Ryan Cochrane, Emily Overholt claim bronze on final day of swimming worlds

Canada's Ryan Cochrane and Emily Overholt swam to bronze medals Sunday on the final day of the swimming world championships in Kazan, Russia.

Cochrane's performance in the men's 1,500-metre freestyle gave the Victoria native his second bronze of the meet. His first came last Sunday in the 400m.

The Canadian mixed 4x100m freestyle relay team also placed third on Saturday as Canada finished the swim worlds with four medals — all bronze.

Canadian divers won four silver medals in Kazan, where swimming, synchronized swimming, water polo and diving world championships were all held.

On Sunday, the 26-year-old Cochrane recorded a time of 14 minutes 51.08 seconds in the grueling 1,500 race and was looking to redeem himself after failing to qualify for the 800m final on Tuesday. 

According to Swimming Canada, Cochrane is one of only two athletes to win a medal in this event at four consecutive world championships, joining Australia's Grant Hackett.

"I'm really happy to get my fourth medal in a row. It's obviously not the colour I wanted and it was a bit of an open field," said Cochrane, who won silver at the last three worlds as well as the 2012 Olympics.

"My times from all year have gotten better in my training. It didn't quite translate here but the ultimate goal is the Olympics. I've worked 10 years for that and I can take the positives. It's great to get on the podium again, it's not what I wanted, but it kind of incites some extra fire within for the Olympic year."

Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri claimed gold 11.41 seconds ahead of Cochrane, and Connor Jaeger of the United States took silver. 

Noticeably absent from the final was reigning Olympic champion, China's Sun Yang. The two-time defending champion and heavy favourite wasn't introduced Sunday night along with the rest of the seven-man field. 

FINA spokesman Pedro Adrega said Chinese team officials told him Sun felt a "chest sensation" during warmups.

Overholt adds another bronze

Shortly after the men's race, Overholt added Canada's fourth bronze. The 17-year-old from Vancouver came in third in the women's 400m individual medley with a new Canadian record time of 4:32.52, which was 2.13 seconds behind the leader. 

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary fell short of her run at the world record, but was good enough for gold ahead of America's Maya Di Rado.  

"I knew I had to be at my best," said Overholt. "Making my first world final was a huge step. I didn't have anything to lose and I'm really happy with how it went."

Earlier Sunday, Winnipeg's Chantal Van Landeghem finished fifth in a competitive women's 50m freestyle final. The 21-year-old qualified in Canadian record time on Saturday by clocking in at 24.52 seconds and went on to improve on that standard in the final with a time of 24.39.

Van Landeghem swam only 0.27 of a second behind gold medallist Bronte Campbell, of Australia. Netherland's Ranomi Kromowidjojo came in second and Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom rounded out the medal finishes. 

The women's 4×100m medley relay turned in a strong effort. Dominique Bouchard, Rachel Nicol, Katerine Savard and Sandrine Mainville combined for a time of 3:57.96 to finish sixth.