World Youth Championships: Dagny Knutson Snags Pair of World Youth Titles

MONTERREY, Mexico, July 8. SOME of the top youngsters in the world took the grand stage at the FINA World Youth Championships today held in Monterrey, Mexico.

Top-flight young Russian star Danila Izotov smoked the men's 400 freestyle with a time of 3:51.81, while Italy's Alex Di Giorgio (3:53.19) and Poland's Krzystof Pielowski (3:53.66) rounded out the top three.

Budding American star Dagny Knutson won a head-to-head duel with Ellen Fullerton of Australia in the women's 400 IM, 4:43.59 to 4:45.17, for the only other individual title up for grabs on the first day. Canada's Barbara Jardin placed third in 4:49.10.

A pair of relay titles was award as Italy's Luca Dotto, Marco Orsi, Fabio Gimondi and Luca Leonardi completed the men's 400 free relay in 3:19.09. Knutson claimed a second crown as the U.S. contingent of Samantha Tucker, Lily Moldenhauer, Knutson and Elizabeth Pelton snatched the women's 800 free relay in 8:04.49.

Four other semifinals took place. Canada's Amanda Reason topped women's 50 breast qualifying in 31.25, while Pelton paced the women's 100 back with a 1:01.41. Meanwhile, New Zealand's Daniel Bell clocked a 54.99 to lead the men's 100 back, while Germany's Marco Koch touched in 1:02.59 in the men's 100 breast.

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