Australia's Short cruises to 400m freestyle gold at worlds

FUKUOKA, Japan, July 23 (Reuters) - Australia's Sam Short powered to victory in the men's 400 metres freestyle race on the opening day of the swimming events at the World Aquatics Championships on Sunday to dethrone compatriot Elijah Winnington. Short, 19, crossed the line in three minutes, 40.68 seconds to edge out Olympic champion Ahmed Hafnaoui of Tunisia by 0.02 seconds while Germany's Lukas Martens was 1.52 seconds behind the winner to take the bronze medal. Winnington, who bagged the title in Budapest last year, was seventh out of eight...