{"id":577900,"date":"2024-02-13T00:17:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T07:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=577900"},"modified":"2024-02-13T02:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T09:09:16","slug":"world-championships-day-3-prelims-women-li-bingjie-leads-way-in-200-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-3-prelims-women-li-bingjie-leads-way-in-200-free\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships, Day 3 Prelims (Women): Li Bingjie Leads Way In 200 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships, Day 3 Prelims (Women): Li Bingjie Leads The Way In 200 Free<\/h4>\n

Li Bingjie<\/strong> headed the 200 free in the sole women’s prelim on the third morning of the World Championships<\/strong> in Doha.<\/p>\n

None of the medallists from the 2023 worlds are competing at the Aspire Dome – Mollie O’Callaghan<\/strong>, Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> and Summer McIntosh<\/strong> bypassing the meet with eyes on bigger things to come in Paris in July.<\/p>\n

Li was alongside Erika Fairweather<\/strong> in the third prelim, the latter the first New Zealander to have been crowned world champion when she won the 400 free ahead of the Chinese on the opening evening.<\/p>\n

Fairweather led by a second at the final turn with Li coming past her to take the win in 1:57.16 to 1:57.40.<\/p>\n

Olympic silver medallist Siobhan Haughey<\/strong> – who will go in tonight’s 100m breaststroke final – was only 0.13secs outside world record pace in the fifth and final heat, going through the first 100 in 56.07.<\/p>\n

The Hong Kong swimmer put the brakes on in the second half of the race with Nikolett Padar<\/strong> of Hungary going past her on the last 50 to touch in 1:57.42 to 1:57.62.<\/p>\n

Four women swam 1:57 with Janna van Kooten<\/strong> – a member of the Netherlands 4×100 free winning team – claiming the 16th and final spot into the semis in 1:59.41 as Britain’s Lucy Hope<\/strong> missed out.<\/p>\n

Li has never won a 200 free medal on the global stage and was second behind Haughey at the Asian Games<\/strong> in September 2023.<\/p>\n

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