By Josh Jeffrey<\/p>\n
DAEGU, South Korea, August 26. THE fastest-ever edition of the World University Games continued this evening with magnificent performances and some big wins by Chinese and British swimmers. <\/p>\n
Rebecca Cooke of Great Britain, who won the 800m freestyle in Universiade record time earlier this week, took the top spot again in the 400m freestyle this evening. <\/p>\n
This time, Cooke pulled from behind to win as China's Chen Hua, silver in the 800, was out nearly a second faster than Cooke by 200 meters. Over the last 100, Chen saw that lead diminish to mere hundredths before being reeled in during the final strokes. Cooke touched first at 4:11.23, ahead of Chen for silver (4:11.94), while Magda Dyskewicz of the USA (4:12.52) picked up bronze. <\/p>\n
Great Britain made it two for two when James Gibson, to the surprise of no one, took the 100m breaststroke. Though Brenton Rickard of Australia set the Universiade record in preliminaries with a time of 1:01.52, it was apparent that Gibson was saving his best for the final. Out in 28.28, he sizzled to a gold medal in 1:00.71, smashing the newly-minted Universiade record set by Rickard. British teammate Chris Cook took silver (1:01.28) also under the previous mark, while Ukraine's Oleg Lisogor (1:01.69) took bronze.<\/p>\n
The USA men's team matched last night's gold by Demerae Christianson when Dan Westcott claimed a win in the men's 50m backstroke today. In a thriller of a finish, Westcott edged China's Ouyang Kunpeng, winner and Universiade record-holder in the 200m back, by just two hundredths of a second. <\/p>\n
Westcott touched at 25.80 to Ouyang's 25.82. Just six hundredths behind Ouyang was Vyacheslav Shyrshov of Ukraine, picking up his team's second bronze of the evening with a time of 25.88.<\/p>\n
China's deadly duo of Qi Hui and Luo Xuejuan destroyed the competition in the women's 200m breaststroke final. After the first 50, it was clear that no one else could challenge. Instead, Luo built up a half-second lead on Qi at the 100, taking the race out in a very fast 1:09.70, but after the turn at the 150, Qi used her devastating finishing speed to leave a faltering Luo behind. <\/p>\n
At the wall, Qi touched in a new Universiade record of 2:26.25, with teammate Luo second at 2:26.99, just a hundredth over the previous mark. More than four seconds in arrears, Japan's Fumiko Kawanabe touched at 2:31.06 for bronze.<\/p>\n
Russia's Andrei Kaoralov was the surprise winner of the men's 100 freestyle, and it looked as though he would even break Matt Biondi's long-standing Universiade mark of 49.14. Kaoralov tired in the last few meters to miss the record, but nonetheless won in 49.36 to silver medalist Chris Cozens of Great Britain's time of 49.94. Ukraine won its third bronze of the session with Yuriy Yegoshi touching in 50.02.<\/p>\n
