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Friday 19 July 2019

Members of the gold medal-winning team from Germany stand
with their medals after the 5km mixed relay open water swim
at the World Swimming Championships in Yeosu, South Korea,
Thursday, July 18, 2019.
Associated Press
Germany wins world

open-water relay, Italy

Paula Creamer of California, left, high-fives her playing partner Morgan Pressel of Florida, right,
as they play in the second round of the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational golf tournament on 2nd and U.S. 3rd
Thursday, July 18, 2019 at Midland Country Club in Midland, Mich.
Associated Press
Pressel, Creamer tied for GWANGJU, South Korea There are two males and
(AP) — Germany won the two females on each team
lead in LPGA Tour team event mixed 5-kilometer open who swim 1.25 kilome-
water team relay at the ters each, but the order in

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — sively knowing my partner birdies in a 10-hole stretch, world swimming champi- which they swim is up to
Morgan Pressel and Paula had my back the whole making five straight on Nos. onships in a close finish over the individual country.
Creamer shot a best-ball way around.” Trying to get 5-9. “We talked about it Italy and the United States The German team, an-
6-under 64 on Thursday for a into the U.S. Solheim Cup and said, ‘We’ve just got on Thursday. chored by Muffels, was dis-
share of the second-round mix, Pressel and Creamer to time it right,” Meadow The German quartet of Lea advantaged by a yellow
lead in the Dow Great birdied six of the last eight said. “There’s something Boy, Sarah Kohler, Soeren card issued to Boy in the
Lakes Bay Invitational, the holes on their opening nine about when your partner’s Meissner and Rob Muffels leadoff leg.
LPGA Tour’s first-year team — the course’s back nine in a little bit of trouble we finished in a time of 53 min- A second yellow card
event. Stephanie Mead- — then parred the last nine. kind of pick up the pace utes, 58.70 seconds. would have resulted in
owand Giulia Molinaro had “Morgan played awe- and try to make birdie and Italy, with Rachele Bruni, disqualification, so each
a 61, and Frenchwomen some on the back nine, kind of have their back. I Giulia Gabbrielleschi, Do- of the German swimmers
Celine Boutier and Karine which was our front nine,” think that’s what we did menico Acerenza and needed to be careful of
Icher shot 62 to match Pres- Creamer said. “I couldn’t really well today.” Boutier Gregorio Paltrinieri, was their tactics for the rest of
sel and Creamer at 10-un- really get anything going and Icher birdied four of two-tenths of a second be- the race.
der 130 at Midland Country on this side. But we’ve got the five and closed with hind in a time of 53.58.90. “I think each of us did a re-
Club. The teams will play two more days left so we’re three straight birdies. “Our Haley Anderson, Jordan ally good job, it was a per-
alternate shot Friday and not in bad position by any games complement each Wilimovsky, Ashley Twichell fect strategy,” Muffels said
close Saturday with a best- means. It wasn’t our ‘A’- other really well,” Boutier and Michael Brinegar of the decision to lead off
ball round. “You have two game today, but still very said. “When I was strug- made up the American with two female swimmers.
balls in play, you can play pleased with where we’re gling a bit, she was there team which finished just “The conditions were
much more aggressively,” sitting.” Meadow, from to save the team, and the three-tenths of a second quite good with some little
Pressel said. “I know I cer- Northern Ireland, and Mo- opposite, so it was pretty behind Germany to take waves, and they were not
tainly could play aggres- linaro, from Italy, had eight good.”q bronze in 53:59.00. too big or challenging.” q

Xie wins 3-meter springboard

gold after Laugher falters

GWANGJU, South Korea settle for bronze with 504.55 made a mistake in his last
(AP) — Defending champi- points. dive. “I hit the wall with my
on Xie Siyi of China won the Xie scored 102.60 points in right fist after I saw the re-
men’s 3-meter springboard his last dive for a total of sults,” Laugher said.
final Thursday after Jack 545.45. Cao Yuan of China “When you could poten-
Laugher of Britain faltered finished second with 517.85 tially make history and do
in his last dive at the world points. such a good performance
swimming championships. “I looked at the score- and then you make the
It extended China’s per- board after the third round mistake, I was really angry.”
fect run at the champion- and then I focused on my- Alexandre Despatie of
ships to 10 gold medals in self,” Xie said. “I did not Canada was the last non-
China’s Xie Siyi performs his routine in the men’s 3m springboard 10 diving events. watch Jack’s last dive but Chinese diver to win gold
diving final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, Laugher led all the way un- I comforted him before the in the 3-meter springboard
South Korea, Thursday, July 18, 2019. til he only scored 30.6 points awarding ceremony.” event at the 2005 worlds in
Associated Press in his sixth dive, and had to Laugher said he simply Montreal.q