BEIJING, China, February 3. THE fifth day of swimming opened with morning finals at the Good Luck Beijing China Open held in the National Aquatics Center (Water Cube).<\/p>\n
Men's 50 free<\/b>
\nSweden's Steffen Nystrand touched out teammate Petter Stymne, 22.39 to 22.42, to claim the gold medal in the splash-and-dash. Meanwhile, Nicholas Dos Santos clocked a time of 22.50 for bronze.<\/p>\n
Morning Finals Impact<\/i>
\n1.\tSteffen Nystrand; 22.39; 22.33; Slower
\n2.\tPetter Stymne; 22.42; 22.37; Slower
\n3.\tNicholas Dos Santos; 22.50; 22.69; Faster
\n4.\tMarcas Pihl; 23.00; 23.03; Faster
\n5.\tNorbert Trandafir; 23.21; 23.33; Faster
\n6.\tHuang Shaohua; 23.50; 23.47; Slower
\n7.\tStanislav Kuzmin; 23.52; 23.45; Slower
\n8.\tRyan Pini; 23.72; 23.51; Slower<\/p>\n
Women's 200 IM<\/b>
\nChina's Qi Hui dominated the race with a top time of 2:14.14 as she rolled past Korea's Hye Ra Choi, who placed second in 2:16.71. Germany's Annika Mehlhorn pocketed bronze in 2:17.16.<\/p>\n
Morning Finals Impact<\/i>
\n1.\tQi Hui; 2:14.14; 2:17.33; Faster
\n2.\tHye Ra Choi; 2:16.71; 2:17.09; Faster
\n3.\tAnnika Mehlhorn; 2:17.16; 2:19.72; Faster
\n4.\tNina Schiffer; 2:22.24; 2:21.80; Slower
\n5.\tMan-Hsu Lin; 2:22.42; 2:22.32; Slower
\n6.\tTheresa Michalak; 2:23.78; 2:20.34; Slower
\n7.\tElina Partyka; 2:25.33; 2:26.46; Faster
\n8.\tHan Yu Sze; 2:33.22; 2:26.28; Slower<\/p>\n
Men's 200 IM<\/b>
\nHungary's Laszlo Cseh also crushed the competition in the men's 200 IM with a time of 2:00.13. Japan's Hidemasa Sano scored silver with a time of 2:02.36, while Portugal's Diogo Carvalho grabbed bronze in 2:02.69. Carvalho nearly surpassed his national record of 2:02.41 set last April.<\/p>\n
Morning Finals Impact<\/i>
\n1.\tLaszlo Cseh; 2:00.13; 2:04.78; Faster
\n2.\tHidemasa Sano; 2:02.36; 2:01.68; Slower
\n3.\tDiogo Carvalho; 2:02.69; 2:02.80; Faster
\n4.\tMartin Liivamagi; 2:04.00; 2:06.95; Faster
\n5.\tCarlos Almeida; 2:04.84; 2:05.47; Faster
\n6.\tMateusz Matczak; 2:06.12; 2:07.90; Faster
\n7.\tBeom Ho Park; 2:06.50; 2:04.81; Slower
\n8.\tDmitriy Gordiyenko; 2:07.09; 2:06.15; Slower<\/p>\n
Women's 200 back<\/b>
\nHungary's Nikolett Szepesi held off a hard-charging Chen Yanyan of China, 2:13.33 to 2:13.85, in the women's 200 back. Szepesi led 1:39.45 to 1:40.24 at the 150-meter mark, before Chen posted a 33.61 final 50 compared to Szepesi's 33.88. Germany's Antje Buschschulte captured a bronze with a time of 2:15.30.<\/p>\n
Morning Finals Impact<\/i>
\n1.\tNikolett Szepesi; 2:13.33; 2:14.31; Faster
\n2.\tChen Yanyan; 2:13.85; 2:16.90; Faster
\n3.\tAntje Buschschulte; 2:15.30; 2:18.41; Faster
\n4.\tClaudia Lau; 2:17.93; 2:18.28; Faster
\n5.\tLourdes Villsenor; 2:19.55; 2:19.11; Slower
\n6.\tYoo Jin Jung; 2:21.54; 2:21.59; Faster
\n7.\tAnastassiya Prilepa; 2:24.37; 2:24.64; Faster
\n8.\tNam Eun Lee; 2:25.32; 2:23.53; Slower<\/p>\n
Men's 100 back<\/b>
\nGermany's Helge Meeuw grabbed the gold medal with a time of 55.07, nearly half-a-second ahead of Korea's Min Sung, who took silver in 55.43. China's Shi Feng garnered bronze in 56.81. Notably, Sung's personal clipped the Korean national record set during prelims with a 55.48.<\/p>\n
Morning Finals Impact<\/i>
\n1.\tHelge Meeuw; 55.07; 54.96; Slower
\n2.\tMin Sung; 55.43; 55.48; Faster
\n3.\tShi Feng; 56.81; 57.04; Faster
\n4.\tSun Xiaolei; 57.02; 56.62; Slower
\n5.\tJi Heun Kim; 57.09; 56.26; Slower
\n6.\tZhang Yu; 58.42; 57.74; Slower
\n7.\tStanislav Ossinskiy; 58.52; 57.81; Slower
\n8.\tMiguel Robles; 58.60; 58.16; Slower<\/p>\n
Women's 400 medley relay<\/b>
\nIn an exciting finale for the session, China's quartet touched out Germany's foursome in the women's 400 medley relay. China's Chen Yanyan (1:02.98), Sun Ye (1:10.05), Xu Yanwei (58.95) and Zhu Qianwei (55.63) won in 4:07.61, while Germany's Antje Buschschulte (1:03.63), Birte Steven (1:10.96), Annika Mehlhorn (59.72) and Britta Steffen (53.48) clocked in at 4:07.79. Korea's team of Yoo Jin Jung (1:05.38), Su Yeon Back (1:10.82), You Ri Kown (1:02.09) and Nam Eun Lee (59.06) completed the top three in 4:17.35.<\/p>\n