LIVE STREAM<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Photo Courtesy: Peter H.Bick<\/p><\/div>\n Photo Courtesy: Mike Comer\/ProSwimVisuals.com<\/p><\/div>\n A trio of 52s went up on the board this morning as Japan’s Takuro Fujii and Singapore’s Joseph Schooling tied for the top seed in the men’s 100 fly with matching 52.83s. \u00a0Meanwhile, Li Zhuhao of China put up a 52.98 to qualify third overall. \u00a0All three are well within striking distance of Zhou Jiawei’s Games record of 51.83 from the 2010 Guangzhou Games.<\/p>\n China’s Zhang Qibin (53.24), Japan’s Hirofumi Ikebata (53.34), South Korea’s Gyucheol Chang (53.44), Indonesia’s Glenn Sutanto (53.86) and Hong Kong’s Geoffrey Cheah (53.97) all broke 54 seconds to make the championship finale.<\/p>\n Top Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/] Japan’s Chihiro Igarashi turned in the top time of the morning with a 2:00.48 in the first heat and no one else was able to overcome it. \u00a0Igarashi, however, will have some serious competition tonight as three-time Asian Games gold medalist Shen Duo of China qualified second in 2:01.17.<\/p>\n Swimming World had an exclusive conversation with Shen’s age group coach Ron Turner this morning following her transcendent win in the 100 free<\/a>. \u00a0She is easily one of the brightest stars in China this summer.<\/p>\n Japan’s Yasuko Miyamoto hit the wall third this morning in 2:01.36, while China’s Tang Yi placed fourth in 2:01.43.<\/p>\n The big question is just how much the top swimmers kept in the tank, considering the Asian Games record is a 1:56.65 by Zhu Qianwei from 2010. \u00a0All of the top four swimmers have the potential to take it down.<\/p>\n Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey (2:01.47), South Korea’s Junghye Kim (2:01.93), Hong Kong’s Camille Cheng (2:02.33) and Thailand’s Natthanan Junkrajang (2:02.71)<\/p>\n Top Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/] Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr<\/p><\/div>\n Yasuhiro Koseki, the seventh-ranked swimmer in the world with a 59.62 at the Pan Pacific Championships, picked up the top time in the prelims with a 1:01.39. \u00a0Meanwhile, 200 breast victor Dmitriy Balandin, who dropped six seconds off his national record in Kazakhstan into the 2:07 range last night, took second in prelims in the 100 in 1:01.55.<\/p>\n Uzbekistan’s Vladislav Mustafin (1:01.64) and China’s Li Xiang (1:01.91) also cleared 1:02 to qualify third and fourth this morning.<\/p>\n Japan’s Naoya Tomita (1:02.20), South Korea’s Janghun Ju (1:02.33), South Korea’s Kyuwoong Choi (1:02.39) and China’s Mao Feilian (1:02.76) managed to also make their way into the championship heat.<\/p>\n Top Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/] Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p><\/div>\n With just nine swimmers to begin with, only Singapore’s Jing Tan missed out on the finale with a 2:21.31. \u00a0Meanwhile, Japan went 1-2 in prelims with Natsumi Hoshi (2:13.64) and Miyu Nakano (2:13.87) taking the top two spots. \u00a0The morning definitely wound up with some significantly slow swims, but no one really needed to go fast when they only had one swimmer to beat.<\/p>\n Games-record holder Jiao Liuyang took third in 2:13.95 with world-record holder Liu Zige placing fourth in 2:14.38 for China.<\/p>\n Singapore’s Ting Wen Quah (2:15.24), South Korea’s Sehyeon An (2:17.11), Thailand’s Patarawadee Kittiya (2:17.96) and Thailand’s Sutasinee Pankaew (2:19.18) also made the finale.<\/p>\nScheduled Events<\/h1>\n
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