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Japan’s Hasegawa Junya Wins 50 Backstroke In Gwanju – Race Video

2015 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES

Excerpt taken from our Day Four Finals Recap:

MEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – FINALS

Hasegawa Junya of Japan raced through the men’s 50 backstroke, breaking into the top 25 times in the world this year to win the Gold Medal. His time of 25.25 moves him to 23rd in the world this year.

Italy’s Stefano Pizzamiglio picked up the silver medal after finishing second with a time of 25.43. He touched out the third place finisher, Russia’s Nikita Ul’Yanov, by a few hundredths of a second. Ul’Yanov won the bronze medal with his time of 25.49.

South Korea’s Park Seonkwan just missed the podium, finishing fourth with a 25.56. The rest of the final was very tight. Henrique De Souza Martins (BRA), Matteo Milli (ITA), Gene Siman Sudartawa (INA), and Shin Heewoong (KOR) were all between 25.57 and 25.88.

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