Wang makes medley splash with 200 gold
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CHINA’S Wang Shun won gold in the men’s 200-meter individual medley at the 13th FINA world short course swimming championships in Windsor, Canada’s Ontario province, on Tuesday night.
Wang wrapped up the victory in 1 minute, 51.74 seconds to grab China’s first gold at the 25-meter pool event.
The 22-year-old is a consistent swimmer in the 50-meter pool, having won bronze at the Rio Olympics and the 2015 world championships. Daiya Seto of Japan came through for the bronze in 1:52.89 behind German Philip Heintz’s 1:52.07.
In the first final of the event’s first day, Park Tae-hwan of South Korea clocked 3:34.59 in the men’s freestyle 400 to win his first gold of the week-long competition. After being declared eligible by his Olympic Committee to compete at the Rio Games a couple of weeks before the event, he eventually did not qualify for the decisive races in the 100, 200 and 400 free.
In the women’s 200 freestyle final, Italian Federica Pellegrini earned gold in an impressive 1:51.73, beating Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu. Pellegrini, 28, has two Olympic medals and a roll of honor in the 200 free at the long course world championships. She has been on the podium at every edition of that event from 2005 to 2015, with two gold, three silver and one bronze medals to her name.
In the women’s 400 IM, Hosszu finally earned a gold in 4:21.67. The 2016 FINA Best Female Swimmer totally dominated the race and won her 15th medal at the championships since 2012.
Anh Vien Nguyen of Vietnam touched second, but an irregular turn after the backstroke leg caused her disqualification, allowing US’ Ella Eastin (4:27.74) and Madisyn Cox (4:27.78) on the podium.
South African Chad Le Clos touched for gold in 1:48.76 in the men’s 200 butterfly, still short of his own world record of 1:48.56. The owner of four Olympic medals, Le Clos overcame stiff opposition from American Tom Shields (1:49.50) and Japan’s Seto (1:49.97).
Canadians came second in the women 4x100 free relay, but were disqualified due to deception. The swimmers performed in the wrong order and the victory went to the US. The Dutch took advantage of Canada’s disqualification, earning bronze in 3:31.10, while Italy, anchored by Pellegrini, won silver in 3:30.28.
In the last final of the day, Russia took gold in the men’s 4x100 freestyle relay in 3:05.90, ahead of France. Australia and the United States shared bronze.
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