Japanese swimmers Ryosuke Irie took victory in men's 200m backstroke (1:55.55) and former world record holder Ippei Watanabe took the gold in men's 200m breaststroke (2:08.40).

Hungarian Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu seemed rusty as she was denied by her teammate Liliana Szilagyi in the 200m butterfly (2:08.56) to (2:08.37) with the latter losing in her favored 200m individual medley (2:09.93) to Sydney Pickrem of Canada (2:09.26).

Kira Toussaint of the Netherlands topped the women's 100m backstroke (59.64) and Matthew Temple of Australia snatched a gold in men's 100m butterfly (51.71). Michael Andrew of the United States walked home with a gold in men's 50m backstroke in 24.92.

About 70 top swimmers from 26 countries and regions competed in the FINA Champions Swim Series.

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