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She won the event in 1:56.72, just two hundredths ahead of\u00a0<strong>Li Bingjie\u00a0<\/strong>(1:56.74), who herself was just five hundredths ahead of\u00a0<strong>Shen Duo<\/strong> (1:56.79). Those times rank sixth, seventh and eighth in the world, respectively, and set up China to have an 800 free relay that could challenge for a world title.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Li Zhuhao\u00a0<\/strong>won his second men&#8217;s butterfly title of the meet with a time of 1:55.09 in the 200-meter event. That was good for third in the world this year and was more than two seconds ahead of\u00a0<strong>Wang Zhou\u00a0<\/strong>(1:57.10) and\u00a0<strong>Yu Yingbao\u00a0<\/strong>(1:57.27).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yan Zibei\u00a0<\/strong>won the 50 breast in a quick 27.34 to move to eighth in the world and finish ahead of\u00a0<strong>Zhang Zhihao\u00a0<\/strong>(27.54) and\u00a0<strong>He Zilog\u00a0<\/strong>(27.55).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fu Yuanhui\u00a0<\/strong>posted the fourth-fastest time in the world in the women&#8217;s 50 back, 27.74, to qualify first for that final, ahead of\u00a0<strong>Liu Xiang\u00a0<\/strong>(27.85) and\u00a0<strong>Chen Jie\u00a0<\/strong>(27.89), while\u00a0<strong>Li Shuang\u00a0<\/strong>edged out\u00a0<strong>Zhou Yilin<\/strong> to take the top seed in the women&#8217;s 200 fly, 2:09.14 to 1:09.43.\u00a0<strong>Zhu Jiaming\u00a0<\/strong>qualified third in 2:10.36.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic bronze medalist\u00a0<strong>Wang Shun\u00a0<\/strong>entered the world top-five in the men&#8217;s 200 IM, qualifying first out of semifinals in 1:58.95. 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