A recap of the '9th FINA World Swimming Championships' in Manchester, England

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From the FINA Website: "... It was also the session in which the USA and Australia intensively fought for first place on the medal table, with the advantage, for now, going to the ‘Stars and Stripes’ squad. The home team is also having a fantastic Championships, with the highest number of awards so far – 16. Ryan Lochte (USA) and Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) are the stars of the competition, amassing medals and World records. ..." And they are both wearing the Speedo "Spiderman" suit too.

But how about Kirsty Coventry from politically torn Zimbabwe? "... Coventry definitively became the brightest star of the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships, by getting on the fourth day of the competition her fourth gold medal and third World record.

Here is the gold, silver bronze and total medals awarded

USA	8	2	1	11
AUS	6	8	2	16
ZIM	4	0	1	5
GBR	3	9	7	19

MEN SWIMMING

Day 1
4x100 M FREESTYLE RELAY
USA United States 3:08.44 WR

100 M BUTTERFLY
Adam Pine USA 50.09 CR

Day 2
100 M BREASTSTROKE
Igor Borysik UKR 57.74 CR

100 M BUTTERFLY
Peter Mankoc SLO 50.04 CR

4x200 M FREESTYLE RELAY
AUS Australia 6:55.65 CR

Day 3
50 M FREESTYLE
Duje Draganja CRO 20.81 WR

200 M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Ryan Lochte USA 1:51.56 WR

50 M BACKSTROKE
Liam Tancock GBR 23.41 CR

50 M BUTTERFLY
Adam Pine AUS 22.70 CR

Day 4
100 M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Ryan Lochte USA 51.25 WR

100 M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Liam Tancock GBR 52.27 CR

WOMENS SWIMMING

Day 1
400 M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Kirsty Coventry ZIM 4:26.52 WR

4x200 M FREESTYLE RELAY WR
NED Netherlands 7:38.90

100 M BACKSTROKE
Kirsty Coventry ZIM 57.99 CR

200 M BUTTERFLY
Mary Descenza (USA) 2:04.27 CR

Day 2
50 M BREASTSTROKE
Jessica Hardy USA 29.58 WR

800 M FREESTYLE
Rebecca Adlington GBR 8:08.25 CR

100 M BACKSTROKE
Kirsty Coventry ZIM 57.10 CR

50 M BUTTERFLY
Felicity Galvez AUS 25.48 CR

Day 3
200 M BACKSTROKE
Kirsty Coventry ZIM 2:00.91 WR

50 M BUTTERFLY
Felicity Galvez AUS WR

4x100 M MEDLEY RELAY
USA United States 3:51.36 CR

100 M FREESTYLE
Marleen Veldhuis NED 52.17 =CR

400 M FREESTYLE
Kylie Palmer AUS 3:59.23 CR

400 M FREESTYLE
Kylie Palmer AUS 3:59.23 CR

100 M BREASTSTROKE
Jessica Hardy USA 1:04.63 CRDay 4
200 M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Kirsty Coventry ZIM 2:06.13 WR

4x100 M FREESTYLE RELAY
NED Netherlands 3:29.42 WR

50 M BACKSTROKE
Sanja Jovanovic CRO 26.71 CR

100 M BREASTSTROKE
Jessica Hardy USA 1:04.22 CR