Denis Petrashov on Swimming 59.2 100 Breast PB: “I didn’t taper for this meet”

2025 Pro Swim Series – Fort Lauderdale

Denis Petrashov of Kyrgyzstan took the win in the 100 breast in Ft Lauderdale, recording a personal best of 59.23. The former Louisville All-American was excited with the win and the PB, especially since he was not rested or shaved for this competition. Petrashov plans to return home to Kyrgyzstan before heading to the World University Games in July for a quick tune-up before the World Championships.

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maheny
49 minutes ago

why does the text under the vid say he wasnt shaved if he explicitly said he was in the video

Rafael
2 hours ago

Off topic
Nicholas Santos went 23,26 fly LCM Master WR (and would be under world cut)

CasualSwimmer
3 hours ago

Damn and I had to taper to watch the PSS

Tencor
3 hours ago

Slightly on a tangent but it’s interesting that outside of Qin Haiyang’s 58.6 we once again have a bunch of male breaststrokers bunched up in 59-low. We’ll see in Singapore but not convinced this field will turn out to be meaningfully stronger than the debacle that happened in Paris.

Scotty
Reply to  Tencor
1 hour ago

Yep, people were quick to blame the pool in Paris for the slow 100br final, but the reality is that the form of most of the swimmers that season was more or less what they produced in the final aside from Peaty who had Covid and Qin who had the bad sleep

OldCoach
4 hours ago

Taper doesn’t matter. Call it whatever you want. Swimmers wanting to compete at the highest levels will stay sharp all the time. Especially if they want to be professionals.

I get slow swims during the grind of a college season but I really think these pros can always be sharp (totally understand people like Marchand coming off long lay offs taking time to build back up.

Scientist
4 hours ago

No one is ever tapered man. It’s crazy out there. Be safe

Lpman
Reply to  Scientist
3 hours ago

I hear you! Times that athletes are doing in practice are also out of this world. Schooling’s 47.2 100 fly LCM in practice was incredible!

Scotty
4 hours ago

59 low and not tapered, suddenly he has put himself in with a massive chance of gold this summer. Wouldn’t be surprised if with a taper he can drop a second at World’s

Applesandoranges
Reply to  Scotty
4 hours ago

He could go 59.9 with a taper. It’s swimming.

Scotty
Reply to  Applesandoranges
4 hours ago

Right, but on the balance of probabilities, most swimmers go quicker on taper

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