DUBAI, UAE, November 19. CHINA continued to shine at the Asian swimming championships, as two Chinese teenagers stole the show in long course competition.<\/p>\n
Xu Danlu, who broke onto the international scene earlier this year as a 13-year-old prodigy, swam an 8:22.24 in the 800 freestyle, vaulting herself from 18th to sixth in the world. The time would have placed fourth at the Olympics and puts her on the all-time performers list in 16th. Shao Yiwen was well back from Xu in second place, posting an 8:37.40. Japan's Yukimi Moriyama was third in 8:45.32.<\/p>\n
Wang Shun, who had a subpar Olympic Games as an 18-year-old, made up for it in Dubai with a quick 200 IM winning time of 1:58.66. Had he swum that time in London, he would have made the final and placed seventh. Wang swam a 2:00.85 in preliminaries at the Olympics. Zhang Fenglin, diversifying himself from just backstroke events, was second with a 1:59.26, a top-20 time in the world. Japan's Keita Sunama took third with a 2:01.34.<\/p>\n
Xu Jiayu was victorious in the men's 100 backstroke, posting a time of 54.24, besting Kunpeng Ouyang's meet record of 54.60. Takeshi Kawamoto of Japan was second with a 55.77, and Rainer Ng of Singapore got to the finish in third with a 57.14.<\/p>\n
Bai Anqi of China won the women's 200 backstroke with a 2:11.38, while Vietnam's Anh Vien Nguyen Thi took second with a 2:12.47. Third place went to Marie Kamimura with a 2:12.73.<\/p>\n
Hye Ra Choi of Singapore broke the Chinese winning streak with a win in the women's 200 IM, posting a time of 2:14.49. She used strong breaststroke and freestyle legs to beat China's Li Jiaxing's 2:15.37, with Japan's Chihiro Igarashi placing third with a 2:15.42.<\/p>\n
Lu Zhiwu won the men's 50 freestyle with a22.60, just off the meet record of 22.55. Teammate Shi Yang placed second with a 22.91, and Japan's Toru Maruyama was third with a 23.09.<\/p>\n
Zhao Jin made it 3-for-3 in breaststroke events, winning the women's 50 breast with a 32.18. Macedonia's On Kei Lei was second in 32.58, and Japan's Misaki Sekiguchi placed third with a 33.09.<\/p>\n
China won the men's 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:21.71, ahead of Japan's 3:23.09 and Hong Kong's 3:24.10. China's women's team won the 400 medley relay with a 4:05.70 using a respectable foursome of Zhao Jing (1:00.44), Zhao Jin (1:09.30), Lu Ying (1:00.63) and Tang Yi (55.33). Japan was a distant second with a 4:10.32 and Hong Kong placed third with a 4:14.57.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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