BARCELONA, Spain, July 30 (Xinhua) -- France's Yannick Agnel claimed his second gold medal of the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona with a clear victory in the men's 200 meter freestyle.

His win saw the Frenchman complete an Olympic-World Championship double in the event and his win was just as convincing as his triumph ahead of Korean Park Tae Hwan in London.

Agnel finished in 1:44.20, over a second ahead of Conor Dwyer, who produced a slight surprise in finishing second.

Agnel, who had one gold medal from the men's 4x100 meter freestyle, led from start to finish of the race and finished ahead of Dwyer in second and Danla Izotov, who had been fastest in qualifying and the holder of the fastest time of the year, in third place.

That meant another disappointment for Ryan Lochte as the man, who has continually been feted as the successor to Michael Phelps, finished in fourth place outside of the medals, just as he had done in the 2012 Olympic Games 12 months ago.