Kanako Watanabe Storms Home For 200 Breast Gold

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Photo Courtesy: R-Sport / MIA Rossiya Segodnya

Japan’s Kanako Watanabe came home with a flourish in the 200 breast final, overtaking China’s Yu Jingyao (2:23.31) and Japan’s Reona Aoki (2:23.33) over the final 50. Watanabe was able to successfully defend her 2014 title with another one in 2018. She was a little off her Games Record of 2:21.82 but she was still fast enough to win the gold medal regardless.

Watanabe put herself in the top eight at the Virtual World Championships with her swim. She joined fellow Japanese swimmer Satomi Suzuki with her time from Pan Pacs earlier in the month.

The top three in the final were well ahead of the rest of the field as China’s Zhang Xinyu (2:26.24) and Korea’s Back Suyeon (2:28.48) finished in fourth and fifth. Hong Kong’s Jamie Yeung (2:29.81), Taipei’s Lin Peiwun (2:33.39) and Singapore’s Samantha Yeo (2:33.75) also swam in the final. Both Yeung and Yeo swim at the University of Michigan.

  1. Kanako Watanabe, JPN, 2:23.05
  2. Yu Jingyao, CHN, 2:23.31
  3. Reona Aoki, JPN, 2:23.33
  4. Zhang Xinyu, CHN, 2:26.24
  5. Back Suyeon, KOR, 2:28.48
  6. Jamie Yeung, HKG, 2:29.81
  7. Lin Peiwun, TPE, 2:33.39
  8. Samantha Yeo, SIN, 2:33.75

Virtual World Championships

  1. Yulia Efimova, RUS, 2:21.31, Europeans
  2. Micah Sumrall, USA, 2:21.88, Pan Pacs
  3. Tatjana Schoenmaker, RSA, 2:22.02, Commonwealths
  4. Lilly King, USA, 2:22.12, Pan Pacs
  5. Satomi Suzuki, JPN, 2:22.22, Pan Pacs
  6. Jessica Vall, ESP, 2:23.02, Europeans
  7. Kanako Watanabe, JPN, 2:23.05, Asian Games
  8. Molly Renshaw, GBR, 2:23.28, Commonwealths

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