China's Sun Yang celebrates after the men's 400m free style final of swimming at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest Heren Nike Air Max 2017 Royal Blauw Bestellen , Hungary, on July 23, 2017. Sun Yang won the gold medal with 3 minutes and 41.38 seconds. (XinhuaDing Xu) BUDAPEST, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese swimming ace Sun Yang won his third straight title in men's 400m freestyle, while Sarah Sjostrom surprisingly broke women's 100m freestyle world record in the team relay event at the 17th FINA World Championships here on Sunday.
On swimming's opening day in the Hungarian capital, Sun, ranked second in the heat Heren Nike Air Max 2017 Zwart Grijs , set himself on the leading position after 150 meters en route to his third straight champion after 2013 and 2015. It was also the first swimming gold medal at the tournament this year.
Sun clocked 3 minutes 41.38 seconds, the fastest time of the year. Australia's Mack Horton, Rio Olympics gold medalist, finished runner-up at 3:43.85. Gabriele Detti of Italy was placed third with 0.08 second behind.
Sun let off all his pressure by roaring and punching water when he saw the results. Forefinger in the air means that he is still the best swimmer around the world in the event.
"It was not about my opponent's lackluster performance. Maybe I just did better today, and training on some details recently has paid off," Sun talked about his morale-boosting victory.
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Swimming powerhouse United States kicked off a winning start as they bagged the remaining three golds on Sunday.
In women's 400m freestyle, Katie Ledecky broke the championships record for the second time in a single day, as her time of 3 minutes 58.34 seconds has bettered that of 3:59.06 in the heat.
Her teammate Leah Smith ranked second at 4:01.54. China's Li Bingjie, 15, tasted the bronze at 4:03.25 in her maiden World Championships appearance.
Li, regarding Ledecky as her idol, said that she felt both excited and nervous in the water.
"I felt excited because I have got a chance of competing with my idol. However Heren Nike Air Max 2017 Wit Goedkoop , it was just my first World Championships, unavoidably, I felt a bit nervous," she said, adding that she was not totally satisfied with the result.
Team USA also snatched two golds in men's and women's 4x100m freestyle relay, but Sjostrom grabbed more spotlight even though the Swedish team only finished fifth in the women's event.
Sjostrom, on the first baton Goedkope Heren Dames Nike Air Max 2017 Zwart , took on 51.71 seconds to break Australian Cate Campbell's previous world record of 52.06 seconds set last July.
The Chinese team, made up of Zhu Menghui, Zhang Yufei, Wu Yue and Ai Yanhan, followed Sweden to finish sixth.
Britain's Adam Peaty, first in men's 100m breaststroke semifinals, was the other athlete that set a new championships record at 57.75 seconds on Sunday. Chinese swimmer Yan Zibei also made into the final.
Ye Shiwen Heren Nike Air Max 2017 KPU Zwart Zilver Goedkoop , London Olympic Games champion, was shocked in women's 200m individual medley, as she failed to secure a final spot after finishing 15th in the semi-finals.
Yao Ming gives his opening remark before watching an live NBA game between the Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors with hudrends of children at NBA China Beijing office on Saturday. [Photo by Sun Xiaochen chinadaily]
Retired basketball star Yao Ming said "anything is possible" amid speculation that the former Houston Rockets center is putting together a bid for the Los Angeles Clippers with Chinese investors.
Yao, who owns the Shanghai Sharks basketball team in China, is assembling a group to buy the Clippers franchise, sports channel ESPN reported on its website, citing unidentified sources.
The National Basketball Association told owner Donald Sterling last week that it intends to force a sale in the wake of racist comments that got him banned from the league for life.
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The NBA's Board of Governors has scheduled a June 3 hearing on whether to force billionaire Sterling, 80, to sell the team after a recording of him telling a female friend not to bring black people to Clippers games was made public on TMZ.
Sterling has agreed to let his wife, Shelly, oversee a sale of the team he bought in 1981 for about $12 million, Bloomberg News reported on Friday nike air max 95 heren goedkoop , citing two people with direct knowledge of their decision. She is seeking more than $1 billion for the team.
A number of suitors have expressed interest in buying what has been Los Angeles's second-tier basketball team behind the Lakers. The possible buyers include music executive David Geffen, whose group of bidders includes Oracle Corp Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison and mega TV star Oprah Winfrey.
Other interested parties include Irving Azoff, former chairman of concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment Inc, and basketball hall of famer Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr.
Shanghai-born Yao retired from the NBA in July 2011 after eight seasons with the Rockets because of foot and ankle injuries. He formed a partnership with the NBA in China in 2012 to develop youth programs and increase participation in the sport in the world's most-populous country.