{"id":269987,"date":"2017-07-30T11:45:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T18:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=269987"},"modified":"2017-10-23T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T21:31:11","slug":"usa-closes-out-most-successful-world-championships-in-ten-years-full-day-eight-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-closes-out-most-successful-world-championships-in-ten-years-full-day-eight-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Closes Out Most Successful World Championships in Ten Years: Full Day 8 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last day of finals at the 2017 FINA World Championships featured eight exciting finals as the United States finished its most successful World Championships with 38 total medals. That total surpasses the 36 they had in 1978 and 2007. They finished the night with a world record in the women’s medley relay and a gold in the men’s medley relay. They also started the night with a world record from Lilly King<\/strong> in the 50 breast as she set her second world record of the meet.<\/p>\n

Chase Kalisz also won his second title of the meet as he won the 400 IM. Kalisz swam to be the third fastest performer in history behind Michael Phelps<\/strong> and Ryan Lochte<\/strong>. Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> of Hungary delighted the home crowd as she became the second swimmer ever to win the same event four times at the World Championships as she dominated the 400 IM final.<\/p>\n

Camille Lacourt<\/strong> of France closed his career in style as he won his third straight 50 back world title. Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> of Sweden also defended her 50 fly world title and Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong> of Italy defended his 1500 free title on Sunday as well.<\/p>\n

Heat Sheets<\/a><\/p>\n

Results<\/a><\/p>\n

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