TORONTO 2015 PAN AMERICAN GAMES
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- July 14-18
- Toronto, Ont.
- Prelims 10 a.m EST
- Finals 7 p.m EST
- Schedule
- Swimming Home Page
- Toronto 2015 Home Page
- Live results
- Overall Medal Count
- Live stream via ESPN 3 – USA
- Live stream via CBC – Canada
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EDITED BY COLEMAN HODGES
SHOT AND REPORTED BY MITCH BOWMILE
MEN’S 50M FREESTYLE
- World record: 20.91 – Cesar Cielo (Brazil) 2009
- Pan Am Games record: 21.58 – Cesar Cielo (Brazil) 2011
- Americas record: 20.91 – Cesar Cielo (Brazil) 2009
10th fastest time in the world this season: 21.98
Medallists
- Josh Schneider (USA) 21.86
- Bruno Fratus (Brazil) 21.91
- George Bovell (T&T) 22.17
For the second time today Josh Schneider of the United States dipped under the 22-second barrier in the 50m freestyle. This time, he was just a little bit faster than he was in prelims which gives him the fifth ranked time in the world this season.
Bruno Fratus of Brazil showed up after a rather disappointing prelim swim, going 21.91 to be the only other swimmer of the day to drop below 22-seconds.
Famed sprinter George Bovell managed to get his hand on the wall for the bronze in 22.17.
Erik Risolvato also had a strong performance on his “road to redemption, I’m pretty sure he set 3 PR’s from prelims to the swim-off to Finals. It looks like he’s learning how to control his “race head” a little better, as well as tuning his USRPT program with Herbie Behm (I think he’s also in the water with Giles Smith). I would LOVE to see a 5’10”, 155 lb guy the size of an average-build HS swimmer break 22 seconds.
If he really is unshaved and untapered then he’s a fool for throwing away a certain Gold medal!
I don’t think Josh Schneider was rested and tapered either and he has been dippin under 22.0 all summer. Lol
Blah, blah, blah, no rest, never tapered, blah, blah, bs blah.
I had to read your comment a couple times to see the “bs” in there. LOL Well said!
We will know if his talk is true in 3 weeks…