Conor
Dwyer delivered
a come from behind silver medal finish in the 200-meter freestyle to surprise
the field and pick up his first career individual World Championship medal during
the third day of competition at the 15th FINA World Aquatic
Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
Dwyer,
who was a part of the 2012 Olympic Gold and 2011 World Championship gold 4X200
freestyle relay teams, entered the 200 free final seeded sixth after posting a
swim of 1:47.05 in the semi-final round. Dwyer, finding himself in fifth with
50 meters to go, turned on his jets out of lane seven to finish with a career
best time of 1:45.32.
Ryan
Lochte,
who finished fourth in the 200 free at the 2012 Olympics and first in the 200
free at the 2011 World Championships, placed fourth in the event with a time of
1:45.64. Lochte entered the 200 free with the second fastest semi-final time of
1:46.06 and still has the 200 individual medley, 200 backstroke and 100
butterfly left on his slate.
Melani
Costa-Schmid (Spain),
fresh off of a silver medal in the 400 free during the first day of
competition, heads into tomorrow’s 200 free final seeded third after swimming a
Spanish long course record mark of 1:56.19 in the semi-finals. She entered the
semi-final heat seeded sixth after posting a time of 1:57.01 in prelims.
In
addition to Costa-Schmid in tomorrow night’s competition, freshman Sinead
Russell (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) will swim the 50 back and Lochte and
Dwyer will swim the 200 IM in the morning session.
Morning
heats begin at 10 a.m. (Central European Time) or 4 a.m. (ET). Semi-finals and
finals will start at 6 p.m. (CET) or 12 p.m. (ET).
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