Swimming: France's Yannick Agnel wins men's 200m freestyle world gold

BARCELONA (AFP) - Olympic champion Yannick Agnel won the men's 200m freestyle world title on Tuesday at the swimming world championships with Conor Dwyer of the USA second and Russia's Danila Izotov third.

France's Agnel clocked 1min 44.20secs, more than a second ahead of Dwyer at 1.12 back with Izotov 1.39sec adrift.

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