The 17th FINA World Aquatics Championships continued on Monday in Budapest with several exciting competitions, including swimming finals and water polo quarter finals. The championships, which run until July 30, feature some 2,000 athletes from over 180 countries competing across six disciplines. Here below you can find the most important results of the last three days.
MONDAY 21 JULY
Men’s 100 m breaststroke
Adam Peaty of Great Britain triumphed in the men’s 100-metre breaststroke on Monday, winning his third world championships in a row. On Tuasday morning, Peaty set a new world record in men’s 50-metre breaststroke by clocking 26.10 seconds in a preliminary heat.
Women’s 100-metre butterfly
Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden triumphed in the women’s 100-metre butterfly event on Monday, winning her third world championships in a row.
Men’s 50 m butterfly
Benjamin Proud of Great Britain won the men’s 50-metre butterfly event on Monday.
Women’s 200-metre medley
Katinka Hosszú of Hungary won the women’s 200-metre medley event on Monday, winning her third world championships in a row. She also qualified with the second fastest time for the 100 m backstroke semi-finals, but withdrew from the race to focus on the 200 m medley final. Read more about Katinka Hosszú’ sensational performance here.
Women’s water polo – quarterfinals
Hungary’s women’s water polo team suffered a shocking 6-4 defeat at the hands of Canada in the quarter finals on Monday. The result is a huge disappointment for the host team as their hopes for a medal was blown away with a poor offensive performance by them. The interesting thing is that Canada barely had a few shots in the second half, so Hungary defensed really well, but there were a lot of problems on offense. Canada’s hero, Monika Eggens, however, delivered a superb performance, scoring 5 of her team’s 6 goals.
Italy – Russia 9:8 (3:0, 1:4, 3:3, 2:1)
United States – Australia 7:5 (0:0, 3:0, 2:2, 2:3)
Canada – Hungary 6:4 (1:0, 3:4, 1:0, 1:0)
Spain – Greece 14:12 (2:3, 2:2, 2:2, 4:3 – penalties: 4:2)
via fina-budapest2017.com and MTI; photos: Tamás Kovács and Tibor Illyés – MTI