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GWANGJU, South Korea, July 28-- Team China topped the medal table as Ye Shiwen added a silver medal on the final day of the 18th FINA World Championships here on Sunday. China ended the championships with 16 golds, 11 silvers and three bronzes, maintaining its dominance throughout the 17-day swimming competition. Ye won the silver in the women's 400m individual medley (IM), touching home in four minutes and 32.07 seconds. The world record holder Katinka Hosszu of Hungary finished first in 4:30.39 to grab the gold, and Japan's Yui Ohashi took the bronze in 4:32.33. China's Xu Jiayu finished sixth with a time of 24.64 in the men's 50m backstroke final, failing to take a medal. Zane Waddell of South Africa timed in 24.43 to win a gold medal, trailed by Evgeny Rylov of Russia in 24.49 and his teammate Kliment Kolesnikov in 24.51 for the silver and bronze medals. The United States was the runner-up in the medal table, with 15 golds, 11 silvers and 10 bronzes, trailed by Russia that took 12 golds, 11 silvers and seven bronzes. In the men's 4x100m medley relay, British swimmers beat the U.S. quartet, including Caeleb Dressel, to take a gold medal with a new European record of 3:28.10. The United States came second in 3:28.45 to pocket the silver, and Russia took the bronze in 3:28.81. Dressel failed to sweep seven gold medals at the back-to-back world championships. He took seven world titles in Budapest two years ago. | 