The USA's Joe Bruckart led qualifiers during preliminaries of the men's 200m individual medley, and for the first 100 of the final he led the race. Entering the breaststroke leg, Bruckart was ahead by a half second over Japan's Takahiro Mori. But Mori uncorked a 34.55 breaststroke split, more than a second faster than Bruckart, to surge into the lead. His final split of 28.90 to Bruckart's 29.34 sealed the race. <\/p>\n
Mori touched in a scorching 2:00.59, obliterating the long-standing Universiade mark of 2:02.29 set by 1984 Olympic winner Alex Baumann. Bruckart took second, also well under the former record with a time of 2:01.57, while Australia's Adam Lucas notched his team's first medal of the session with a 2:03.06 for bronze. <\/p>\n
China's women's 800m freestyle relay asserted their dominance this evening with a three second lead on the field. Xu Yanwei got things started early as her 2:01.03 opening leg was 1.5 seconds ahead of Russia, and 2+ seconds ahead of the United States. <\/p>\n
China's next two swimmers, breaststroker Qi Hui, and middle-distance ace Chen Hua both clocked 2:02-low to extend the lead set by Xu. Unless a US or Russian swimmer could anchor in 1:57, China would win handily. As it turns out, the only anchor faster than China's Jiaying Pang (2:00.41), was France's Solenne Figues (2:00.28), and thus, China was golden by three body lengths. Their time of 8:05.86 was within a second of the Universiade record. <\/p>\n
The USA finished for silver with 8:08.84, while Russia had a dogfight with France for bronze. In the end, Russia prevailed, 8:13.99 to 8:14.14. <\/p>\n
Finals continue Thursday in Daegu after a one day break in competition.<\/p>\n
World University Games
\nDaegu, South Korea
\nAugust 24-30, 2003<\/p>\n
50 meter pool<\/p>\n
RESULTS
\nDay Three: August 26, 2003<\/b.\n\n\nWOMEN\n\n400 METRES FREESTYLE\nFinal\n1\t4:11.23*Cooke Rebecca,83,GBR\n2\t4:11.94\tChen Hua,82,CHN\n3\t4:12.52\tDyszkiewicz Magda,81,USA\n4\t4:15.47\tBeresnyeva Olga,85,UKR\n5\t4:15.58\tShibata Ai,82,JPN\n6\t4:15.80\tMcCullough Amy,83,USA\n7\t4:17.16\tGoffi Sara,81,ITA\n8\t4:23.91\tPang Jiaying,85,CHN\n\nB Final\n1\t4:16.60\tPechanova Jana,81,CZE\n2\t4:18.74\tKorovina Irina,83,RUS\n3\t4:18.85\tPasini Elisa,81,ITA\n4\t4:20.68\tFujita Sawami,84,JPN\n5\t4:22.70\tKynerova Kristina,79,CZE\n6\t4:23.02\tWare Catherine,81,AUS\n7\t4:27.32\tOufimtseva Irina,85,RUS\n8\t4:31.03\tPotec Camelia,82,ROM\n\nPrelims\n1\t4:12.80\tDyszkiewicz Magda,81,USA\n2\t4:15.13\tCooke Rebecca,83,GBR\n3\t4:15.31\tMcCullough Amy,83,USA\n4\t4:16.15\tBeresnyeva Olga,85,UKR\n5\t4:16.30\tChen Hua,82,CHN\n6\t4:17.70\tPang Jiaying,85,CHN\n7\t4:18.04\tShibata Ai,82,JPN\n8\t4:18.56\tGoffi Sara,81,ITA\n\n9\t4:18.74\tKorovina Irina,83,RUS\n10\t4:19.14\tPasini Elisa,81,ITA\n11\t4:19.19\tFujita Sawami,84,JPN\n12\t4:19.22\tPechanova Jana,81,CZE\n13\t4:21.41\tKynerova Kristina,79,CZE\n14\t4:22.34\tPotec Camelia,82,ROM\n15\t4:23.13\tWare