Scheduled Events<\/h1>\n\n- Men’s 200 free<\/li>\n
- Women’s 400 free<\/li>\n
- Men’s 100 back<\/li>\n
- Women’s 100 breast<\/li>\n
- Men’s 200 fly<\/li>\n
- Women’s 400 free relay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Men’s 200 free<\/h1>\n![\"Photo](\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Sun-Yang-3-e1410516720956-700x500.jpg\")
<\/a>Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n
Although Tae Hwan Park certainly drew the top cheers from his home crowd, China’s Sun Yang won the first matchup with the top qualifying time in 1:48.90. \u00a0Japan’s Kosuke Hagino, the most consistent swimmer from Asia at this point this year, powered his way to second in 1:48.99, while teammate Takeshi Matsuda took third in 1:50.20.<\/p>\n
Park wound up settling for fourth overall in 1:50.29, off his second-ranked time of 1:45.25 from Korean Nationals.<\/p>\n
China’s Li Yunqi (1:50.43), Singapore’s Kai Quan Yeo (1:50.91), Vietnam’s Quy Phuoc Hoang (1:51.00) and Taipei’s Yen Hsin Huang (1:51.08) also made their way into the championship finale tonight.<\/p>\n
Top Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
\n\nWomen’s 400 free<\/h1>\n
China went 1-2 in qualifying in the women’s middle distance event as Bi Yirong (4:12.27) and Zhang Yuhan (4:12.82) were the only swimmers to break 4:14 this morning.<\/p>\n
Japan’s Chihiro Igarashi hit the wall third in 4:14.29 with teammate Asami Chida posting a fourth ranked 4:14.80, while Thailand had a pair of qualifiers as well with Sarisa Suwannachet (4:16.82) and Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn (4:17.05) placing fifth and sixth.<\/p>\n
South Korea’s Suyeon Kim (4:17.18) and Malaysia’s Cai Lin Khoo (4:18.07) rounded out the championship eight.<\/p>\n
Top Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
\n\nMen’s 100 back<\/h1>\n![\"Photo](\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ryosuke-irie-pan-pacs-2014-4-700x500.jpg\")
<\/a>Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr<\/p><\/div>\n
Japan’s Ryosuke Irie, the defending champion who also ranks second in the world with a 52.57 from Japanese Nationals this year, crushed prelims with a sizzling time of 53.87. \u00a0That time fell just off Irie’s meet record of 53.61 set during the 2010 edition of this event in Guangzhou, China.<\/p>\n
China’s Xu Jiayu, the world leader with a 52.34 from Chinese Nationals, finished second in 54.60 with Japan’s Kosuke Hagino setting up a double with a third-place 54.86 after finishing second in the 200 free prelims.<\/p>\n
Kazakhstan’s Alexandr Tarabrin (55.51), South Korea’s Seonkwan Park (55.72), Indonesia’s Gede Siman Sudartawa (56.35), Turkmenistan’s Merdan Atayev (56.63) and South Korea’s Taejeong Im (56.74) also made the championship heat.<\/p>\n
Men’s 200 free<\/h1>\n<\/a>Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n
Although Tae Hwan Park certainly drew the top cheers from his home crowd, China’s Sun Yang won the first matchup with the top qualifying time in 1:48.90. \u00a0Japan’s Kosuke Hagino, the most consistent swimmer from Asia at this point this year, powered his way to second in 1:48.99, while teammate Takeshi Matsuda took third in 1:50.20.<\/p>\n
Park wound up settling for fourth overall in 1:50.29, off his second-ranked time of 1:45.25 from Korean Nationals.<\/p>\n
China’s Li Yunqi (1:50.43), Singapore’s Kai Quan Yeo (1:50.91), Vietnam’s Quy Phuoc Hoang (1:51.00) and Taipei’s Yen Hsin Huang (1:51.08) also made their way into the championship finale tonight.<\/p>\n
Top Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
\n\nWomen’s 400 free<\/h1>\n
China went 1-2 in qualifying in the women’s middle distance event as Bi Yirong (4:12.27) and Zhang Yuhan (4:12.82) were the only swimmers to break 4:14 this morning.<\/p>\n
