James Guy of Britain displays his gold medal after winning the men's 200m freestyle final at the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan, Russia August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Britain’s James Guy held off a host of Olympic champions to win his first world title, the men’s 200m freestyle, at the world championships on Tuesday.
After claiming silver in the 400m freestyle behind China’s Sun Yang, Guy came from third at the final turn to touch the wall in one minute 45.14 seconds. He beat Sun and Paul Biedermann of Germany into silver and bronze respectively. Ryan Lochte, of United States, was fourth.
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