Wang Jianjiahe Blasts 400 Free SCM World Record at FINA World Cup in Budapest

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China’s Wang Jianjiahe got the FINA World Cup stop #4 off to a blistering start with a new world record in the 400 free SCM on Thursday night in Budapest.

Wang swam a 3:53.97 to lower the old record of 3:54.52 by Spain’s Mireia Belmonte from the 2013 FINA World Cup in Berlin.

Wang just missed the World Record earlier this year when she was a 3:54.63 at the World Cup in Eindhoven last week.

Wang is the first Chinese swimmer to hold a world record in the 400 free short course or long course ever. She was a 4:03.18 at the Asian Games earlier this year to win the gold medal in Jakarta. She would have been third in the 2018 Virtual World Championships behind Katie Ledecky (3:58.50) and Australian Ariarne Titmus (3:59.66).

Wang won the race handily over American Leah Smith (3:58.94) and the Netherlands’ Femke Heemskerk (4:00.03).

Anna Egorova (4:01.26), Catalina Corro (4:05.88), Mireia Belmonte (4:07.43), Jimena Perez (4:08.60) and Aoi Nakamura (4:14.18) also swam in the final.

Wang Jianjiahe of China is creating waves in more ways than one. Here she is in the Women’s 400m Free.
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World Record Progression:

Wang Jianjiahe, CHN, 3:53.97 (2018)
Mireia Belmonte, ESP, 3:54.52 (2013)
Camille Muffat, FRA, 3:54.85 (2012)
Joanne Jackson, GBR, 3:54.92 (2009)
Laure Manaudou, FRA, 3:56.09 (2006)
Laure Manaudou, FRA, 3:56.79 (2005)
Lindsay Benko, USA, 3:59.53 (2003)

All-Time Rankings:

Wang Jianjiahe, CHN, 3:53.97 (2018)
Mireia Belmonte, ESP, 3:54.52 (2013)
Camille Muffat, FRA, 3:54.85 (2012)
Joanne Jackson, GBR, 3:54.92 (2009)
Lauren Boyle, NZL, 3:55.16 (2013)
Laure Manaudou, FRA, 3:56.09 (2006)
Coralie Balmy, FRA, 3:56.24 (2008)
Melania Costa Schmid, ESP, 3:56.84 (2013)

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Hmm....

5 years ago

‘Virtual World Championships’? Nice try….

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Andy Ross

5 years ago

Reply to Hmm....

Thank you!