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Men’s 200 backstroke – Dubai World Cup – as reported by SwimSwim contributor Jeff Grace
Radoslaw Kawecki of Poland took the men’s 200 backstroke easily winning the event in a time of 1:49.70. Kawecki, who finished second in Barcelona to American Ryan Lochte, picked up his third World Cup victory in the event adding to the gold he collected in both Eindhoven and Berlin.
Tom Shields continued collecting hardware winning his second silver of the evening posting a time of 1:52.26 followed by Australian Travis Mahoney who finished third in a time of 1:52.97.