Newspapers on three different continents featured swimming on front pages Tuesday.
Let’s start in the U.S., where Eugene Godsoe‘s silver medal in the 50-meter butterfly made headlines in his hometown of Greensboro, N.C., and in Palo Alto, Calif., where he went to school at Stanford.
The gold medalist in the 50 butterfly, Cesar Cielo, beat out soccer superstar Neymar as the centerpiece in one Brazilian newspaper.
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Ruta Meilutyte, who broke the world record in the 100 breaststroke semifinals, also got centerpiece treatment in Lithuania.
In Sweden, Sarah Sjostrom was feted for winning the 100 butterfly world title.
Hungarian Katinka Hosszu took gold in the 200 individual medley.
Finally, the host nation of Spain celebrated the bronze won by Mireia Belmonte Garcia in the 200 IM.
Video: Godsoe takes surprise silver to Cielo in 50 butterfly