North Shore native Dwyer takes bronze in 200-meter freestyle

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North Shore native Conor Dwyer finished third in the 200-meter freestyle Monday, 0.58 seconds behind gold-medalist Sun Yang of China (1:44.65).

In the women’s 100-meter backstroke, Olivia Smoliga of Glenview finished sixth. American Kathleen Baker took silver, .30 seconds behind gold-medalist Katinka Hosszu of Hungary (58.45).

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