ZURICH, Switzerland, February 25. THE Zurich International Meet, held in long course meter format, featured the return of Ian Thorpe to the men's 400-meter freestyle event. Meanwhile, Nina Kost turned in a title trifecta in the first of two days of swimming. <\/p>\n
In his return to longer distance competition, Ian Thorpe won the men's 400 free in 3:59.48. That swim is well behind the top-ranked times in the world as Ryan Napoleon currently owns 20th this year with a 3:52.43. Thorpe also finished fourth earlier in the day with a 52.28 in the men's 100 free. Andrey Grechin won the men's 100 free in 50.06, while Flori Lang (51.02) and Alexandre Liess (52.00) took second and third. <\/p>\n
Nina Kost won the women's 200 free in a meet-record 2:04.89, she then doubled up with a 57.36 to set the meet record in the women's 100 free. Kost won her third title of the day with a 26.41 to 27.87 triumph over Sarah Silveira in the women's 50 free knockouts. <\/p>\n
Jovan Mitrovic snared the men's 400 IM in 4:35.09. He picked up a second victory with a 1:55.23 in the men's 200 free. <\/p>\n
Jonathan Massacand claimed the meet record in the men's 100 back with a 56.49, while Sergio Zarro earned the men's 200 fly title in 2:10.78. Yannick Kaser turned in a 2:19.29 to set the meet record in the men's 200 breast. <\/p>\n
Sibylle Dalacker took down the meet record in the women's 100 breast with a 1:10.69, while Melanie Schweiger won the women's 100 fly in 1:02.60. Danielle Villars captured the women's 200 IM in 2:24.37, while Alexandra Papusha checked in with a meet-record 2:17.57 to win the women's 200 back. <\/p>\n
In sprint knockout swims, Ivana Gabrilo beat Alexandra Papusha, 29.99 to 30.81, for the women's 50 back crown. Yannick Kaser captured his second title of the day with a 29.62 to 30.84 win over Fabian Dalacker in the men's 50 breast. Flori Lang trumped Michal Rubacek, 24.76 to 24.85, in the men's 50 fly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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