World Cup, Beijing: Ye Shiwen Doubles Up During Day Two Finals

BEIJING, China, October 13. THE second day of short course meter finals swimming is complete at the World Cup stop in Beijing.

Men's 1500 free
Zhang Zibin won the distance free event in 15:05.59, while Zhang Yunxiang finished second in 15:25.30 and Liu Zhaochen took third in 15:27.53. Wei Haobo (15:30.22), Lang Yuanpeng (15:32.25), Weng Jingwei (15:33.08), Ma Yuyao (15:55.84) and Wen Wei (16:41.67) completed the top eight in the event.

Women's 100 free
Ye Shiwen put away the competition in the sprint free with a time of 53.66. That swim moved her up to seventh in the early world rankings. Germany's Dorothea Brandt took second in 54.32, while Yu Yao finished third in 54.58.

Zhang Jiaqi (55.33), Liu Lan (55.43), Liu Xinyi (55.49), Qu Hongfei (56.02) and Han Tingru (56.03) rounded out the finale.

Men's 200 free
South Africa's Darian Townsend threw down the top-ranked time in the world with a 1:44.27. That effort eclipsed the 1:44.45 set by Markus Rogan at the Jose Finkel Trophy Meet last month. Only Nicolas Oliveira has also been under 1:45 this year with a 1:44.67 at the Finkel as well. Zhang Enjian (1:46.01) and Zhang Zhongchao (1:46.16) picked up the rest of the podiums.

Russia's Mikhail Polishchuk (1:46.23), New Zealand's Michael Jack (1:46.45), Hu Yue (1:49.58), Hou Mingda (1:49.84) and Jiang Tiansheng (1:49.89) placed fourth through eighth.

Women's 50 breast
Sweden's Jennie Johansson (30.68) and Zhao Jin (30.92) both cleared 31 seconds to take first and second in the sprint breast. Both swimmers moved into the top 10 in the early world rankings. Chen Huijia took third in 31.06.

Japan's Nanaka Tamura (31.54), Germany's Dorothea Brandt (31.62) and Germany's Kerstin Vogel (31.92) also swam in the finale.

Men's 100 breast
South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh snatched the breaststroke crown with a 57.75. That time put him second in the early world rankings, behind only Felipe Silva's 56.79 from the Jose Finkel Trophy Meet. Xie Zhi finished second in 58.48, while Japan's Naoya Tomita took third in 58.58.

Brazil's Henrique Barbosa (58.66), Japan's Kazuki Otsuka (59.20), Russia's Grigory Falko (1:00.26), Ma Xiang (1:00.69) and Ma Junfei (1:01.30) finished fourth through eighth.

Women's 400 IM
Although still in the early part of the season, the distance medley swimmers put on a show with the top three times in the world. Ye Shiwen doubled up with a 4:28.67, while USA's Julia Smit took second in 4:28.92. Zheng Rongrong placed third in 4:29.26. All three beat the previous top time of 4:32.58 set by Samantha Hamill in July.

Japan's Yumi Kida (4:42.14), Chen Xiaojun (4:46.45), Cao Shiyue (4:47.97), Xue Jiao (4:48.73) and Han Wei (4:52.34) also swam in the finale.

Men's 100 fly
Japan's Kohei Kawamoto just missed posting the top time in the world in the event with a winning 50.78. That swim stands second in the world this year behind Steffen Deibler's 50.67 from the Rio stop of the World Cup. Sweden's Lars Frolander finished second in 51.61, while Deibler rounded out the podium with a third-place 51.72.

South Africa's Lyndon Ferns (51.81), Zhang Zishan (52.32), Brazil's Frederico Castro (52.43), Hu Chao (53.78) and Chen Yanlong (55.60) also vied for the title.

Women's 100 back
Gao Chang raced to victory in 57.45, moving to second in the world behind only Emily Seebohm's 56.58 set in July. Germany's Jenny Mensing placed second in 59.55, while Cheng Haihua took third in 59.69.

Bai Anqi (1:00.16), Rao Shengxue (1:00.86), Japan's Wakana Hirai (1:01.34), Zhang Siqi (1:01.82) and Yuan Tian (1:02.95) picked up fourth through eighth.

