Buoyed by a stellar 20.44 split by second leg swimmer Vladimir Morozov, Russia won gold in the mixed 200 free relay to close out the second night of swimming in Windsor.
Aleksei Brianskii, Morozov, Mariia Kameneva and Rozaliya Nasretdinova captured the gold in 1:29.73. Nasretdinova had just enough at the end to hold off the Netherlands’ Maaike De Waard, who touched nine one-hundredths behind in 1:29.82.
After Jesse Puts and Nyls Korstanje swam the first two legs for the Dutch men, Ranomi Kromowidjojo split a blistering 23.34, the top time among women, and then De Waard brought her team home. Canada’s team of Yuri Kisil, Markus Thormeyer, Michelle Williams and Sandrine Mainville finished just one one-hundredth behind the Netherlands for bronze, touching in 1:29.83.
France just missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in 1:29.96, and Japan finished a second back in 1:30.95 after being in contention at the halfway point. Belarus finished sixth in 1:31.32, and Hungary was seventh in 1:32.98. Finland was disqualified.