Catherine,81,AUS\n16\t4:24.22\tOufimtseva Irina,85,RUS\n\n17\t4:25.81\tThompson Stephanie,84,AUS\n18\t4:25.90\tKiss Annamaria,81,HUN\n19\t4:25.97\tPerrotin Marion,83,FRA\n20\t4:26.06\tCervantes Paula,83,ESP\n21\t4:27.34\tPark Sun-Hyun,84,KOR\n22\t4:27.52\tKlochkova Ganna,85,UKR\n23\t4:28.78\tChoompol Chorkaew,84,THA\n24\t4:29.06\tOliveira Denise,80,BRA\n\n\n200 METRES BREASTSTROKE\nFinal\n1\t2:26.25*Qi Hui,85,CHN\n2\t2:26.99\tLuo Xuejuan,84,CHN\n3\t2:31.06\tKawanabe Fumiko,84,JPN\n4\t2:31.48\tBalfour Kirsty,84,GBR\n5\t2:31.49\tSteven Birte,80,GER\n6\t2:32.06\tHehn Keri,81,USA\n7\t2:33.50\tKormacheva Ekaterina,82,RUS\n8\t2:34.15\tWaite Kelli,85,AUS\n\nB Final\n1\t2:31.95\tPetelski Christin,77,CAN\n2\t2:36.45\tBogata Olexandra,85,UKR\n3\t2:37.11\tAkagi Yukako,85,JPN\n4\t2:37.63\tSpooner Emma,83,CAN\n5\t2:38.60\tHorakova Jana,84,CZE\n6\t2:39.09\tByun Hye-Young,83,KOR\n7\t2:39.11\tKaminska Beata,80,POL\n8\t2:40.09\tWheatley Amy,84,USA\n\nPrelims\n1\t2:30.64\tSteven Birte,80,GER\n2\t2:30.72\tKawanabe Fumiko,84,JPN\n3\t2:31.14\tBalfour Kirsty,84,GBR\n4\t2:32.69\tHehn Keri,81,USA\n5\t2:33.37\tLuo Xuejuan,84,CHN\n6\t2:33.49\tWaite Kelli,85,AUS\n7\t2:33.64\tQi Hui,85,CHN\n8\t2:33.78\tKormacheva Ekaterina,82,RUS\n\n9\t2:34.10\tPetelski Christin,77,CAN\n10\t2:35.04\tAkagi Yukako,85,JPN\n11\t2:35.97\tBogata Olexandra,85,UKR\n12\t2:36.99\tKaminska Beata,80,POL\n13\t2:37.48\tHorakova Jana,84,CZE\n14\t2:38.51\tSpooner Emma,83,CAN\n15\t2:39.05\tWheatley Amy,84,USA\n16\t2:39.52\tEdmistone Jade,82,AUS\n\n17\t2:41.23\tByun Hye-Young,83,KOR\n18\t2:43.76\tBogomazova Elena,82,RUS\n19\t2:45.19\tCsomova Katarina,85,SVK\n20\t2:46.06\tBaillod Celine,78,SUI\n\n\n4X200 FREE RELAY\nFinal\n1\t8:05.86*China,CHN\n\t2:01.03\tXu Yanwei\n\t2:02.14\tQi Hui\n\t2:02.28\tChen Hua\n\t2:00.41\tPang Jiaying\n\n2\t8:08.84\tUnited States,USA\n\t2:03.64\tDyszkiewicz Magdalena\n\t2:02.14\tKemp Heather\n\t2:01.99\tPerruquet Jessica\n\t2:01.07\tWilliams Stephanie\n\n3\t8:13.99\tRussia,RUS\n\t2:02.63\tShalagina Natalia\n\t2:03.75\tKorovina Irina\n\t2:04.87\tOufimtseva Irina\n\t2:02.74\tNasyrova Ekaterina\t\n\n4\t8:14.14\tFrance,FRA\n5\t8:14.32\tJapan,JPN\n6\t8:17.60\tItaly,ITA\n7\t8:21.56\tCanada,CAN\n8\t8:26.66\tAustralia,AUS\n\nPrelims\n1\t8:12.10\tUnited States,USA\n2\t8:17.24\tJapan,JPN\n3\t8:18.28\tChina,CHN\n4\t8:23.38\tRussia,RUS\n5\t8:24.09\tFrance,FRA\n6\t8:25.55\tGreat Britain,GBR\n7\t8:26.67\tCanada,CAN\n8\t8:28.08\tAustralia,AUS\n\n9\t8:29.88\tItaly,ITA\n10\t8:45.38\tUkraine,UKR\n11\t8:49.73\tKorea,KOR\n12\t8:52.76\tThailand,THA\n\n \nMEN\n\n100 METRES FREESTYLE\nFinal\n1\t49.36\tKapralov Andrei,80,RUS\n2\t49.94\tCozens Chris,82,GBR\n3\t50.02\tYegoshin Yuri,85,UKR\n4\t50.14\tMankoc Peter,78,SLO\n5\t50.45\tKidd Matthew,79,GBR\n6\t50.56\tChen Zuo,82,CHN\n7\t50.71\tSapucaia Marco A.,83,BRA\n8\t50.76\tVassanelli Giacomo,83,ITA\n\nB Final\n1\t50.80\tUsov Ivan,77,RUS\n2\t50.96\tOkumura