Australia’s Mitch Larkin, the big winner in Tokyo, raced his way to a sizzling 52.26 to break his Australian and Commonwealth records at the 2015 FINA World Cup Doha.
That swim broke the 52.37 leadoff time he set for Australia at the 2015 World Championships, and is just behind Ryan Murphy‘s 52.18 at the top of the world this year.
That swim vaulted Larkin into a sixth-ranked tie all time with Junya Koga in the men’s 100-meter backstroke chart.
All Time 100 Back
[table “” not found /]USA’s David Plummer finished second in 53.18 with Japan’s Masaki Kaneko taking third in 54.33.
Australia’s Ashley Delaney (54.73), Singapore’s Zheng Wen Quah (55.03), USA’s Michael Andrew (55.52), Romania’s Robert Glinta (55.72) and South Africa’s Jacques Van Wyk (56.72) closed out the finale.
Scheduled Events
- Men’s 100 free
- Women’s 200 free
- Men’s 50 breast
- Women’s 100 breast
- Women’s 100 fly
- Men’s 100 back
- Women’s 50 back
- Men’s 200 fly
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 400 free
- Women’s 50 free
- Men’s 200 breast
- Women’s 200 back
- Men’s 50 fly
- Women’s 800 free
- Men’s 400 IM
