Swimming-Richards off to winning start at worlds with British one-two in 200m 自由型
FUKUOKA, Japan, July 25 (Reuters) - Matthew Richards of Britain finished 堅固に to 逮捕（する） the gold メダル ahead of compatriot Tom Dean in the men's 200 metres 自由型 at the World Aquatics 選手権s on Tuesday with a solid time of one minute, 44.30 seconds.
Olympic 支持する／優勝者 Dean finished 0.02 seconds behind to take silver and Hwang Sun-支持を得ようと努める of South Korea snatched bronze from a stacked field, while 2022 world 支持する／優勝者 David Popovici of Romania 行方不明になるd out on a podium 位置／汚点／見つけ出す.
Seven-times Olympic 支持する／優勝者 Katie Ledecky will be the 会社／堅い favourite for the women's 1,500m 自由型, with the American going over 13 seconds faster than Italy's Simona Quadarella - the next best in the heats.
Ledecky, who is gunning for a fifth world 肩書を与える over the distance, was dethroned by the 記録，記録的な／記録する-breaking Ariarne Titmus in the 400m 自由型 event on Sunday.
Kaylee McKeown, Australia's ３倍になる Olympic gold medallist, 耐えるd a nightmare after 存在 disqualified from the women's 200m medley and the 22-year-old will 目的（とする） to （不足などを）補う for her 失望 in the 100m 背泳 final later.
But victory will not come 平易な with defending world 支持する／優勝者 Regan Smith of the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs going faster in the 予選 races and Katharine Berkoff breathing 負かす／撃墜する the Australian's neck to 始める，決める up an intriguing final.
McKeown will need to channel the form that 安全な・保証するd her the world 記録，記録的な／記録する of 57.45 seconds at the Australian Olympic 裁判，公判s in 2021 to swell her country's gold メダル 一致する.
Italy's Thomas Ceccon will 目的（とする） to 追加する another gold to his collection after 調印（する）ing the men's 50m バタフライ 肩書を与える on Monday when he takes to the 海洋 Messe Fukuoka Hall pool to defend his 100m 背泳 栄冠を与える.
The moustached 22-year-old 誇るs the world 記録，記録的な／記録する of 51.60 seconds 始める，決める in Budapest a year ago.
World 記録，記録的な／記録する 支えるもの／所有者 Lilly King 直面するs a 堅い challenge in the women's 100m 平泳ぎ final that 結論するs the third day's 活動／戦闘, with the American second 全体にわたる after the 半分-決勝戦 which fellow 26-year-old Ruta Meilutyte 支配するd.
Lithuania's Meilutyte, who won gold at the London Games 11 years ago, is 的ing a first world 肩書を与える in the event since her 2013 success in Barcelona and went even faster during the heats breaking the 1:05 示す for the first time in a １０年間.
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru Editing by Toby Davis)