Yoshihiro,83,JPN\n3\t51.10\tLequeux Sebastien,77,FRA\n4\t51.11\tMewing Andrew,81,AUS\n5\t51.27\tDyson Andrew,82,AUS\n6\t51.30\tBenda Ivo,75,CZE\n7\t51.45\tLanzarini Klaus,77,ITA\n8\t51.47\tKirkland Clay,83,USA\n\nPrelims\n1\t50.04\tCozens Chris,82,GBR\n2\t50.22\tYegoshin Yuri,85,UKR\n3\t50.22\tMankoc Peter,78,SLO\n4\t50.38\tKidd Matthew,79,GBR\n5\t50.65\tVassanelli Giacomo,83,ITA\n6\t50.65\tChen Zuo,82,CHN\n7\t50.84\tKapralov Andrei,80,RUS\n8\t50.91\tSapucaia Marco A.,83,BRA\n\n9\t50.96\tOkumura Yoshihiro,83,JPN\n10\t50.98\tUsov Ivan,77,RUS\n11\t51.09\tDyson Andrew,82,AUS\n12\t51.12\tMewing Andrew,81,AUS\n13\t51.29\tLequeux Sebastien,77,FRA\n14\t51.33\tKirkland Clay,83,USA\n15\t51.35\tBenda Ivo,75,CZE\n16\t51.38\tLanzarini Klaus,77,ITA\n\n17\t51.51\tGonzalez Hugo,82,POR\n18\t51.57\tHankewich Chad,81,CAN\n19\t51.58\tSchnell Andrew,82,USA\n20\t51.74\tLiu Yu,82,CHN\n21\t52.13\tCayette Germain,83,FRA\n22\t52.27\tGutsu Octavian,82,MDA\n23\t52.42\tBinevicius Saulius,79,LTU\n24\t52.43\tHwang In-Kyu,83,KOR\n25\t52.43\tMaestru Felix,81,ROM\n26\t52.45\tShyrshov Vyacheslav,79,UKR\n27\t52.53\tFriedrich Fabian,80,GER\n28\t52.57\tNoriega Javier,80,ESP\n29\t52.80\tKim Min-Suk,79,KOR\n30\t52.96\tPichette Alexandre,77,CAN\n31\t52.97\tGaffuri Alessandro,81,SUI\n\n\n50 METRES BACKSTROKE\nFinal\n1\t25.80\tWestcott James D.,80,USA\n2\t25.82\tOuyang Kunpeng,82,CHN\n3\t25.88\tShyrshov Vyacheslav,79,UKR\n4\t25.92\tSung Min,82,KOR\n5\t26.06\tLin Yi,82,CHN\n6\t26.12\tGrigalionis Darius,77,LTU\n7\t26.20\tNikolaychuk Volodymyr,75,UKR\n8\t26.34\tTalbot-Cameron Scott,81,NZL\n\nB Final\n1\t26.28\tMiyashita Jyunichi,83,JPN\n2\t26.30\tTaylor Joshua,84,AUS\n3\t26.36\tSmirnov Dimitri,83,RUS\n4\t26.59\tDeJong Chris,84,USA\n5\t26.67\tFreitas Bruno,82,POR\n6\t26.74\tPichette Alexandre,77,CAN\n7\t26.75\tKrizko Lubos,79,SVK\n8\t26.96\tAminov Vladislav,77,RUS\n\nPrelims\n1\t25.67\tWestcott James D.,80,USA\n2\t25.84\tOuyang Kunpeng,82,CHN\n3\t25.86\tShyrshov Vyacheslav,79,UKR\n4\t25.92\tGrigalionis Darius,77,LTU\n5\t26.19\tNikolaychuk Volodymyr,75,UKR\n6\t26.31\tLin Yi,82,CHN\n7\t26.42\tSung Min,82,KOR\n8\t26.43\tTalbot-Cameron Scott,81,NZL\n\n9\t26.48\tSmirnov Dimitri,83,RUS\n10\t26.49\tMiyashita Jyunichi,83,JPN\n11\t26.57\tDeJong Chris,84,USA\n12\t26.63\tKrizko Lubos,79,SVK\n13\t26.73\tTaylor Joshua,84,AUS\n14\t26.80\tAminov Vladislav,77,RUS\n15\t26.84\tFreitas Bruno,82,POR\n16\t26.88\tPichette Alexandre,77,CAN\n\n17\t27.02\tCatalano Enrico,83,ITA\n18\t27.10\tSchmich Oliver,79,AUT\n19\t27.17\tMurphy Patrick,84,AUS\n20\t27.19\tRodela Juan,79,MEX\n21\t27.19\tOral Orel,79,TUR\n22\t27.26\tIvlev Alexander,81,MDA\n23\t27.36\tOstermaier Lukas,83,AUT\n24\t27.42\tGaruglieri Alessandro,81,ITA\n25\t27.48\tMassacand Jonathan,84,SUI\n26\t27.59\tSchmitz Pierre,83,LUX\n27\t27.68\tO'Neill Donal,80,IRL\n28\t27.82\tO'Riada Muiris,81,IRL\n\n\n100 METRES BREASTSTROKE\nFinal\n1\t1:00.71*Gibson James,79,GBR\n2\t1:01.28\tCook