China’s long-distance expert Sun Yang retained his 800m freestyle title at the world swimming championships on 5 August, 2015.
The 23-year-old clocked 7 minutes, 39.96secs, but was pushed all the way as Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri swam a new European record at 0.85 secs back as Australia’s Mack Horton took bronze at 4.06.
This was Sun’s second gold in Kazan having also retained the 400m freestyle title he won in Barcelona two years ago, but had to settle for silver to Britain’s James Guy in the 200m freestyle final on 4 August, 2015
About 16th FINA World Championships 2015
The 16th FINA World Championships, also Aquatics 2015, are held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia is hosting this event for the first time
- Host city: Kazan, Russia
- Dates: 24 july to 9 August 2015
- Venues: Kazan Arena
- Nations participating: 190
- Athletes Participating: 2400
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