Ryhan Lochte competes in the 100m medley final. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
ISTANBUL — Ryan Lochte won two more races at the short-course world championships on Sunday, finishing the event with six golds and one silver. The result matched his medal total from the last championships, in Dubai in 2010.
Lochte won the 100-meter individual medley, a day after he broke the world record in the event. The five-time Olympic champion finished in 51.21 seconds, ahead of Kenneth To of Australia and George Bovell III of Trinidad and Tobago.
To started well and led at the halfway mark. He held off Lochte over
the breaststroke leg, but the American accelerated in the freestyle to move ahead.
Lochte then joined the U.S. team of Matthew Grevers, Kevin Cordes and Thomas Shields to win the 4×100-meter medley relay in 3:21.03, with Russia second and Australia third. Lochte’s time of 45.22 seconds was the fastest on the team.
He also won silver in the 200 backstroke.
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“All the races I have done last
week are starting to catch up,” he said. “But it is the last day of the tournament and there is always something left in the tank.”
Radoslaw Kawecki of Poland beat Lochte and said he deployed the same tactics as his rival.
“We both wanted to wait until the final 50-75 meters and start pushing really hard. I am happy I came out on top and proved that I was better prepared than Lochte,” Kawecki said, adding it felt “great to be better than a world-record holder.”
Lochte broke the world record in the 100 IM with a time of 50.71 in the semifinals at Sinan Erdem Arena on Saturday, eclipsing the mark set by Peter Mankoc of Slovenia in December 2009. On Friday, the American broke the world record in the 200 IM.
Watch Ryan Lochte’s world record-setting performance in the 100 IM on day four of the FINA short-course world championships:
Gallery:
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- Kenneth To of Australia, left, congratulates winner Ryan Lochte of U.S. after men’s 100 meters individual medley final. (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)
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- Ryan Lochte’s shoes worn during the victory ceremony of the men’s 200m backstroke. (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)
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- Ilaria Bianchi of Italy celebrates her victory in the women’s 100m butterfly final. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Laura Sogar competes in the women’s 200m breaststroke final. (Clive Rose/Getty Images)
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- Russia’s Vladimir Morozov competes in the men’s 100m freestyle final. (Mira/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Ryan Lochte of US poses on the podium after winning the men’s 4x100m medley relay final. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Kazuya Kaneda of Japan swimming to victory in the men’s 200m butterfly final. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Aleksander Rognerud Hetland of Norway reacts after winning the men’s 50m breaststroke final. (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)
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- (L-R) Kevin Cordes, Thomas Shields, Matthew Grevers, Ryan Lochte pose on the podium after winning the men’s 4x100m medley relay. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Gold medalist Kazuya Kaneda of Japan, center, silver medalist Laszlo Cseh of Hungary and bronze medalist Nikolay Skvortsov of Russia pose during men’s 200m butterfly victory ceremony. (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)
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- Mads Glaesner of Denmark celebrates winning the men’s 1500m freestyle final. (Murad Sezer/Reuters)
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- Allison Schmitt poses with her gold medal after winning the women’s 200m freestyle. (Clive Rose/Getty Images)
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- Aleksander Rognerud Hetland of Norway competes in the men’s 50m breaststroke final. (Mira/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Ryhan Lochte competes in the 100m medley final. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Gold medalist Aliaksandra Herasimenia (C) of Belarus, silver medalist Francesca Halsall (R) of Britain and bronze medalist Jeanette Ottesen Gray (L) of Denmark joke on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women’s 50m freestyle final. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
Related links:
1. Ryan Lochte sets 200 IM world record at FINA short-course worlds
2. Matt McLean earns relay gold, team USA adds to medal tally at FINA short-course worlds
3. Ryan Lochte wins two golds at on opening day of FINA short-course world champs
4. Ryan Lochte sets world record in 100 IM at short-course worlds
Tags: 2012 FINA Short-course World Championships, Kevin Cordes, Matthew Grevers, Poland, Radoslaw Kawecki, Ryan Lochte, Team USA, Thomas Shields, United States
