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MONTE CARLO, Monaco, June 9. THE third and final stop of the MareNostrum series got underway today with a full slate of finals inMonaco. South Africa's Chad Le Clos and France's Yannick Agnel eachwon two events, while France's Camille Muffat set yet another meetrecord in winning the women's 200 free. After setting a new textile-best of 1:54.66 in the 200 free justdays ago, Muffat swam a 1:55.21 today to easily defeat second placefinisher and teammate Charlotte Bonnet, who touched in 1:58.28.Canada's Barbara Jardin took third in 1:58.58. Muffat's teammate, Yannick Agnel, recorded two victories on the dayin the men's 100 free and 400 free. In the 100, Agnel touched in49.14 to beat Canada's Brent Hayden (49.37) and Russia's AndreyGrechin (49.51). Agnel has the third best time in the world thisyear at 48.02, from the French Olympic Trials in March. In the 400,he posted a 3:46.14, the fifth fastest time in the world in 2012.Fellow countryman Clement Lefert swam a 3:50.31 for second,followed by Australia's Jarrod Killey in 3:53.72. Australia broke up the French parade when Benjamin Treffers won themen's 100 back in 54.65, ahead of Great Britain's Liam Tancock(55.03) and South Africa's Charl Crous (55.67). In the women's 200back, Great Britain's Lizzie Simmonds topped the field with a2:09.10, just over a second off her season best of 2:07.92.Canadian Sinead Russell was second in 2:13.09 while China Zhu Jianipicked up third in 2:14.29. Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte gave her country its first win of theMare Nostrum series with a solid time of 1:07.96 in the women's 100breast. That time sits just outside her best swim this year of1:07.30, which ranks tenth in the world. Italy's Michela Guzzeti(1:08.73) and Iceland's Hrafnhidur Luthersdottir (1:09.68)completed the podium. China's Xue Ruipeng won the only men's breaststroke event on theschedule today with a 2:16.45 in the 200. Flavio Bizzari of Italy(2:16.84) and Thomas Rabeisen of France (2:16.92) finished secondand third in a tight race. Canadian Katerine Savard, already a medalist in multiple eventsduring the Mare Nostrum series, won the women's 100 fly by a tenthover Great Britain's Francesca Halsall, 58.89 to 58.99. Finland'sEmilia Pikkarainen wound up third in 59.16. South Africa's Chad Le Clos swam another impressive race in themen's 200 fly, posting a 1:55.77 for the win. Le Clos owns thefifth best time in the world this year at 1:55.30, which he swam inApril. Venezuela's Alexis Marquez Rivas finished way behind in2:01.45, while India's Aaron Agnel D'Souza touched third in2:02.30. Later in the meet, Le Clos picked up a second win in themen's 200 IM with a 2:01.02. Justin James of Australia finishedsecond in 2:02.63 and Tobias Oriwol of Canada was third (2:03.63). China's Chen Xinyi won a close race in the women's 400 IM, touchingin 4:43.02. Chen's top time this year is slightly faster at4:41.01. South African Kathryn Meaklim (4:44.15) and China's BiYirong (4:45.94) rounded out the podium in the event. Results: Mare Nostrum, Monaco. I am an expert from customnailstickers.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Rhinestone Nail Stickers , French Nail Stickers Manufacturer, Lace Nail Stickers,and more.
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