Asian Swimming Championships: China, Japan, Singapore Score Victories

FOSHAN, China, December 1. OVER the past week, the Asian Swimming Championships took place in long course competition in Foshan, China.

Cai Li topped the men's 50 free in 22.55, while Lu Zhiwu won the men's 100 free in 49.64. Notably, Virdhawal Khade took second in the 100 free in 49.69 while representing India. Zhang Lin snatched the men's 200 free crown in 1:48.88, while Sun Yang touched in 3:49.86 to capture the men's 400 free as well as a 14:57.33 for the men's 1500 free triumph.

Shi Feng won the men's 50 fly in 23.76, just missing Zhou Jiawei's Chinese record of 23.43, while Zhou claimed the men's 100 fly in 52.04. Wu Peng snagged the men's 200 fly in 1:56.71.

Nobuhiro Toyada of Japan touched out teammate Kosuke Hagino, 26.15 to 26.17, in the men's 50 back, while He Jianbin grabbed the men's 100 back title in 54.84. Japan's Takahiro Yamazaki picked up the men's 200 back crown in 2:01.48.

Singapore's Parker Lam won the men's 50 breast in 28.03, while Wang Shuai posted a 1:01.26 to win the men's 100 breast. Japan's Akihiro Yamaguchi pocketed the men's 200 breast in 2:13.56.

Hagino earned the men's 200 IM title in 2:01.43, while compatriot Daiya Seto finished first in the men's 400 IM in 4:20.56.

Li Zhesi posted the top time in the women's 50 free with a 25.18, while also winning the 100 free in a touch-out triumph over Tang Yi, 54.84 to 54.88. Liu Jing won the women's 200 free in 1:58.76, while Tan Miao swept the distance events with wins in the 400 free (4:13.70) and 800 free (8:40.55).

Gao Chang snatched the 50 back (27.38) and 100 back (59.95) crowns, while Bai Anqi placed first in the 200 back in 2:09.96. Jiao Liaoyang had a similar outing with wins in the 50 (26.09) and 100 (57.12) fly events, while Liu Zige clocked a pedestrian time of 2:06.23 in the 200 fly compared to her world record of 2:01.81 from October.

Chen Huijia won the women's 50 breast (31.37) and 100 breast (1:07.77), while Sun Ye took the women's 200 breast in 2:25.37.

Cheng Wan Jun of Taipei won the women's 200 IM in 2:12.55, while Liu Jing captured the women's 400 IM in 4:41.29.

Special thanks to Swimming World Chinese correspondent Christopher Chow for contributing to this report, and translating results as seen below.

MEN
Men's 50 free:
1. Cai Li (China) 22.55
2. Lu Zhiwu (China) 22.58
3. Virdhawal Khade (India) 22.67

Men's 100 free:
1. Lu Zhiwu (China) 49.64
2. Virdhawal Khade (India) 49.69
3. Daniil Tulupov (Uzebekstan) 49.99
4.Chen Zuo (China) 50.29

Men's 200 free:
1. Zhang Lin (China) 1:48.88
2. Shi Tengfei (China) 1:49.15
3. Aaron D'souza (India) 1:50.70

Men's 400 free:
1. Sun Yang (China) 3:49.86
2. Li Yunqi (China) 3:53.18
3. 東隼平 (Japan) 3:54.12

Men's 1500 free:
1. Sun Yang (China) 14:57.33
2. Li Yunqi (China) 15:33.70
3. Jumpei Higashi (Japan) 15:35.13
4. Mandar Divase (India) 15:56.95

Men's 4×100 free relay:
1. China 3:20.38
2. Hong Kong 3:21.25
3. Uzebestan 3:22.83

Men's 4×200 free relay:
1. China 7:21.94
2. Japan 7:25.79
3. Hong Kong 7:28.80

Men's 50 fly:
1. Shi Feng (China) 23.76
2. Zhou Jiawei (China) 23.96
3. Virdhawal Khade (India) 24.14

Men's 100 fly:
1. Zhou Jiawei (China) 52.04
2. Shi Feng (China) 52.36
3. 池端宏文 (Japan) 53.08

Men's 200 fly:
1. Wu Peng (China) 1:56.71
2. Chen Yin (China) 1:57.38
3. Hsu Chi Chieh (Chinese Taipei) 1:57.83

Men's 50 back:
1. Nobuhiro Toyada (Japan) 26.15
2. Kosuke Hagino (Japan) 26.17
3. Daniil Bugakov (Uzebekstan) 26.40

Men's 100 back:
1. He Jianbin (China) 54.84
2. Nobuhiro Toyada (Japan) 56.23
3. Takahiro Yamazaki (Japan) 56.69

