{"id":366219,"date":"2019-04-28T04:45:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T11:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=366219"},"modified":"2019-06-02T20:44:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T03:44:42","slug":"2019-fina-champions-swim-series-guangzhou-ye-shiwen-sun-yang-post-world-leading-times-on-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2019-fina-champions-swim-series-guangzhou-ye-shiwen-sun-yang-post-world-leading-times-on-day-two\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 FINA Champions Swim Series Guangzhou: Ye Shiwen, Sun Yang Post World-Leading Times On Day Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Host country China got off to a strong start in the first session of the inaugural FINA Champions Swim Series in Guangzhou, winning seven events in the first of two timed finals sessions. There were plenty of strong swims in the second stop of the series, with Ye Shiwen\u00a0<\/strong>posting a surprise world-leading time in the 200 breast,\u00a0Sun Yang\u00a0<\/strong>topping the world rankings in the 400 free, and Great Britain’s\u00a0Ben Proud\u00a0<\/strong>just missing the top mark in the 50 free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The meet format features two sessions of timed finals over two days, with only four swimmers competing in each event. All athletes were invited to compete. In addition to nine Olympic gold medalists on the meet roster, there will also be 16 World Championships gold medalists and 42 Olympic or World Championships medalists competing.<\/p>\n

Links to the live results for the FINA Champions Swim Series are below, as are the results and recaps for each event. The meet can also be viewed live on the Olympic Channel.<\/span><\/p>\n