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MOST of the world had been banking on China&#39;s Sun Yang having a breakout meet and quite possibly winning the men&#39;s 400 free gold, but South Korea&#39;s Tae Hwan Park had other ideas tonight at the FINA World Long Course Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Swimming in lane one, Park tallied a time of 3:42.04 to win the middle distance event going away. The time is just off Park&#39;s lifetime best of 3:41.53 from the 2010 Asian Games, and now stands 15th on the all-time performances list. The win returned the world title to Park, who won in 2007 but was not seen on the podium in 2009. <\/p>\n<p>Park crushed the field in the 300-350 meter mark, with a 27.82 split, to leave no doubt who would win the race.  He then dropped a 26.43 on the final lap.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I was glad to swim in Lane 1, which allowed me to fully concentrate on my own tempo and not to get distracted from the competition,&quot; Park said<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sun settled for silver with a 3:43.24, while defending champion Paul Biedermann of Germany took bronze with a 3:44.14.  <\/p>\n<p>&quot;My favorite event is the 1500m,&quot; Sun said. &quot;But it&#39;s a pity to surrender the gold medal to Tae Hwan Park in the 400m freestyle. Maybe it&#39;s because I&#39;ve never had the heats and the final within one day. Normally he is faster in the first 200m and I can do better in the last 200m. But today it&#39;s strange that nobody wants to take the lead in the 200m. And Park was in Lane 1, so it&#39;s hard for the other swimmers to notice him. Anyway, it is my first time to win a silver medal in the World Championships so I&#39;m satisfied. It&#39;s really a breakthrough for me.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;After the first 200 meters I knew Park would win, so I just tried to compete with Sun Yang,&quot; Biedermann said. &quot;At first, I thought the last 20 meters would be mine but Sun caught up. I felt the pressure about defending the championship, but when in the water, the pressure was gone, and I just focused on the competition and felt excited.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Biedermann downed the legendary Ian Thorpe world record by .01 seconds during his victory in 2009, but the time occurred in a techsuit.  Biedermann was asked about this again this year.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yes, of course, the suit may help many other guys in the water, but I can handle it this year,&quot; Biedermann said.<\/p>\n<p>USA&#39;s Peter Vanderkaay (3:44.83), Canada&#39;s Ryan Cochrane (3:45.17), France&#39;s Yannick Agnel (3:45.24), Tunisia&#39;s Ous Mellouli (3:45.31) and France&#39;s Sebastien Rouault (3:47.66) completed the championship field.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It is a really good swim,&quot; Vanderkaay said. &quot;This is an important experience for me,  because this is my first world championships final. I enjoyed it very much.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For full Swimming World coverage of the entire 2011 FINA World Championships, including all videos and recaps, visit our Event Landing Page. SHANGHAI, China, July 24. 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