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Defending champion Sun Yang of China put himself in position to claim the men’s 400-meter free title yet again at the 2015 FINA World Championships.
Sun hit the wall in 3:44.99, just off his fourth-ranked season best of 3:44.53 from Chinese Nationals. Sun had to shake off a doping controversy this year, but looks to be back in form in Kazan.
Great Britain’s James Guy turned in a second-seeded time of 3:45.37 with Canada’s Ryan Cochrane claiming the third seed in 3:45.86.
Guy is ranked second in the world with a 3:44.16 from British Nationals, while Cochrane moved up to sixth in the world.
USA’s Connor Jaeger (3:46.03), Poland’s Wojciech Wojdak (3:46.67), USA’s Michael McBroom (3:46.69), Hungary’s Peter Bernek (3:46.83) and Germany’s Clemens Rapp (3:47.19) also made the championship final.
In a surprising development, Australia’s 1-2 punch in the event, Mack Horton (3:47.37) and David McKeon (3:47.36) both missed finals by finishing 10th and 11th.
Horton (3:42.84) was the top seed coming in with a world-best, while McKeon was ranked third with a 3:44.28 from Australian Nationals as well.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 100 fly
- Men’s 400 free
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 50 fly
- Women’s 400 free
- Men’s 100 breast
- Women’s 400 free relay
- Men’s 400 free relay
cheering for Sun Yang! if someone finds the vids of his races online pls share the link