Japan’s Chihiro Igarashi hit the wall third in 4:14.29 with teammate Asami Chida posting a fourth ranked 4:14.80, while Thailand had a pair of qualifiers as well with Sarisa Suwannachet (4:16.82) and Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn (4:17.05) placing fifth and sixth.<\/p>\n
South Korea’s Suyeon Kim (4:17.18) and Malaysia’s Cai Lin Khoo (4:18.07) rounded out the championship eight.<\/p>\n
Top Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
\n\nMen’s 100 back<\/h1>\n<\/a>Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr<\/p><\/div>\n
Japan’s Ryosuke Irie, the defending champion who also ranks second in the world with a 52.57 from Japanese Nationals this year, crushed prelims with a sizzling time of 53.87. \u00a0That time fell just off Irie’s meet record of 53.61 set during the 2010 edition of this event in Guangzhou, China.<\/p>\n
China’s Xu Jiayu, the world leader with a 52.34 from Chinese Nationals, finished second in 54.60 with Japan’s Kosuke Hagino setting up a double with a third-place 54.86 after finishing second in the 200 free prelims.<\/p>\n
Kazakhstan’s Alexandr Tarabrin (55.51), South Korea’s Seonkwan Park (55.72), Indonesia’s Gede Siman Sudartawa (56.35), Turkmenistan’s Merdan Atayev (56.63) and South Korea’s Taejeong Im (56.74) also made the championship heat.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n
Although Tae Hwan Park certainly drew the top cheers from his home crowd, China’s Sun Yang won the first matchup with the top qualifying time in 1:48.90. \u00a0Japan’s Kosuke Hagino, the most consistent swimmer from Asia at this point this year, powered his way to second in 1:48.99, while teammate Takeshi Matsuda took third in 1:50.20.<\/p>\n
Park wound up settling for fourth overall in 1:50.29, off his second-ranked time of 1:45.25 from Korean Nationals.<\/p>\n
China’s Li Yunqi (1:50.43), Singapore’s Kai Quan Yeo (1:50.91), Vietnam’s Quy Phuoc Hoang (1:51.00) and Taipei’s Yen Hsin Huang (1:51.08) also made their way into the championship finale tonight.<\/p>\n
Top Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/] China went 1-2 in qualifying in the women’s middle distance event as Bi Yirong (4:12.27) and Zhang Yuhan (4:12.82) were the only swimmers to break 4:14 this morning.<\/p>\n Japan’s Chihiro Igarashi hit the wall third in 4:14.29 with teammate Asami Chida posting a fourth ranked 4:14.80, while Thailand had a pair of qualifiers as well with Sarisa Suwannachet (4:16.82) and Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn (4:17.05) placing fifth and sixth.<\/p>\n South Korea’s Suyeon Kim (4:17.18) and Malaysia’s Cai Lin Khoo (4:18.07) rounded out the championship eight.<\/p>\n Top Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/] Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr<\/p><\/div>\n Japan’s Ryosuke Irie, the defending champion who also ranks second in the world with a 52.57 from Japanese Nationals this year, crushed prelims with a sizzling time of 53.87. \u00a0That time fell just off Irie’s meet record of 53.61 set during the 2010 edition of this event in Guangzhou, China.<\/p>\n China’s Xu Jiayu, the world leader with a 52.34 from Chinese Nationals, finished second in 54.60 with Japan’s Kosuke Hagino setting up a double with a third-place 54.86 after finishing second in the 200 free prelims.<\/p>\n Kazakhstan’s Alexandr Tarabrin (55.51), South Korea’s Seonkwan Park (55.72), Indonesia’s Gede Siman Sudartawa (56.35), Turkmenistan’s Merdan Atayev (56.63) and South Korea’s Taejeong Im (56.74) also made the championship heat.<\/p>\n
\n\nWomen’s 400 free<\/h1>\n
\n\nMen’s 100 back<\/h1>\n
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