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Britain' s Guy beat Sun Yang in 200m free, two world record fall at Kazan worlds

Xinhua, August 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

KAZAN, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) - Britain' s world championships debutant James Guy beat hot favorite China's Sun Yang to win the men' s 200-meter freestyle at the Kazan worlds here on Tuesday.

Guy, who trailed Sun on Sunday' s 400m final to finish second, won 200m in one minute 45.14 seconds. Sun was first by the 150m mark but Guy made a strong sprint in the last 25 meters to win the gold. Sun took second in 1:45.20, while Paul Biedermann of Germany, world record holder of the event, was third in 1:45.38. American veteran Ryan Lochte came fourth in 1:45.83.

"I am happy with the time," said Sun, Olympic runner-up of the event. "It is my first 200m medal in the world championships."

"It' s a final with a very high level and I have never met so many strong rivals in the world championships," Sun added. "Guy surpassed me in the very last meters."

Sun, who competes four individual events at the worlds, took a sixth finish in the 800m free heats earlier Tuesday.

"I felt tired. I have been here since this morning," Sun said. "I did what my coach told me to do and I will try my best in the following competitions."

The 800m freestyle final will be held on Wednesday.

American 18-year-old swimmer Katie Ledecky broke her own world record in the women' s 1500m freestyle in 15:25.48, shaving 0.23 seconds off her previous record set on Monday' s heats.

Lauren Boyle of New Zealand timed 15:40.14, also an Oceanian record, to take the second. Hungary' s Boglarka Kapas came third in 15:47.09.

The men' s 50m breaststroke world record was also a little fragile as it has fallen twice on Tuesday. The 20-year-old British swimmer Adam Peaty swam 26.42 in the semifinals to rewrite South African Cameron Van Der Burgh' s previous mark 26.62, which was set in the heats earlier Tuesday.

"I knew there was something in there, but I decided to just stay relaxed and enjoy the environment," said Peaty, winner of the 100m breaststroke.

Australia got an 1-2 finish in the women' s 100m backstroke as Emily Seebohm clinched the gold in 58.26 and Madison Wilson came second in 58.75. Mie Oe Nielsen of Denmark settled for bronze in 58.86. China' s Fu Yuanhui finished fourth in a personal best time of 59.02.

Thanks to Mitchell Larkin, Australia won its first gold medal in men' s event at Kazan worlds. Larkin timed 52.40 to win the 100m back, trailed by French Camille Lacourt, who touched in 52.48. The bronze went to Matt Grevers of the United States in 52.66. China' s Xu Jiayu came fourth in 52.89.

The host won its first swimming gold on Tuesday as Yuliya Efimova beat Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania to win the women' s 100m breaststroke in 1:05.66. Meilutyte, world record holder of the event, trailed in 1:06.36. Alia Atkinson of Jamaica came third in 1:06.42.

Also on Tuesday, China' s Youth Olympic champion Shen Duo reached the women' s 200m free final with a third finish in 1:56.44. The race was led by Italian Olympic champion Federica Pellegrini, who touched first in 1:56.23. American star Missy Franklin ranked second in 1:56.37. Endi