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The bronze medalist in the 100 breast at last summer\u2019s World Championships in Montreal, Kirk sizzled in the short-course version of the event. Although the Stanford product was off her world-record time of 1:04.79, Kirk still supplied a high-quality mark of 1:05.53. That effort easily distanced Kirk from Great Britain\u2019s Kate Haywood, who took second place in 1:06.69.<\/p>\n
As for Neethling, the South African standout captured top honors in the night\u2019s first event, as he won the 100 freestyle in 47.68. Later in the program, Neethling defeated his competition in the 100 individual medley with a swim of 53.35. The victories for Neethling bode well with the Commonwealth Games scheduled for March in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
Americans Rachel Komisarz and Peter Marshall also earned positions on the top step of the medal podium. After placing second to Great Britain\u2019s Mel Marshall (1:55.43) in the 200 freestyle, Komisarz touched the wall first in the 100 butterfly with a performance of 58.26, ahead of the 58.94 registered by France\u2019s Alena Popchanka. Komisarz clocked 1:56.37 in the 200 free. As for Peter Marshall, he led a one-two sweep for States in the 100 backstroke with his 51.07 holding off Randall Bal\u2019s 51.52.<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s 50 freestyle featured a spectacular battle that was won by veteran Therese Alshammar of Sweden. The long-time presence on the international sprint scene secured first place in 24.47 while second place went to the Netherlands\u2019 Marleen Veldhuis (24.54). In the women\u2019s backstroke events, Denmark\u2019s Louise Ornstedt won the 50 distance in 28.06 and Japan\u2019s Hanae Ito won the 200 distance in 2:07.94. Other Japanese triumphs came from Hidemasa Sano in the men\u2019s 400 I.M. (4:06.98) and Ai Shibata in the women\u2019s 800 free (8:22.38).<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s 50 breaststroke, world-record holder Oleg Lisogor was the victor in a time of 26.84 while the 200 breast on the male side belonged to Great Britain\u2019s Kris Gilchrist, who edged Russia\u2019s Grigory Falko. Gilchrist went 2:08.74 to the 2:08.76 of Falko. Other wins for the men were collected by Poland\u2019s Pawel Korzeniowski in the 200 butterfly (1:53.28), China\u2019s Zhang Lin in the 400 free (3:41.58) and Brazil\u2019s Kaio Almeida in the 50 fly (23.01). Poland\u2019s Katarzyna Baranowska won the women\u2019s 200 I.M. in 2:09.64.<\/p>\n
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