Guido Leads Way In The Gliding Games
Craig Lord
Aug 1, 2009

2011 Best Performers (Long Course - Female)

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#CountryTimeTeamIPSMeet
1USA7:46.14United States996WORLDJUL
2AUS7:47.42Australia992WORLDJUL
3CHN7:47.66China992WORLDJUL
4CAN7:52.02Canada978WORLDJUL
5HUN7:52.12Hungary978WORLDJUL

Rome 2009, Day 7

Men's 50m backstroke heats:

Guilherme Guido (BRA) whacked out a 24.49 in heats of the 50m backstroke to lead the field through 0.16sec shy of world-record pace. Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) was next through just 0.01 adrift, with camille Lacourt (FRA), Liam Tancock (GBR) and Junya Koga (JPN), 100m champion, on 24.5s. Guido's 2008 best was 25.04. 

The 24.98 in which Gerhard Zandberg (RSA) won the 2007 crown would have finished 16th in heats in Rome. The defending champion went through to Rome semis in 24.68.

Rome 2009

  • Top 16 through: 24.49 - 25.01
  • Inside 24.5: 1
  • Inside 25: 15
  • Inside 25.5: 29 
  • Inside 26: 11
  • Inside 26.5: 24

Melbourne 2007

  • Top 16 through: 25.25 - 26.24
  • Inside 24.5: 0
  • Inside 25: 0
  • Inside 25.5: 2
  • Inside 26: 38
  • Inside 26.5: 48