2018 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Thursday, August 9 – Tuesday, August 14, 2018
- Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo, Japan
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American Ryan Murphy broke his own Pan Pacific Championship Record and tied the 3rd fastest swim of all-time as he won gold in the men’s 100 back in Tokyo.
The world record holder with his 51.85 from the 2016 Olympic Games, Murphy had clocked a 52.19 in the morning prelims to lower the meet record by over seven-tenths and had his sights set on a possible WR tonight.
He was out .02 under record pace at the 50, flipping in 25.11, and just fell off it coming home to touch in that 51.94, just .09 outside of his record. The 51.94 ties with American legend Aaron Peirsol for the 3rd fastest performance in history, as Peirsol set the world record back in 2009 in that time. Only Murphy and Xu Jiayu of China (51.86) have ever been faster.
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Fastest Performances Ever
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| 1 | Ryan Murphy | 51.85 |
| 2 | Xu Jiayu | 51.86 |
| 3 | Aaron Peirsol | 51.94 |
| 3 | Ryan Murphy | 51.94 |
| 5 | Ryan Murphy | 51.97 |
| 6 | Matt Grevers | 52.08 |
| 7 | Camille Lacourt | 52.11 |
| 7 | Mitch Larkin | 52.11 |
| 9 | David Plummer | 52.12 |
| 10 | Matt Grevers | 52.16 |
Murphy now owns three of the five fastest performances in history, and three of the five swims ever sub-52. In addition to his world record leading off the medley relay in Rio, he won the gold medal individually in a time of 51.97 there as well.
Ryan Murphy performance at Nationals and Pan Pacs is a clear example of the kind of performances expected from a ‘professional swimmer’ in 2018… It increases the value (status) of what it means to be a ‘professional swimmer’ in the USA. Gets it done again!
What happened to Xu Jiayu? He was apparently on a rampage and planned to break the WR and it never happened…
Turns out breaking a WR is hard.
Wait for Asian games, 2019 WC and 2020 buddy
Be interesting if Grevers who is in his last quad would try USRPT for the last 2 years and see what he can do, focus simply on sprint backstroke and powerful underwaters. No idea what his future goals are but I’d imagine he’s accomplished everything he ever wanted in this sport. It would be a good experiment for future specialists in their final years of high level competition.
Sounds like an interesting plan. He is still making a living at swimming but send to be unable to reach the top anymore. Might as well go for broke
he was 52.2 Last year in Kazan – maybe u did not see him compete in 2017 ?
Will he be content getting to 52.2 again? If so then do what you’ve always done. Doubt it will get faster than that after 12 years at the top. If willing to take a gamble on changing training methods, the only people he’d upset is the internet , and that’s only if he doesn’t make the Olympics
OMG this commentator. Just watched the english video “Matt Grevers will Certainly be the favorite”
Lol what???? I love Grevers but this isn’t 2012…
Ryan Murphy is the new kid on the block…
Hardly new
Well in his defense, the New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits, not just the first one.
😏😏😏
yep
I came here to make the same comment but you beat me to it. The TV commentary is hilariously bad.
Awesome thanks for the update
Watch his fantastic race here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6X5rNft3wzg, the commentator is English