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The top three finishers were back to back tonight. Japan’s\u00a0Shinri Shioura\u00a0<\/strong>hit the wall first in 47.17. New Zealand’s\u00a0Daniel Hunter\u00a0<\/strong>then out touched Belgium’s\u00a0Pieter Timmers\u00a0<\/strong>47.30 to 47.32 for second.<\/p>\n Kenneth King Him To\u00a0<\/strong>(47.88) was another half second back. Germany’s\u00a0Philip Heintz\u00a0<\/strong>(48.22), Hong Kong’s\u00a0Kin Tat Kent Cheung\u00a0<\/strong>(49.11), Austria’s\u00a0Sebastian Steffan\u00a0<\/strong>(49.93) and Singapore’s\u00a0Jonathan Eu Jin Tan\u00a0<\/strong>(51.43) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n Katinka Hosszu\u00a0<\/strong>entered familiar territory atop the podium, after posting a 1:53.98. Fellow Hungarian\u00a0Zsuzsanna Jalabos\u00a0<\/strong>tied with Australian\u00a0Madeline Groves\u00a0<\/strong>in 1:55.17<\/p>\n With a 1:57.11\u00a0China’s\u00a0Yue Wu\u00a0<\/strong>was fourth. Russia’s\u00a0Daria Ustinova\u00a0<\/strong>(1:58.07), Hungary’s\u00a0Evelin Verraszto\u00a0<\/strong>(1:58.65) and American\u00a0Sierra Schmidy\u00a0<\/strong>(1:59.85) also cleared two minutes. Jie Dong\u00a0<\/strong>of China wrapped up the heat in 2:00.1.<\/p>\n Brazilian\u00a0Felipe Lima\u00a0<\/strong>was first to the wall in a 26.32.\u00a0Vladimir Morozov\u00a0<\/strong>stopped the clock in 26.55 to take second for Russia. In third was South African\u00a0Roland Schoeman\u00a0<\/strong>with a 26.73. American\u00a0Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>posted a 26.84 for fourth and Japan’s\u00a0Yashuri Koseki\u00a0<\/strong>(26.96) \u00a0was also under 27 seconds.<\/p>\n Finland’s\u00a0Ari-Pekka Liujjonen\u00a0<\/strong>(27.33), Taipei’s\u00a0Chun-Feng Wu\u00a0<\/strong>(27.37), and Syria’s\u00a0Azad Al Barazi\u00a0<\/strong>(27.47) were fifth through eighth.<\/p>\n The consistent trio of World Cup 100 breaststrokers was back again today.\u00a0Alia Atikinson\u00a0<\/strong>put togethere a dominant performance, clocking a 1:02.68. A second behind the Jamaican was Russian was\u00a0Yulia Efimova\u00a0<\/strong>(1:03.64) and an additional half second behind was American\u00a0Breeja Larson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:04.15). Also in the red, white, and blue was\u00a0Molly Hannis\u00a0<\/strong>(1:04.24O in fourth.<\/p>\n Iceland’s\u00a0Hrafnildur Lithersdottir\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.62) finished fifth.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Zoe Elizabeth Bartel\u00a0<\/strong>(1:07.57), Canadian\u00a0Rachel Nicol\u00a0<\/strong>(1:07.77) and Japan’s\u00a0Kanako Watanabe\u00a0<\/strong>(1:09.55) touched sixth, seventh, and eighth,<\/p>\n Kelsi Worrell\u00a0<\/strong>impressed in the 100 butterfly. The American came into the wall in 55.49, over a half second before\u00a0Katinka Hosszu\u00a0<\/strong>(56.20). Denmark’s\u00a0Jeanette Orresen\u00a0<\/strong>(56.25) finished third.<\/p>\n In her second swim of the night,\u00a0Madeline Groves\u00a0<\/strong>placed fourth in 57.91.<\/p>\n Hong Kong’s\u00a0Kin Lok Chan\u00a0<\/strong>(58.07) and\u00a0Hang Yu Sze\u00a0<\/strong>(58.70) were fifth and eighth. Between the duo were Canadian\u00a0Katerina Savard\u00a0<\/strong>(58.09) and American\u00a0Eva Merrell\u00a0<\/strong>(58.18).