The stand-out performance of the evening for the women was that of 400 freestyle champion\u00a0Sarah Koehler\u00a0<\/strong>of Germany, who earned the new meet record mark and also broke her national record in the process.<\/p>\n On the men’s side,\u00a0Finland’s\u00a0Ari Liukkonen\u00a0<\/strong>shocked the sprint field with his 50 freestyle victory. The race to watch for the men proved to be the 400 IM.\u00a0Daiya Seto\u00a0<\/strong>of Japan ran away with the race for the meet record time of 4:11.98. The first half of his race was under world record pace. Seto was joined by teammate\u00a0Kosuke Hagino<\/strong> on the podium.<\/p>\n The relays closed out the meet on a high note. In the women’s competition, Japan and the United States fought for gold until the end, with Japan ultimately edging out the U.S. team. In the men’s race, the United States owned the field, thanks to a versatile squad.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Schedule of Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n In a surprising finish, the United States’\u00a0Caroline Baldwin\u00a0<\/strong>took away the gold. Russia’s\u00a0Mariia Kameneva<\/strong>, the top seed in the event, battled for most of the race with\u00a0Katrina Konopka\u00a0<\/strong>of the United States. Baldwin, however, fought hard in the second half to come back for gold in 25.02. Kameneva was close behind in 25.08, while Konopka settled for bronze in 25.21.<\/p>\n The next top finisher proved to be Brazil’s\u00a0Graciele Herrmann<\/strong>, just five hundreths behind Konopka in 25.26. The other four finishers were similarly close; Japan’s\u00a0Kaho Okano\u00a0<\/strong>in 25.29,\u00a0Lucrezia Raco\u00a0<\/strong>of Italy in 25.30,\u00a0Marchio Harrison<\/strong>, Hermann’s teammate, in 25.38, and Japan’s\u00a0Chihiro Igarashi\u00a0<\/strong>in 25.47.<\/p>\n A surprising men’s race came down to the final hundredths at the wall to decide the podium. Ultimately, Finland’s\u00a0Ari Liukkonen\u00a0<\/strong>got his hand to the wall first in 22.02. Not far behind, Brazil’s Amaral Duarte Garof\u00a0<\/strong>found silver in the same time as Japan’s\u00a0Katsumi Nakamura<\/strong>–25.08.<\/p>\n The next top finisher, in fourth, was Italy’s\u00a0Lorenzo Zazzari<\/strong>, who stopped the clock in 22.13. Only five hundredths behind Zazzari,\u00a0Aleksei Brianskii\u00a0<\/strong>of Russia laid claim to fifth in 22.18. David Cumberlidge <\/strong>(22.39)\u00a0of Great Britain and\u00a0Ryan Held <\/strong>(22.39) of the United States tied for sixth, despite Held making an early charge in the race. The final finisher was Konrad Lukasz\u00a0<\/strong>of Russia with a 22.41.<\/p>\n The women’s 50 breast turned out to be yet another close contest for gold. The title belonged to\u00a0Andrea Cottrell\u00a0<\/strong>of the United States, who hit the touchpad in 30.77 for gold. Just behind Cottrell, Australia’s\u00a0Leiston Pickett\u00a0<\/strong>claimed silver in 30.82. The final position on the podium went to two competitors–Finland’s\u00a0Jessica Eriksson\u00a0<\/strong>and Ukraine’s\u00a0Mariia Liver<\/strong>, who were the first women over 30 with their 31.50.<\/p>\n Dominika Sztandera\u00a0<\/strong>of Poland (31.59) \u00a0and\u00a0Miranda Tucker<\/strong>\u00a0of the United States (31.60) were good for fifth and sixth, respectively. Meanwhile,\u00a0Jessica Steiger\u00a0<\/strong>of Germany found seventh in 31.92, while\u00a0Hyejin Kim\u00a0<\/strong>of South Korea took eighth place with a 32.03.<\/p>\n The fly was the property of\u00a0Ella Eastin<\/strong>\u00a0of the United States. Eastin brought home the gold with a large margin and a 2:08.21. The next closest finisher,\u00a0Martina van Berkel\u00a0<\/strong>of Switzerland, touched over three full seconds behind Eastin with her 2:11.32. Just eight hundredths of a second behind, Turkey’s\u00a0Nida Ustundag\u00a0<\/strong>laid claim to the bronze in 2:11.40.