Results on Wednesday from the swimming world championships (finals only):
Men
200m butterfly: 1. Chad Le Clos (RSA) 1min 54.32sec, 2. Pawel Korzeniowski (POL) 1:55.01, 3. Wu Peng (CHN) 1:55.09, 4. Chen Yin (CHN) 1:55.47, 5. Tom Luchsinger (USA) 1:55.70, 6. Nikolay Skvortsov (RUS) 1:56.02, 7. Tyler Clary (USA) 1:56.34, 8. Leonardo De Deus (BRA) 1:56.44
50m breaststroke: 1. Cameron Van Der Burgh (RSA) 26.77sec, 2. Christian Sprenger (AUS) 26.78, 3. Giulio Zorzi (RSA) 27.04, 4. Damir Dugonjic (SLO) 27.05, 5. Joao Gomes Junior (BRA) 27.20, 6. Glenn Snyders (NZL) 27.21, 7. Johannes Skagius (SWE) 27.48, 8. Mattia Pesce (ITA) 27.53
800m freestyle: 1. Sun Yang (CHN) 7min 41.36sec, 2. Michael McBroom (USA) 7:43.60, 3. Ryan Cochrane (CAN) 7:43.70, 4. Connor Jaeger (USA) 7:44.26, 5. Jordan Harrison (AUS) 7:47.38, 6. Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) 7:50.29, 7. Pal Joensen (FAR) 7:52.57, 8. Oussama Mellouli (TUN) 7:52.79
Women 200m freestyle: 1. Missy Franklin (USA) 1min 54.81sec, 2. Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:55.14, 3. Camille Muffat (FRA) 1:55.72, 4. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 1:56.63, 5. Melanie Costa Schmid (ESP) 1:57.04, 6. Kylie Palmer (AUS) 1:57.14, 7. Shannon Vreeland (USA) 1:57.41, 8. Charlotte Bonnet (FRA) 1:57.56
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