{"id":326796,"date":"2018-08-24T05:23:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T12:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=326796"},"modified":"2019-07-21T01:38:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T08:38:38","slug":"sun-yang-wins-third-straight-1500-free-asian-games-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-wins-third-straight-1500-free-asian-games-gold-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Yang Wins Third Straight 1500 Free Asian Games Gold Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was not as fast as it has been in the past, but China’s\u00a0Sun Yang\u00a0<\/strong>won his third straight gold medal in the 1500 at the Asian Games, just dipping under 15 minutes with a 14:58.53. Sun is well off his Games Record of 14:35 from 2010, and even further from his world record of 14:31 from 2012. Sun is 26, and with the addition of the 800 to the Olympic schedule,\u00a0Sun has hinted<\/a>\u00a0at dropping the 1500 for the 800 by 2020.<\/p>\n

He was in a race with Vietnam’s\u00a0Huy Nguyen<\/strong>, but Sun pulled away for the gold. Nguyen will get the silver at 15:01.63, winning Vietnam’s third medal in swimming at the Asian Games, and their first silver. It is also their first medal in men’s swimming at the Games.<\/p>\n

China’s\u00a0Ji Xinjie\u00a0<\/strong>(15:06.18) finished with the bronze medal.<\/p>\n

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  1. Sun Yang<\/strong>, CHN, 14:58.53<\/li>\n
  2. Huy Nguyen<\/strong>, VIE, 15:01.63<\/li>\n
  3. Ji Xinjie<\/strong>, CHN, 15:06.18<\/li>\n
  4. Shogo Takeda<\/strong>, JPN, 15:17.13<\/li>\n
  5. Ayatsugu Hirai<\/strong>, JPN, 15:24.26<\/li>\n
  6. Aflah Prawira<\/strong>, INA, 15:24.59<\/li>\n
  7. Advait Page,<\/strong>\u00a0IND, 15:29.96<\/li>\n
  8. Huang Guoting<\/strong>, TPE, 15:36.52<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2018 Virtual World Championships<\/h3>\n
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    1. Florian Wellbrock<\/strong>, GER, 14:36.15, Europeans<\/li>\n
    2. Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/strong>, UKR, 14:36.88, Europeans<\/li>\n
    3. Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong>, ITA, 14:42.85, Europeans<\/li>\n
    4. Jordan Wilimovsky<\/strong>, USA, 14:46.93, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    5. Jack McLoughlin<\/strong>, AUS, 14:47.09, Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n
    6. Zane Grothe<\/strong>, USA, 14:48.40, Pan Pacs<\/li>\n
    7. Daniel Jervis<\/strong>, GBR, 14:48.67, Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n
    8. Mack Horton<\/strong>, AUS, 14:51.05, Commonwealth Games<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n