{"id":396,"date":"2019-07-21T16:51:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T16:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/athleticdb.tv\/?p=396"},"modified":"2019-07-21T16:55:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T16:55:29","slug":"titmus-upsets-ledecky-sun-retains-title-peaty-crashes-wr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/athleticdb.tv\/?p=396","title":{"rendered":"Titmus upsets Ledecky, Sun retains title, Peaty crashes WR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ariarne \nTitmus (AUS) stunned Katie Ledecky (USA) to hand the American her \nfirst-ever defeat over 400m free at major international events. Sun Yang\n (CHN) claimed his 4th<\/sup> straight title in the same event among\n the men. The men\u2019s 4x100m relay crown remained in the possession of the\n US team while the women\u2019s one was passed back to Australia. The first \nWorld Record also fell right on the opening day of the swimming \ncompetition: Adam Peaty (GRB) became the first man swimming the 100m \nbreast under 57 seconds.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ariarne Titmus did what no other woman could in the past: \nbeat Katie Ledecky in a 400m free race. It was a tremendous duel between\n the two greats, Titmus went out fast and kept leading in the first half\n of the event but Ledecky seemed to take the upper hand afterwards and \nturned first to the last lap holding a gap of 0.62sec. Then came \nsomething special: Titmus could find an extra gear to stun the American,\n creating a scene never seen before, that Ledecky is passed in the final\n leg. It happened, Titmus produced a 29.51 last 50 while Ledecky clocked\n 31.34 to fall behind by 1.21sec at the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beforehand, the top 10 fastest ever times belonged to Ledecky, Titmus\u2019 latest effort (3:58.76) now sits on the 8th<\/sup> place, kind of showing that the queen was a bit off her best this evening. The race for the bronze was no less exciting as Leah Smith of the US chased Hungarian prodigy Ajna Kesely from the start and managed to out-touch her by 0.02sec at the wall.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before that, the session kicked off with another gold for \nSun Yang who won the 400m free for the fourth time in a row. The podium \nwas the same as two years ago in Budapest, the Chinese managed to beat \nMack Horton and Gabriele Detti once more. While the Aussie and the \nItalian came somewhat faster than in 2017 \u2013 and a similar gap separated \nthem: 0.06 here, 0.08 back then \u2013, and Sun was a bit slower (3:41.28 in \n2017, 3:42.44 now), still, he bested his rivals with ease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sun shone again \u2013 Credits: Istvan Derencsenyi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The men\u2019s 4x100m free relay was a true speed festival, it \nwas amazing to see that the field got a lot faster in two years. While \nin 2017 seven swimmers clocked 47sec splits, not 19 (!) were in that \nrange. The US quartet won with a new Championship Record (3:09.06), a \nbrilliant feat as they brought down the shiny CR from Rome 2009 and was \njust 0.82 shy of their 2008 WR. Zach Apple threw in a 46.86 split in the\n second leg, a big boost for the team which gained 0.91sec on the \nrunners-up Russians and the Aussies came third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the women\u2019s relay Australia avenged their defeat in \nBudapest where the US reached the wall first. It took a thriller to get \nthis outcome: at the halfway mark the US led but Canada took over at \n300m while the Aussies turned second pushing the US back to third. \nStill, it came down to a showdown between Cate Campbell (AUS) and Simone\n Manuel (USA). Both produced an amazing homecoming leg, Campbell \n\u2013 missing from the show in 2017 \u2013 stormed to a truly incredible 51.45 \nsplit, Manuel also got inside 52sec but at the end it was a clear win \nfor the women from Down Under. Canada clinched the bronze comfortably \nahead of the Netherlands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the title battles were in the spotlight, a couple \nof outstanding swims channelled a great deal of attention towards the \nsemis as well. Above all, Adam Peaty\u2019s historical 100m breast which saw \nthe first male ever covering this distance inside 57sec. The British \nLion roared again, beat his world record from last summer by 0.22 (56.88\n is the new mark), a jaw-dropping performance right on the first day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Business as usual: Adam Peaty routinely cracks the WR in either of the 50m or 100m in each summer since 2014<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hungary\u2019s Katinka Hosszu also showed something special in the 200m IM where she is set to win a 4th<\/sup> straight title. She clocked 2:07.02 in the morning, the fastest heat swim ever and 2:07.17 in the evening, the 7th<\/sup> and 8th<\/sup>\n fastest time respectively in the all-time ranks. She admittedly eyes \nher 2015 WR (2:06.12) tomorrow but she might barely get a push from the \nothers as she looked way better than the others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the contrary, women of the meet in 2017, Sweden\u2019s Sarah\n Sjostrom was already pushed by Canada\u2019s Margaret Macneil who finished \njust 0.23sec behind her in the SF \u2013 Sjostrom was just 0.23sec better \nthis evening. In the men\u2019s 50m fly five swimmers already got under \n23sec, as many as in the final in Budapest, and USA\u2019s Caeleb Dressel was\n way faster than the winning time in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: FINA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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