{"id":337391,"date":"2018-11-11T06:51:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T13:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=337391"},"modified":"2018-11-11T06:51:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T13:51:12","slug":"2018-fina-world-cup-tokyo-xu-jiayus-world-record-closes-tokyo-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-fina-world-cup-tokyo-xu-jiayus-world-record-closes-tokyo-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 FINA World Cup Tokyo: Xu Jiayu\u2019s World Record Closes Tokyo World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2018 FINA World Cup Tokyo stop has already seen several records go down in the past two days, and the final night of finals was no exception, with another world record coming down along with a few national records. Check out the below to get all the latest on the third night of finals of the 2018 World Cup in Tokyo. <\/span><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 400 IM<\/b><\/h3>\n
Hometown Olympian <\/span>Kosuke Hagino <\/b>walked away with the men\u2019s 400 IM title tonight, even though he didn\u2019t actually compete in the final. Hagino posted the fastest time of the day in earlier heats, putting up a 4:01.93 that was more than a second faster than anyone went at night. Hungary\u2019s <\/span>David Verraszto <\/b>was second in 4:03.29, followed by <\/span>Ippei Watanabe <\/b>(4:03.52).<\/span><\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 800 Freestyle<\/b><\/h3>\n
The race for the women\u2019s 800 free win was a close one, with less than two-tenths separating the top two finishers. <\/span>Mayuko Gotou <\/b>ended up pulling off the win in 8:19.74, just .13 ahead of Hungary\u2019s <\/span>Boglarka Kapas <\/b>(8:19.87). In third was <\/span>Miyu Nanba <\/b>(8:22.44).<\/span><\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 100 Butterfly<\/b><\/h3>\n
Japan\u2019s <\/span>Rikako Ikee <\/b>set a new Japanese national record in the women\u2019s 100 fly, taking down world record holder <\/span>Sarah Sjostrom <\/b>head to head in tonight\u2019s final. Ikee barely trailed Sjostrom at the 50 (26.01 to 25.95) and turned in on in the second 50 to pull away with a win in 55.31. That beat her previous record of 55.99 from 2017 that also still stands as the world junior record. Sjostrom faded back to second in 55.56, while China\u2019s <\/span>Zhang Yufei <\/b>was third in 56.18. <\/span><\/p>\n
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The Women\u2019s 100m Butterfly is our first action from Day 3 here in Tokyo and the crowd certainly enjoyed the outcome! https:\/\/t.co\/bEozhdW5qV<\/a> #FINA<\/a> #Swimming<\/a> #SWC18<\/a> #Tokyo<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/jWW54SetrF<\/a><\/p>\n
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