James Guy Slays Stacked Men’s 200 Free Field at 2015 FINA World Championships

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Great Britain’s James Guy slayed a bunch of dragons in the stacked men’s 200-meter free at the 2015 FINA World Championships.

Guy had enough in the tank to overtake Sun Yang for gold with a time of 1:45.14. That swim is a British record, breaking his own mark of 1:45.43.

That’s the fastest time in the world this year, clearing the 1:45.36 set by Ryan Lochte yesterday. Guy now has a gold and a silver this week, having earned silver in the 400 free earlier this week.

Sun lost out on a chance for a historic 200-400-800-1500 free sweep as he took silver in 1:45.20. That’s not a Chinese record for Sun, but it is his 11th career world championship medal with six gold, two silvers and three bronzes.

Germany’s Paul Biedermann unleashed a final split of 26.67 to get himself on the podium with a third-place 1:45.38. That performance delivered him a seventh career worlds medal. He now owns two golds, a silver and four bronzes.

USA’s Ryan Lochte remained snakebit in the men’s 200-meter free at the international level since winning the world title in 2011. He was fourth in the 200 free at the 2012 Olympics and 2013 World Championships, and fifth in the race at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships.

Comparative Splits:

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The Netherlands’ Sebastiaan Verschuren (1:45.91), South Africa’s Chad le Clos (1:46.53), Russia’s Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:46.88) and Australia’s Cameron McEvoy (1:47.26) rounded out the championship heat.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Men’s 200 free finals
Women’s 100 back finals
Men’s 50 breast semis
Women’s 1500 free finals
Men’s 100 back finals
Women’s 200 free semis
Men’s 200 fly semis
Women’s 100 breast finals

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