MARSEILLE – Camille Lacourt’s world-best in the men’s 50-meter backstroke led the day at the Golden Tour in Marseille as a handful of top 10 times went up on the board.<\/p>\n
Lacourt smoked the men’s 50-meter backstroke with a time of 24.85. That swim improved his world-best time of 24.89 from the Nice stop of the Golden Tour.<\/p>\n
Florent Manaudou placed second in 25.17 to move to second in the world, while Jeremy Stravius finished third in 25.30. \u00a0Stravius had been second in the world with a season-best 25.20 from the Amiens stop of the Golden Tour.<\/p>\n
Brazil’s Etiene Medeiros won the women’s 50-meter back in 27.84. That swim put her third in the world behind Emily Seebohm (27.64) and Fu Yuanhui (27.76).<\/p>\n
Denmark’s Mie Nielsen touched second in 27.94 to move to fourth in the world behind Medeiros, while USA’s Natalie Coughlin claimed third in 28.09 for fifth in the world rankings.<\/p>\n
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom also swam in the sprint back with a fourth-place 28.22 to move to seventh in the world.<\/p>\n
Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen rocketed to second in the world in the women’s 200-meter breast with a 2:23.34. \u00a0Only Kanako Watanabe has been faster with a 2:23.03 from the NSW State Championships.<\/p>\n
Spain’s Jessica Vall Montero finished second tonight with a 2:24.12 to take third in the world, while Great Britain’s Chloe Tutton snared third tonight in 2:29.11.<\/p>\n
Germany’s Marco Koch, already the world’s best with a 2:10.10 from the Amiens stop, turned in a 2:10.68 tonight to win the men’s 200-meter breaststroke.<\/p>\n
Great Britain’s Michael Jamieson finished second in 2:12.88, off his sixth-ranked 2:12.05 from the Luxembourg Euro Meet. \u00a0Teammate Andrew Willis placed third tonight in 2:13.22.<\/p>\n
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu, who is battling off a bit of an illness, topped the women’s 200-meter fly with a time of 2:08.66. \u00a0That swim moved her up to fourth in the world rankings behind Brianna Throssell (2:06.60), Cammile Adams (2:07.61) and Suzuka Hasegawa (2:07.89).<\/p>\n
Brazil’s Joanna Maranhao Melo claimed second tonight in 2:09.77 with Spain’s Judit Ignacio Sorribes placing third in 2:10.08.<\/p>\n
Brazil’s Leonardo De Deus raced his way to the men’s 200-meter fly title with a time of 1:56.20. \u00a0That swim pushed him to third in the world behind Daiya Seto (1:55.61) and Andrew Seliskar (1:55.92).<\/p>\n
Greece’s Stefanos Dimitriadis took second in 1:56.89 to tie Viktor Bromer for sixth in the world rankings. \u00a0Bromer, meanwhile, posted a 1:56.93 to take third tonight.<\/p>\n
France’s Charlotte Bonnet posted a swift time of 1:57.27 in the women’s 200-meter free to move up to seventh in the world rankings. \u00a0Great Britain’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor touched second in 1:58.37, while Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom claimed third in 1:58.51.<\/p>\n
Yannick Angel rocketed to second in the world in the men’s 200-meter free with a time of 1:47.11 for the win. Only James Guy has been faster with a 1:46.94 from the Flanders Speedo Cup.<\/p>\n
Brazil’s Nicolas Oliveira placed second tonight in 1:49.09, while France’s Clement Mignon rounded out the top three in 1:49.58.<\/p>\n
Hosszu doubled up with a 4:39.96 in the women’s 400-meter IM. \u00a0She was much faster this morning with a fourth-ranked 4:37.50 during prelims. \u00a0Only Aimee Willmott (4:35.74), Elizabeth Beisel (4:36.71) and Hannah Miley (4:36.74) have been faster this year.<\/p>\n
Brazil’s Joanna Maranhao Melo took second in 4:42.55 with Spain’s Beatriz Gomez Cortes earning third in 4:43.17.<\/p>\n
Hungary’s David Verraszto jumped to second in the world in the men’s 400-meter IM to close out the day. \u00a0Verraszto clocked a 4:15.99 for the win, moving behind only Daiya Seto’s 4:13.36 from the BHP Super Series.<\/p>\n