Youth Olympic Games: China Wins Two Golds, USA’s Kaitlyn Jones Claims Other on Day One

SINGAPORE, August 15. THE first night of long course meter action is in the books at the Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore, and three gold medals were on offer.

Finals
Men's 400 free
China's Dai Jun opened the first night of competition with a winning time of 3:50.91, while South Africa's Chad Le Clos placed second in 3:51.37. Venezuela's Cristian Quintero rounded out the podium with a 3:53.44.

Canada's Chad Bobrosky (3:54.43), Canada's Jeremy Bagshaw (3:55.81), Hungary's Balazs Zambo (3:56.56), New Zealand's Matt Stanley (3:56.75) and Hungary's Peter Bernek (3:56.77) also swam in the championship final.

Women's 200 IM
USA's Kaitlyn Jones used a superior final 50 meters to overtake Russia's Kristina Kochetkova, 2:14.53 to 2:15.13, for the gold medal in the medley event. Czech Republic's Barbora Zavadova claimed the bronze medal with a time of 2:15.36.

Russia's Ekaterina Andreeva (2:17.37), New Zealand's Chloe Francis (2:17.62), USA's Jordan Mattern (2:19.70), Italy's Stefania Pirozzi (2:19.91) and Turkey's Gizem Bozkurt (2:20.00) represented the rest of the championship field.

Mixed 400 freestyle relay
China's Sun Bowei, Tang Yi, Liu Lan and He Jianbin won the mixed relay race with a time of 3:31.34, while Australia's Kenneth To, Emma McKeon, Madison Wilson and Justin James took second in 3:31.69. France's Mehdy Metella, Anna Santamans, Mathilde Cini and Jordan Coelho placed third in 3:35.90.

Canada (3:36.05), Germany (3:36.06), USA (3:39.08), Hong Kong (3:40.08) and Russia (3:42.63) finished fourth through eighth.

Semifinals
Women's 50 breast
Canada's Rachel Nicol paced qualifying with a winning time of 32.13 out of semifinal two. Italy's Martina Carraro took the second seed with a 32.23.

Portugal's Ana de Pinho Rodrigues (32.30), Brazil's Alessandra Marchioro (32.70), Germany's Lina Rathsack (32.73), Slovenia's Tjasa Vozel (32.87), Greece's Maria Georgia Michalaka (32.96) and Lithuania's Urte Kazakeviciute (33.05) earned the other spots in the finale.

Men's 100 back
Israel's Yakov Toumarkin led the way with a 55.40 for the top seed, while China's He Jianbin placed second in 56.10. Norway's Lavrans Solli rounded out the top three in 56.39.

South Africa's Murray McDougall (56.67), Hungary's Peter Bernek (56.97), Croatia's Ivan Biondic (57.33), Ukraine's Andrii Kovbasa (57.35) and Kuwait's Abdullah Altuwaini (57.41) comprised the rest of the championship field.

Women's 100 back
Ukraine's Daryna Zevina (1:02.57), China's Bai Anqi (1:02.59) and Russia's Alexandra Papusha (1:02.62) all cleared 1:03 for the middle lanes in the finale.

Sweden's Lovisa Eriksson (1:03.48), Poland's Klaudia Nazieblo (1:03.57), Sweden's Ida Lindborg (1:03.99), France's Marie Jugnet (1:04.02) and Uzbekistan's Yulduz Kuchkarova (1:04.03) picked up the rest of the lanes in the final.

Men's 100 breast
Australia's Nicholas Schafer put up a strong time of 1:01.51 for the top seed in the final. Italy's Flavio Bizzarri finished second in 1:02.39, while Russia's Anton Lobanov took third in 1:02.60.

Croatia's Ivan Capan (1:03.14), Greece's Panagiotis Samilidis (1:03.26), France's Thomas Rabeisen (1:03.61), Israel's Imri Ganiel (1:04.27) and China's Wang Ximing (1:04.30) earned the other transfer spots into the finale.

Name*

Email*

Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use