Japan International Swim Meet: Day Four Features Quick Swims; Cate Campbell Makes Statement in Women’s 50 Free

CHIBA, Japan, August 24. THE fourth-and-final day of lights-out swimming came to a close at the Japan International Swim Meet in Chiba, Japan.

The two-per country A final rule was in effect at this meet. So, SwimmingWorldMagazine.com has decided to give full coverage to both the A and B final results. Those swimmers not making the cut for A finals are still posting some big times in the B heats.

Women's 50 freestyle
Australia's Cate Campbell, 15, won a head-to-head showdown with compatriot Libby Lenton in the women's splash-and-dash. Campbell moved into fourth all time with a statement swim of 24.48. That improved upon her previous personal-best time of 24.89 set at the 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in January. Only Inge De Bruijn (24.13), Therese Alshammar (24.23) and Marleen Veldhuis (24.37) stand in front of her.

Lenton placed second with a quick time of her own in 24.65, even though it fell a bit shy of her best time of 24.53 set at the 2007 World Championships.

China's Zhu Yingwen closed out the top three with a time of 25.18, off her best time of 24.91 set at the 2005 World Championships.

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China's Zhao Jing topped the B final with a winning time of 25.90. The United States' Kim Vandenberg touched just behind with a second-place 25.95, while Japan's Yu Iwasaki finished third in 26.09.

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Men's 50 freestyle
South Africa's Gerhard Zandberg cut nearly .30 seconds from his personal best with a winning time of 22.18. Previously, Zandberg's watershed mark came with a 22.44 at the 2007 World Championships.

Meanwhile, Australia's Eamon Sullivan finished second in 22.22, falling short of his personal-best effort of 22.00 from the 2006 Australian Championships.

The United States' Nick Brunelli pocketed third-place honors with a time of 22.31 as he continues to work back to top form after shoulder injury issues.

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South Africa's Shaun Harris earned the B final title with a 22.87, while China's Cai Li picked up second in 23.14. Japan's Daisuke Hosokawa rounded out the top three in 23.20.

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Women's 200 IM
Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry put the icing on the cake of an incredible meet with another gold medal. Coventry owned the shorter-distance individual medley with a time of 2:10.83, which came up short of her personal-best time of 2:10.76 clocked at the 2007 World Championships.

Australia's Stephanie Rice finished second in 2:12.21, off from her personal-best time of 2:11.42 also turned in during Worlds in Melbourne, while Poland's Katarzyna Baranowska finished third in 2:13.15.

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China's Jiao Liuyang dropped a top 20 time in the world this year to win the B final going away in 2:14.21. Meanwhile, Japan's Maiko Fujino took second in 2:16.04, while Great Britain's Elizabeth Simmonds placed third in 2:16.18.

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Men's 200 IM
Great Britain's Liam Tancock made a run at the 1:58s, but wound up finishing with a gold-medal winning readout of 1:59.19 in the men's 200 IM. That easily surpassed his season-best effort of 1:59.91 set at the Great Britain Championships in July.

The United States' Todd Patrick broke into the top 20 in the world this year with a second-place performance of 2:00.59, while Japan's Ken Takakuwa earned third place in 2:00.94.

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Japan's Jun Yoshii touched first in the B final with a time of 2:02.49, while Philippines Miguel Molina finished second in 2:03.48. South Africa's Riaan Schoeman wound up third in 2:03.83, while a pair of swimmers from the United States took fourth and fifth as Caleb McDermott and James Wike turned in times of 2:03.96 and 2:04.55, respectively.

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Men's 100 butterfly
Japan's Takashi Yamamoto fed from the energy of a partisan crowd to overcome Australia's Andrew Lauterstein in the final 50 meters of the 100 fly. Yamamoto trailed Lauterstein, 24.40 to 24.68, at the halfway mark, but overcame the deficit to win with a readout of 52.50. That effort eclipsed Yamamoto's season-best time of 52.69 from Worlds this year, but came up short of his personal-best of 52.27 from the 2003 World Championships.

Lauterstein wound up taking second place with a time of 52.75, while the United States' Bill Stovall placed third in 52.82.

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Australia's Matt Targett won the B final in 53.52 as he touched out Japan's Ryuichi Shibata, who placed second in 53.57. Right behind, Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski took third in 53.60, while the United States' Tyler McGill (53.66) and Ben Hesen (53.79) finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

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Women's 800 freestyle
Japan's Ai Shibata barely missed Japan's national record with a time of 8:23.76 to win the women's distance event. The readout marked the first time under 8:24 for Shibata as she went after Sachiko Yamada's national record of 8:23.68, but came up just short.

Shibata's compatriot Yurie Yano placed second with a time of 8:27.62, while Australia's Kylie Palmer finished third in 8:30.51.

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Women's 400 medley relay
The Australian foursome of Emily Seebohm (1:01.47), Leisel Jones (1:05.66), Jessicah Schipper (58.21) and Libby Lenton (53.06) put together a strong performance with a winning time of 3:58.40.

Meanwhile, the Unites States' quartet of Hayley McGregory (1:01.39), Rebecca Soni (1:07.34), Rachel Komisarz (57.84) and Christine Magnuson (54.42) took second in 4:00.99.

Notably, Japan's team of Reiko Nakamura (1:00.49), Nanaka Tamura (1:07.74), Yuka Kato (57.75) and Maki Mita (55.96) set the national record with a third-place 4:01.94.

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Men's 400 medley relay
Japan's team of Tomomi Morita (54.00), Kosuke Kitajima (59.14), Ryo Takayasu (52.27) and Hisayoshi Sato (48.94) chopped nearly two seconds off its national record of 3:35.16 with a winning readout of 3:33.35.

The United States' squad of Randall Bal (53.83), Jon Roberts (1:00.22), Bill Stovall (52.27) and Nick Brunelli (48.83) placed second in 3:35.15, while Australia's contingent of Ashley Delaney (54.42), Christian Sprenger (1:00.11), Andrew Lauterstein (52.03) and Eamon Sullivan (48.86) finished third in 3:35.42.

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