Good Luck Beijing China Open: Day Two Morning Finals

BEIJING, China, January 31. THE first medals at the Good Luck Beijing China Open test event at the National Aquatics Center (Water Cube) in Beijing were given out during the second day of long course competition. The meet, which is following the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games schedule with morning finals, will allow Chinese officials to work out some kinks before August.

Swimming World will also compare side-to-side how morning finals impact the top eight. The first time listed will always be finals.

Men's 100 fly
China scored the first gold and silver medal on offer at the test event with a 1-2 finish in the men's 100 fly. Shi Feng touched the wall in 53.43, while Wang Dong took second in 53.69. Portugal's Simao Morgado rounded out the podium in 54.29.

Morgado jumped out to the early lead with a 25.37 time at the turn, while Shi stood second in 25.43. Wang stood well behind with a 25.73 before making up some serious time with a backhalf 27.96.

Morning Finals Impact:
1. Shi Feng: 53.43; 53.38; Slower
2. Wang Dong: 53.69; 53.64; Slower
3. Simao Morgado: 54.29; 53.99; Slower
4. Pablo Marmolejo Vargas: 54.42; 54.10; Slower
5. Helge Meeuw: 54.61; 54.15; Slower
6. Rustam Khudiyev: 54.69; 54.84; Faster
7. Shota Takamoto: 55.02; 54.43; Slower
8. Young Nam Kim: 55.99; 55.22; Slower

Women's 200 fly
Japan's Natsumi Hoshi won the event in 2:08.55, while Poland's Otylia Jedrzejczak took second in 2:10.18. Korea's Hye Ra Choi rounded out the top three in 2:10.47.

A full recap of the event will be posted as soon as complete results are made available.

Morning Finals Impact:
1. Natsumi Hoshi; 2:08.55; 2:07.35; Slower
2. Otylia Jedrzejczak; 2:10.18; 2:12.15; Faster
3. Hye Ra Choi; 2:10.47; 2:12.46; Faster

Men's 200 free
Germany's Paul Biedermann touched out Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski in the men's 200 free, 1:48.51 to 1:48.76, for the title. China's Zhang Lin, meanwhile, placed third in 1:48.92.

Biedermann utilized a last 50 surge to overtake both Korzeniowski and Zhang for the title. Biedermann trailed the pair, who touched at 1:21.66 and .63, respectively, while Biedermann turned at 1:22.09. The German, however, closed the distance with a final split of 26.42.

Morning Finals Impact:
1. Paul Biedermann: 1:48.51; 1:50.05; Faster
2. Pawel Korzeniowski: 1:48.76; 1:51.96; Faster
3. Zhang Lin: 1:48.92; 1:48.55; Slower
4. Dragos Coman: 1:50.73; 1:51.06; Slower
5. Xin Tong: 1:50.84; 1:50.37; Slower
6. Diogo Carvalho: 1:52.31; 1:51.89; Slower
7. Christoffer Vikstrom: 1:52.47; 1:51.24; Slower
8. Huang Shaohua: 1:52.62; 1:50.88; Slower

Women's 100 free
World-record holder Britta Steffen of Germany raced to victory in her pet event with a top time of 54.73. China's Zhu Yingwen picked up silver with a time of 55.51, while Slovakia's Martina Moravcova finished third in 55.62.

Steffen actually trailed Zhu at the turn, 26.82 to 26.90, but brought it home in 27.83 compared to Zhu's 28.69.

Morning Finals Impact:
1. Britta Steffen; 54.73; 56.00; Faster
2. Zhu Yingwen; 55.51; 56.53; Faster
3. Martina Moravcova; 55.62; 55.96; Faster
4. Daniela Goetz; 55.77; 55.83; Faster
5. Zhu Qianwei; 56.57; 56.39; Slower
6. Daniela Schreiber; 57.19; 56.54; Slower
7. Keo Ra Lee; 57.26; 56.77; Slower
8. Jae Young Lee; 57.39; 57.33; Slower

Men's 400 medley relay
The German contingent of Helge Meeuw (54.81), Andreas Loesel (1:04.75), Steffen Deibler (54.17) and Paul Biedermann (50.67) claimed the gold medal in 3:44.40, while Korea's team of Min Sung (55.81). Su Jong Sin (1:03.61), Beom Ho Park (54.85) and Nam Gyun Lim (51.25) took silver in 3:45.52. The Kazakhstan squad of Stanislav Ossinskiy (58.28), Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (1:03.37), Rustam Khudiyev (54.58) and Stanislav Kuzmin (50.51) placed third in 3:46.74 for bronze.

Women's 800 freestyle relay
The Chinese quartet of Xu Yanwei (2:00.76), Zhu Wenrui (2:03.00), Zhu Qianwei (2:01.48) and Yu Rui (2:04.26) dominated the event with a winning time of 8:09.50. Germany's team of Annika Lurz (2:00.30), Meike Freitag (2:05.84), Daniela Schreiber (2:06.11) and Annika Mehlhorn (2:05.05) took silver in 8:17.75, while Korea's Yoo Jin Jung (2:09.07), Hye Ra Choi (2:05.40), Keo Ra Lee (2:08.45) and Ji Eun Lee (2:08.45) finished third in 8:31.37. Not only do Korea's last two legs share a name, they also matched times.

Click here to view event results PDF file. (Women's 200 Fly Finals are still unavailable).

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