2019 FINA WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- All sports: Friday, July 12 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- Pool swimming: Sunday, July 21 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
- The Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, Korea
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- Competition Schedule
- FinaTV Live Stream
- Entry Lists
- Results
Reported by Lauren Neidigh.
MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – SEMIFINALS
- World Record:
Michael Phelps (United States), 2009, 49.82 - World Junior Record: Kristof Milak (Hungary), 50.62
- World Championships Record:
Michael Phelps (United States), 2009, 49.82 - 2017 Defending World Champion: Caeleb Dressel (United States), 49.86
Finals Qualifiers:
- Caeleb Dressel (USA), 49.50
- Andrei Minakov (RUS), 50.94
- Kristof Milak (HUN), 50.95
- Chad Le Clos (RSA), 51.40
- Marius Kusch (GER), 51.50
- Mehdy Metella (FRA), 51.62
- James Guy (GBR), 51.69
- Matthew Temple (AUS), 51.70
The USA’s Caeleb Dressel set his first World Record tonight. Dressel, who missed the World Record last Worlds by only 4 hundredths, cracked the record by tenths tonight in 49.50. The former mark was a 49.82 done by Michael Phelps in 2009. Dressel leads the way into finals by nearly a second and a half and now owns 6 of the 10 fastest times in history in this event. He’ll return to the pool shortly for semifinals of the 50 free.
Finishing behind Dressel in heat 2 was Russia’s Andrei Minakov, who set a new Russian Record in 50.94. Hungary’s Kristof Milak won the first semifinal heat in 50.95 to qualify 3rd. Milak broke Phelps’ 200 fly World Record earlier in the meet to win his first Worlds gold. Also qualifying for the final were Olympic 200 fly champion Chad Le Clos (RSA) and 2017 bronze medalist James Guy (GBR). Le Clos used his front end speed to take 2nd in heat 1 with a 51.40 behind Milak.
Decorated butterfly veteran Laszlo Cseh of Hungary wound up 10th in 51.86. He was one spot ahead of the USA’s Jack Conger, who put up a 51.91 for 11th.
He says he’s got a lot to clean up? Seriously? World record time and he still has something to clean up? I guess he’s saying he can go faster. Look forward to seeing more from Dressel.
Why can’t we get Dressel into a cap more hydrodynamic than an 80s latex?
Who knows when someone will be this fast again? Let’s max out.
“He’s so well rounded, all the way around.”
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Um, anyone else notice Dressel wasn’t really breathing hard at the end of that semi-final? Mouth barely open. Scary.
You’d think he’d breathing hard… doesn’t even breath the last 15
I remember Dana Vollmer would always look like that at the end of her 100 fly too. Dressel looked fairly long and smooth in this race, which sometimes ends up being faster, but it also means he may have more to give.
Her technique is incredible.
Thoughts and phrases that came to mind were, “boy howdy!,” “That guy must work out…,” and “I shouldn’t even entertain a comeback in my dreams”
No way this is the real Cavic…right?
“no easy swims tomorrow” I’m thinking that 50 WR is gonna be scared in about 18 hours