{"id":336141,"date":"2018-11-04T07:13:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T14:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=336141"},"modified":"2018-11-04T07:13:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T14:13:26","slug":"2018-fina-world-cup-beijing-kromowidjojo-downs-sjostrom-in-packed-sprint-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-fina-world-cup-beijing-kromowidjojo-downs-sjostrom-in-packed-sprint-final\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 FINA World Cup Beijing: Kromowidjojo Downs Sjostrom In Packed Sprint Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third cluster of the 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup series wrapped up today in Beijing, China, with several stars adding to their gold medal totals from the three day meet and shaking up the world rankings. <\/span><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 400 IM<\/b><\/h3>\n
Hungarian <\/span>David Verraszto <\/b>won the opening event of the third World Cup stop in Beijing in 4:04.09. In second was Japan\u2019s <\/span>Hiromasa Fujimoro <\/b>(4:07.36), and Australia\u2019s <\/span>Jared Gilliland <\/b>(4:09.55). <\/span><\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 100 Butterfly<\/b><\/h3>\n
Sweden\u2019s <\/span>Sarah Sjostrom <\/b>won her second gold medal of the Beijing circuit, hitting the wall in 55.58 to earn her second butterfly title. Sjostrom was just over half a second off her second ranked time from earlier this year (54.91), behind American <\/span>Kelsi Dahlia <\/b>(54.84). China\u2019s <\/span>Zhang Yufei <\/b>(56.53) and <\/span>Wang Yichun <\/b>(57.13). <\/span><\/p>\n
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Amazing victory by Sweden\u2019s Sarah Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m in the women\u2019s #100FLY<\/a> in #BEIJING<\/a>! @speedo<\/a> @omegawatches<\/a>
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\u2014 FINA (@fina1908) November 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n