{"id":341941,"date":"2018-12-12T03:30:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T10:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=341941"},"modified":"2018-12-12T06:18:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T13:18:12","slug":"2018-fina-short-course-world-championships-day-2-finals-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-fina-short-course-world-championships-day-2-finals-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 FINA Short Course World Championships: Two More Relay World Records Fall On Night Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FINA World Swimming Championships continued today in Hangzhou, China after a fast first night of finals that featured two new world records in the men’s\u00a0200 butterfly<\/a> and the men\u2019s 4×100 free relay<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Two more world records came down tonight in the women’s 4×50 medley relay and mixed 4×50 free relay, both at the hands of the United States, along with several more national records across the world. Check out the full recap of all events from night two below:<\/p>\n

Order of Events<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Women\u2019s 4×50 Medley Relay<\/span><\/li>\n
Men\u2019s 100 Backstroke<\/span><\/li>\n
Women\u2019s 200 Butterfly<\/span><\/li>\n
Men\u2019s 100 Breaststroke<\/span><\/li>\n
Women\u2019s 50 Breaststroke<\/span><\/li>\n
Men\u2019s 200 Freestyle<\/span><\/li>\n
Women\u2019s 100 Freestyle (semi-final)<\/span><\/li>\n
Men\u2019s 100 Butterfly (semi-final)<\/span><\/li>\n
Women\u2019s 100 Backstroke<\/span><\/li>\n
Mixed 4×50 Freestyle Relay<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Women\u2019s 4×50 Medley Relay<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The United States team of\u00a0Olivia Smoliga\u00a0<\/strong>(25.97),\u00a0Katie Meili\u00a0<\/strong>(29.29),\u00a0Kelsi Dahlia\u00a0<\/strong>(24.02), and\u00a0Mallory Comerford\u00a0<\/strong>(23.10) wasted no time in the first event of day two, racing their way to a dominant world record win in 1:42.38. That smashed the previous world record held by the United States by almost a full second. Each American had the fastest splits of the field for their respective relay leg.<\/p>\n
Home team China was second (1:44.31) followed by the Netherlands in third (1:44.57). The Dutch used a strong second 100 from\u00a0Ranomi Kromowidjojo\u00a0<\/strong>(24.21) from\u00a0Femke Heemskerk\u00a0<\/strong>(23.17) to move up to the bronze medal position and pass Japan over the last leg.<\/p>\n
Smoliga’s time in the 50 back also broke the American record in the event, making her the first American under 26 seconds in short course meters.<\/p>\n
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Men\u2019s 100 Backstroke<\/strong><\/h3>\n
American\u00a0Ryan Murphy\u00a0<\/strong>edged out\u00a0China’s\u00a0Xu Jiayu\u00a0<\/strong>to take home the gold in the first individual event of the evening. Murphy touched first in 49.23, just .03 ahead of Xu who finished in 49.26. Both swimmers were off of Xu’s world record from last month during the 2018 FINA World Cup in Tokyo. Murphy and Xu have had a healthy rivalry the last few years: the American won Olympic gold in the event in 2016, while Xu fired back with a win over Murphy last summer at the 2017 World Championships that just missed the world record in the event.<\/p>\n
In third was rising Russian star Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong>\u00a0in 49.40. Kolesnikov was only sixth at the turn, but used a stellar back half to work his way onto the podium.\u00a0Notably, Brazil’s\u00a0Guilherme Guido\u00a0<\/strong>was first at the 50-meter mark (23.44), but faded in the second half to finish fifth. Other notable swimmers who finished off the podium were Australian\u00a0Mitch Larkin<\/strong>, who finished fourth in 49.46, and\u00a0Matt Grevers<\/strong>, who finished sixth in 50.02.<\/p>\n
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Ryan Murphy kept the momentum going for Team USA in the Men\u2019s 100m Backstroke. Complete live coverage is available on ? https:\/\/t.co\/bEozhdW5qV<\/a> #FINAHangzhou2018<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/e5hBuP0mBV<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 FINA (@fina1908) December 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n