China's Sun wins record 4th straight 400 free at worlds

[beijingwalker]

Sun Yang just won 400-meter freestyle title, his second gold in this game.

 

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Xu Jiayu Wins Men’s 100 Back Final

Men’s 100m backstroke

It was a race that featured the last three World Champions as well as the reigning Olympic Champion and world record holder. But at the end of the day, China’s Xu Jiayu successfully defended his 100 back world title with a 52.43. It wasn’t a particularly fast time as Xu has been under 52 seconds in the past, but the gold medal will last forever as he now joins Aaron Peirsol as the only swimmers to successfully defend the 100 back at World Championships. Peirsol won three titles from 2003-2007 in this event.

2013 World Champion Matt Grevers, 2015 World Champion Mitch Larkin and 2016 Olympic Champion and world record holder Ryan Murphy were a part of the stacked race, but could not dethrone the Chinese champion. In fact, it was Russia’s Evgeny Rylov with the silver medal at 52.67 while Australia’s Mitch Larkin won the bronze medal at 52.77. Larkin returns to the podium for the first time since winning gold in 2015.

USA’s Murphy went out fastest at 25.05 and was under his world record pace. He was leading for about 75 meters before he tightened up the final 25 and finished in fourth, 0.01 off the podium at 52.78. Grevers finished in fifth at 52.82. Grevers (silver) and Murphy (bronze) will not return to the podium in 2019 for this event. This is the first time the men’s 100 back podium won’t feature an American since 2011.

Japan’s Ryosuke Irie, competing in his sixth straight World Championships final in the 100 back, placed sixth at 53.22. Irie only has one medal in this event as he won bronze in 2011.

Brazil’s Guilherme Guido (53.26) and Romania’s Robert Glinta (54.22) placed seventh and eighth in the final.

1 XU Jiayu

CHN 52.43
2 RYLOV Evgeny

RUS 52.67
3 LARKIN Mitchell

AUS 52.77
4 MURPHY Ryan

USA 52.78
5 GREVERS Matt

USA 52.82
6 IRIE Ryosuke

JPN 53.22
7 GUIDO Guilherme

BRA 53.26
8 GLINTA Robert

ROU 54.22

 

[beijingwalker]

Gwangju 2019 world aquatics championships medals by team

 

[Place Of Space]

Well done, Chiense team.
I like swimming. I grow up at Han riverside, before work, I went to swim in river every summer. Naked! lol

 

[oprih]

Nice, rip white people lol.

 

[Beidou2020]

Nice, rip white people lol.

Anglo-Saxon countries think they own swimming lol