Japan's Inui retains women's solo free crown at swimming worlds

FUKUOKA, Japan, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Inui Yukiko retained the women's solo free title at the World Aquatics Championships here on Wednesday.

The 32-year-old, also the winner of the solo technical event, has repeated her feat of winning both events at the Budapest worlds last year.

Inui scored 254.6062 points to secure the gold, followed by Austria's Vasiliki Alexandri in 229.3251 and Britain's Kate