{"id":337002,"date":"2018-11-09T05:57:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T12:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=337002"},"modified":"2018-11-09T05:57:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T12:57:42","slug":"2018-fina-world-cup-tokyo-world-and-national-records-tumble-in-day-one-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-fina-world-cup-tokyo-world-and-national-records-tumble-in-day-one-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 FINA World Cup Tokyo: World And National Records Tumble In Day One Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2018 FINA World Cup Tokyo stop saw several records fall during the first night of finals, including new world and world cup records from Russian <\/span>Vlad Morozov<\/b> and a tight backstroke race between <\/span>Xu Jiayu <\/b>and <\/span>Mitch Larkin <\/b>that resulted in a new national record. <\/span><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 400 Freestyle<\/b><\/h3>\n
Dutchwoman <\/span>Femke Heemskerk <\/b>won the 400 free title to open the Tokyo stop of the World Cup, posting a 4:01.29 for a convincing win. That improved on her silver medal time of 4:02.24 from the Beijing stop last week. In second was <\/span>Miyu Nanba <\/b>(4:03.80), followed by <\/span>Natsumi Shibata <\/b>(4:04.20). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 400 Freestyle<\/b><\/h3>\n
Australian Olympic gold medalist <\/span>Mack Horton <\/b>almost hit his season best in the men\u2019s 400 free, posting a 3:40.58 for the win from lane one. That is a nice rebound from Horton\u2019s performance at the 2018 Australian Short Course Championships, where he was fourth in 3:45.56. In second was <\/span>Kosuke Hagino <\/b>(3:42.24) and <\/span>Mykhailo Romanchuk <\/b>(3:42.63). <\/span><\/p>\n
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Time for our first action of the day from Tokyo\u2026the Men\u2019s 400m Freestyle ? https:\/\/t.co\/bEozhdW5qV<\/a> #FINA<\/a> #Swimming<\/a> #SWC18<\/a> #Tokyo<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8wDrqfdFy0<\/a><\/p>\n
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