Japan’s\u00a0Daiya Seto\u00a0<\/strong>continued his World Cup dominance with a win in the 400 IM to start the last session of the FINA World Cup in Budapest. Seto won the final with a 4:01.16 ahead of Hungarian home favorite\u00a0David Verraszto<\/strong>, who won the silver at 4:03.05.<\/p>\n

Spain’s\u00a0Joan Luis Pons Ramon\u00a0<\/strong>finished third with a 4:08.38.<\/p>\n

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Women’s 800 Free<\/h3>\n
Fresh off a world record in the 400 free, China’s\u00a0Wang Jianjiahe\u00a0<\/strong>rattled the 800 free world record with a 7:59.44, to miss\u00a0Mireia Belmonte’s\u00a0<\/strong>record of 7:59.34 from the 2013 World Cup in Berlin. Wang improved her own World Junior Record of 8:03.86 from last week in Eindhoven.<\/p>\n
Wang is now the second swimmer to ever break eight minutes in the 800 free joining Belmonte in the exclusive club. Wang moved from fourth to second all-time.<\/p>\n
Wang finished well ahead of the American\u00a0Leah Smith\u00a0<\/strong>at 8:16.26 while Russia’s\u00a0Anna Egorova\u00a0<\/strong>(8:22.24) finished with the bronze medal. Also in the race was Spain’s\u00a0Mireia Belmonte<\/strong>, who will get to keep her world record, placing fifth at 8:24.58. Belmonte is\u00a0coming off an injury<\/a>\u00a0that caused her to miss this summer’s European Championships.<\/p>\n
Wang is on a roll this fall at the World Cup stops in Europe. She is coming off a summer where she won the 800 free gold medal at the Asian Games<\/a> with an 8:18.55, placing her fifth in the 2018 Virtual World Championships.<\/p>\n
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The women\u2019s 800m Freestyle featured the name on everybody\u2019s lips at the moment\u2026 16yr old Wang Jianjiahe from China.
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