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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap

Olympic champ Ryan Murphy (USA) will compete for gold against 100 back World Champion Xu Jiayu (CHN) and fellow Olympic backstroke medalist Evgeny Rylov (RUS).

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Watch Simone Manuel Beat WR Holder Sjöström to Win 100 Free Gold in Budapest (Race Video)

Watch as Simone Manuel smokes the field to win the women’s 100m free in Budapest. Note her straight-arm style, versus the high-elbow style of World Record-holder Sarah Sjöström.

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Race Video: Men’s 200 Back Final in Budapest with Rylov-Murphy-Pebley

Watch as Russia’s Evgeny Rylov breaks the European Record in the men’s 200m back final in Budapest. Americans Ryan Murphy and Jacob Pebley finished second and third, respectively.

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Watch: Efimova Blasts 2:19 to Win Women’s 200 Breast Gold in Budapest (Race Video)

Watch as Russia’s Yuliya Efimova beats the field by over 2 seconds in the final of the women’s 200m breaststroke in Budapest.

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Men’s 4x200m Free Relay: Great Britain Upsets USA, Russia (Race Video)

Watch as Team GB blazes past both USA and Russia en route to World Championship gold in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay on Friday night in Budapest.

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*Canadian Viewers* Watch Day 6 Races from Budapest: Caldwell, Masse, Smith, Oleksiak, and More

Watch Hilary Caldwell’s 200m back semi-final, and the rest of Day 6 races, from Budapest.

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*UK Viewers* Watch James Guy’s 1:43 Anchor, Plus Other Day 6 Races from Budapest

James Guy split the third-fastest 200m freestyle in history, anchoring Team GB to a gold medal in the men’s 4x200m free relay.

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Among Day 6 Quotes: “I Wasn’t Expecting That,” Says Russia’s Chupkov

Anton Chupkov, Townley Haas, Kristof Milak, Simone Manuel and more share their post-race comments from night 6 in Budapest.

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Worlds Medal Table: Manuel Pushes U.S. to Double-Digit Golds on Day 6

The USA maintains it’s lead in the swimming medal table through day 6 of the 2017 FINA World Championships. In the overall aquatic sports medal table, however, China has 12 golds to the USA’s 11.

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Melanie Henique Goes 25.63 to Break French Record in 50 Fly

On Friday, Mélanie Henique broke the French national record in the 50m butterfly en route to qualifying third for Saturday’s final.

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Watch Anton Chupkov Break Meet, European Records in 200 Breast (Race Video)

Watch Russia’s Anton Chupkov come from behind to set a new Championship Record with 2:06.96, becoming the 2nd man in history to break 2:07.

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Chupkov Breaks Euro, Meet Records With 2nd Sub-2:07 Swim In History

Anton Chupkov went 2:06.96 for gold and the 2nd fastest swim of all-time in the men’s 200 breast.

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Milak Shatters 100 Fly Junior World Record, Moves To 10th All-Time

Kristof Milak broke the junior world record again in the 100 fly semis.

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Kolesnikov Shaves Another Hundredth Off 200 Back WJR

Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov has lowered his own junior world record in the 200 back for the second time in as many days, sneaking .01 under his semifinals time to go 1:55.14 in the final.

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Evgeny Rylov Breaks European Record To Win 200 Back Gold

Evgeny Rylov broke his European record to win 200 back gold in Budapest.

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