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Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri posted the top time coming out of prelims in the men’s 800 free. He won his heat in 7:45.31, about one second ahead of Poland’s Wojciech Wojdak.
Wojdak ended up qualifying second in 7:46.39, and third went to Norway’s Henrik Christiansen in 7:47.61. The No. 4 seed also came from that same heat as Austria’s Felix Auboeck touched in 7:49.24.
In the final heat of the event, China’s Sun Yang finished just ahead of Italy’s Gabriele Detti. Sun touched in 7:49.28, while Detti came in at 7:49.67. The duo won gold and bronze, respectively, in Sunday’s 400 free.
Germany’s Florian Wellbrock qualified seventh for the final in 7:50.89, and the United States’ Zane Grothe took eighth in 7:50.97.
Just missing the final were Egypt’s Akram Mahmoud (7:51.41) and the USA’s Clark Smith (7:51.83), while Australia’s Mack Horton, the silver medalist in the 400 free Sunday, scratched out of the event to rest up for the 800 free relay and 1500 free later in the week.
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