Xu Jiayu Ties Ryosuke Irie’s Asian Games Record in 100 Back Final

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Photo Courtesy: SIPA USA

In one of the most hyped up races of the meet, China’s Xu Jiayu and Japan’s Ryosuke Irie squared off in the 100 back final on the first night of the meet at the 2018 Asian Games with Xu coming out on top at 52.34 to Irie’s 52.53. Xu was out in a 25.16 to Irie’s 25.61 and the Chinese man held on to win China’s fourth gold medal to start the meet in Jakarta.

Xu also tied Irie’s Games Record with a 52.34, the exact time it took Irie to win gold in 2014. Xu won the virtual silver medal at the 2018 Virtual Worlds with that swim, sitting only behind Ryan Murphy from Pan Pacs. Irie’s time tied Kliment Kolesnikov’s winning time from European Championships.

In the real race here in Jakarta, South Korea got its first swimming medal of the 2018 Games with Lee Juho claiming the bronze at 54.52, just ahead of Japan’s Masaki Kaneko (54.61).

This was the first race China did not have two swimmers on the podium as Li Guangyuan placed fifth at 55.01.

Vietnam’s Paul Le (55.72), India’s Srihari Nataraj (56.19) and Indonesia’s Gede Sudartawa (58.82) also swam in the final.

  1. Xu Jiayu, CHN, 52.34, Games Record
  2. Ryosuke Irie, JPN, 52.53
  3. Lee Juho, KOR, 54.52
  4. Masaki Kaneko, JPN, 54.61
  5. Li Guangyuan, CHN, 55.01
  6. Paul Le, VIE, 55.72
  7. Srihari Nataraj, IND, 56.19
  8. Gede Sudartawa, INA, 58.82

2018 Virtual World Championships

  1. Ryan Murphy, USA, 51.94, Pan Pacs
  2. Xu Jiayu, CHN, 52.34, Asian Games
  3. Ryosuke Irie, JPN, 52.53, Asian Games
  4. Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS, 52.53, Europeans
  5. Evgeny Rylov, RUS, 52.74, Europeans
  6. Mitch Larkin, AUS, 52.88, Pan Pacs
  7. Matt Grevers, USA, 52.99, Pan Pacs
  8. Daniel Martin, ROU, 53.52, European Juniors

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