<\/p>\n Russia’s\u00a0Stanislav Donetc\u00a0<\/strong>was just faster than Australia’s\u00a0Mitch Larkin\u00a0<\/strong>as the two touched in 50.46 and 50.58. Belarus’\u00a0Pavel Sankovich\u00a0<\/strong>(50.96) rounded out the top three.<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Miguel Ortiz-Canavate\u00a0<\/strong>was fourth in 51.69. China’s\u00a0Peng Wang\u00a0<\/strong>(52.62), Columbia’s Omar Pinzon Garcia\u00a0<\/strong>(52.94), France’s\u00a0Maxence Orange\u00a0<\/strong>(53.23), and American\u00a0Clark Gregory Beach\u00a0<\/strong>(54.43)\u00a0also swam in the final.<\/p>\n Hosszu sprinted to gold in 26.40, faster than Australian\u00a0Emily Seebohm\u00a0<\/strong>in 26.68. Ukraine’s\u00a0Daryna Zevina\u00a0<\/strong>(27.08) earned bronze.<\/p>\n American duo\u00a0Lucie Nordmann\u00a0<\/strong>(27.21) and\u00a0Kelsi Worrell\u00a0<\/strong>(27.29) were fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n Canda’s\u00a0Danielle Hangus\u00a0<\/strong>finished sixth in 27.46, ahead of Hong Kong’s\u00a0Toto Kwan To Wong\u00a0<\/strong>(27.78) and\u00a0Yin Yang Claudia Lau\u00a0<\/strong>(27.95).<\/p>\n Chad le Clos\u00a0<\/strong>ran away with the 200 butterfly. The South African touched in 1:49.95. Nearly three seconds behind was\u00a0Daiya Seto\u00a0<\/strong>(1:52.38). Another two seconds behind him was Japanese teammate\u00a0Masato Sakai\u00a0<\/strong>(1:54.95).<\/p>\n Taipei’s\u00a0Yi-Lin Tsai\u00a0<\/strong>(1:57.98) and American\u00a0Alex Wang Liang\u00a0<\/strong>(1:58.39) also cleared two minutes.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Nicolaas Dane Dekker\u00a0<\/strong>(2:01.37) was sixth and Hong Kong’s\u00a0Chun Leung Johnny Lau\u00a0<\/strong>(2:02.33) and\u00a0Tin Long Ho\u00a0<\/strong>(2:05.63) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Hosszu dominated another event, this time with a 2:05.39, faster than Efimova’s 2:07.07 or her own teammate\u00a0Jakobos’ 2:07.86.<\/p>\n American\u00a0Brooke Forde\u00a0<\/strong>posted a 2:09.05 for fourth.\u00a0Austria’s\u00a0Lisa Zaiser\u00a0<\/strong>(2:10.86) finished ahead of Canadians\u00a0Sarah Darcel\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Danielle Hanus\u00a0<\/strong>who tied for sixth in 2:12.69. The USA’s Zoe Elizabeth Bartel<\/strong> was eighth (2:14.67).<\/p>\n It was a tight battle in the 400 free as\u00a0Ukraine’s\u00a0Mykhallo Romanchuk\u00a0<\/strong>and Hungary’s\u00a0Peter Bernek\u00a0<\/strong>finished in 3:40.18 and 3:40.45. Great Britain’s\u00a0James Guy\u00a0<\/strong>was third in 3:42.89.<\/p>\n Germany’s\u00a0Poul Zellmann\u00a0<\/strong>(3:45.30) and American\u00a0Andrew Joseph Abruzzo\u00a0<\/strong>(3:49.79) were also under 3:50.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Jeremy Bagshaw\u00a0<\/strong>(3:50.24), American\u00a0Clark Gregory Beach\u00a0<\/strong>(3:52.18) and Hong Kong’s\u00a0Xian Hao Jonathan Liao\u00a0<\/strong>(3:55.46) touched sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n With a 23.95, Ottesen again landed on the podium. Canadian\u00a0Michelle Williams\u00a0<\/strong>sprinted to a 24.38 and Australian\u00a0Emily Seebohm\u00a0<\/strong>touched in 24.54, ahead of American duo\u00a0Kelsi Worrell\u00a0<\/strong>(24.58) and\u00a0Anya Goeders\u00a0<\/strong>(24.70).