{"id":326122,"date":"2018-08-19T05:30:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T12:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=326122"},"modified":"2019-06-30T15:14:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T22:14:44","slug":"xu-jiayu-ties-ryosuke-iries-asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/xu-jiayu-ties-ryosuke-iries-asian-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Xu Jiayu Ties Ryosuke Irie’s Asian Games Record in 100 Back Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

In one of the most hyped up races of the meet, China’s\u00a0Xu Jiayu\u00a0<\/strong>and Japan’s\u00a0Ryosuke Irie\u00a0<\/strong>squared off in the 100 back final on the first night of the meet at the 2018 Asian Games with Xu coming out on top at 52.34 to Irie’s 52.53. Xu was out in a 25.16 to Irie’s 25.61 and the Chinese man held on to win China’s fourth gold medal to start the meet in Jakarta.<\/p>\n

Xu also tied Irie’s Games Record with a 52.34, the exact time it took Irie to win gold in 2014. Xu won the virtual silver medal at the 2018 Virtual Worlds with that swim, sitting only behind\u00a0Ryan Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>from Pan Pacs. Irie’s time tied\u00a0Kliment Kolesnikov’s\u00a0<\/strong>winning time from European Championships.<\/p>\n

In the real race here in Jakarta, South Korea got its first swimming medal of the 2018 Games with\u00a0Lee Juho\u00a0<\/strong>claiming the bronze at 54.52, just ahead of Japan’s\u00a0Masaki Kaneko\u00a0<\/strong>(54.61).<\/p>\n

This was the first race China did not have two swimmers on the podium as\u00a0Li Guangyuan\u00a0<\/strong>placed fifth at 55.01.<\/p>\n

Vietnam’s\u00a0Paul Le\u00a0<\/strong>(55.72), India’s\u00a0Srihari Nataraj\u00a0<\/strong>(56.19) and Indonesia’s\u00a0Gede Sudartawa\u00a0<\/strong>(58.82) also swam in the final.<\/p>\n

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  1. Xu Jiayu<\/strong>, CHN, 52.34, Games Record<\/li>\n
  2. Ryosuke Irie<\/strong>, JPN, 52.53<\/li>\n
  3. Lee Juho<\/strong>, KOR, 54.52<\/li>\n
  4. Masaki Kaneko<\/strong>, JPN, 54.61<\/li>\n
  5. Li Guangyuan<\/strong>, CHN, 55.01<\/li>\n
  6. Paul Le<\/strong>, VIE, 55.72<\/li>\n
  7. Srihari Nataraj<\/strong>, IND, 56.19<\/li>\n
  8. Gede Sudartawa<\/strong>, INA, 58.82<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2018 Virtual World Championships<\/h3>\n
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    1. Ryan Murphy<\/strong>, USA, 51.94, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    2. Xu Jiayu<\/strong>, CHN, 52.34, Asian Games<\/em><\/li>\n
    3. Ryosuke Irie<\/strong>, JPN, 52.53, Asian Games<\/em><\/li>\n
    4. Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong>, RUS, 52.53, Europeans<\/li>\n
    5. Evgeny Rylov<\/strong>, RUS, 52.74, Europeans<\/li>\n
    6. Mitch Larkin<\/strong>, AUS, 52.88, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    7. Matt Grevers<\/strong>, USA, 52.99, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    8. Daniel Martin<\/strong>, ROU, 53.52, European Juniors<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n