It took some searching, but Cullen finished 2nd again, this time in the 50 free. His time, 22.20 was slightly behind the leader, Marco Orsi of Italy, who had a time of 22.06.

Natalie Coughlin had another great day as well. Here’s the day 2 scoreboard.

Cullen is tweeting again. First he said he was headed to Italy. Then he said he didn’t know what he was swimming, except for 100 IM.

I was on pins and needles to find out how he did. I found out that Jones and other American swimmers participated in an International Swim Meeting in Bolzano, Italy.

Then I read this mysterious tweet: “It’s coming around 48.9 after heavy lift yesterday … I’ll take it…#beatenup”

Here’s the rest of the story, as I found on Swimming World

Italy’s Marco Orsi won the men’s 100 free in 48.92, while USA’s Cullen Jones finished second in 48.95. Italy’s Federico Bocchia earned third in 48.95.

Good for Cullen! I’ll be on the lookout for his other performances at this meet over the weekend.