FINA Aquatics 2017, 11th day – Katinka Hosszú wins Hungary’s first gold, further medals for Great Britain and Sweden
Adam Peaty of Britain triumphed in the men’s 100-metre breaststroke in the 17th World Aquatics Championships in Budapest on Monday, winning his third world championships in a row. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden triumphed in the women’s 100-metre butterfly event, winning her third world championships in a row. Benjamin Proud of Britain won the men’s 50-metre butterfly event, but the swimming highlight of the day was Katinka Hosszú winning the women’s 200-metre medley event, which is her third world championships in a row.
Men’s 100 m breaststroke:
1. Adam Peaty (GBR) 57.47 sec
2. Kevin Cordes (USA) 58.79
3. Kirill Prigoda (RUS) 59.05
Women’s 100 m butterfly:
1. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 55:53 sec
2. Emma McKeon (AUS) 56.18
3. Kelsi Worrell (USA) 56.37
Men’s 50 m butterfly:
1. Benjamin Proud (GBR) 22.75 sec
2. Nicholas Santos (BRA) 22.79
3. Andrii Govorov (UKR) 22.84
Women’s 200 m medley:
1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:07.00 sec
2. Yui Ohashi (JPN) 2:07.91
3. Madisyn Cox (USA) 2:09.71
Women’s 100 m backstroke:
Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú qualified with the second fastest time for the 100 m backstroke semifinals, but withdrew from the race to focus on the 200 m medley final to be held on Monday evening.
Hosszú swam in the fifth heat in the preliminaries, coming in first with a time of 58.80 seconds, 4 tenths off from her own national record achieved at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Women’s water polo match played for 15th place:
Kazakhstan – South Africa 6:4 (2:1, 2:0, 0:1, 2:0)
Women’s water polo match played for 13th place:
Japan – Brazil 11:9 (2:2, 6:2, 1:2, 2:3)
Women’s water polo classification matches:
Netherlands – New Zealand 19:4 (5:1, 6:1, 3:1, 5:1)
China – France 13:5 (3:2, 3:2, 4:1, 3:0)
Women’s water polo quarterfinal matches:
Italy – Russia 9:8 (3:0, 1:4, 3:3, 2:1)
United States – Australia 7:5 (0:0, 3:0, 2:2, 2:3)
Canada – Hungary 6:4 (1:0, 3:4, 1:0, 1:0)
Spain – Greece 14:12 (2:3, 2:2, 2:2, 4:3 – penalties: 4:2)
The semi-finals will take place on Wednesday.
Featured image: MTI
Source: MTI/FINA
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