China’s long-distance star Sun Yang won the men’s 1500m freestyle gold at swimming’s world championships on Sunday with Canada’s Ryan Cochrane second and Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri third.
After victories in the 400m and 800m, Sun, 21, completed the hat-trick of world titles in Barcelona in 14min 41.15sec, with Cochrane at 1.33 back and Paltrinieri 4.22 adrift.
Sun Yang wins men's 1500m freestyle world gold