<\/p>\n The other competitors remained similarly tight, as Italy’s\u00a0Aurora Petronio\u00a0<\/strong>snatched fourth place in 2:11.50, followed by South Korea’s\u00a0Jinyoung Park\u00a0<\/strong>in 2:11.75. Sixth place went to\u00a0Klaudia Nazieblo<\/strong>, who posted a 2:12.47. The heat was rounded out by\u00a0Isobel Grant\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain (2:12.72) and\u00a0Laura Taylor\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia (2:12.74).<\/p>\n The much-anticipated men’s 400 individual medley belonged to Japan’s\u00a0Daiya Seto<\/strong>, who took the gold in a meet record time of 4:11.98. Seto dominated the field, swimming under world record pace until the second half of the event. His teammate,\u00a0Kosuke Hagino<\/strong>, found the silver in 4:15.44, while Russia’s\u00a0Aleksandr Osipenko\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed the bronze in 4:16.63.<\/p>\n Hungary’s\u00a0Gergeley Gyurta\u00a0<\/strong>settled for fourth in 4:17.70, while Poland’s\u00a0Dawid Szwedzki\u00a0<\/strong>and Sweden’s\u00a0Adam Paulsson\u00a0<\/strong>remained in the 4:18-range, with 4:18.11 and 4:18.83, respectively. A pair of Americans,\u00a0Sean Grieshop <\/strong>(4:21.60)\u00a0and\u00a0Jonathan Roberts\u00a0<\/strong>(4:25.50) finished out the final in seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n Sarah Koehler\u00a0<\/strong>of Germany annihilated the field in the event; she led from the first 100 meters and never faltered. She brought back the meet record in 4:03.96 and also set her own national record, breaking the previous mark from 1989.<\/p>\n The next top finisher was\u00a0Joanna Evans\u00a0<\/strong>of the Bahamas, who stayed close enough to Koehler’s pace to tie up the silver in 4:08.52. Sierra Schmidt\u00a0<\/strong>of the United States took care of the third spot on the podium with her 4:09.82. Italy’s\u00a0Simona Quadarella\u00a0<\/strong>earned the fourth-place finish in 4:10.49, just touching out\u00a0Kaersten\u00a0<\/strong>Meitz\u00a0<\/strong>of the United States (4:10.84).<\/p>\n The final finishers in the final proved to be\u00a0Kiah Melverton\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia (4:12.42),\u00a0Julia Hassler\u00a0<\/strong>of Liechtenstein\u00a0(4:13.20), and\u00a0Kennedy Goss\u00a0<\/strong>of Canada (4:13.88).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The final women’s event of the meet produced a photo finish between Japan and the United States. Japan led with a decided margin after the breaststroke leg, 0.48 seconds ahead of the United States. However, Caroline Baldwin\u00a0<\/strong>of the United States, fresh off of victory in the 50 freestyle, made a charge during the first 50 meters of her anchor leg. Baldwin ultimately could not quite make up the difference, and Japan surged to take away the gold during the final ten meters of the race.<\/p>\n Japan garnered gold in 4:00.24, while the United States stopped the clock for silver in 4:00.49. Italy snatched up the bronze in 4:02.40.<\/p>\n The men’s race was not quite as close as the women’s race, but it was nonetheless impressive. The United States easily won gold in 3:33.27. Each of the four relay legs were headed by victors in the 100 meter stroke events, and particularly of note was a powerful performance by anchor\u00a0Ryan Held<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The silver went to Russia in 3:34.85 in an outside lane. Japan touched just behind, also in an outside lane, in 3:34.88, to snatch up the bronze and close the meet.<\/p>\n The last night of pool swimming from the 2017 World University Games featured eight finals as the competition wrapped up from Taipei on Saturday. 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Women’s 50 Free<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nMen’s 50 Free<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nWomen’s 50 Breast<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nWomen’s 200 Fly<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nMen’s 400 IM<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nWomen’s 400 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n
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