The 2016 Asian Swimming Championships dashed into action today in Tokyo with fast times highlighting the results.<\/p>\n
Racing got off to a quick start with China’s\u00a0Yan Zibei<\/strong>\u00a0and Japan’s\u00a0Koseki Yasuhiro\u00a0<\/strong>tying for the first place seed in the men’s 50-meter breaststroke heats. The two delivered matching times of 27.94 to overturn the previous championship record of 28.03. Yan slipped to fourth in finals with a 27.85, while Yasuhiro powered to a new championship record of 27.62.<\/p>\n China delivered a 1-2 finish in finals of the women’s 50-meter back, led by\u00a0Fu Yuanhui<\/strong>. Fu’s 27.86 was the only sub-28 second swim of the event. Teammate\u00a0Wang Xueer<\/strong> turned in a 28.01 for third, while Japan’s\u00a0Emi Moronuki<\/strong> posted a 28.39 for third.<\/p>\n Li Zhuhao<\/strong> of China flirted with a sub-52 second swim in finals of the men’s 100-meter fly, stopping the clock at a 52.00. Li’s time slid past the previous championship record of 52.04. Japan secured a double silver finish with matching times of 52.77 from teammates\u00a0Masato Sakai\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Takeshi Kawamoto<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Zhou Yilin<\/strong> of China soared ahead of the competition in finals of the women’s 200-meter fly finishing more than a second ahead of the field. Zhou stopped the clock at a 2:07.40 to collect gold, while teammate\u00a0Zhang Yufei<\/strong> touched second with a 2:08.50.\u00a0Miyu Nakano\u00a0<\/strong>of Japan rounded out the podium with a 2:10.90.<\/p>\n Korea grabbed their first gold of the meet with a top showing from\u00a0Park Tae Hwan<\/strong> in the men’s 200-meter free final. Park delivered a 1:45.16 to lower the previous championship record of 1:45.49.\u00a0China’s\u00a0Wang Shun\u00a0<\/strong>(1:47.07) and Japan’s\u00a0Katsuhiro Matsumoto\u00a0<\/strong>(1:47.87) completed the podium.<\/p>\n The women’s 100-meter free final was a showdown between young sprint stars\u00a0Zhu Menghui<\/strong> of China and\u00a0Rikako Ikee<\/strong> of Japan. Both stopped the clock beneath the previous championship record of 54.84, but it was Zhu who wrote her name in the record books with a final time of 53.44. Ikee finished second with a 53.68, lowering her own Japanese national record of 53.69 by .01 seconds. China’s\u00a0Shen Duo<\/strong> picked up third with a 54.03, also under the previous championship record time.<\/p>\n Japan’s\u00a0Daiya Seto<\/strong> continued the record-breaking streak with a new championship record of his own in the men’s 400-meter IM. Seto posted a final time of 4:10.17 to demolish the previous record of 4:16.28. The Chinese duo of\u00a0Wang Shun<\/strong> and\u00a0Mao Feilian\u00a0<\/strong>also slipped beneath the previous record with times of 4:15.10 and 4:15.73 respectively.<\/p>\n The individual events concluded with one last championship record as Thi Anh Vien Nguyen\u00a0<\/strong>of Vietnam turned in a 4:37.71 in the women’s 400-meter IM. Japan’s\u00a0Sakiko Shimizu<\/strong> also finished under the previous championship record of 4:41.29 with a final time of 4:40.29. Teammate\u00a0Yui Ohashi<\/strong> turned in a 4:44.75 for third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2016 Asian Swimming Championships dashed into action today in Tokyo with fast times highlighting the results. Racing got off to a quick start with China’s\u00a0Yan Zibei\u00a0and Japan’s\u00a0Koseki Yasuhiro\u00a0tying for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":59053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[58357],"class_list":["post-229597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-2016-asian-swimming-championships"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n