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MEN’S 200M FREESTYLE – FINALS
2013 World Champion: Yannick Agnel, FRA – 1:44.20
World Record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, GER – 2009
Championship Record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, GER – 2009
GOLD: James Guy, GBR – 1:45.14
SILVER: Sun Yang, CHN – 1:45.20
BRONZE: Paul Biedermann, GER – 1:45.38
Ryan Lochte lead for a majority of the race, but a strong back half from James Guy allowed him to pull ahead of the field and get his hand on the wall to win his first World title. It was close at the touch, but Guy put his hand on the wall first, posting the fastest time in the world this year and a new British record of 1:45.14.
Sun Yang of China finished second with a 1:45.20, earning the silver medal, and Paul Biedermann of Germany, the world record holder, claimed the bronze medal with a 1:45.38.
Lochte was nudged off the podium with his time of 1:45.83, despite his early lead. He finished just ahead of the Dutch freestyler, Sebastiaan Verschuren. Verschuren finished fifth at 1:45.91.
The 2014 short course meter World Champion, Chad Le Clos of South Africa, finished sixth with a 1:46.53.
Aleksandr Krasnykh and Cameron McEvoy rounded out the final in seventh and eighth.
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Rowdy, please stop using the blue circles. Lochte looked dead going into the last turn.
200m freestyle Final (italian tv)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x30clyp_men-s-200m-freestyle-final-kazan-world-swimming-championships-kazan-2015_sport