{"id":492230,"date":"2021-12-01T20:09:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T03:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=492230"},"modified":"2021-12-01T20:09:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T03:09:27","slug":"isl-wins-report-nicholas-santos-is-mr-8-for-8-in-50-butterfly-a-look-at-other-superlatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/isl-wins-report-nicholas-santos-is-mr-8-for-8-in-50-butterfly-a-look-at-other-superlatives\/","title":{"rendered":"ISL Wins Report: Nicholas Santos is Mr. 8-for-8 in 50 Butterfly; A Look At Other Superlatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0ISL Wins Report: Nicholas Santos is Mr. 8-for-8 in 50 Butterfly<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a very narrow path that Nicholas Santos<\/strong> and his Team Iron mates tread in the International Swimming League season.<\/p>\n

For six of the league\u2019s franchises, four matches were sufficient to book a spot in the semifinals. Team Iron and DC Trident required the extra Match 11 play-in to gain their three additional semifinal matches; the other two contestants in that match went home after a fifth regular-season match.<\/p>\n

Of the two teams of swimmers that took part in eight matches before the Grand Final, Santos is the only one who won the same race each time out. And if the fact that the Brazilian is 41 years old doesn\u2019t sufficiently impress you, the hectic nature of his signature event certainly must.<\/p>\n

Santos went an almost impossible 8-for-8 in the men\u2019s 50 fly. He swept out Iron\u2019s regular-season matches, took top honors in Match 11 to lead the team\u2019s progress to the semis, then managed to come out on top of all three playoff matches. It\u2019s made even more impressive by the miniscule margin for error in an event that takes 22 seconds to complete and in which taking 22.5 seconds would doom you.<\/p>\n