INDIANAPOLIS, October 10. THE USA\u2019s Jason Lezak rebounded from his disappointment at finishing eighth last night in the 50 free by dominating the first heat of the 100-meter freestyle semifinals. <\/p>\n
The 29 year-old two-time Olympian split 22.58 at the 50 before touching in 48.20, more than four-tenths of a second ahead of France\u2019s (and Auburn\u2019s) Frederick Bousquet, the short course world record-holder for 50-meters freestyle.<\/p>\n
But the second heat was even faster with Algeria\u2019s Salim Iles splitting 22.91 but roaring back to post the fastest time, 48.17, with Lithuania\u2019s (and Cal\u2019s) Rolandas Gimbutis next in 48.60. So, as he did in the 50 where he wound up missing a medal, Iles will enter tomorrow\u2019s final as the top seed.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, Iles said: \u201cIt\u2019s a good swim for the semi. Hopefully, I\u2019ll swim a lot faster tomorrow. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be pretty fast. Jason is always in the finals, and with a couple of the other swimmers, you\u2019ve got to watch out.<\/p>\n
Lezak said he was just trying to win his heat, but agreed with Iles that tomorrow\u2019s final will be fast: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a tough race. It\u2019s going to take a lot faster time tomorrow, and I think I\u2019ve got one in me.\u201d <\/p>\n
It took 48.98 to make the final. Of the 16 semifinalists, eight swam 48s and eight swam 49s.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 100m Freestyle
\nSemifinals<\/p>\n
WR 46.25 CROCKER Ian East Meadow (USA) 27 MAR 2004 USA
\nCR 46.75 FROLANDER Lars Athens (GRE) 18 MAR 2000 SWE<\/p>\n
Rank Name YB Nation Result Behind R.T. HT LN 50m
\nILES Salim ALG 75 48.17 1. q 0.71 1 5 22.91
\nLEZAK Jason USA 75 48.20 2. 0.03 q 0.70 2 4 22.58
\nGIMBUTIS Rolandas LTU 81 48.60 3. 0.43 q 0.71 2 5 23.07
\nBOUSQUET Frederick FRA 81 48.62 4. 0.45 q 0.76 1 6 23.33
\nSAY Rick CAN 79 48.68 5. 0.51 q 0.72 2 2 23.81
\nSANTOS Nicholas BRA 80 48.83 6. 0.66 q 0.75 2 6 22.94
\nCIELO Cesar BRA 87 48.93 7. 0.76 q 0.73 1 4 23.37
\nHARD Jere FIN 78 48.96 8. 0.79 q 0.69 1 1 23.43<\/p>\n
KAPRALOV Andrey RUS 80 49.12 9. 0.95 0.75 2 3 23.26
\nHERBST Stefan GER 78 49.16 10. 0.99 0.81 2 7 23.71
\nROJAS Luis VEN 79 49.22 11. 1.05 0.64 1 3 23.13
\nMEWING Andrew AUS 81 49.24 12. 1.07 0.78 1 8 23.36
\nFLOUCH Casey AUS 81 49.27 13. 1.10 0.80 2 1 23.91
\nDEHMLOW Carsten GER 77 49.28 14. 1.11 0.83 2 8 23.18
\nLAGUNOV Evgeny RUS 85 49.42 15. 1.25 0.80 1 7 23.65
\nANDKJAER Jakob DEN 85 49.59 16. 1.42 0.68 1 2 23.69<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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