Park Taehwan Hangs on to Win 1500 Free

Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr / Swimming Australia Ltd.

Men’s 1500 Freestyle

The first individual final of the final night of the 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships was the longest men’s race of the meet.

Park Taehwan of Korea continued his strong performances in the 1500-meter freestyle, winning in 14:15.51. He had enough in the tank to hold off Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri (14:21.94), who took the silver.

Poland’s Wojciech Wojdak took the bronze in 14:25.37.

Denmark’s Anton Ipsen 14:31.53 took fourth, followed by Norway’s Henrik Christiansen (14:33.56), USA’s Nicholas Sweetser (14:35.51), Hungary’s Gergely Gyuarta (14:39.01) and Italy’s Gabriele Detti (14:39.34).

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