{"id":342697,"date":"2018-12-16T03:30:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T10:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=342697"},"modified":"2018-12-16T06:06:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T13:06:40","slug":"2018-fina-short-course-world-championships-six-championship-records-fall-on-final-night-of-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-fina-short-course-world-championships-six-championship-records-fall-on-final-night-of-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 FINA Short Course World Championships: Six Championship Records Fall On Final Night Of Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final day of the 2018 FINA Short Course World Championships has concluded, ending the final major international meet for 2018 in Hangzhou, China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Six more championship records fell on the final night of competition in China, including three relay marks and a new meet record from South African\u00a0Cameron van der Burgh\u00a0<\/strong>in the final race of his career.<\/p>\n

Check out all of the recaps from tonight’s night of finals below:<\/span><\/p>\n

LIVE RESULTS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Order of Events<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Women\u2019s 4×50 Freestyle Relay<\/span><\/li>\n
Men\u2019s 1500 Freestyle<\/span><\/li>\n
Men\u2019s 100 Freestyle<\/span><\/li>\n
Women\u2019s 200 Breaststroke<\/span><\/li>\n
Men\u2019s 200 Backstroke<\/span><\/li>\n
Women\u2019s 100 Butterfly<\/span><\/li>\n
Men\u2019s 50 Breaststroke<\/span><\/li>\n
Women\u2019s 50 Freestyle<\/span><\/li>\n
Men\u2019s 4×100 Medley Relay<\/span><\/li>\n
Women\u2019s 4×100 Medley Relay<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Women\u2019s 4×50 Freestyle Relay<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The United States team of\u00a0Madison Kennedy\u00a0<\/strong>(24.05),\u00a0Mallory Comerford\u00a0<\/strong>(23.26),\u00a0Kelsi Dahlia\u00a0<\/strong>(23.37), and\u00a0Erika Brown\u00a0<\/strong>(23.33) opened the last day’s final session with a new championship and American record in the 4×50 free relay. Touching in 1:34.03, the U.S. team beat out the Netherlands, who were the former Championship record holders and are the current world record holders.<\/p>\n
The Dutch put up a strong fight, with\u00a0Ranomi Kromowidjojo\u00a0<\/strong>(23.60) and\u00a0Femke Heemskerk\u00a0<\/strong>(23.32) leading the Dutch over the rest of the field for the first 100. However, splits from\u00a0Kim Busch\u00a0<\/strong>(23.84) and\u00a0Valerie van Roon\u00a0<\/strong>(23.79) weren’t enough for the Dutch to hold off the Americans, ultimately finishing in second in 1:34.55.<\/p>\n
Back in third were the Australians in 1:36.34.<\/p>\n
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The first of our 10 finals this evening – The Women\u2019s 4x50m Freestyle Relay! See all the action live on ? https:\/\/t.co\/bEozhdW5qV<\/a> #FINAHangzhou2018<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/72RTxO6Ihl<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 FINA (@fina1908) December 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n