BEIJING, China, February 4. THE first event at the National Aquatics Center (Water Cube), the location of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, came to an end as long course swimming at the Good Luck Beijing China Open concluded in Beijing.<\/p>\n
Men's 200 fly<\/b>
\nPoland's Pawel Korzeniowski held the advantage from the get-go and maintained the lead until winning gold with a 1:56.06. New Zealand's Moss Burmester clocked a silver-winning time of 1:57.79, while Japan's Ryusuke Sakata snared bronze in 1:58.13.<\/p>\n
Morning Finals Impact<\/i>
\n1.\tPawel Korzeniowski; 1:56.06; 2:00.05; Faster
\n2.\tMoss Burmester; 1:57.79; 1:59.34; Faster
\n3.\tRyusuke Sakata; 1:58.13; 1:58.47; Faster
\n4.\tShota Takamoto; 2:00.10; 2:01.08; Faster
\n5.\tChi-Chieh Hsu; 2:00.88; 2:00.42; Slower
\n6.\tPablo Marmolejo Vargas; 2:02.08; 2:01.27; Slower
\n7.\tPaul Biedermann; 2:02.24; 2:01.17; Slower
\n8.\tRamiro Ramirez; 2:03.69; 2:02.69; Slower<\/p>\n
Women's 100 fly<\/b>
\nJapan's Yuka Kato went out fast enough to be able to hold on to the victory with a time of 59.18 after going out in 27.56. China's Xu Yanwei came back faster than Kato, 31.50 to 31.62, but wound up taking silver in 59.28 after getting touched out by Kato. Slovakia's Martina Moravcova completed the podium with a bronze-winning 59.47.<\/p>\n
Morning Finals Impact<\/i>
\n1.\tYuka Kato; 59.18; 58.99; Slower
\n2.\tXu Yanwei; 59.28; 59.60; Faster
\n3.\tMartina Moravcova; 59.47; 59.72; Faster
\n4.\tAnnika Mehlhorn; 1:00.04; 1:00.49; Faster
\n5.\tNatsumi Hoshi; 1:00.20; 1:00.29; Faster
\n6.\tOtylia Jedrzejczak; 1:00.24; 1:01.33; Faster
\n7.\tFranziska Hentke; 1:01.39; 1:01.27; Slower
\n8.\tSara Oliveira; 1:01.58; 1:01.37; Slower<\/p>\n
Men's 200 back<\/b>
\nGermany's Helge Meeuw enjoyed the lone sub-2:00 time of finals with a top effort of 1:59.65, while Korea's Min Sung grabbed silver in 2:01.30 after hanging tough with Meeuw through 150, 1:29.76 to 1:29.85. Meeuw had way too much in the tank, though, with a last 50 of 29.89 compared to Sung's 31.45. Portugal's Pedro Oliveira pocketed bronze with a third-place time of 2:03.40.<\/p>\n
Morning Finals Impact<\/i>
\n1.\tHelge Meeuw; 1:59.65; 2:00.17; Faster
\n2.\tMin Sung; 2:01.30; 2:01.48; Faster
\n3.\tPedro Oliveira; 2:03.40; 2:04.32; Faster
\n4.\tJi Heun Kim; 2:04.19; 2:02.47; Slower
\n5.\tOleg Rabota; 2:04.43; 2:03.75; Slower
\n6.\tMiguel Robles; 2:05.59; 2:05.66; Faster
\n7.\tZhang Yu; 2:06.34; 2:07.08; Faster
\n8.\tPing Yuan; 2:10.48; 2:11.21; Faster<\/p>\n
Women's 100 back<\/b>
\nChina's Chen Yanyan overtook Germany's Antje Buschschulte to pick up the win with a time of 1:01.98 against Buschschulte's 1:02.47. Buschschulte had the lead at the wall, 29.98 to 30.10, but Chen brought it home faster, 31.88 to 32.49. China's Liao Yali earned bronze in 1:02.92.<\/p>\n
Morning Finals Impact<\/i>
\n1.\tChen Yanyan; 1:01.98; 1:03.70; Faster
\n2.\tAntje Buschschulte; 1:02.47; 1:02.82; Faster
\n3.\tLiao Yali; 1:02.92; 1:02.64; Slower
\n4.\tNikolett Szepesi; 1:02.96; 1:03..43; Faster
\n5.\tClaudia Lau; 1:05.25; 1:06.15; Faster
\n6.\tYoo Jin Jung; 1:05.31; 1:05.63; Faster
\n7.\tNam Eun Lee; 1:05.80; 1:05.41; Slower
\n8.\tAnastassiya Prilepa; 1:07.90; 1:06.49; Slower<\/p>\n
Men's 400 IM<\/b>
\nHungary's Laszlo Cseh easily powered past the competition with a winning effort of 4:14.24, while Poland's Mateusz Matczak garnered silver in 4:19.40. Japan's Hidemasa Sano touched third for bronze in 4:21.22.<\/p>\n
Morning Finals Impact<\/i>
\n1.\tLaszlo Cseh; 4:14.24; 4:26.39; Faster
\n2.\tMateusz Matczak; 4:19.40; 4:22.51; Faster
\n3.\tHidemasa Sano; 4:21.22; 4:20.96; Slower
\n4.\tBeom Ho Park; 4:28.59; 4:29.44; Faster
\n5.\tCarlos Almeida; 4:29.51; 4:30.81; Faster
\n6.\tHe Xiaofeng; 4:30.31; 4:29.42; Slower
\n7.\tJoon Mo Bae; 4:35.49; 4:32.96; Slower
\n8.\tOmar Enriquez; 4:37.61 ; 4:34.71; Slower<\/p>\n
Women's 400 IM<\/b>
\nWith only seven competitors, the women's 400 IM did not have a preliminary heat. China's duo of Yu Rui (4:46.31) and Ding Mengpi (4:50.32) swept the top two, while Korea's Ji Yeon Jung snatched bronze in 4:52.27.<\/p>\n
Men's 400 free relay<\/b>
\nSweden's team of Petter Stymne (49.97), Christoffer Vikstrom (50.59), Marcus Pihl (49.91) and Stefan Nystrand (48.06) crushed the field in the final event of the test event with a top time of 3:18.53.<\/p>\n
Kazakhstan's quartet of Alexandr Sklyar (51.49), Rustam Khudiyev (51.76), Artur Dilman (51.68) and Stanislav Kuzmin (50.51) took silver in 3:25.44, while Germany's team of Paul Biedermann (50.13), Helge Meeuw (50.05), Christian Kubusch (52.09) and Andreas Loesel (54.35) garnered bronze in 3:26.62.<\/p>\n