<\/p>\n Russia’s\u00a0Daria Ustinova\u00a0<\/strong>out touched China’s\u00a0Xintong Lin\u00a0<\/strong>24.85 to 24.86. Finland’s\u00a0Hanna-Maria Seppala\u00a0<\/strong>(25.20) was eighth.<\/p>\n Germany’s\u00a0Marco Koch\u00a0<\/strong>won the 200 breaststroke by two seconds with his 2:02.31.\u00a0Ippel Watanabe\u00a0<\/strong>of Japan swam a 2:04.41 for second and American\u00a0Josh Prenot\u00a0<\/strong>claimed third in 2:05.45. Watanabe’s teammate\u00a0Yasuhiro Koseki\u00a0<\/strong>followed in 2:06.33.<\/p>\n Germany’s\u00a0Philip Heintz\u00a0<\/strong>(2:07.41), USA’s\u00a0BJ Johnson\u00a0<\/strong>(2:07.57), Syria’s\u00a0Azad Al Barazi\u00a0<\/strong>(2:13.55) and Hong Kong’s\u00a0Hin Ho Boris Yang\u00a0<\/strong>(2:16.94) also swam in tonight’s final.<\/p>\n Vladimir Morozov\u00a0<\/strong>finished just .03 shy of his own world record with a 50.33. That time put him well ahead of the field.\u00a0Daiya Seto\u00a0<\/strong>of Japan was a 52.97 for second and Belarus’\u00a0Pavel Sankovich\u00a0<\/strong>(53.29) was third.<\/p>\n Mitch Larkin\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia (53.33) and\u00a0Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA (53.52) were fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n Columbia’s\u00a0Omar Pinzon Garcia\u00a0<\/strong>(54.94), Austria’s\u00a0Sebastian Steffan\u00a0<\/strong>(55.48), and Hong Kong’s\u00a0Ho Lun Raymond Mak\u00a0<\/strong>(55.56) finished sixth, seventh, and eighth.<\/p>\n Hosszu got pushed a bit more for her 200 backstroke gold, as she touched in 2:02.28 with Seebohm on her toes in 2:02.91. Zevina registered a 2:03.87 for third. Merrell clocked a 2:05.93 for fourth. Canada’s\u00a0Hilary Caldwell\u00a0<\/strong>was fifth in 2:06.43<\/p>\n Young Americans\u00a0Regan Smith\u00a0<\/strong>(2:06.46) and\u00a0Lucie Nordmann\u00a0<\/strong>(2:08.51) were sixth and eighth. Between them was\u00a0China’s\u00a0Yixin Wu\u00a0<\/strong>in 2:08.30.<\/p>\n Le Clos secured 50 butterfly gold in 22.31. Fellow South African\u00a0Roland Schoeman\u00a0<\/strong>(22.79) and Britain’s\u00a0Benjamin Proud\u00a0<\/strong>(22.98) were also under the 23 second mark.<\/p>\n Kenneth King Him To\u00a0<\/strong>(23.15) was fourth and China’s\u00a0Peng Wang\u00a0<\/strong>(23.21) fifth.<\/p>\n Japan’s\u00a0Shinri Shioura\u00a0<\/strong>(23.22), Belarus’\u00a0Pavel Sankovich\u00a0<\/strong>(23.45) and American\u00a0Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>(23.85) completed the heat.<\/p>\n Hosszu took home 800 free gold in 8:21.09. China’s\u00a0Jie Dong\u00a0<\/strong>was on her tail in 8:22.54. American\u00a0Sierra Schmidt\u00a0<\/strong>was also just behind in 8:23.19.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Junjun Guo\u00a0<\/strong>(8:26.95) and Hungary’s\u00a0Jakabos\u00a0(8:34.49) were fourth and fifth.\u00a0Joy Fields\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA (8:34.79), Canadian\u00a0Olivia Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>(8:35.18), and New Zealand’s\u00a0Emma Robinson\u00a0<\/strong>(8:36.28) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n Seto clocked a winning 4:04.11, faster than Hungary’s\u00a0Peter Bernek\u00a0<\/strong>in 4:06.79. Prenot was just faster than Hungary’s\u00a0Gergely Gyurta\u00a0<\/strong>as the two touched in 4:06.23 and 4:06.98.<\/p>\n German Kock swam a fifth placed 4:10.43. 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