WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

WOMEN’S FINAL

1,500- METER FREESTYLE 1. Katie Ledecky, USA, 15:31.82; 2. Mireia Belmonte, Spain, 15:50:89; 3. Simona Quadarella, Italy, 15:53:86; 4. Boglarka Kapas, Hungary, 16:06.27; 5. Hou Yawen, China, 16:08:10, 6. Kristel Kobrich, Chile, 16:13.46; 7. Julia Hassler, Lichtenstein, 16:14.86; 8. Ajna Kesely, Hungary, 16:22.87

100-METER BACKSTROKE 1. Kylie Jacquelline Masse, Canada, 58.10; 2. Kathleen Baker, USA, 58:58; 3. Emily Seebohm, Australia, 58:59; 4. Olivia Smoliga, USA, 58.77; 5. Anastasila Fesikova, Russia, 58:83; 6. Daria K Ustinova, Russia, 59.50; 7. Simona Baumrtova, Czechoslovakia, 59.71; 8. Kathleen Dawson, Britain, 59.90

100-METER BREASTSTROKE 1. Lilly King, USA, 1:04.13; 2. Katie Meili, USA, 1:05:03; 3. Yuliya Efimova, Russia, 1:05:05; 4. Ruta Meilutyte, Lithuania, 1:05.65; 5. Shi Jinglin, China, 1:06:43; 6. Kierra Smith, Canada, 1:06.90; 7. Jessica Vall, Spain, 1:06.95; 8. Sarah Vasey, Britain, 1:07.19

MEN’S FINAL

100-METER BACKSTROKE 1. Xu Jiayu, China, 52.44; 2. Matt Grevers, USA, 52:48; 3. Ryan Murphy, USA, 52:59; 4. Ryosuke Irie, Japan, 53.03; 5. Grigory Tarasevich, Russia, 53:12; 6. Mitchell Larkin, Australia, 53.24; 7. Guilherme Guido, Brazil, 53.66; 8. Corey Main, New Zealand, 53.87

200-METER FREESTYLE 1. Sun Yang, China, 1:44.39; 2. Townley Haas, USA, 1:45:04; 3. Aleksander Krasnykh, Russia, 1:45:23; 4. Duncan Scott, Britain, 1:45.27; 5. James Guy, Britain, 1:45:36; 6. Dominik Kozma, Hungary, 1:45.54; 7. Mikhail Dovgalyuk, Russia, 1:46.02; 8. Park Taehwan, Korea, 1:47.11