{"id":507362,"date":"2022-06-22T11:02:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T18:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=507362"},"modified":"2022-06-22T12:47:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T19:47:30","slug":"world-championships-ryan-murphy-sets-pace-into-200-back-final-williams-greenbank-get-british-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-ryan-murphy-sets-pace-into-200-back-final-williams-greenbank-get-british-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships: Ryan Murphy Sets Pace Into 200 Back Final; Williams & Greenbank Get British 2-3"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships: Ryan Murphy Sets Pace Into 200 Back Final; Williams & Greenbank Get British 2-3<\/h4>\n

Ryan Murphy<\/strong> was the only man inside 1:56 as he set the pace into the men\u2019s 200 backstroke final.<\/p>\n

The American won silver in Tokyo last year<\/a> behind Evgeny Rylov<\/strong> who is banned for the foreseeable future<\/a> as a member of the Russian team.<\/p>\n

Rylov won the last two world titles with Murphy second on both occasions, the American looking up to upgrade this time around\u00a0having already claimed silver in the 100 back<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The United States<\/strong> have won the world crown on 10 occasions and Murphy, who won silver in the 100 back<\/a> behind Thomas Ceccon <\/strong>and the Italian’s WR, made his intentions clear in 1:55.43.<\/p>\n

Brodie Williams<\/strong> swam a PB of 1:56.17 ahead of Olympic bronze medallist Luke Greenbank<\/strong> (1:56.42) as the British pair went 2-3.<\/p>\n

Mitch Larkin<\/strong>, who won gold at Kazan 2015, was locked out by one place in 1:57.36 as first reserve with Yohann Ndoye Brouard<\/strong> next in 1:57.38.<\/p>\n