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Proud became the first British swimmer to become world champion in the one-length event when he won in Budapest before adding the Commonwealth crown in Birmingham.<\/p>\n
Proud glided into the wall in\u00a0 21.78 for second overall in the heats headed by Thom de Boer<\/strong> of the Netherlands and his 21.59.<\/p>\n
World record-holder Thomas Ceccon<\/strong> eased into the 100 back semis with Arianna Castiglioni<\/strong> and Benedetta Pilato<\/strong> leading the way into the 50br semis.<\/p>\n
Men’s 50m freestyle<\/h3>\n
Thom de Boer<\/strong> dropped the hammer in the sixth of eight heats with a time of 21.59 with Proud going in the eighth prelim, his customary fine start seeing him rise with a clear lead, gliding into the wall in 21.78.<\/p>\n
Italian duo Leonardo Deplano<\/strong> and Lorenzo Zazzeri<\/strong> both clocked 21.89 with the quartet the only men inside 22secs.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nWomen’s 200m butterfly<\/h3>\n
A new champion will be crowned with Hungary’s Boglarka Kapas<\/strong> not competing at the Foro Italico.<\/p>\n
In her absence, Helena Bach<\/strong> of Denmark was the clear leader, clocking 2:08.66 ahead of Britain’s Keanna MacInnes<\/strong> (2:09.72) with Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> also through.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nMen’s 100m backstroke<\/h3>\n
Ceccon eased into the semis in 53.71, one of three men inside 54 with 50 back champion Apostolos Christou<\/strong> (53.78) and Joao Nogueira<\/strong> (53.87), a Portuguese record.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nWomen’s 50m breaststroke<\/h3>\n
Arianna Castiglioni<\/strong> and Pilato occupied the top-two slots in 29.91 and 29.93 respectively with Ruta Meilutyte<\/strong>, who won the world title in Budapest, negotiating her way through in 30.12.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nMen’s 200 IM<\/h3>\n
Gabriel Jose Lopes<\/strong> was the only man inside 2mins in 1:58.94 with Carles Coll Marti<\/strong> (2:00.56) next through.<\/p>\n
Desplanches and Razzetti, silver and bronze medallists last time out, also made it through.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nMixed 4x200m freestyle<\/h3>\n
France led the way into tonight’s final ahead of Britain and Italy.<\/p>\n
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