2022 FINA SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, December 13 to Sunday, December 18, 2022
- Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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- Day 6 Prelims Live Recap
During the last prelims session of the 2022 Short Course World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, Mewen Tomac took down a super-suited French record in the men’s 200 back that had stood untouched since 2009.
The 21-year-old Tomac clocked a time of 1:49.61, shaving .28 seconds off the previous national record that belonged to Benjamin Stasiulis (1:49.89). Tomac also set a new lifetime best by more than half a second, improving upon his 1:50.14 from last month. He and Stasiulis are the only two Frenchmen in history to break the 1:50 barrier.
Tomac is seeded second heading into tonight’s final in between two Americans. Shaine Casas earned the top seed with a 1:49.46 while Ryan Murphy qualified third with a 1:49.71.
Tomac is eyeing his individual medal at a major international meet tonight after taking home a pair of relay medals at the European Championships in August.
MEN’S 200 BACK – PRELIMS
- World Record: 1:45.63 – Mitch Larkin (AUS), 2015
- World Junior Record: 1:48.02 – Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 2017
- Championship Record: 1:46.68 – Ryan Lochte (USA), 2010
- 2021 Champion: 1:48.68 – Radoslaw Kawecki (POL)
Top 8:
- Shaine Casas (USA) – 1:49.46
- Mewen Tomac (FRA) – 1:49.61
- Ryan Murphy (USA) – 1:49.71
- Lorenzo Mora (ITA) – 1:49.79
- Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (FRA) – 1:50.12
- Luke Greenbank (GBR) – 1:50.34
- Ryota Naito (JPN) – 1:50.78
- Radoslaw Kawecki (POL) – 1:50.97
Tomac’s teammate, fellow Frenchman Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, nearly finished under the old national record as well. The 22-year-old Ndoye-Brouard posted a 1:50.12 to qualify fifth for the final, going .41 seconds faster than his previous best from last year’s Short Course Worlds. It’s the third-fastest time in French history behind Stasiulis and Tomac.
As the splits illustrate below, Ndoye-Brouard took the race out quicker but Tomac caught him just after the midway point of the race.
Splits Comparison, Tomac vs. Ndoye-Brouard
| Mewen Tomac, Prelims | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, Prelims | |
| 25 | 12.18 | 11.95 |
| 50 | 13.33 | 13.49 |
| 75 | 13.78 | 13.44 |
| 100 | 13.90 | 14.13 |
| 125 | 13.96 | 14.17 |
| 150 | 14.27 | 14.64 |
| 175 | 14.25 | 14.48 |
| 200 | 13.94 | 13.82 |
| Total | 1:49.61 | 1:50.12 |