World Cup, Moscow: Cameron van der Burgh Sets World Record, Ous Mellouli Nearly Triples

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MOSCOW, Russia, November 8. FINALS from the first day of swimming at the FINA World Cup stage held in Moscow, Russia featured the third world record of the circuit.

South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh came through in the men's 50 breast with a global standard. Meanwhile, Tunisia's Ous Mellouli nearly took his third title of the day.

Women's 800 freestyle
Russia's Elena Sokolova picked up the gold medal in the distance free with a time of 8:18.52, while Chile's Kristel Kobrich placed just behind her with a second-place 8:18.62. Russia's Maria Bylakhova finished third in 8:34.37.

Men's 100 freestyle
Sweden's Stefan Nystrand walked away with the 100 free crown when he clocked a 46.57. South Africa's Lyndon Ferns claimed second in 47.42, while Russia's Andrei Grechin rounded out the top three in 47.43.

Women's 200 freestyle
Sweden's Josefin Lillhage topped the 200 free in 1:56.00, while Russia's Kira Volodina (1:56.45) and Daria Belyakina (1:56.57) completed the podium.

Men's 50 breaststroke
The third sprint stroke event world record of the meet fell in the breaststroke event. South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh ripped off a time of 26.08 to eclipse the 26.17 set by Oleg Lisogor of Ukraine in 2006.

Australia's Christian Sprenger claimed second in 26.82, while Brazil's Felipe Silva wound up third in 27.00.

Women's 100 breaststroke
Russia's Valentina Artemyeva came up short of Leisel Jones' World Cup record of 1:04.37 with a time of 1:04.71. Australia's Sarah Katsoulis placed second in 1:05.55, while Sally Foster took third in 1:07.43.

Men's 400 IM
Tunisia's Ous Mellouli captured the distance medley title with a time of 4:07.97, while Russia's Alexander Tikhonov touched second in 4:08.38. Russia's Ilya Volovnik placed third in 4:10.68.

Women's 100 butterfly
2008 World Cup points leader Marieke Guehrer of Australia won in 56.97. Singapore's Li Tao turned in a second-place time of 58.50, while Russia's Maria Ugolkova took third in 59.08.

Men's 100 backstroke
Australia's Robert Hurley finished first in 50.51, while Russia's Stanislav Donets claimed second in 50.88. Australia's Ashley Delaney placed third in 51.52.

Women's 50 backstroke
Brazil's Fabiola Molina grabbed the title with a time of 27.34, while Russia's Anastasia Zueva (27.64) and Kseniya Moskvina (27.92) earned the rest of the prize money.

Men's 200 butterfly
Russia's Nikolay Skvortsov won the 200 fly in 1:52.90, while Australia's Chris Wright took second in 1:53.67. Russia's Maxim Ganikhin wound up taking thing in 1:55.31.

Women's 200 IM
Japan's Tomoya Fukuda cruised in the medley with a time of 2:11.25, while Russia's Svetlana Karpeeva placed second in 2:13.04. Russia's Viktoriya Andreeva completed the top three in 2:13.43.

Men's 400 freestyle
Olympic gold medalist Ous Mellouli of Tunisia won the middle distance event with a time of 3:40.52, while Russia's Mikhail Polishchuk finished second in 3:42.63. Russia's Vitaliy Romanovich touched third in 3:43.54.

Women's 50 freestyle
Sweden's Therese Alshammar touched first in the sprint free event with a time of 24.60, while Australia's Marieke Guehrer clinched second in 24.72. Russia's Anastasia Aksenova took third in 24.98.

Men's 200 breaststroke
Australia's Christian Sprenger pocketed the top prize money with a time of 2:05.75, while Ukraine's Igor Borysik took second in 2:06.65. Japan's Kazuki Otsuka wrapped up third in 2:07.21.

Men's 100 IM
Ous Mellouli nearly claimed his third victory of the day with a time of 53.27, but was disqualified. Darian Townsend of South Africa wound up winning the event in 53.97. Russia's Sergey Fesikov took second in 54.17, while Lithuania's Vytautas Janusaitis turned in a third-place 54.30.

Women's 200 backstroke
New Zealand's Melissa Ingram took the title in 2:04.93, while Russia's Maria Nikitina finished second in 2:06.80. Japan's Tomoya Fukuda wound up third in 2:07.15.

Men's 50 butterfly
Australia's Matt Jaukovic concluded the first day of swimming with a triumphant 23.12 in the sprint fly. Japan's Kohei Kawamoto touched second in 23.24, while Russia's Evgeny Korotyshkin placed third in 23.30.

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