{"id":342247,"date":"2018-12-13T06:02:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T13:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=342247"},"modified":"2019-07-09T08:37:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T15:37:18","slug":"wang-jianjiahe-wins-world-title-in-800-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wang-jianjiahe-wins-world-title-in-800-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Wang Jianjiahe Wins World Title in 800 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women’s 800 Freestyle<\/h3>\n

Wang Jianjiahe\u00a0<\/strong>of China sailed to an early lead in front of a home crowd in the 800 free. She won the World Title in 8:04.35, nearly four seconds ahead of her fellow medalists.<\/p>\n

Italy’s\u00a0Simona Quadarella\u00a0<\/strong>and the United States’\u00a0Leah Smith\u00a0<\/strong>swam within tenths of each other for most of the 800. Despite a strong final 50 meters from Smith, Quadarella won the silver in 8:08.03 ahead of Smith in bronze with a 8:08.75.<\/p>\n

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Smith(On winning bronze after taking gold two years ago): \u201cTwo years ago was really fun winning and it was really fun to represent my country, so I definitely wanted to go again this year. This year the competition has been really awesome. I actually went faster than my time to win two years ago, which is exciting for me. The competition was great and it\u2019s great to race against China\u2019s best in their home country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Another Chinese woman,\u00a0Li Bingjie\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth in 8:09.81. Fifth went to\u00a0Sarah Kohler\u00a0<\/strong>of Germany in 8:10.54. Russia’s\u00a0Anna Egorova\u00a0<\/strong>(8:12.65), American Haley Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>(8:18.70) and Japan’s\u00a0Mayuko Goto\u00a0<\/strong>(8:22.10) rounded out the top heat.<\/p>\n