Sport in Short: Swimming
ENGLAND SQUAD (World Cup meeting, Milan, 20-21 February): S Davies (Portsmouth Northsea), J Hender (City of Leeds), L Rogers (City of Bristol), S Foggo (City of Newcastle), M Foster (Barnet Copthall), M Carl (Redbridge Borough), Z Baker (City of Sheffield), G Robins (Portsmouth Northsea).
WORLD CUP SHORT COURSE MEETING (Malmo, winners and GB only): Men: 100m breaststroke: 1 P Suominen (Fin) 1min 00.78sec; 2 V Ivanov (Rus) 1:00.79; 3 D Volkov (Rus) 1:01.12. 100m butterfly: 1 D Loader (NZ) 53.26sec; 2 D Pankratov (Rus) 53.59; 3 B Gutzeit (Fr) 53.99. 200m freestyle: 1 A Holmertz (Swe) 1:45.38; 2 C Wallin (Swe) 1:45.92; 3 A Kudriavstev (Rus) 1:46.77. 200m individual medley: 1 J Sievinen (Fin) 1:55.59 (world record); 2 C Myden (Can) 2:00.97; 3 P Lehtinen (Fin) 2:01.45. 200m backstroke: 1 V Selkov (Rus) 1:54.60; 2 L Bianchin (It) 1:59.00; 3 R Braun (Ger) 1:59.85. 1,000m freestyle: 1 E Sadovy (Rus) 9:53.17; 2 V Andreev (Rus) 9:56.67; 3 P Albinski (Pol) 9:57.00. Women: 50m breaststroke: 1 S Riley (Aus) 32.28; 2 S Gerasch (Ger) 32.48; 3 L Karlsson (Swe) 32.51. 50m butterfly: 1 L Karlsson (Swe) 27.72; 2 Xiaohong Wang (Chi)28.02; 3 M Stromberg (Swe) 28.08. 100m freestyle: 1 S O'Neill (Aus) 55.04; 2 M Jacobsen (Den) 55.57; 3 Y Koikawa (Japan) 56.22. 100m backstroke: 1 Koikawa 1:01.49; 2 A Eichhorst (Ger) 1:02.53; 3 H Slatter (GB) 1:03.33. 1,000m freestyle: 1 O Kuznetsova (Rus) 10:48.12; 2 A Astruc (Fr) 10:48.56; 3 N Dryden (Can) 10:48.91. 1,000m freestyle: 1 O Kuznetsova (Rus) 10:48.12; 2 A Astruc (Fr) 10:48.56; 3 N Dryden (Can) 10:48.91.
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