French Short Course Championships: Camille Muffat, Yannick Agnel, Fabien Gilot Shine on Final Day

CHARTRES, France, December 5. THE final day of action at the French Short Course Championships featured some remarkably fast times, including a French record from Yannick Agnel.

Camille Muffat raced to the top-ranked time in the world in the women's 400 free with a 3:59.15. That swim far surpassed Kylie Palmer's 3:59.92 set at the Australian Short Course Championships in July. Coralie Balmy touched second in 4:02.01 to move to seventh in the world rankings. Charlotte Bonnet wound up taking third in 4:11.61. Muffat doubled up with a national record in the women's 100 free with a scorching time of 52.74. That performance eclipsed the 52.91 set by Alena Popchanka back in 2006. Muffat jumped to fifth in the world rankings. The Netherlands' Inge Dekker snared second in 53.22, while Bonnet placed third in 54.46.

Agnel demolished his French record in the men's 400 free with a 3:39.91 for the win. That performance far surpassed his national mark of 3:41.42 set at the Stockholm stop of the World Cup. He also finished second in the world rankings behind Paul Biedermann's 3:39.51 from the European Short Course Championships. Antton Haramboure finished second in 3:46.03, while Sebastien Rouault earned third in 3:46.61.

Fabien Gilot ripped off a winning time of 46.48 in the men's 100 free. That swim put Gilot second in the world rankings behind only Cesar Cielo's top-ranked 45.87 from the Jose Finkel Trophy in September. Agnel earned his second podium with a second-place 47.05 to take seventh in the rankings. Amaury Leveaux snared third in 47.37.

Camille Lacourt touched out Ben Stasiulis, 23.64 to 23.72, in the men's 50 back. Lacourt improved to sixth in the world rankings, while Stasiulis moved up to a seventh-ranked tie. Jeremy Stravius wound up taking third in 23.91.

The Netherlands' Femke Heemskerk won the women's 50 back going away with a 27.13. That swim moved her up to a ninth-ranked tie with Elena Gemo. Diane Bui Duyet placed second in 27.60, while Cloe Credeville took third in 27.75.

Sophie De Ronchi cruised to victory in the women's 50 breast with a meet-record time of 31.12. That swim cleared her preliminary record of 31.24, and moved her up to 17th in the world rankings. Sara El Bekri (31.74) and Fanny Babou (31.79) grabbed second and third. De Ronchi doubled up with a 200 IM triumph in 2:10.94. Roxane Desfontaines (2:15.19) and Coralie Dobral (2:16.11) finished second and third.

Bradley Ally snatched the men's 200 IM title in 1:56.29 to improve to 14th in the world rankings. Jeremy Stravius finished second in 1:57.40, while Christope Soulier grabbed third in 2:00.17.

USA's Kim Vandenberg topped the women's 200 fly in 2:07.34, while Lara Grangeon placed just behind in 2:07.64 for second. Aurore Mongel snatched third in 2:08.49. Thomas Vilaceca won the men's 200 fly in 1:55.45, while Cyril Marchant claimed second in 1:55.63. Jordan Coelho garnered third in 1:56.46.

Giacomo Perez Dortona just missed the meet record (27.09) with a 27.10 to win the men's 50 breast. Florent Manaudou touched second in 27.19, while Malik Fall grabbed third in 27.72.

Day Three Finals Results

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