{"id":326505,"date":"2018-08-22T06:34:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T13:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=326505"},"modified":"2019-06-19T12:43:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T19:43:34","slug":"china-fights-off-japan-in-mixed-medley-relay-at-asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/china-fights-off-japan-in-mixed-medley-relay-at-asian-games\/","title":{"rendered":"China Fights Off Japan In Mixed Medley Relay At Asian Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the final relay of the night on night four of swimming from the 2018 Asian Games, it was China winning the 4×100 mixed medley relay with a 3:40.45. It is the first time the relay has been contested at the Asian Games so it will count as a new Games Record.<\/p>\n

The team of\u00a0Xu Jiayu\u00a0<\/strong>(52.30),\u00a0Yan Zibei\u00a0<\/strong>(58.45),\u00a0Zhang Yufei\u00a0<\/strong>(56.61) and\u00a0Zhu Menghui\u00a0<\/strong>(53.09) won the gold medal ahead of Japan who swam a 3:41.21 for the silver medal. The Japanese had\u00a0Ryosuke Irie\u00a0<\/strong>(52.55),\u00a0Yasuhiro Koseki\u00a0<\/strong>(58.95),\u00a0Rikako Ikee\u00a0<\/strong>(55.68) and\u00a0Tomomi Aoki\u00a0<\/strong>(54.03) swimming for them.<\/p>\n

South Korea finished with the bronze at 3:49.27 with\u00a0Lee Juho\u00a0<\/strong>(55.36),\u00a0Moon Jaekwon<\/strong>,\u00a0An Sehyeon\u00a0<\/strong>(57.93) and\u00a0Ko Miso<\/strong> swimming for them.<\/p>\n

FULL RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. China, 3:40.45 (Xu, Yan, Zhang, Zhu)<\/li>\n
  2. Japan, 3:41.21 (Irie, Koseki, Ikee, Aoki)<\/li>\n
  3. Korea, 3:49.27 (Lee, Moon, An, Ko)<\/li>\n
  4. Hong Kong, 3:50.22 (Au, To, Lim, Cheng)<\/li>\n
  5. Indonesia, 3:55.37 (Sudartawa, Evato, Sutanto, Hapsari)<\/li>\n
  6. Taipei, 3:58.30 (Chuang, Lee, Huang, Chen)<\/li>\n
  7. Thailand, 4:01.75 (Chograthin, Ketin, Sapianchai, Sathianchokwisan)<\/li>\n
  8. Singapore, DQ (Fong, Khoo, Quah, Quah)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n