Kalisz, Dressel boost US; Fu 2nd in 50 back
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Chase Kalisz of the United States reacts after winning the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the FINA world championships in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday. |
Chase Kalisz of the United States won the men's 200-meter individual medley gold at the FINA world championships in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday.
Kalisz touched the wall in 1 minute, 55.56 seconds, with Japan's Kosuke Hagino taking silver at 0.45 seconds and China's Wang Shun earning bronze at 0.72.
Having won 400 IM silver at both the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2013 world championships in Barcelona, the 23-year-old Kalisz finally has his hands on gold over the shorter distance.
Hagino took his second successive major silver, having also finished second in the Olympic final last year after winning the 400 IM gold in Rio.
Wang had to settle for bronze for the third year in a row over 200 after finishing third in last year's Olympic final and at the 2015 world championships in Kazan, Russia.
In the evening's next final, Caeleb Dressel won the men's 100 freestyle final to bag his third title in Budapest and give the United States the gold and silver.
Dressel touched the wall first in 47.17 seconds with compatriot Nathan Adrian, the 2012 Olympic champion, second at 0.70 back as France's Mehdy Metella earned bronze at 0.72.
"Right now, it's all smiles," said Dressel. "I'll let it sink in a bit, it's my first and last event tonight, so I'm excited.
"Man it's nice to go one-two with Nathan, there's nothing like Americans on top.
"I just want to do my best each time I go into the water with the flag on my cap."
The 20-year-old completed his hat-trick of world golds by powering home over the final 50 meters in a superb display having already been part of the victorious 4x100 freestyle and mixed 4x100 medley relay squads.
Dressel also broke a world record in Budapest by swimming the third leg of the mixed medley relay on Wednesday which lowered the previous mark both in the morning's heats and final.
"I'm on top of the world right now," said Dressel. "If you had told me this would be my first world title, I would definitely have laughed at you four months ago — I was over three seconds slower."
In the women's 50 backstroke final, Brazil's Etiene Medeiros won the gold in a desperately tight final.
Medeiros got to the wall in 27.14 seconds, just 0.08 away from the 2009 world record, while China's Fu Yuanhui took silver at 0.01 back and Bulgaria's Aliaksandra Herasimenia earned bronze at 0.09.
Fu is the Olympic bronze medalist over 100 meters.
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