LIVE STREAM<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n China’s Fu Yuanhui, the world leader with a 27.51 from the Chinese Nationals, did what she had to do to win tonight in 27.66. \u00a0That’s all she needed as she was the only swimmer to clear 28 seconds tonight.<\/p>\n Yekaterina Rudenko won Kazakhstan’s first medal of the meet with a silver-medal winning 28.04, while Japan’s Miyuki Takemura snared bronze in 28.27. Rudenko jumped up to 11th in the world rankings with that swim.<\/p>\n South Korea’s Hanbyeol Park (28.32), China’s Cheng Haihua (28.37), Hong Kong’s Stephanie Au (28.67), Japan’s Sayaka Akase (29.18) and Uzbekistan’s Yulduz Kuchkarova (29.31) also competed tonight.<\/p>\n Photo Courtesy: Bestswimming<\/p><\/div>\n China’s Ning Zetao was unable to replicate his Games record of 21.94 from this morning, but he had enough in the tank to win the finale in 21.95.<\/p>\n Asian-record holder Shinri Shioura of Japan, meanwhile, took second in the event with a 22.11, while teammate Kenta Ito placed third in 22.16.<\/p>\n China’s Yu Hexin (22.37), South Korea’s Jungdoo Yang (22.60), Hong Kong’s Geoffrey Cheah (22.91), Taipei’s Kuo Chi Chang (22.93) and Hong Kong’s Jeremy Wong (23.11) rounded out the finale.<\/p>\n Photo Courtesy: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n China’s Ye Shiwen made a run at her incredible world record of 4:28.43 through 300 meters, but could not replicate her unreal freestyle leg as she settled for a Games record time of 4:32.97 in the distance medley this evening for China’s third straight gold medal of the night. \u00a0The time beat Ye’s 2010 meet record of 4:33.79, but\u00a0wasn’t even close to her top-ranked time of 4:30.84 from Chinese Nationals earlier this year.<\/p>\n Japan’s Sakiko Shimizu turned in a silver-winning time of 4:38.63, more than five seconds back of Ye’s impressive outing. \u00a0Meanwhile, Vietnam scored its first swimming medal of the meet with a 4:39.65 for bronze from Thi Anh Vien Nguyen.<\/p>\n South Korea’s Seoyeong Kim (4:42.92), Japan’s Miho Takahashi (4:43.61), China’s Zhou Min (4:44.49), South Korea’s Yoosun Nam (4:44.61) and Uzbekistan’s Ranokhon Amannova (4:48.99) picked up the rest of the finishes in the 400 IM.<\/p>\n Top Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/] Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Balandin had an ascendant day, moving from a top seed of 2:11 this morning before blasting the Games record tonight in a sizzling time of 2:07.67. \u00a0That swim crushed Kosuke Kitajima’s time of 2:09.97 from the 2002 edition of the event to jump into third in the world rankings. \u00a0Only Ross Murdoch (2:07.30) and Marco Koch (2:07.47) has been faster this year.<\/p>\n That’s an amazing night for Balandin considering his previous best international 200 breast finish was sixth\u00a0in the event at the World Junior Championships, and his Kazakhstani record had been a 2:13.53 from last summer’s World Championships.<\/p>\n Japan’s Kazuki Kohinata (2:09.45) and Yasuhiro Koseki (2:09.48) closed out the rest of the podium with second and third-place finishes. \u00a0Koseki had been out fast in 1:02.11, but faded badly down the stretch as he was unable to duplicate his sixth-ranked 2:08.34 from the Japan Open.<\/p>\n China’s Mao Feilian (2:11.31), China’s Li Xiang (2:12.05), South Korea’s Kyuwoong Choi (2:12.53), Thailand’s Nuttapong Ketin (2:14.29) and Uzbekistan’s Vladislav Mustafin (2:14.97) finished fourth through eighth.<\/p>\n Top Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/] China’s Chen Xinyi produced her country’s fourth gold medal of the night with a scorching Games record 56.61 tonight. That swim vaulted her to third in the world behind only Sarah Sjostrom (56.50) and Jeanette Ottesen (56.51). \u00a0Her time smashed the Games record of 57.76 set by Jiao Liuyang back at the 2010 event.<\/p>\n Chen’s time also stands as a World Junior Record, beating the 57.54 she set at Chinese Nationals earlier this year.<\/p>\n Her teammate Lu Ying turned in a silver-winning 58.45 with Singapore’s Li Tao placing third in 59.08.<\/p>\n Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi (59.21), South Korea’s Sehyeon An (59.22), Japan’s Miyu Nakano (59.48), Kazakhstan’s Elmira Aigaliyeva (1:00.87) and Hong Kong’s Kin Lok Chan (1:01.83) also put up times in the championship finale.<\/p>\n Top Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/] Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n Sun Yang rode the momentum of Chinese swimming tonight to a blistering time of 3:43.23 for the men’s middle-distance victory tonight following a hand injury earlier in the meet<\/a>. \u00a0That time is now second in the world behind Tae Hwan Park’s 3:43.15 from the Pan Pacific Championships, and gave China a fifth gold this evening.<\/p>\nScheduled Events<\/h1>\n
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