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SPORTS Saturday 27 July 2019

Manuel wins 2nd straight world title in women's 100 free

By BETH HARRIS from countrywoman Pen-
AP Sports Writer ny Heyns, who swept the
GWANGJU, South Korea breaststroke events at the
(AP) — Simone Manuel 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
wasn't swimming up to her "I was completely shocked,"
standards, and she felt her Schoenmaker said.
relay anchor leg that result- Sydney Pickrem of Canada
ed in a silver medal for the took bronze.
U.S. proved it. Anton Chupkov of Russia
Then she remembered it's broke the world record in
about bouncing back. the 200 breaststroke, touch-
Manuel did just that in the ing in 2:06.12 in defense of
100 freestyle, winning her his title from two years ago
second straight title at the in Budapest.
world championships on That lowered the mark of
Friday. 2:06.67 that Matthew Wil-
Relegated to Lane 1 with son of Australia had tied in
the slowest qualifying time, the semifinals a day earlier.
the American led all the Ippei Watanabe of Japan,
way and touched first in who earned bronze, set the
52.04 seconds, beating mark in January 2017 in To-
Cate Campbell of Australia kyo.
by 0.39 seconds. Chupkov was eighth after
"Not everybody has a per- the first lap and moved
fect swim every time so I United States' Simone Manuel waves after winning the women's 100m freestyle final at the World up to fifth at 150 meters.
just needed to regroup and Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Saturday, July 27, 2019. He came home in 31.89 to
put on a good face," the Associated Press overtake Wilson, who led
22-year-old Texan said. "I'm ing Kornelia Ender of the anchor leg against Horton, can rival Lilly King, who was from the start and finished
a veteran on the team, so former East Germany, who but he wasn't able to move disqualified in the prelimi- second.
I have to be able to show won in 1973 and '75. up and his team finished nary heats when she didn't Evgeny Rylov of Russia de-
a little bit of poise in these Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden, sixth in his final event. touch both hands on the fended his 200 backstroke
hard moments." the world-record holder, Sun swept the 200 and 400 wall at the same time in a title, beating Olympic
Manuel was unable to hold took bronze. freestyles, winning the 200 turn. champion Ryan Murphy af-
off Campbell on the an- In 2016, Manuel became via disqualification and "I'm sad that she's not here ter the two dueled through
chor leg of the 4x100 free the first African-American beating Horton in the 400. because it would probably the closing meters.
relay earlier in the meet, woman to win an individ- Horton snubbed Sun on mean a more interesting Rylov led all the way and
with Australia claiming gold ual swimming gold at the the podium because the race," Efimova said. "I told touched in 1:53.40. Murphy
and the U.S. silver. Olympics when she tied Aussie is angry that FINA my dad after semifinals settled for silver in 1:54.12.
"I did take that relay really Canada's Penny Oleksiak allowed him to compete that I swam fast and I don't Luke Greenbank of Britain
hard because I didn't feel for gold in Rio de Janeiro. this week while facing a know what to do in finals earned bronze.
like I did as best as I possibly Mack Horton rallied Austra- career-threatening hearing because I did everything Two more world records fell
could," Manuel said. lia to victory in the men's involving a clash with drug already." in semifinals at the hands of
She made up for it in the 4x200 freestyle relay, put- testers. It was Efimova's 14th indi- Americans.
100 free. ting them in front with a Leading off the relay for vidual world medal, tying Caeleb Dressel broke Mi-
Manuel was the only wom- lap to go. Clyde Lewis, Kyle Britain was Duncan Scott, her with Katinka Hosszu of chael Phelps' record in the
an under 25 seconds on the Chalmers, Alexander Gra- who snubbed Sun on the Hungary and Sjostrom for 100 butterfly and Regan
opening lap. She knocked ham and Horton won in podium after the 200 free most among women. Smith lowered the mark in
1.27 seconds off her time 7:00.85. for similar reasons as Hor- Tatjana Schoenmaker of the 200 backstroke.
from the morning semifinals Russia took silver in 7:01.81. ton. South Africa earned silver, Dressel won his heat in
that landed her in the far The U.S. team of Andrew Yuliya Efimova of Russia becoming her country's 49.50 seconds — 0.32 sec-
outside lane. Seliskar, Blake Pieroni, Zach claimed a record third ti- first woman to win a swim- onds better than Phelps'
Manuel became the sec- Apple and Townley Haas tle in the 200 breaststroke. ming medal at worlds. She mark set at the 2009 world
ond woman to win multiple earned bronze in 7:01.98. She won in 2:20.17 without was in tears on the podium meet in Rome at the height
titles in the 100 free, join- Sun Yang swam China's competition from Ameri- and received her medal of the high-tech suit era. q

Fresh off 14-month ban, Ryan Lochte set to compete in pool

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Ryan 400 individual medleys, 200 free, emption from USADA. Lochte did was robbed at gunpoint at a gas
Lochte is set to return to competi- 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly. not have such an exemption. station. Rio police said Lochte's
tion next week, fresh off the end He is aiming to make a fifth Olym- Lochte's suspension kept him from robbery story was false. Charges
of a 14-month suspension for re- pics next year in Tokyo. Lochte competing at U.S. nationals last of "falsely communicating a crime
ceiving an intravenous injection. served the ban after posting a summer, when swimmers qualified to authorities" were eventually
The 12-time Olympic medalist photo of him receiving a vitamin for the world championships cur- dropped by a Brazilian court. The
will compete in the U.S. national injection on Instagram in May rently being held in South Korea. incident resulted in a 10-month
championships at Stanford, which 2018, triggering a U.S. Anti-Doping Last fall, his attorney said Lochte suspension from USA Swimming.
run Wednesday 31-Aug. 4. Lochte Agency investigation that found underwent counseling for alcohol Since Rio, Lochte has gotten mar-
is entered in six events, starting the swimmer didn't take a banned use. ried, had two children and his
with the 100-meter freestyle on substance. Intravenous injections, The 34-year-old swimmer has com- wife is expecting a third. He's also
Wednesday. however, are allowed only if an peted sparingly since the 2016 Rio appeared on the TV reality show
His other events are the 200 and athlete has been granted an ex- Olympics, where he claimed he "Celebrity Big Brother."q