Lithuania’s Simonas Bilis Wins 100 Free

Simonas Bilis. Photo Courtesy: Andy Ringgold / Aringo Photos

Men’s 100 Free

Simonas Bilis gave Lithuania a gold medal at the 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships by winning the 100-meter freestyle in 46.58 seconds, lowering his country’s record.

Bilis edged Japan’s Shinri Shioura (46.59) by one hundredth of a second. Shioura took the silver.

Swimming in lane eight didn’t keep Australia’s Tommaso D’Orsogna from a medal. He finished in 46.70 to take the bronze.

Team USA’s Blake Pieroni finished fourth (46.88), followed by Italy’s Luca Dotto (46.95), France’s Mehdy Metella (47.08), Korea’s Park Taewhan (47.09), who was racing just minutes after winning the 1,500 and Germany’s Marius Kusch (47.44).

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