2019 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE FINALE
- Friday, December 20 – Saturday, December 21, 2019
- 1:00 – 3:00 PM Local Time (U.S. Pacific Time)
- Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino – Las Vegas, NV
- Short Course Meters (SCM) format
- Top 4 qualifying franchises: Energy Standard, London Roar, LA Current, Cali Condors
- Live Stream (ESPN3)
- Day 1 complete results
- Day 2 complete results
Reported by Nick Pecoraro/Jared Anderson.
MEN’S 50 FREE SKINS
ROUND 1:
1.    Florent Manaudou – ENS – 20.84**
2.    Caeleb Dressel – CAC – 20.89**
3.    Nathan Adrian – LAC – 20.98**
4.    Ben Proud – ENS – 21.00**
5.    Kyle Chalmers – LON – 21.11
6.    Duncan Scott – LON – 21.28
7.    Michael Chadwick – LAC – 21.37
8.    Bowe Becker – CAC – 21.50
**advance to semi-finals
Another great finish for Energy Standard, who are coming on very strong and trying to steal this meet through the skins. Two into the top 8, joining two American standouts. Dressel is still the clear favorite, but Energy Standard has a great shot at putting two in the top three. It’ll probably be 2-4 for Energy Standard, with Manaudou making the final. It’ll be a reprise of Group A in the final tonight. That should give Energy Standard the team points win, too, if our math is correct.
ROUND 2:
1.    Caeleb Dressel – CAC – 21.76**
2.    Florent Manaudou – ENS – 22.19**
3.    Nathan Adrian – LAC – 22.43
4.    Ben Proud – ENS – 23.12
**advance to finals
ROUND 3:
1.    Caeleb Dressel – CAC – 21.46
2.   Florent Manaudou – ENS – 23.83
Opinion valued – on the way out, it’s ok to milk out the cow and cash out…see you getting 6th/7th in Tokyo.
See you in the bleachers.
Is it just me or does comeback-Manaudou seem way more humble and less douchey than 2016-Manaudou?
You’re probably right. Age tends to do that to a person.
Probably because he’s not the best anymore. Nothing wrong with a reality check.
Manaudou is only 28 years old.
He got 2nd a lot this weekend: 2nd 50 Fr, 50 Bk, 50 Sk and 3rd in the 50 Fl
I’d venture a guess that just about everyone on this level hates losing.
But that 2nd place finish in the 50 Back? Talk about versatility and being a huge asset to the team
I agree, except he is the World Record holder in that event (still). It’s not surprising that he’s good at it. He’s an extraordinary 50 swimmer.
His turnover in the 50 back is incredible. How a guy that tall can get his arms to move that fast is remarkable.
I understand that it is tough for him to see it go down, but after that 17.63 he had to have known his record was on borrowed time…
Truly appreciate the sportsmanship Manaudou shows despite the massive disappointment of losing his own WR!!
he can still try to get it back …..
Man he actually seems super sad about it
Sport is cruel 😔
It’s something you don’t really want to happen until you are retired. To be in the next lane sucks I would imagine.
How do you think all the 50 point 100 flyers with Olympic gold aspirations feel — LeClos, the former Schooling, all the rest — when he blew by them by a second? Phelps is lucky he retired and didn’t have to face it in the next lane like Flo.
Except that Phelps did have his 100 fly gold aspirations denied in the next lane in Rio… BY the former Schooling😉