Chinese National Games: Asian, Chinese Records Fall

JINAN, China, October 17. DURING the first day of long course meter competition at the Chinese National Games, an Asian and Chinese record fell by the wayside.

Li Xuanxu, 15, clocked a time of 4:30.43 in the women's 400 IM to break the Asian record of 4:34.79 set by Chen Yan back in 1997. Li's time also came within a second of Stephanie Rice's world record of 4:29.45 set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The 4:30.43 also moved Li to fourth all time behind Rice, Kirsty Coventry (4:29.89) and Katinka Hosszu (4:30.31).

Meanwhile, Huang Chaosheng broke the men's 400 IM Chinese record with a time of 4:12.53, just missing the Asian record of 4:12.41 set by Ken Takakuwa earlier this year. Liu Weijia held the previous Chinese mark with a time of 4:15.16 set in April 2009. Liu, notably, finished just behind Huang with a time of 4:12.67.

Zhang Lin also wound up winning the men's 400 free in 3:44.29.

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