Chinese Long Course Nationals: Zhao Jing Cracks Top 10 in 50 Back

RIZHAO, China, September 24. WITH Sun Yang not having an individual swim at the Chinese Long Course Nationals, the major fireworks were reserved for a top 10 rankings by Zhao Jing in the women's 50 back.

Zhao claimed the women's 50 back title in 27.97, topping Gao Chang (27.98) for the top swim of her country this year. That time pushed Zhao to seventh in the world rankings. Fu Yuanhui placed second in 28.26, while Cheng Haihua finished third in 28.33. That gives China six of the top 20 swimmers in the rankings this year.

Lu Ying captured the women's 100 fly crown in 57.99. That swim was well off her third-ranked swim of 57.06 from Worlds this summer. Sun Mengyue finished second in 58.94, while Zhou Yilin picked up third in 59.04.

With top-ranked Ye Shiwen electing to scratch the meet, the door was wide open for Zhu Xiaoya to snare the women's 200 IM title in 2:13.08. Ye posted the top time this year with a 2:08.90, while Zhu missed her 17th-ranked best time of 2:12.24 from April. Li Xuanxu finished second in 2:13.22, while He Yuzhe touched third in 2:14.47.

Wang Shun, who set the Asian record in the men's 400 IM earlier in the meet, topped the men's 100 free in 49.78. Shi Pengfei placed second in 49.85, while Zhang Enjian took third in 50.06. Wang Junyao followed with a 25.62 to win the women's 50 free. Jiao Liuyang took second in 25.71, while Yao Jianan picked up third in 25.76. Qu Jingyu won the men's 50 breast in 28.25, while Li Tianhao (28.33) and Ma Xiang (28.37) rounded out the podium.

Shanghai won the women's 400 free relay in 3:43.10, while Guanzhou (3:43.63) and Shandong (3:43.80) placed second and third.

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