2022 MARE NOSTRUM TOUR
- Wednesday, May 25th & Thursday, May 26h
- Club Natació Sant Andreu, Barcelona
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Entries – Barcelona
- Livestream
- Results
Reported by Loretta Race.
MEN’S 200 FREE – FINAL
- GOLD – Matt Sates (RSA), 1:45.91 *Meet Record
- SILVER – Tom Dean (GBR), 1:46.27
- BRONZE – Katsuo Matsumoto (JPN), 1:46.46
Although Great Britain’s Tom Dean entered this final as the newly-minted Barcelona meet record holder, it was 18-year-old Sates of South Africa who broke through to lower the mark once again on the same day.
Registering a mark of 1:45.91, Sates not only delved under the 1:46 barrier for the first time in his career, but the teen also outperformed Dean’s morning outing of 1:46.89.
Dean still shined with a silver medal-worthy time of 1:46.27 while Japan’s Katsuo Matsumoto rounded out the top 3 in 1:46.46.
Son of Matty Sates
No other country has a chance in the 4×200. GB = 🥇
‘ready for some different events at commies’ big Tommy exciting me about his 100 free and 200 IM
hes kinda inconsistent ngl man went 144.2 in tokyo and 144 before in the trials but I don’t think his back half came out as well as in other races
It’s just the beginning of the season
Yeah can’t believe he went faster at the biggest meet of his career than at the Edinburgh International invite or Barcelona Mare Nostrum. What a phony!