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GWANGJU, South Korea, July 22-- Ye Shiwen and Yan Zibei added the silver and bronze medals for team China at the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships here on Monday. Ye, the double Olympic champion, finished in two minutes and 8.60 seconds for the silver medal in the women's 200m individual medley (IM). Ye won both 200m and 400m IM events in the 2017 Olympic Games. Katinka Hosszu of Hungary claimed her fourth consecutive world title in the 200m IM event by 1.07 seconds. The Chinese swimmer displayed a blistering spurt in the final lap, beating the bronze medalist Sydney Pickrem of Canada by just 0.1 second. "Thanks to the solid training, I am in a peaceful mood today, and the result met my expectations," said the 23-year-old Ye. In the men's 100m breaststroke, Yan Zibei won a bronze medal with a new Asian record. Yan clocked 58.63 seconds in the final, breaking the Asian record of 58.67 set by himself in the semifinals on Sunday. "[Breaking Asian records twice in Gwangju] shows I swim more and more stably now. That is a very good thing for me. I want to go ahead steadily and solidly," said the bronze medalist. Yan's pace was not fast enough to overcome Adam Peaty of Britain who finished first in 57.14 seconds. Peaty set a new world record in the semifinals with a time of 56.88 seconds. James Wilby of Britain came away with silver at 58.46 seconds, and Yasuhiro Koseki of Japan finished fourth in 58.93 seconds. | 
