{"id":326371,"date":"2018-08-21T06:11:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T13:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=326371"},"modified":"2019-06-27T11:19:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:19:09","slug":"china-breaks-games-record-in-4x200-free-relay-to-close-night-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/china-breaks-games-record-in-4x200-free-relay-to-close-night-three\/","title":{"rendered":"China Breaks Games Record In 4×200 Free Relay To Close Night Three"},"content":{"rendered":"

China closed night three of the competition with a Games Record in the women’s 4×200 free relay with a 7:48.61 to lower the old record of 7:51.81 from 2010.\u00a0Li Bingjie\u00a0<\/strong>(1:56.94),\u00a0Wang Jianjiahe\u00a0<\/strong>(1:55.35),\u00a0Zhang Yuhan<\/strong>\u00a0(1:58.37) and\u00a0Yang Junxuan<\/strong>\u00a0(1:57.95)\u00a0broke that record and put up the fourth fastest time of 2018, sitting behind Australia, the United States and Canada from the Pan Pacs.<\/p>\n

China’s team was rather impressive because three of the swimmers are 16-years-old. Li, Wang and Yang are 16 while Zhang is 23. The Chinese quartet stayed undefeated at the Asian Games in this event as they have won every 4×200 free relay since it was first contested in 1998, winning six straight.<\/p>\n

Japan finished in second place with the silver at 7:53.83. They were much faster at Pan Pacs with a 7:48.96, but\u00a0Yui Ohashi\u00a0<\/strong>swimming the third leg fell badly off pace with a 2:01.33 after she had the 400 IM earlier in the session.\u00a0Chihiro Igarashi\u00a0<\/strong>(1:57.69),\u00a0Rikako Ikee\u00a0<\/strong>(1:55.27), Ohashi and\u00a0Rio Shirai<\/strong>\u00a0(1:59.54)\u00a0swam for the Japanese as they claimed their first relay silver of the meet. They had already won gold in the women’s 4×100 free and men’s 4×200 so far at this meet in Jakarta.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong finished a distant third at 8:07.17 with\u00a0Ho Nam Wai\u00a0<\/strong>(2:02.12),\u00a0Camille Cheng <\/strong>(2:00.85),\u00a0Katii Tang\u00a0<\/strong>(2:01.68) and Sze Hang Yu<\/strong>\u00a0(2:02.52)\u00a0swimming for them.<\/p>\n

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  1. China, 7:48.61, Games Record (Li, Wang, Zhang, Yang)<\/li>\n
  2. Japan, 7:53.83 (Igarashi, Ikee, Ohashi, Shirai)<\/li>\n
  3. Hong Kong, 8:07.17 (Ho, Cheng, Tang, Sze)<\/li>\n
  4. South Korea, 8:14.36 (Choi, Kim, Ko, Han)<\/li>\n
  5. Singapore, 8:15.12 (Quah, Chue, Yeoh, Gan)<\/li>\n
  6. Indonesia, 8:21.51 (Krisdewanti, Dewi, Hapsari, Dewi)<\/li>\n
  7. Macau, 8:57.83 (Tan, Choi, Long, Vong)<\/li>\n
  8. Mongolia, 9:24.96 (Batbayar, Khuyagbaatar, Altanshagai, Erdene)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Virtual World Championships:<\/h3>\n
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    1. Australia, 7:44.12, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    2. United States, 7:44.37, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    3. Canada, 7:47.28, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    4. China, 7:48.61, Asian Games<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
    5. Japan, 7:48.96, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    6. Great Britain, 7:51.65, Europeans<\/li>\n
    7. Russia, 7:52.87, Europeans<\/li>\n
    8. Germany, 7:53.76, Europeans<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n