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Chinese dominate in Los Angeles
China's Yang Jiao and Yin Chen dominated the men's and women's 200 meters butterfly Friday at the Los Angeles Grand Prix swim meet.
Yang had a time of two minutes, 8.40 seconds to win the women's event, while Yin topped the men in 1:56.92.
Austrian Olympian Markus Rogan won the men's 200 backstroke in 1:59.46, while Kantinka Hosszu of Hungary won the women's 400 individual medley in 4:34.38 and Olympian Ryan Cochrane of Canada won the men's 400 freestyle in 3:50.78.
American Olympian Nathan Adrian won the men's 100 in 48.71, ahead of Israel's Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or in 50.10 and Lars Persson of Sweden in 50.28.
American Olympian Kate Ziegler won the 800 free in 8:25.89 for her second meet record. She lowered the meet record she set in Thursday's preliminaries.
Kara Lynn Joyce beat 11-time US Olympic medalist Natalie Coughlin by .15 seconds to win the 100 free in 54.69.
American Madison White upset Olympian Katie Hoff in the 200 backstroke, touching in 2:12.15 to Hoff's 2:12.79.
Results from the Los Angeles Grand Prix meet at the University of Southern California on Friday (USA unless noted):
Men
100m freestyle
1. Nathan Adrian 48.71,
2. Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or (ISR) 50.10,
3.
Lars Persson 50.28
200m butterfly
1. Chen Yin (CHN) 1:56.92,
2. Tyler Clary 1:57.85,
3. Bobby
Bollier 1:58.28
400m freestyle
1. Ryan Cochrane (CAN) 3:50.78,
2. Michael Klueh 3:52.05
3.
Charlie Houchin 3:52.53
Women
800m freestyle
1. Kate Ziegler 8:25.89,
2. Chloe Sutton 8:30.50,
3. Chelsea
Chenault 38.03
100m freestyle
1. Kara Lyn Joyce 54.69,
2. Natalie Coughlin 54.84,
3. Jessica
Hardy 54.93
200m butterfly
1. Yang Jiao (CHN) 2:08.40,
2. Lyndsay De Paul 2:08.44
200m backstroke
1. Madison White 2:12.15
2. Katie Hoff 2:12.79,
3. Bonnie
Brandon 2:13.96
400 IM
1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 4:34.68,
2. Ariana Kukors 4:39.55,
3.
Caitlin Leverenz 4:40.73
