2019 BRAZIL TROPHY (FORMERLY MARIA LENK)
- April 16th-21st, 2019
- Maria Lenk Aquatic Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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After going 21.68 in prelims, then the world’s fifth-fastest time of the year, Olympian Bruno Fratus ripped 2019’s fastest 50 freestyle in finals on the last day of the 2019 Brazil Trophy, Brazil’s national championships.
Fratus, swimming in only his second meet since undergoing the second shoulder surgery seven months ago, went 21.47 Sunday evening, winning the men’s 50 free by well over half a second. He overtakes Britain’s Ben Proud in the world rankings. Taking second place was Marcelo Chierighini in 22.05; earlier in the meet, he swam to a new South American textile record in the 100 free, going 47.68.
Fratus was sixth in the 100 free (48.95), missing out on Brazil’s 2019 FINA World Championships 4×100 relay team.
Fratus’ best 50 free time is 21.27, from the 2017 FINA World Championships. Last year at this meet, he was 21.35 twice. But outside of those three swims – 2017 Worlds, and the two a year ago – he hadn’t been under 21.50 since 2014.
2018-2019 LCM MEN 50 FREE
DRESSEL
21.04
| 2 | Vladimir MOROZOV | RUS | 21.27 | 08/15 |
| 3 | Bruno FRATUS | BRA | 21.31 | 06/09 |
| 4 | Kristian GKOLOMEEV | GRE | 21.45 | 07/27 |
| 5 | Benjamin PROUD | GBR | 21.48 | 04/28 |
| 6 | Andrea VERGANI | ITA | 21.53 | 04/02 |
| 7 | Michael ANDREW | USA | 21.62 | 07/27 |
| 8 | Shinri SHIOURA | JPN | 21.67 | 04/07 |
| 8 | Pawel JURASZEK | POL | 21.67 | 07/27 |
| 10 | Florent MANAUDOU | FRA | 21.72 | 06/21 |
Radically good Bruno Fratus !!! Watch him again in Louisville,Ky at the Derby Pro Swimming Meet April 26, 2019 at Ralph Wright Natatorium along with other WORLD famous swimmer including our own Magnificent Mallory Comerford.
He’s by far the fastest guy on top of the water this year, reminds me of Ervin.
Exactly. Like a barracuda, as Dave Marsh described Ervin.
I don’t think anybody is as fast as Ervin on top of the water. Fratus is a good diver, which Ervin never was. Here you can see them side by side in 2016:
https://youtu.be/8yZINL_t2rg
They were so far off their times in that race, it’s tough to tell.
Real men were swedes
Preach.
Real men get DBZ tattoos.