Men's 50 back
USA's Peter Marshall checked in with the top time in the world in the sprint back with a 23.38. He clipped Randall Bal's previously top-ranked time of 23.46 set at the Rio World Cup. Brazil's Guilherme Guido placed second in 23.51 to move to third in the world rankings, while Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin placed third in 23.84 for the top five in the world.

Japan's Kazuki Watanabe (24.46), Zhang Yu (24.58), Duan Qiong (25.44), Xu Jiayu (25.56) and Singapore's Rainer Ng (25.86) comprised the rest of the finale.

Women's 200 fly
USA's Elaine Breeden posted the top time in the distance fly with a 2:05.33 to move to second in the early world rankings. Felicity Galvez remained atop the rankings with a 2:04.76 from July. Zheng Rongrong continued her busy schedule with a second-place 2:06.08 to move to third in the world, while Gong Jie took third in 2:06.90.

Deng Biying (2:08.83), Japan's Ayano Koguchi (2:18.26) and Pan Siqi (2:21.69) also swam in the championship.

Men's 200 IM
In an exciting finish, Brazil's Thiago Pereira touched out South Africa's Darian Townsend, 1:54.21 to 1:54.26. Pereira has been much faster with a top-ranked 1:52.72 from Rio, while Townsend moved to third in the rankings. Huang Yunkun placed third in 1:59.30, while Mao Feilian finished fourth in 1:59.67.

Sun Han (2:00.78), Ni Zhanpeng (2:03.95), Jin Yan (2:04.85) and Huang Lincheng (2:06.12) took fifth through eighth.

Women's 400 free
Liu Jing clocked the second-fastest time in the world with a 4:00.55, coming up just short of Kylie Palmer's top-ranked time of 3:59.92. Zhu Qianwei finished second in 4:03.14, while Wang Xinyu took third in 4:04.25.

Kong Xiangtong (4:07.03), Ren Luomeng (4:10.01), Chen Shiyun (4:11.66), Zheng Qianqian (4:12.48) and Han Tingru (4:16.18) placed fourth through eighth.

Men's 50 free
South Africa's Roland Schoeman grabbed the top time with a 21.47, while Germany's Steffen Deibler (21.76), Li Zhiwu (21.82) and South Africa's Lyndon Ferns (21.82) made up the rest of the podium.

Sweden's Stefan Nystrand (21.83), Russia's Sergey Fesikov (21.95), Chen Zuo (22.31) and Shi Yang (22.33) also competed in the finale.

Women's 200 breast
Sun Ye claimed the third-ranked time in the world with a winning 2:21.80, while Japan's Nanaka Tamura took second in 2:23.89. Zhao Jin placed third in 2:24.27.

Liu Siwen (2:25.41), Sweden's Jennie Johansson (2:28.34), Chen Huijia (2:30.38), Ye Shiwen (2:33.06) and Cao Shiyue (2:33.08) completed the top eight.

Women's 100 IM
The Netherland's Hinkelien Schreuder became just the second swimmer under 1:00 this year with a 59.80. Emily Seebohm owns the top time in the world with a 59.29 from July. USA's Julia Smit placed second in 1:00.22 to take third in the world rankings, while Xue Jiao earned third tonight in 1:00.96.

Zhang Jiaqi (1:02.65), Cheng Haihua (1:03.23), Yu Yao (1:03.40), Germany's Kerstin Vogel (1:05.53) and Chen Huijia (1:06.71) grabbed fourth through eighth-place honors.

Men's 200 back
Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin, who has the top-ranked time in the world with a 1:51.92 from Rio, won tonight in 1:52.42. South Africa's George Du Rand placed second in 1:53.04, while Japan's Kazuki Watanabe earned third in 1:54.41.

Zhang Yu (1:57.70), Brazil's Guilherme Guido (1:59.22), Zhao Feng (2:00.28), Xu Jiayu (2:02.08) and Singapore's Rainer Ng (2:03.03) rounded out the championship field.

Women's 50 fly
Sweden's Therese Alshammar topped the sprint fly in 25.48, just short of her top-ranked time of 25.35 from Rio. Ling Shuyuan placed second in 26.06, while The Netherlands' Hinkelien Schreuder touched third in 26.31.

USA's Elaine Breeden (26.46), Liu Lan (26.76), Deng Biying (27.38), Liu Xinyi (27.96) and Gong Jie (28.19) pocketed the rest of the championship spots.

Day Two Finals Results

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