Reported by Mitch Bowmile.
MEN’S 50M FREESTYLE SEMIFINAL
Top seed: Anthony Ervin (21.55)
World record: 20.91 – Cesar Cielo
American record: 21.37 – Nathan Adrian
U.S Open record: 21.14 – Cesar Cielo
U.S Nationals record: 21.47 – Nathan Adrian/Garret Weber-Gale
JR World record: 22.00 – Yu Hexin (China)
2012 Winning Time: 21.59 – Cullen Jones
Sixteen years after winning gold at the 2000 Olympic Games, Anthony Ervin will be back competing in the 50m freestyle at his third Olympics.
It came down to the wire, but ultimately it was American record holder Nathan Adrian who got his hand on the wall first with a 21.51 in order to secure his second individual event for Rio.
Ervin was right behind him by the smallest of margins, finishing second in 21.52.
Cullen Jones finished third in 21.75 and will not be returning to the Olympic Games.
- Nathan Adrian (21.51)
- Anthony Ervin (21.52)
- Cullen Jones (21.75)
- Caeleb Dressel (21.80)
- Josh Schneider (21.95)
- Michael Chadwick (21.96)
- Jimmy Feigen (21.99)
- Dillon Virva (22.40)
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Right, Nathan. I’ll tell all the athletes going to the Olympics from The Virgin Islands, St. Kitts & Nevis (like sprinter Kim Collins) etc. to not bother. It’s all about who is top of the medal table and where you come from. Tell Anthony Nesty to give that medal back.
Jeez… there are enough “team sports” around – why can’t the Olympics be about individuals for once? Tell all the people who came third this week to stop moaning because if someone went faster than them it’s better “for the team”. This year there’s all this “who swims for team” commentary too – no idea what your “bears” and “horns” are but it’s obviously important to some people. Good… Read more »
Different people have different goals… That’s all that needs to be said. I honestly don’t understand your argument.
me too – dont understand his anger …and resentment about Adrian .
I have no idea what you are talking about.
“…Nathan Adrian who got his hand on the wall first with a *****25.5***** in order to secure his second individual event for Rio.”
Wow times have really slowed down since the supersuit era.
If Dressel were a girl and swam for CAL, you can be sure people would have asked questions.
(looking at a certain swimswammer).
People were pretty sure he was gonna turn into a miler when he picked Florida.
We were surprised to hear that Florida was going to lean on his breastroke talent during the college season. I remember getting laughed at, when I suggested that this was a very bad idea. Carry on swimming breastroke Caleb, your Gators need the points at all of those duel meets, not to mention SEC’s!
I’d say it all worked out pretty well, despite him doing a bit of breaststroke several months ago. Dressel made his first Olympics and he should be a great contributor to the relay. Turns out people can train for more than one stroke and still be successful.
Not uber surprised about him not making the 50. He relies a lot more on his underwaters than some of those other guys, and Ervin is just so good at swimming on the surface. CD was a bit off, but even if he’d matched his best time, he still would have been third.
U are very right – he will be back next year for the WC trials – and with another year of training under the belt / adjustments / and more motivation than ever . His relay contribution in Rio might well be special …so excited to see how Team Usa 400 free will do this year – i suspect something special