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  • Another title defence closed the swimming session on day 12 of the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju: USA’s Lilly King led all the way in the 100m breast and won with the only sub –1:05 effort of the field, ahead of Yuliya Efimova (RUS). Martina Carraro came third, claiming Italy’s first-ever medal in female breaststroke events at the Worlds.

  • The men’s 100m Backstroke race at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju, brought a lot of excitements as four swimmers were heading towards the wall forming an almost straight line.

    Title-holder Xu Jiaju of China found the necessary extra gear to touch home first, 0.24sec ahead of Russia’s Evgeny Rylov. Tiny margins decided the bronze, three stormed in within 0.05sec, 2015 world champion Mitch Larkin (AUS) was the fastest, ahead of the two US Olympic champs (and the medallists in 2017) Ryan Murphy and Matt Grevers.

  • The final of the 100m Backstroke Swimming at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju saw a thrilling contest. Canada’s Kylie Masse, who won in Budapest with a new WR, turned 4th at the halfway mark but produced an amazing homecoming leg to retain her title.

    The fight for the minor spoils was absolutely tight, three swimmers hit the wall in a span of 0.11sec, Aussie Minna Atherton just out-touched USA’s Olivia Smoliga and the other Canadian Taylor Ruck. Interestingly, Kathleen Baker, who broke Masse’s WR last August and was silver medallist in 2017, could only finish tied 6th.

  • In quite an exciting High Diving final at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju, it was needed to wait for the very last dive of the competition to know the outcome of the competition. And for just 0.15 points – the tiniest margin ever -, Rhiannan Iffland, from Australia, managed to revalidate her 2017 world title, beating, also for the second time in the FINA showcase Mexico’s Adriana Jimenez. Jessica Macaulay (GBR), taking part in her first World Championships, earned bronze.

  • “He shouldn’t be swimming.” Dawn Fraser has unleashed on Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and says she’s standing behind Mack Horton.

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  • Enjoy the highlights of day 11 at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju! #FINAGwangju2019

  • The initial day of the High Diving competition at the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju, including the first two rounds of preliminaries brought different results for the reigning world champions.

    Steve LoBue (USA), winner in 2017, is the provisional leader, after excelling in his trademark dive, a front 5 somersaults, for which he got a massive 142.80 points from the judges. In the women’s event, Rhiannan Iffland (AUS), gold medallist two years old, is fifth.

    Being the only man in the field capable of executing this combination, LoBue managed to conclude the day with an encouraging advance over his main challengers. At this stage, they are Jonathan Paredes, from Mexico, who also performed a flawless front 4 somersaults 1 ½ twists, which received two perfect 10s from the judges. But as the DD was inferior (4.7, against 5.1 for LoBue), the score of the dive for Paredes was “only” of 133.95. The Mexican great was bronze medallist in 2013 and runner-up in 2015.

  • This upset opened the way for Katinka Hosszu to write history. Had Sjostrom triumphed in the 100m fly at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju, she would have become the first female swimmer ever winning four straight titles in the same event.

    Instead of her, the Hungarian medley queen took this distinction by adding another title to her magnificent treasury, 8th overall and 4th in a row over 200m IM (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019). She also equaled compatriot Laszlo Cseh’s feat of claiming titles at the Worlds 10 years apart: Cseh got one in 2005 and another one in 2015, while Hosszu’s first gold came in 2009.

    Katinka Hosszu just keeps on winning! Here at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju, the 30-year-old Hungarian wins her fourth consecutive Gold in 200m Medley! #FINAGwangju2019

  • Margaret Macneil from Canada dethrones Sara Sjoestroem and surprisingly wins Gold in 100m Butterfly at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju. #FINAGwangju2019