Making amends officials MONTREAL: Chad le Clos, rebounding from what he considered a disappointing Rio Olympics, won his second gold of the Short Course Swimming World Championships with a world record- setting victory in the 100m butterfly. The South Af
Le Clos makes up for Rio flop with record- setting win in 100m butterfly
Daryna Zevina of Ukraine ( 2: 02.24). Australian Emily Seebohm took bronze in 2: 02.65.
Hosszu, winner of the 200m butterfly, 100m back and 400m individual medley earlier in the meeting, also topped the semi- final times in the 100m individual medley.
But she wasn’t a factor as she capped her night with an eighth- place finish in the 800m freestyle won by American Leah Smith.
Smith, the 400m free bronze medallist in Rio, led all the way to head a US one- two in 8: 10.17. Ashley Twichell was second in 8: 11.95 and Australian Kiah Melverton earned bronze in 8: 16.51.
The 800m freestyle field was missing reigning champion and world record- holder Mireia Belmonte of Spain, who pulled out of the event after a disappointing showing in the 400m medley on Tuesday.
Germany’s Marco Koch further soothed the disappointment of Rio with a victory in the 200m breaststroke, adding a second gold to the 100m breaststroke title he captured on Wednesday.
Koch, the reigning long course world champion who was relegated to seventh in the 200m breaststroke at the Olympics, clocked a championship record of 2: 01.21 for a comfortable win over Britain’s Andrew Willis ( 2: 02.71) with Russia’s Mikhail Dorinov third in 2: 03.09.
Australian Brittany Elmslie, a relay gold medallist in Rio, snatched victory in the women’s 100m freestyle, earning her first short course world title in 51.81.
Silver went to 2012 double Olympic sprint gold medallist Ranomi Kromowidjojo of Holland, who was second in 51.92, while Canadian teenager Penny Oleksiak, who shared 100m freestyle gold with American Simone Manuel in Rio, took bronze in 52.01.
The United States capped the night with a victory in the mixed 4x50m medley relay. Michael Chadwick, swimming the final freestyle leg, hit the water in seventh place but stormed home to complete the victory in 1: 37.22.
The win gave breaststroker Lilly King her third gold of the championships, after an individual triumph in the 50m breaststroke and her swim on America’s world record- setting women’s 4x50m medley relay.