The Mare Nostrum series continued today with the beginning of the stop in Canet-en-Roussilon.<\/p>\n
Katinka Hosszu\u00a0<\/strong>kickstarted an eventful night with a narrow win in the women’s 50-meter backstroke. Hosszu stopped the clock at a 28.07 over\u00a0Anastaiia Fesikova’s<\/strong> 28.18. Rounding out the top three was\u00a0Kirsty Coventry<\/strong> with a final time of 28.43.<\/p>\n Camille Lacourt<\/strong> surged to a win in front of his home crowd when he clocked a 24.87 to win the men’s 50-meter backstroke. Lacourt was the only swimmer of the event to turn in a sub-25 second time.\u00a0Jan Philip Glania<\/strong> (25.27) and\u00a0Guilherme Guido<\/strong> (25.45) grabbed second and third respectively.<\/p>\n Denmark’s\u00a0Jeanette Ottesen\u00a0<\/strong>and Canada’s\u00a0Chantal Van Landeghem<\/strong> dueled for first in the women’s 50-meter free, stopping the clock a slim .04 seconds apart. Ottesen got her hand to the wall first to earn gold with a 24.64 over Van Landeghem’s 24.68. Both swimmers fell just short of the 2016 world bests of 24.61 (Ottesen) and 24.43 (Van Landeghem).<\/p>\n Andrey Govorov<\/strong> maintained his spot atop the podium in the men’s 50-meter free with a top finish of 21.73, just shy of his 21.62 finish at last weekends stop in Monte Carlo.\u00a0Kriztian Takacs\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed second overall with a 22.25, while third was taken by\u00a0Shinri Shioura\u00a0<\/strong>(22.55).<\/p>\n The women’s 800-meter free was owned by Great Britain’s\u00a0Jazz Carlin\u00a0<\/strong>as she soared ahead of the competition. Carlin posted a final time of 8:25.23 to finish close to eight seconds ahead of the competition.\u00a0Sharon Van Rouwendaal<\/strong> touched second with a final time of 8:33.68 and third was\u00a0Tjasa Oder\u00a0<\/strong>(8:34.94).<\/p>\n Hosszu continued her speedy ways with a meet record in the women’s 200-meter back of 2:06.88 to finish far ahead of the competition. That time puts Hosszu at third in the world rankings for 2016, just behind Belinda Hocking<\/strong> (2:06.49) and\u00a0Emily Seebohm\u00a0<\/strong>(2:06.59)\u00a0Daria Ustinova\u00a0<\/strong>claimed second with a time of 2:08.36, while Coventry claimed another bronze with a 2:09.09.<\/p>\n Kosuke Hagino\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Christian Diener<\/strong> battled for first in the men’s 200-meter back, finishing .55 seconds apart. Hagino stopped the clock first with a final time of 1:58.29 over Diener’s 1:58.84.<\/p>\n A pair of 1:07s highlighted the women’s 100-meter breaststroke field.\u00a0Rikke Pedersen\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a time of 1:07.23 over\u00a0Kanako Watanabe’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:07.75. Earlier this year Watanabe posted a swift 1:06.57 to earn herself a spot in the top twenty world rankings for 2016.\u00a0Jessica Vall\u00a0<\/strong>was third with a 1:08.13.<\/p>\n Not to be left behind, the men’s 100-meter breaststroke turned in fast times with the top three finishers posting times .27 seconds apart.\u00a0Felipe Franca Da Silva\u00a0<\/strong>edged out the competition to claim gold with a 1:00.11. Cameron Van Der Burgh<\/b> grabbed second with a time of 1:00.26 ahead of\u00a0Anton Chupkov’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:00.38.<\/p>\n Ottesen flew to another gold in the women’s 100-meter fly out-touching the young\u00a0Penny Oleksiak<\/strong> by .04 seconds. Ottesen stopped the clock at a 57.40 over Oleksiak’s 57.44.<\/p>\n Chad le Clos<\/strong> took down the meet record in the men’s 100-meter fly with a final time of 51.56 grabbing yet another win in the butterfly events and bumping him to seventh in the world rankings for 2016.\u00a0Steffen Diebler<\/strong> picked up second with a time of 51.91, and third went to\u00a0Mehdy Metella\u00a0<\/strong>and his time of 52.30.<\/p>\n Racing in front of a cheering home crowd France’s\u00a0Charlotte Bonnet<\/strong> delivered a sizzling finish in the women’s 200-meter free to out-touch Hosszu by .01. Bonnet stopped the clock at a 1:56.84 over Hosszu’s 1:56.85. Both athletes have been slightly faster this year with times of 1:56.25 (Bonnet) and 1:56.31 (Hosszu).<\/p>\n The meet concluded with another “hometown” victory by\u00a0Yannick Agnel<\/strong> in the men’s 200-meter free. Agnel delivered a time of 1:47.28 for the gold.\u00a0Devon Myles Brown<\/strong> grabbed second with a time of 1:47.62, while Hagino finished close behind with a 1:47.69.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Mare Nostrum series continued today with the beginning of the stop in Canet-en-Roussilon. Katinka Hosszu\u00a0kickstarted an eventful night with a narrow win in the women’s 50-meter backstroke. 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