Xie Xufeng won his third gold medal of the Chinese-dominated FINA World Cup swim meet Wednesday, taking the men_s 200-meter individual medley.
Published:
5 January 2000 y., Wednesday
Xie was timed in 1 minute, 58.88 seconds, in becoming the only triple gold medalist of the two-day meet. Earlier, he won the 100- and 400 medleys.
American Chad Carvin won the 1,500-meter men_s freestyle in 15:07.42, finishing the meet with two golds and a silver. Bela Szabados of Hungary had the same medal count after winning the men's 200 freestyle in 1:46.63.
Chinese swimmers won 14 of 16 races Wednesday, bringing their total to 27 wins in 33
races.
Among Chinese double-gold winners, Zhan Shu won the women_s 100 backstroke Wednesday in 1:01.85 and Ruan Yi took the women_s 200 butterfly in 26.77. Ruan won the 100 butterfly Tuesday and Zhan the 200 IM. OuYang Kunpeng won the men's 50 backstroke in 24.75. He won the 100 backstroke
Tuesday.
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