Relive Vladimir Morozov's 45.52 from Istanbul

Watch the Siberian Sizzler Vladimir Morozov race away from a talented field including Anthony Ervin, Luca Dotto, Tommaso D'Orsagna and Takuro Fujii. He splits 21.62 at 50m before laying down the after burners on the second 50m (23.90).



Takeovers, takeovers, takeovers (make that переход, переход, переход)

Keep watching for the final takeover. You will see two things...
1) Matt Grevers USA with a sublime takeover (0.13).
2) Artem Lobuzov RUS with a shocker (0.49)

One of the most well trodden theories in swimming is the strength of Team USA's takeovers... and it is not a myth, here are the cumulative takeover times:

USA - 0.47 seconds (no US swimmer had a takeover time of more than 0.18)
Russia - 1.26 seconds (no Russian swimmer had a takeover time of less than 0.35)
Total USA gain on three takeovers = 0.79 seconds

To put that into perspective, Russia missed out on the bronze medal to Australia by 0.74 seconds.