{"id":326220,"date":"2018-08-20T04:24:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T11:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=326220"},"modified":"2019-07-21T01:18:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T08:18:34","slug":"sun-yang-cruises-to-800-free-gold-at-asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-cruises-to-800-free-gold-at-asian-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Yang Cruises To 800 Free Gold At Asian Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sun Yang\u00a0<\/strong>of China won his second gold medal in as many nights at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia as he won the 800 free on Monday night after he won the 200 on Sunday. Sun swam a 7:48.36 to win the second ever 800 free gold medal at the Asian Games. The race was contested one other time at the Asian Games and that was in 1951.<\/p>\n

Sun won in convincing fashion ahead of Japan’s\u00a0Shogo Takeda\u00a0<\/strong>(7:53.01) and Vietnam’s\u00a0Huy Nguyen\u00a0<\/strong>(7:54.32). That is the first medal won by a Vietnamese swimmer on the men’s side at the Asian Games and only the third medal total by a Vietnamese swimmer at the Games.\u00a0Vien Nguyen\u00a0<\/strong>won two total medals at the 2014 Games in Incheon.<\/p>\n

Japan’s\u00a0Kohei Yamamoto\u00a0<\/strong>(7:59.60) and China’s\u00a0Ji Xinjie\u00a0<\/strong>(7:59.99) also broke eight minutes in the final.<\/p>\n

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  1. Sun Yang<\/strong>, CHN, 7:48.36, Games Record<\/li>\n
  2. Shogo Takeda<\/strong>, JPN, 7:53.01<\/li>\n
  3. Huy Nguyen<\/strong>, VIE, 7:54.32<\/li>\n
  4. Kohei Yamamoto<\/strong>, JPN, 7:59.60<\/li>\n
  5. Ji Xinjie<\/strong>, CHN, 7:59.99<\/li>\n
  6. Aflah Prawira<\/strong>, INA, 8:03.87<\/li>\n
  7. Ming Cheuk<\/strong>, HKG, 8:07.76<\/li>\n
  8. Advait Page<\/strong>, IND, 8:09.13<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2018 Virtual World Championships<\/h3>\n
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    1. Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/strong>, UKR, 7:42.96, Europeans<\/li>\n
    2. Zane Grothe<\/strong>, USA, 7:43.74, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    3. Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong>, ITA, 7:45.12, Europeans<\/li>\n
    4. Jordan Wilimovsky<\/strong>, USA, 7:45.19, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    5. Florian Wellbrock<\/strong>, GER, 7:45.60, Europeans<\/li>\n
    6. Henrik Christiansen<\/strong>, NOR, 7:46.75, Europeans<\/li>\n
    7. Jack McLoughlin<\/strong>, AUS, 7:47.31, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    8. Sun Yang<\/strong>, CHN, 7:48.36, Games Record<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n