World Cup, Sydney: Matt Jaukovic Sets World Record, Ous Mellouli Wins Three Titles

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SYDNEY, Australia, October 25. UP until the final swim of the evening, Tunisia's Ous Mellouli had top billing in the bag at the third stop of the FINA World Cup in Sydney, Australia.

Throughout the evening, Mellouli walked away with top prize money with a title trifecta.

That all changed, however, when Matt Jaukovic of Australia stepped to the blocks in the men's 50 fly. Less than 23 seconds later, Jaukovic was the newest world-record holder in the sport.

Women's 800 freestyle
South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim topped the distance freestyle event with a time of 8:32.62, while Australia's Luane Rowe placed second in 8:35.44. New Zealand's Charlotte Webby completed the podium with a time of 8:45.40.

Men's 100 freestyle
World-record holder Stefan Nystrand of Sweden cruised to the gold with a time of 47.45, off his world record of 45.83 set during the World Cup last year. Meanwhile, Australia's Tommaso D'Orsogna took second in 48.36 and Mitchell Patterson finished third in 48.39.

Women's 200 freestyle
Australian youngster Ellen Fullerton blistered the 200 free with a winning time of 1:56.35, while New Zealand's Melissa Ingram snagged second in 1:57.28. Australia's Bronte Barratt rounded out the top three in 1:57.52.

Men's 50 breaststroke
Australia's Christian Sprenger gave the home crowd something to cheer for as he took a run at the national record in the sprint breast. He came up just short of Brenton Rickard's 26.62 set in April with a time of 26.93. Rickard came in second with a time of 27.19, while South Africa's William Diering touched third in 27.72.

Women's 100 breaststroke
Australia's Sarah Katsoulis captured the top prize money with a time of 1:05.79, while Sweden's Joline Hostman touched second in 1:06.58. Australia's Samantha Marshall placed third in 1:06.67.

Men's 400 IM
Tunisia's Ous Mellouli demolished the field in the distance medley with a time of 4:06.47. Australia's Stephen Parkes was his closest competition with a second-place 4:14.21, while teammate Nick Cordner finished third in 4:14.36.

Women's 100 butterfly
2008 World Cup points leader Marieke Guehrer of Australia went after the World Cup record in the event, but fell shy with a time of 56.88. Natalie Coughlin set the standard with a 56.34 back in 2002. Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom finished second in 57.52, while Brazil's Daynara De Paula placed third in 58.76. Sjostrom's time beat the Swedish record of 57.66 set by Johanna Sjoberg in 2004.

Men's 100 backstroke
Russia's Stanislav Donets held off a hard-charging Robert Hurley of Australia, 50.75 to 50.82, for the 100 back title. Ashley Delaney of Australia made up the rest of the podium with a third-place 51.05. Donets and Hurley just missed their respective country's national records of 50.53 and 50.71.

Women's 50 backstroke
Australia's Emily Seebohm blazed to the win with a time of 27.21 in the sprint back event. Brazil's Fabiola Molina came in second with a readout of 27.38, while Australia's Amy Cockerton finished third in 27.60.

Men's 200 butterfly
In an exciting finish, Australians Chris Wright and Nick D'Arcy posted matching times of 1:53.37 to win the distance fly event. Compatriot Lachlan Staples completed the top three in 1:53.61. All three swimmers eclipsed the Australian record of 1:53.85 set by Andrew Richards in 2004.

Women's 200 IM
South Africa's Kathryn Meaklim edged Australia's Ellen Fullerton for the 200 IM crown, 2:10.03 to 2:10.52, with a powerful back half. New Zealand's Natalie Wiegersma wound up third in 2:12.23. Meaklim cleared Mandy Loots' national record of 2:10.97 from 2007 en route to her second win of the evening.

Men's 400 freestyle
Olympic gold medalist Ous Mellouli doubled up on the night with a triumph in the 400 free when he clocked a 3:40.49. Australia's Robert Hurley hit the wall second in 3:43.41, while compatriot Ryan Napolean completed the podium in 3:45.17.

Women's 50 freestyle
Cate Campbell clipped 24 seconds to win the women's splash-and-dash in 23.97. Teammate Marieke Guehrer completed the sprint in 24.62, while Sweden's Claire Hedenskog took third in 24.70.

Men's 200 breaststroke
Australia's Christian Sprenger won for the second time during the evening with a time of 2:06.43, easily out-distancing South Africa's William Diering (2:09.70) and Australia's Craig Calder (2:10.11) – the other two podium finishers.

Men's 100 IM
Tunisia's Ous Mellouli grabbed his third win of the night with a time of 53.84 in the sprint medley. Australia's Leith Brodie (54.30) and Kyle Richardson (54.52) made up the rest of the top three.

Women's 200 backstroke
New Zealand's Melissa Ingram eased through the 200 back en route to gold in 2:04.75. She defeated second-place Melissa Corfe of South Africa by more than three seconds as Hocking touched in 2:07.89. Australia's Belinda Hocking finished third in 2:07.90.

Men's 50 butterfly
The third stop of the FINA World Cup finally featured what everyone had been waiting for, a short course meter world record. Matt Jaukovic gave the home crowd a show with a scintillating time of 22.50. He cleared the global standard of Kaio Almeida (22.60), the national record of Adam Pine (22.70) and the World Cup record of Geoff Huegill (22.74) with the quickest sprint fly in the history of the sport.

Compatriots Garth Kates (23.49) and Chris Wright (23.67) completed the podium with swift swims of their own.

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