Women set four world records in first two days of world swimming championships
Swimming: The women are getting it done at the world swimming championships at Kazan, Russia.
Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden lowered her own world record in the 100-meter butterfly to win gold Monday night, and then Katinka Hosszu of Hungary erased a world mark from the high-tech suit era to claim the 200 individual medley.
Earlier Monday, American teenager Katie Ledecky bettered her own world record in the 1,500 freestyle preliminaries.
Four world records set in the first two days of pool swimming — and all by women.
Sjostrom first broke the mark set by American Dana Vollmer at the 2012 London Olympics in the semifinals on Sunday. In the final, the Swede led at the turn and won by a body length, touching in 55.64 seconds.
Hosszu defended her 2013 title in the 200 IM, winning in 2 minutes, 6.12 seconds.
Former TV analyst James sues Fox
College football: Former college football television analyst Craig James on Monday filed a religious discrimination lawsuit in Dallas County against Fox Sports that contends he was fired because he had expressed opposition to gay marriage during a failed run for the U.S. Senate.
James was a longtime color commentator for ESPN who quit to run for the Senate in 2012. During the campaign, James said he opposed gay marriage and that gay people would one day “have to answer to the Lord for their actions.”
Brazilian universities to help with cleanup
Olympics: Rio de Janeiro Governor Luiz Fernando Pezao signed a deal with several Brazilian universities and research institutes to develop a plan for cleaning up the polluted waters of the city’s sewage-strewn Guanabara Bay, where Olympic sailing events will be held.
As part of Brazil’s Olympic project, authorities pledged more than six years ago to drastically cut the amount of raw human sewage in the bay before the 2016 games. But only one of the eight promised treatment plants aimed at filtering much of the waste out of the rivers that have become open-air sewage ditches has been built, and the bay’s once-crystalline waters remain fetid.
Reijnen wins rainy first stage in Utah
Miscellany: Kiel Reijnen won a sprint from a small group of riders to win the opening stage of the Tour of Utah, while Taylor Phinney finished third in his first cycling race in more than a year.
Phinney attacked near the conclusion of the rain-soaked 132-mile stage, but the BMC Racing star couldn’t hold off Reijnen, who then edged Alex Howes in a sprint.
• Hoffman awarded $2 million: Ottawa Senators forward Mike Hoffman has been awarded a $2 million, one-year contract by an arbitrator.
Hoffman asked for $3.4 million and the Senators sought $1.75 million. The 25-year-old player finished sixth in Calder Trophy voting for NHL rookie of the year with 27 goals.