{"id":326124,"date":"2018-08-19T05:47:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T12:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=326124"},"modified":"2018-08-20T12:31:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T19:31:50","slug":"satomi-suzuki-wins-japans-first-swimming-gold-medal-at-2018-asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/satomi-suzuki-wins-japans-first-swimming-gold-medal-at-2018-asian-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Satomi Suzuki Wins Japan’s First Swimming Gold Medal at 2018 Asian Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan ended China’s hot streak at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta as\u00a0Satomi Suzuki\u00a0<\/strong>won Japan’s first swimming gold medal on the first night of action from Indonesia. Suzuki went 1-2 with\u00a0Reona Aoki\u00a0<\/strong>as Suzuki won the gold with a 1:06.40 for a new Games Record. She broke\u00a0Shi Jinglin<\/strong>‘s Games Record of 1:06.67 from 2014. Shi finished with the bronze medal at 1:07.36, unable to defend her title. Aoki won the silver medal at 1:06.45, also under the old Games Record.<\/p>\n

Suzuki also ended China’s hot streak in this event at the Asian Games as the Chinese have won seven of the last eight Asian Games titles in this event. The won they did not win in the last eight tries was\u00a0Asami Kitagawa\u00a0<\/strong>of Japan’s gold from 2006. Suzuki won Japan’s first 100 breast gold since those Games, and it is their ninth total Asian Games gold medal in the women’s 100 breast.<\/p>\n

Suzuki joins the likes of\u00a0Yoshiko Takamatsu\u00a0<\/strong>(1958),\u00a0Noriko Yamamoto\u00a0<\/strong>(1962),\u00a0Yoshiko Morizane\u00a0<\/strong>(1966),\u00a0Hitomi Tanigami\u00a0<\/strong>(1970),\u00a0Toshiko Haruoka<\/strong> (1974),\u00a0Chieko Watanabe\u00a0<\/strong>(1978),\u00a0Hiroko Nagasaki\u00a0<\/strong>(1982) and Kitagawa (2006) as Japanese gold medalists at the Asian Games.<\/p>\n

China’s\u00a0Yu Jingyao\u00a0<\/strong>(1:07.44), Korea’s\u00a0Kim Hyejin\u00a0<\/strong>(1:08.34),\u00a0Hong Kong’s\u00a0Jamie Yeung\u00a0<\/strong>(1:08.75), Korea’s\u00a0Back Suyeon\u00a0<\/strong>(1:08.83) and Malaysia’s\u00a0Jinq En Phee\u00a0<\/strong>(1:09.01) also competed in the final.<\/p>\n

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  1. Satomi<\/strong> Suzuki<\/strong>, JPN, 1:06.40, Games Record<\/li>\n
  2. Reona Aoki<\/strong>, JPN, 1:06.45<\/li>\n
  3. Shi Jinglin<\/strong>, CHN, 1:07.36<\/li>\n
  4. Yu Jingyao<\/strong>, CHN, 1:07.44<\/li>\n
  5. Kim Hyejin<\/strong>, KOR, 1:08.34<\/li>\n
  6. Jamie Yeung<\/strong>, HKG, 1:08.75<\/li>\n
  7. Back Suyeon<\/strong>, KOR, 1:08.83<\/li>\n
  8. Jinq En Phee<\/strong>, MAS, 1:09.01<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2018 Virtual World Championships<\/h3>\n
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    1. Lilly King<\/strong>, USA, 1:05.44, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    2. Yulia Efimova<\/strong>, RUS, 1:05.53, Europeans<\/li>\n
    3. Jessica Hansen<\/strong>, AUS, 1:06.20, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    4. Ruta Meilutyte<\/strong>, LTU, 1:06.26, Europeans<\/li>\n
    5. Reona<\/strong> Aoki<\/strong>, JPN, 1:06.34, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    6. Satomi<\/strong> Suzuki<\/strong>, JPN, 1:06.40, Asian Games<\/em><\/li>\n
    7. Tatjana Schoenmaker<\/strong>, RSA, 1:06.41, Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n
    8. Bethany Galat<\/strong>, USA, 1:06.41, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n