Australia added two medals to its tally on the final night of the 2019 FINA world championships in Gwangju, finishing the meet ranked second in the swimming pool behind the United States, and fourth overall.
A silver in the women’s 4×100-metre medley relay and Cate Campbell’s bronze in the women’s 50m freestyle left Australia with five gold, nine silver and five bronze medals, for a total of 19 swimming medals.
The US team finished atop the medals table with 27, including 14 golds, while Hungary placed third with four gold medals.
Overall, China won the championships with 16 gold medals, with the US second on 15 and Russia third with 12 gold.
Australia placed fourth with seven gold medals thanks to additional success in diving and high diving.
The titles in South Korea have been marked by drug scandals and controversy, but also many world records.
In swimming, it was Australia’s relay teams that dominated, marking the first time the men and women secured the 4×200-metre freestyle title at the same meet.
Golomeev wins silver medal for Greece
Kristian Golomeev earned Greece’s second ever World Championship medal in swimming, as he finished second at the 50 meters freestyle final at FINA’s event in South Korea.
The Greek champion was joint second with Brazil’s Bruno Fratus, clocking 21.45 seconds, behind American Caeleb Dressel who won gold with a championship record time of 21.04 secs.
“It was a great race; I was ready and wanted it so much, I was focused and I am very happy with my time, as it was just a hundredth of a second shy of my national record,” said Golomeev.
“This is giving me the energy I need to continue for next year too, that is an Olympic year,” added the Greek-Bulgarian swimmer, suggesting he has set his sights on Tokyo 2020.
