{"id":152785,"date":"2015-08-29T22:32:01","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T05:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=152785"},"modified":"2015-08-29T22:34:36","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T05:34:36","slug":"qiu-ziao-dominates-1500-free-prelims-at-final-session-of-the-2015-fina-world-junior-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/qiu-ziao-dominates-1500-free-prelims-at-final-session-of-the-2015-fina-world-junior-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Qiu Ziao Dominates 1500 Free Prelims at Final Session of the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Qiu Ziao<\/strong>\u00a0of China dominated prelims of the men’s 1500-meter free finishing 7.37 seconds ahead of the competition with a final time of 15:17.54.<\/p>\n

Hungary’s\u00a0Kristof Rasovszky<\/strong>\u00a0finished second overall in prelims with a time of 15:24.91.<\/p>\n

South Africa’s\u00a0Matthew Meyer<\/strong>\u00a0rounded out the top three with a qualifying time of 15:25.76.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s\u00a0Costa Guilherme\u00a0<\/strong>and Chinese Tai Pei’s\u00a0Cho Cheng-Chi\u00a0<\/strong>battled it out in heat four for the fourth and fifth place seeds. Guilherme posted a final time of 15:33.78 for fourth, while Cheng-Chi turned in a 15:33.97 for fifth.<\/p>\n

Mexico’s\u00a0Ricardo Vargas<\/strong>\u00a0finished sixth overall with a time of 15:34.26.<\/p>\n

Slovenia’s\u00a0Grega Popovic<\/strong>\u00a0grabbed the seventh place seed with a time of 15:42.25.<\/p>\n

Marcos Rodriguez<\/strong>\u00a0of Spain posted a final time of 15:42.69 to finish eighth in prelims.<\/p>\n

Schedule of Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n