\/td>\nMatt<\/td>\n\"United\u00a0USA<\/span><\/td>\n53.22<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIRIE<\/td>\nRyosuke<\/td>\n\"Japan\"\u00a0JPN<\/span><\/td>\n53.38<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRYLOV<\/td>\nEvgeny<\/td>\n\"Russian\u00a0RUS<\/span><\/td>\n53.45<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGLINTA<\/td>\nRobert<\/td>\n\"Romania\"\u00a0ROU<\/span><\/td>\n53.64<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMARTIN<\/td>\nDaniel<\/td>\n\"Romania\"\u00a0ROU<\/span><\/td>\n53.65<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMURPHY<\/td>\nRyan<\/td>\n\"United\u00a0USA<\/span><\/td>\n53.69<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTHORMEYER<\/td>\nMarkus<\/td>\n\"Canada\"\u00a0CAN<\/span><\/td>\n53.77<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTSMYH<\/td>\nMikita<\/td>\n\"Belarus\"\u00a0BLR<\/span><\/td>\n53.81<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCHRISTOU<\/td>\nApostolos<\/td>\n\"Greece\"\u00a0GRE<\/span><\/td>\n53.82<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSABBIONI<\/td>\nSimone<\/td>\n\"Italy\"\u00a0ITA<\/span><\/td>\n53.85<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKOLESNIKOV<\/td>\nKliment<\/td>\n\"Russian\u00a0RUS<\/span><\/td>\n53.89<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGREENBANK<\/td>\nLuke<\/td>\n\"Great\u00a0GBR<\/span><\/td>\n53.95<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCARTER<\/td>\nDylan<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Trinidad\u00a0TTO<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n54.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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