{"id":326497,"date":"2018-08-22T04:24:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T11:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=326497"},"modified":"2019-06-04T21:45:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T04:45:19","slug":"joseph-schooling-defends-100-fly-asian-games-title-sets-games-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/joseph-schooling-defends-100-fly-asian-games-title-sets-games-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Schooling Defends 100 Fly Asian Games Title; Sets Games Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singapore’s\u00a0Joseph Schooling\u00a0<\/strong>successfully defended his Asian Games gold medal on Wednesday night in Jakarta with a new Games Record in the 100 fly. Schooling swam a 51.04 to become the fourth fastest man in the world for the 2018 Virtual World Championships. Schooling is not up to where he was two summers ago at the Olympics when he became the first man from Singapore to win an Olympic gold medal but he is consistently one of the best butterflyers in the world.<\/p>\n

Schooling had pressure from China’s\u00a0Li Zhuhao\u00a0<\/strong>who won the silver medal at 51.46. Li just missed the virtual top eight with his time. Japan’s\u00a0Yuki Kobori\u00a0<\/strong>won the bronze medal with a 51.77.<\/p>\n

Schooling won Singapore’s seventh gold medal in men’s swimming at the Asian Games with that swim. He is also just the second man to repeat in the 100 fly at this meet since Japan’s\u00a0Takashi Yamamoto\u00a0<\/strong>won three straight from 1998-2006.<\/p>\n

Singapore’s\u00a0Zheng Quah\u00a0<\/strong>(52.54), Kazakhstan’s\u00a0Adilbek Mussin\u00a0<\/strong>(52.95), Japan’s\u00a0Nao Horomura\u00a0<\/strong>(53.00), Korea’s\u00a0Chang Gyucheol\u00a0<\/strong>(53.32) and Indonesia’s\u00a0Glenn Sutanto\u00a0<\/strong>(53.89) also placed in the top eight.<\/p>\n

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  1. Joseph Schooling<\/strong>, SGP, 51.04, Games Record<\/li>\n
  2. Li Zhuhao<\/strong>, CHN, 51.46<\/li>\n
  3. Yuki Kobori<\/strong>, JPN, 51.77<\/li>\n
  4. Zheng Quah<\/strong>, SGP, 52.54<\/li>\n
  5. Adilbek Mussin<\/strong>, KAZ, 52.95<\/li>\n
  6. Nao Horomura<\/strong>, JPN, 53.00<\/li>\n
  7. Chang Gyucheol<\/strong>, KOR, 53.32<\/li>\n
  8. Glenn Sutanto<\/strong>, INA, 53.89<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2018 Virtual World Championships<\/h3>\n
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    1. Piero Codia<\/strong>, ITA, 50.64, Europeans<\/li>\n
    2. Chad Le Clos<\/strong>, RSA, 50.65, Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n
    3. Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>, USA, 50.75, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    4. Joseph Schooling<\/strong>, SGP, 51.04, Asian Games<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Mehdy Metella<\/strong>, FRA, 51.24, Europeans<\/li>\n
    6. James Guy<\/strong>, GBR, 51.31, Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n
    7. Jack Conger<\/strong>, USA, 51.32, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    8. Vini Lanza<\/strong>, BRA, 51.44, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n