{"id":326659,"date":"2018-08-23T05:11:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T12:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=326659"},"modified":"2019-07-14T13:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T20:48:00","slug":"wang-jianjiahe-breaks-800-free-games-record-li-bingjie-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wang-jianjiahe-breaks-800-free-games-record-li-bingjie-second\/","title":{"rendered":"Wang Jianjiahe Breaks 800 Free Games Record; Li Bingjie Second"},"content":{"rendered":"

China’s\u00a0Wang Jianjiahe\u00a0<\/strong>won her second gold medal of the 2018 Asian Games with a new Games Record in the 800 free with an 8:18.55. Wang earlier won the 1500 free gold medal<\/a> in a very tight battle with teammate\u00a0Li Bingjie<\/strong>. It was expected to be another tight battle with those two but Li was well off pace and swam an 8:28.14 for the silver medal.<\/p>\n

Li’s time would not put her in the Virtual Worlds top eight, just a year removed from getting the silver medal in the 800 at the 2017 World Championships. If Li can get back to her 2017 form, China has a solid 1-2 punch with Wang and Li as both are just 16-years-old.<\/p>\n

Japan’s\u00a0Waka Kobori\u00a0<\/strong>(8:30.65) won the bronze medal, dropping a second from her time at Pan Pacs earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Wang broke the Games Record that had stood since 2010 at 8:23.55 by China’s\u00a0Li Xuanxu<\/strong>. China now has eight gold medals in the 800 as Wang joins the likes of\u00a0Yan Ming\u00a0<\/strong>(1986, 1990),\u00a0Luo Ping\u00a0<\/strong>(1994),\u00a0Chen Hua\u00a0<\/strong>(1998, 2002), Li Xuanxu\u00a0(2010) and\u00a0Rose Bi\u00a0<\/strong>(2014) as winners of the event for the Chinese.<\/p>\n

Japan’s\u00a0Yukimi Moriyama\u00a0<\/strong>(8:40.71), Singapore’s\u00a0Ching Gan\u00a0<\/strong>(8:47.07), Korea’s\u00a0Han Dakyung\u00a0<\/strong>(8:48.38), Hong Kong’s\u00a0Ho Nam Wai\u00a0<\/strong>(8:53.16) and Thailand’s\u00a0Ammiga Himathongkom\u00a0<\/strong>(8:53.47) also placed in the top eight.<\/p>\n

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  1. Wang Jianjiahe<\/strong>, CHN, 8:18.55, Games Record<\/li>\n
  2. Li Bingjie<\/strong>, CHN, 8:28.14<\/li>\n
  3. Waka Kobori<\/strong>, JPN, 8:30.65<\/li>\n
  4. Yukimi Moriyama<\/strong>, JPN, 8:40.71<\/li>\n
  5. Ching Gan<\/strong>, SGP, 8:47.07<\/li>\n
  6. Han Dakyung<\/strong>, KOR, 8:48.38<\/li>\n
  7. Ho Nam Wai<\/strong>, HKG, 8:53.16<\/li>\n
  8. Ammiga Himathongkom<\/strong>, THA, 8:53.47<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2018 Virtual World Championships<\/h3>\n
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    1. Katie Ledecky<\/strong>, USA, 8:09.13, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    2. Simona Quadarella<\/strong>, ITA, 8:16.45, Europeans<\/li>\n
    3. Ariarne Titmus<\/strong>, AUS, 8:17.07, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    4. Leah Smith<\/strong>, USA, 8:17.21, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    5. Wang Jianjiahe<\/strong>, CHN, 8:18.55, Asian Games<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
    6. Ajna Kesely<\/strong>, HUN, 8:22.01, Europeans<\/li>\n
    7. Anna Egorova<\/strong>, RUS, 8:24.71, Europeans<\/li>\n
    8. Kiah Melverton<\/strong>, AUS, 8:25.64, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n