France's Agnel takes gold in 200 metres freestyle

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Yannick Agnel of France won gold in the men's 200 metres freestyle at the world championships in Barcelona on Tuesday.

France's Yannick Agnel celebrates after winning the men's 200m freestyle final during the World Swimming Championships at the Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona

The Olympic champion touched in a time of one minute 44.20 seconds, with Conor Dwyer of the United States taking silver in 1:45.32 and Russia's Danila Izotov bronze in 1:45:59.

Izotov edged American defending champion Ryan Lochte into fourth place, where he also finished in last year's London Olympics.

(Reporting by Iain Rogers, editing by Ed Osmond)