World University Games, Swimming: Third Day Features More Quick Times

BELGRADE, Serbia, July 7. THE United States and Japan proved to have solid days during the third evening of long course action at the World University Games in Serbia.

Men's 800 free finals
Chad La Tourette of the U.S. claimed the distance title with a Games record of 7:47.24. He finished two seconds back of Larsen Jensen's American standard of 7:45.63. Italy's Federico Colbertaldo finished second in 7:48.58, just off Samuel Pizzetti's national mark of 7:48.13. Poland's Przemyslaw Stanczyk earned third in 7:53.67.

Men's 200 breast semis
Sean Mahoney of the U.S. popped a Games record of 2:09.79 to lead semifinal qualifying. Lithuania's Giedrius Titenis turned in a 2:10.83 to set the Lithuanian mark, while Brazil's Tales Cerdeira claimed third in 2:11.37. Japan's Naoya Tomita wound up fourth in 2:11.37.

Women's 200 IM semis
The U.S. topped another semifinal event with Ava Ohlgren clocking a 2:13.23 in the medley for the top seed. Japan's Tomoyo Fukuda (2:14.37) and Asami Kitagawa (2:14.39) qualified second and third. Italy's Erica Buratto, meanwhile, placed fourth in 2:15.41.

Men's 200 free finals
Japan's Sho Uchida snatched the gold medal with a time of 1:47.63, while Scot Robison of the U.S. claimed a close contest for silver with a 1:48.34. Japan's Shogo Hihara gave his country a 1-3 finish with a bronze-winning 1:48.49.

Women's 100 breast finals
Italy's Chiara Boggiatto clocked a Games record readout of 1:07.15 to walk away with the title. Serbia's Nada Higl placed second in 1:07.80 to give the hometown crowd a Serbian record to cheer. Japan's Hitomi Nose wound up third in 1:07.87.

Men's 200 fly semis
Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski earned top billing in the 200 fly finale with a time of 1:56.65. Japan claimed the lanes around him as Kazuya Kaneda (1:56.39) and Ryusuke Sakata (1:56.79) placed second and third. Russia's Maxim Ganikhin snagged fourth in 1:56.78.

Women's 100 free finals
Hong Kong's Hannah Wilson charted a Games record time of 54.35, which also stands as her national record. Aleksandra Gerasimenya finished second for Belarus in 54.79, while Serbia's Miroslava Najdanovski and Madison Kennedy of the U.S. completed the podium with matching 54.96s.

Men's 200 IM finals
Alex Vanderkaay of the U.S. cruised to a Games record 1:57.58, while Canada's Keith Beavers placed second in 1:59.83. Japan's Yuma Kosaka snatched bronze with a third-place time of 2:00.77.

Women's 100 back semis
Japan's Shiho Sakai and Canada's Katy Murdoch both cleared the Games record during semifinal action. First, Murdoch clocked a 1:00.67 in the first semi before Sakai topped her with a 1:00.23 in the second heat. Japan's Eri Tabei (1:01.69) and Russia's Ksenia Moskvina (1:01.93) claimed the third and fourth seeds in finals.

Men's 50 back semis
Japan's Junya Koga cleared the Games record with a time of 24.74, while Israel's Guy Barnea joined him under 25 with a second-seeded time of 24.89. That effort now stands as the Israeli record. Japan's Ryosuke Irie finished third in 25.00, while Great Britain's Matthew Clay and Switzerland's Flori Lang tied for fourth-place with matching 25.27s.

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