Men's 200 back:
1. Takahiro Yamazaki (Japan) 2:01.48
2. Zhang Yu (China) 2:01.92
3. Nobuhiro Toyada (Japan) 2:02.00

Men's 50 breast:
1. Parker Lam (Singapore) 28.03
2. Wang Shuai (China) 28.22
3. Wong Chunyan (Hong Kong) 28.33

Men's 100 breast:
1. Wang Shuai (China) 1:01.26
2. Zhang Guoying (China) 1:01.79
3. Sandeep Sejwal (India) 1:01.90

Men's 200 breast:
1. Akihiro Yamaguchi (Japan) 2:13.56
2. Yukihiro Takahashi (Japan) 2:14.90
3. Sandeep Sejwal (India) 2:14.99

Men's 200 IM:
1. Kosuke Hagino (Japan) 2:01.43
2. Liu Weijia (China) 2:01.86
3. Sun Han (China) 2:04.04

Men's 400 IM:
1. Daiya Seto (Japan) 4:20.56
2. Liu Weijia (China) 4:21.86
3. Keita Sameshima (Japan) 4:25.40

Men's 4×100 medley relay:
1. China 3:38.26
2. Japan 3:43.41
3. India 3:45.53

WOMEN
Women's 50 free:
1. Li Zhesi (China) 25.18
2. Tang Yi (China) 25.40
3. Shiori Kaneko (Japan) 26.36

Women's 100 free:
1. Li Zhesi (China) 54.84
2. Tang Yi (China) 54.88
3. 黒木滿佐子 (Japan) 57.02

Women's 200 free:
1. Liu Jing (China) 1:58.76
2. Tang Yi (China) 2:00.52
3. 關根麗莎 (Japan) 2:00.70

Women's 400 free:
1. Tan Miao (China) 4:13.70
2. Ren Junni (China) 4:14.87
3. Yang Chin Kuei (Chinese Taipei) 4:15.91

Women's 800 free:
1. Tan Miao (China) 8:40.55
2. Ren Junni (China) 8:41.14
3. Mako Kuramatsu (Japan) 8:48.10

Women's 4×100 free relay:
1. China 3:43.40
2. Hong Kong 3:45.71
3. Japan 3:45.92

Women's 4×200 free relay:
1. China 8:09.01
2. Japan
3. Hong Kong

Women's 50 back:
1. Gao Chang (China) 27.38
2. Zhao Jing (China) 27.77
3. Sherri Tsai (Hong Kong) 28.93

Women's 100 back:
1. Gao Chang (China) 59.95
2. Zhao Jing (China) 1:00.39
3. Mai Harada (Japan) 1:01.27

Women's 200 back:
1. Bai Anqi (China) 2:09.96
2. Sayaka Akase (Japan) 2:12.22
3. Marie Kamimura (Japan) 2:13.70

Women's 50 fly:
1. Jiao Liaoyang (China) 26.09
2. Hong Wenwen (China) 26.41
3. 細田梨 (Japan) 26.90
4. Sze Hang Yu (Hong Kong) 27.27

Women's 100 fly:
1. Jiao Liaoyang (China) 57.12
2. Guo Fan (China) 58.41
3. Rino Hosoda (Japan) 59.33

Women's 200 fly:
1. Liu Zige (China) 2:06.23
2. Jiao Liaoyang (China) 2:09.48
3. Natusuki Akiyama (Japan) 2:10.31

Women's 50 breast:
1. Chen Huijia (China) 31.37
2. Kana Sugisaki (Japan) 31.92
3. Wang Rundi (China) 32.06
4. Yvette Kong Man Yi (Hong Kong) 32.08

Women's 100 breast:
1. Chen Huijia (China) 1:07.77
2. Keiko Fukudome (Japan) 1:07.90
3. Yvette Kong Man Yi (Hong Kong) 1:08.43

Women's 200 breast:
1. Sun Ye (China) 2:25.37
2. Keiko Fukudome (Japan) 2:25.46
3. Cheng Wan Jun (Chinese Taipei) 2:31.57

Women's 200 IM:
1. Cheng Wan Jun (Chinese Taipei) 2:12.55
2. Liu Jing (China) 2:13.23
3. Emi Takabatake (Japan) 2:14.65

Women's 400 IM:
1. Liu Jing (China) 4:41.29
2. Cheng Wan Jun (Chinese Taipei) 4:43.16
3. 高畑惠美 (Japan) 4:44.86

Women's 4×100 medley relay:
1. China 4:02.86
2. Japan 4:06.68
3. Hong Kong 4:10.54

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