Hosszu wins 7 golds as US leads medal table with 30 at Windsor Swimming meet

Katinka Hosszu and Chad Le Clos performed respectively as the best female and male athletes while United States ranked the first with the most 30 medals in the 13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) finishing on Sunday in Windsor Canada.

In the women' s 100m fly, Hosszu touched home in 55.12, reaping her seventh individual gold medal. This is an unprecedented feat in the history of the Championships, reinforcing her status of FINA Best Female Swimmer of the Year. Her main opponent was Kelsi Worrell of the United States with a silver in 55.22. Rikako Ikee won bronze for Japan in a time of 55.64.

The Hungarian star took seven titles in 100m and 200m backstroke, 100m and 200m butterfly, 100m, 200m and 400m individual medley and two silver medals, in the 200m freestyle and 50m backstroke.

South African Le Clos won the titles in the 50m, 100m and 200m butterfly, and a silver in the 200m freestyle. Moreover, he established the only individual world record of 48.08 in the 100m butterfly at Windsor.

The United States won the Trophy for the Best Team of the Championships with 30 medals, including 8 gold, 15 silver and 7 bronze. The U.S. quartet also refreshed the world record of women' s 4x50m medley relay, in a time of 1:43.27. Hungary and Russia completed the podium.

The final day of the Championships started with a second gold for Canada in the women' s 4x50m free relay. The local quartet completed the race in 1:35.00, leaving the defending champions, the Netherlands with the silver in 1:35.37. Italy got the bronze in 1:35.61.

In the longest final of the championships, the men' s 1500m free, Park Taehwan of South Korea touched home in a new Championships record of 14:15.51, defeating his main opponent, Italy' s Gregorio Paltrinieri to the silver. It was Park' s third gold of the week after his victories in the 200m and 400m freestyle. Poland' s Wojciech Wojdak earned the bronze in 14:25.37.

The victory of men' s 100m freestyle final went to Lithuania' s Simonas Bilis in 46.58, the first triumph ever for a Lithuanian male swimmer in the history of the championships. The silver was earned by Shinri Shioura in 46.59 and Australia' s Tommaso D' Orsogna completed the podium in 46.70.

In the women' s 200m breaststroke, Canada' s Kelsey Wog could not sustain the final effort of Molly Renshaw of Britain, and finished second in 2:18.52. 20-year-old Renshaw won the title in 2:18.51 and his teammate Chloe Tutton earned the bronze in 2:18.83.

Poland' s Radoslaw Kawecki touched home in a winning time of 1:47.63 in the men' s 200m backstroke, his third consecutive victory in this event. The silver went to Jacob Pebley of the United States in 1:48.98, while Japan' s Masaki Kaneko earned bronze in 1:49.18.

Men' s 50m breaststroke world record holder Cameron van der Burgh from South Africa earned gold , touching home first in 25.64 in this distance. Pieter Stevens of Slovenia got the silver in 25.85. Felipe Lima from Brazil earned bronze in 25.98.

Women' s 50m free world record holder Ranomi Kromowidjojo from the Netherlands crowned the title in this distance in 23.60. The silver and bronze went to Italy' s Silvia Di Pietro in 23.90 and Madison Kennedy of the United States in 23.93.

Russia and the United States fought hardly for the victory in the men' s 4x100m medley relay. The Russian quartet finally got the gold in 3:21.17. The North Americans initially touched for silver, but a subsequent disqualification allowed Australia to take the silver in 3:23.56. The bronze went to Japan in 3:24.71.

In the women' s 4x100m medley relay, US quartet swam for gold in 3:47.89, a new Championships record, improving the 3:48.29 clocked by China in 2010. The Canadians contented with silver in 3:48.87 while Australia earned bronze in 3:49.66. Endit