Swimming: Lochte supreme in Shanghai
Ryan Lochte claimed his fifth gold medal of the meet as the World Championships came to an end in Shanghai.
The 26-year-old has been the dominant name at the Oriental Sports Centre, twice beating Michael Phelps into second place.On Sunday night, his victory in the 400 metres individual medley epitomised his domination as he touched more than four seconds ahead of his nearest rival, USA team-mate Tyler Clary, in four minutes 07.13 seconds with Japan's Yuya Horihata in third.
Lochte, who was named top male swimmer of the meet, said: "I'm glad this meet is over.
"It's been a long, long eight days. That 400m IM being on the last day was definitely really hard. I had to do everything I could just to get my hand on the wall first.
"For the most part, I'm not really happy (with my performance). Getting five gold medals is definitely great, but the times that I went, I know I could go a lot faster.
"There are a lot of places in my races that I messed up on that I could have changed and gone faster, but I guess I have a whole year to make sure I have those perfect swims."
Lochte was part of a United States team that dominated at the Oriental Sports Centre, winning 16 of the 40 available titles and 31 medals in total.
China's Sun Yang brought to an end Grant Hackett's 10-year reign as 1,500m freestyle world record holder.
The 19-year-old dominated from the off in a race against the clock to finish in 14mins 34.14secs, 0.42secs inside Hackett's record.
Sun enjoyed a superb meet, also taking gold in the 800m freestyle, silver in the 400m and bronze as part of China's 4x200m freestyle relay.
He said: "I'm very happy to have won the gold and broken the world record.
"I didn't think I could break the record; I just wanted to keep my pace.
"This is a result of all the hard training and preparation I went through in Australia with Denis Cotterell [Hackett's coach]."
The United States men's 4x100m medley relay squad edged out Australia by 0.20secs in 3:32.06 while Great Britain's Liam Tancock retained his 50m backstroke crown (24.50secs).
There was more success for the USA as Jessica Hardy (30.19secs) and Rebecca Soni picked up gold and bronze in the 50m breaststroke, sandwiching Russia's Yuliya Efimova while Therese Alshammar won the 50m freestyle in 24.14secs.
In the final individual event of the competition, Elizabeth Beisel brought the USA another title with a blistering 4:31.78 in the 400m individual medley.
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