2015 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES
- July 4th-July 11th, 2015 (Saturday-Saturday)
- Gwangju, South Korea
- Prelims 8:30AM/Finals 7PM (local time)
- Prelims 7:30PM (day before)/Finals 6AM (U.S. Eastern Time)
- Full meet preview
- Day 6 Prelims Live Recap
- Results
- Live feed (finals only)
- In the United States: ESPN3.com
- Twitter: @swimswamlive
- Link to Day Six Finals Recap
Excerpt taken from Day SIX Finals Recap:
Men’s 1500 Freestyle – FINALS
Japanese distance swimmer Hirai Ayatsugu pulled away from the field, winning the men’s 1500 freestyle with the third fastest time in the world this year, 14:56.10. He was the only swimmer to break 15 minutes.
2014-2015 LCM Men 1500 Free
PALTRINIERI
14.39.67
2 | Connor JAEGER | USA | 14.41.20 | 08/09 |
3 | Mack HORTON | AUS | 14.44.09 | 04/10 |
4 | Ryan COCHRANE | CAN | 14.51.08 | 08/09 |
5 | Akram MAHMOUD | EGY | 14.53.66 | 08/09 |
Sergii Frolov finished just under seven seconds behind the leader, earning the silver medal with his time of 15:02.81. The bronze medal went to the other Japanese swimmer in the field, Yamamoto Kohei, with his time of 15:03.99.
British swimmer Jay Lelliott was one position away from the podium with his time of 15:07.84.
Jack McLoughlin (AUS), Matteo Furlan (ITA), and Arthur Frayler (USA) all came in as a pack, finishing at 15:12, 15:13, and 15:14, respectively. Jon McKay of Canada finished in eighth with a 15:18.69.