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Morozov also won the sprint race in 20.83.<\/p>\n<p>China did not disappoint this weekend at the Water Cube as <strong>Wang Jianjiahe<\/strong> topped the 400m and 800m freestyle, breaking each time a World Junior record in respectively 3:59.69 and 8:12.30.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ji Xinjie<\/strong>, <strong>Xu Jiayu<\/strong> and <strong>Zhang Yufei<\/strong> added to their country&#8217;s success by winning the men&#8217;s 400m free (3:39.20), the men&#8217;s 50m back (23.09) and the men&#8217;s 200m fly (2:05.02).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yasuhiro Koseki<\/strong> of Japan won the 100 and 200m breast in 56.75 and 2:03.43 respectively. <strong>Daiya Seto<\/strong> clinched gold in the 400m IM (3:58.20) and <strong>Ryosuke Irie<\/strong> touched home first in the 200m back to give Japan its fourth gold of the meet.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Sjostrom pocketed the gold medals in three events: the 50m and 100m free and the 100m fly, making a triple her a triple champion this weekend. She is leading the women&#8217;s ranking with an incredible 515 points.<\/p>\n<p>Jamaica&#8217;s <strong>Alia Atkinson<\/strong> continued to perform her best and claimed victory in the 200m breast in 2:19.58 and the 50m breast in 29.57.<\/p>\n<p>Katinka Hosszu (HUN) was the best in the women&#8217;s 100\/200m IM. She clocked excellent times of 57.50 in the 100m and 2:04.64 in the 200m. The Hungarian legend also won the 100m back in 56.34, beating <strong>Emily Seebohm<\/strong> of Australia in the very first race of the meet on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>After her silver medal, Emily Seebohm added the 50m back gold to her Beiing tally, by winning in 26.28.<\/p>\n<p>The mixed relay were respectively won by China on Day 1 (4x50m medley in 1:39.10) and Australia on Day 2 (4&#215;50 free in 1:30.81).<\/p>\n<p>All detailed results are available here &amp; daily races reports can be read here.<\/p>\n<h2>Winners in Beijing (CHN)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>50m free:<\/strong> Men &#8211; Vladimir Morozov (RUS) 20.83; Women &#8211; Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 23.40<br \/>\n<strong>100m free:<\/strong> Women &#8211; Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 51.25<br \/>\n<strong>200m free:<\/strong> Men &#8211; Chad Le Clos (RSA) 1:41.81<br \/>\n<strong>400m free:<\/strong> Men &#8211; Ji Xinjie (CHN) 3:39.20; Women &#8211; Wang Jianjiahe (CHN) 3:59.69 (world junior record)<br \/>\n<strong>800m free:<\/strong> Women &#8211; Wang Jianjiahe (CHN) 8:12.30 (world junior record)<br \/>\n<strong>50m back:<\/strong> Men &#8211; Xu Jiayu (CHN) 23.09; Women &#8211; Emily Seebohm (AUS) 26.28<br \/>\n<strong>100m back:<\/strong> Women &#8211; Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 56.34 seconds<br \/>\n<strong>200m back:<\/strong> Men &#8211; Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:50.24<br \/>\n<strong>50m breast:<\/strong> Women &#8211; Alia Atkinson (JAM) 29.57<br \/>\n<strong>100m breast:<\/strong> Men &#8211; Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN) 56.75<br \/>\n<strong>200m breast:<\/strong> Men &#8211; Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN) 2:03.43; Women &#8211; Alia Atkinson (JAM) 2:19.58<br \/>\n<strong>50m fly:<\/strong> Men &#8211; Chad Le Clos (RSA) 22.22<br \/>\n<strong>100m fly:<\/strong> Men &#8211; Chad Le Clos (RSA) 49.18; Women &#8211; Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 55.60<br \/>\n<strong>200m fly:<\/strong> Women &#8211; Zhang Yufei (CHN) 2:05.02<br \/>\n<strong>100m IM:<\/strong> Men &#8211; Vladimir Morozov (RUS) 50.36; Women &#8211; Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 57.50<br \/>\n<strong>200m IM:<\/strong> Women &#8211; Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:04.64<br \/>\n<strong>400m IM:<\/strong> Men &#8211; Daiya Seto (JPN) 3:58.20<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mixed relay 4x50m medley:<\/strong> 1. China, 1:39.10; 2. Australia, 1:40.08; 3. Netherlands, 1:40.99<br \/>\n<strong>Mixed relay 4x50m free:<\/strong> 1. Australia 1:30.81; 2. China 1:31.37; 3. Netherlands 1:31.97<\/p>\n<h2>Overall 2017 World Cup ranking after Beijing<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Women<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 515<br \/>\n2. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 404<br \/>\n3. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 227<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Chad Le Clos (RSA) 360<br \/>\n2. Vladimir Morozov (RUS) 237<br \/>\n3. Kirill Prigoda (RUS) 210<\/p>\n<h2>Cluster #3 leaders<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Women<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 69<br \/>\n2. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 45<br \/>\n3. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 45<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Chad Le Clos (RSA) 48<br \/>\n2. Vladimir Morozov (RUS) 48<br \/>\n3. Daiya Seto (JPN) 36<\/p>\n<h3>FINA\/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017 calendar<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cluster 1<\/strong><br \/>\nMoscow (RUS) \u2013 August 2-3<br \/>\nBerlin (GER) \u2013 August 6-7<br \/>\nEindhoven (NED) \u2013 August 11-12<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cluster 2<\/strong><br \/>\nHong Kong (HKG) \u2013 September 30-October 1<br \/>\nDoha (QAT) \u2013 October 4-5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cluster 3<\/strong><br \/>\nBeijing (CHN) \u2013 November 10-11<br \/>\nTokyo (JPN) \u2013 November 14-15<br \/>\nSingapore (SGP) \u2013 November 18-19<\/p>\n<h3>F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Natation (FINA)<\/h3>\n<p>The F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Natation, founded in 1908, is the governing body for aquatics worldwide. FINA&#8217;s five discipline Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Synchronised Swimming &#8211; are all included in the Olympic programme. High Diving made its first appearance in FINA events at the 2013 FINA World Championships. FINA counts 208 affiliated National Federations on the five continents and has its headquarters in Lausanne (SUI).<\/p>\n<p><em>Press release courtesy of FINA.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sixth leg of the FINA\/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017, marking the start of Cluster #3, in Beijing (CHN) this weekend was highlighted by more victories for World champions Sarah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":267959,"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":[3,10],"tags":[64618,25134,42711,25129,25824,32196],"class_list":["post-284171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-beijing-world-cup","tag-chad-le-clos","tag-fina-world-cup","tag-katinka-hosszu","tag-michael-andrew","tag-sarah-sjostrom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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