{"id":326795,"date":"2018-08-24T04:51:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T11:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=326795"},"modified":"2019-07-14T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T20:40:10","slug":"wang-jianjiahe-blitzes-400-free-field-with-a-403","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wang-jianjiahe-blitzes-400-free-field-with-a-403\/","title":{"rendered":"Wang Jianjiahe Blitzes 400 Free Field With a 4:03"},"content":{"rendered":"

China’s\u00a0Wang Jianjiahe\u00a0<\/strong>clinched the distance hat trick with a gold medal and new Asian Games Record of 4:03.18. Wang already claimed gold medals this week in the\u00a0800<\/a>\u00a0and 1500 free<\/a> finals and she won her fourth gold medal of the meet in the 400, adding to her gold in the 4×200 free relay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wang finished three full seconds ahead of teammate\u00a0Li Bingjie\u00a0<\/strong>(4:06.46) who won the silver medal. Li was well off her 4:01 she swam last summer that still stands as the Asian Record. Both Wang and Li are 16-years-old.<\/p>\n

Wang moved up to third in this year’s Virtual World Championships after all the major international meets this summer. Wang has a ways to go to catch American\u00a0Katie Ledecky\u00a0<\/strong>and Australian\u00a0Ariarne Titmus\u00a0<\/strong>but she is still only 16 so she has room to grow.<\/p>\n

Japan’s\u00a0Chihiro Igarashi\u00a0<\/strong>(4:08.48) won the bronze medal for her fourth total medal of the meet.<\/p>\n

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  1. Wang Jianjiahe<\/strong>, CHN, 4:03.18, Games Record<\/li>\n
  2. Li Bingjie<\/strong>, CHN, 4:06.46<\/li>\n
  3. Chihiro Igarashi<\/strong>, JPN, 4:08.48<\/li>\n
  4. Waka Kobori<\/strong>, JPN, 4:11.69<\/li>\n
  5. Kim Jinha<\/strong>, KOR, 4:16.84<\/li>\n
  6. Ching Gan<\/strong>, SGP, 4:17.86<\/li>\n
  7. Ho Nam Wai<\/strong>, HKG, 4:18.77<\/li>\n
  8. Katii Tang<\/strong>, HKG, 4:19.91<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Virtual World Championships<\/h3>\n
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    1. Katie Ledecky<\/strong>, USA, 3:58.50, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    2. Ariarne Titmus<\/strong>, AUS, 3:59.66, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    3. Wang Jianjiahe<\/strong>, CHN, 4:03.18, Asian Games<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Simona Quadarella<\/strong>, ITA, 4:03.35, Europeans<\/li>\n
    5. Ajna Kesely<\/strong>, HUN, 4:03.57, Europeans<\/li>\n
    6. Leah Smith<\/strong>, USA, 4:04.23, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    7. Holly Hibbott<\/strong>, GBR, 4:05.01, Europeans<\/li>\n
    8. Anna Egorova<\/strong>, RUS, 4:06.03, Europeans<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n