On Tuesday Jonatan Kopelev of Israel posted the the fastest time in 2016 for the men’s 50 backstroke in an exhibition event at an age group meet in Israel. Kopelev finished the event in a time of 24.60, not only putting up the world’s top time, but also setting a new Israeli record.
2015-2016 LCM Men 50 BACK
PLUMMER
24.58
View Top 27»2 Mitchell
LARKINAUS 24.62 10/29 3 Jiayu
XUCHN 24.65 09/30 4 Camille
LACOURTFRA 24.67 02/05 5 Grigory
TARASEVICHRUS 24.70 04/16
*SwimSwam’s world’s rankings are based on the 2015-16 season. Taking that into consideration David Plummer does have the fastest time this season with a 24.58, but Kopelev put up the top time this year.
“We had our nationals a week ago and I swam the 50 back there 3 times- 24.90, 24.84 and 24.73 so I felt really confident and decided to ask for another swim in order to break the national record I’ve been chasing for almost 4 years,” Kopelev told SwimSwam.
video shows 25.7?
It gets corrected at the end of the video.