2023 JAPAN OPEN
- Thursday, November 30th – Sunday, December 3rd
- Tokyo Aquatics Center
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All eyes were on Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers in the men’s 100m freestyle at the 2023 Japan Open which kicked off today from Tokyo.
The Aussie punched a time of 48.15 in the heats followed by 48.28 for gold in the medal-contesting race.
However, right behind Chalmers was 24-year-old Josha Salchow who posted a big-time personal best of 48.39 for silver.
Salchow started his morning with a speedy prelim outing of 48.70, a time which already fell just .07 shy of his best-ever time of 48.63 from this year’s Australian National Championships.
In the final, he hacked off another .31 to earn runner-up status and establish himself as the 5th-fastest German 100m freestyler in history.
Top 5 German Men’s LCM 100 Freestylers All-Time
- Rafael Miroslaw – 47.92, 2022
- Marco Di Carli – 48.24, 2011
- Steffan Deibler – 48.27, 2016
- Paul Biedermann – 48.31, 2014
- Josha Salchow – 48.39, 2023
Salchow now checks in as the 8th best performer in the world on the season.
2023-2024 LCM Men 100 Free
PAN
WR 46.80
| 2 | Chris GIULIANO | USA | 47.49 | 02/25 |
| 3 | Alessandro MIRESSI | ITA | 47.61 | 11/30 |
| 4 | Kyle CHALMERS | AUS | 47.63 | 04/20 |
| 5 | Nandor NEMETH | HUN | 47.78 | 02/15 |
| 6 | Egor Kornev | RUS | 47.82 | 04/19 |
| 6 | Matthew Richards | GBR | 47.82 | 02/15 |
| 8 | Hunter ARMSTRONG | USA | 47.83 | 02/17 |
| 9 | Josha SALCHOW | GER | 47.85 | 04/19 |
| 10 | David POPOVICI | ROU | 47.86 | 04/20 |
Salchow competed on German relays at this year’s World Championships and put up some solid splits for the squads. He registered a leg of 47.92 in the prelims for the men’s 4x100m free relay, 1:47.35 as a member of Germany’s 7th place men’s 4x200m free relay and 47.89 on the nation’s 8th place men’s medley relay.
I don’t know if it’s my fault, but in the results I read 48.39 as Salchow’s time