Chris,79,GBR\n3\t1:01.69\tLisogor Oleg,79,UKR\n4\t1:01.94\tRickard Brenton,84,AUS\n5\t1:02.11\tBodor Richard,79,HUN\n6\t1:02.45\tBrandt Wilson,83,USA\n7\t1:02.60\tTahirovic Emil,79,SLO\n8\t1:02.91\tRiley Mark,82,AUS\n\nB Final\n1\t1:02.62\tIvanovski Roman,77,RUS\n2\t1:02.68\tFlaskay Mihaly,82,HUN\n3\t1:03.03\tDymo Valeriy,85,UKR\n4\t1:03.07\tYamashita Makoto,83,JPN\n5\t1:03.32\tSchurr Christian,84,USA\n6\t1:03.37\tCortesi Matteo,80,ITA\n7\t1:03.43\tSakimoto Hiromasa,84,JPN\n8\t1:04.06\tBoulianne Michel,78,CAN\n\nPrelims\n1\t1:01.52\tRickard Brenton,84,AUS\n2\t1:01.67\tGibson James,79,GBR\n3\t1:02.05\tBrandt Wilson,83,USA\n4\t1:02.23\tCook Chris,79,GBR\n5\t1:02.36\tLisogor Oleg,79,UKR\n6\t1:02.38\tTahirovic Emil,79,SLO\n7\t1:02.54\tBodor Richard,79,HUN\n8\t1:02.57\tRiley Mark,82,AUS\n\n9\t1:02.67\tYamashita Makoto,83,JPN\n10\t1:02.74\tSakimoto Hiromasa,84,JPN\n11\t1:02.83\tIvanovski Roman,77,RUS\n12\t1:02.83\tDymo Valeriy,85,UKR\n13\t1:03.12\tSchurr Christian,84,USA\n14\t1:03.13\tFlaskay Mihaly,82,HUN\n15\t1:03.33\tCortesi Matteo,80,ITA\n16\t1:03.60\tBoulianne Michel,78,CAN\n\n17\t1:03.88\tGerasimov Sergei,80,RUS\n18\t1:04.08\tMelnik Dov,78,ISR\n19\t1:04.24\tWilliamson Michael,81,IRL\n20\t1:04.46\tWang Haibou,82,CHN\n21\t1:04.50\tSirisanont Ratapong,76,THA\n22\t1:04.53\tJacobo Alfredo,82,MEX\n23\t1:04.55\tPerrot Stephan,77,FRA\n24\t1:04.64\tDos Santos Felipe,79,BRA\n25\t1:04.69\tBree Andrew,81,IRL\n26\t1:04.79\tDaly Kieran,81,NZL\n27\t1:04.96\tNodari Dario,83,ITA\n28\t1:04.99\tYou Seung-Hun,83,KOR\n29\t1:05.20\tLopes Helder,82,POR\n30\t1:05.60\tBoral Lukasz,84,POL\n31\t1:05.64\tPernat Matiaz,84,SLO\n32\t1:05.95\tNasution M. Akbar,83,INA\n33\t1:05.97\tSon Sung-Wook,83,KOR\n\n\n200 METRES IND.MEDLEY\nFinal\n1\t2:00.59*Mori Takahiro,80,JPN\n2\t2:01.57\tBruckart Joe,81,USA\n3\t2:03.06\tLucas Adam,83,AUS\n4\t2:03.51\tKnowles Jeremy,81,BAH\n5\t2:04.30\tNazarenko Dmytro,80,UKR\n6\t2:04.65\tHalika Michael,78,ISR\n7\t2:05.11\tBacon Mitchell,83,AUS\n8\t2:05.82\tSano Hidemasa,84,JPN\n\nB Final\n1\t2:03.81\tJanusaitis Vytautas,81,LTU\n2\t2:04.24\tZatsepin Alexei,84,RUS\n3\t2:04.46\tCiancarini Simone,79,ITA\n4\t2:05.43\tBadita Cezar,79,ROM\n5\t2:05.71\tZaharov Andrei,75,MDA\n6\t2:06.03\tJiracek Jakub,79,CZE\n7\t2:06.12\tKim Bang-Hyun,79,KOR\n7\t2:06.12\tKuzvard Tomas,79,CZE\n\nPrelims\n1\t2:02.68\tBruckart Joe,81,USA\n2\t2:03.56\tMori Takahiro,80,JPN\n3\t2:03.58\tLucas Adam,83,AUS\n4\t2:04.03\tHalika Michael,78,ISR\n5\t2:04.43\tBacon Mitchell,83,AUS\n6\t2:04.46\tSano Hidemasa,84,JPN\n7\t2:04.82\tNazarenko Dmytro,80,UKR\n8\t2:05.18\tZatsepin Alexei,84,RUS\n\n9\t2:05.22\tCiancarini Simone,79,ITA\n10\t2:05.23\tZaharov Andrei,75,MDA\n11\t2:05.39\tKerekjarto Tamas,79,HUN\n12\t2:05.43\tKim Bang-Hyun,79,KOR\n13\t2:05.61\tJanusaitis Vytautas,81,LTU\n14\t2:05.68\tBadita Cezar,79,ROM\n15\t2:05.73\tJiracek Jakub,79,CZE\n16\t2:05.77\tKuzvard Tomas,79,CZE\n\n17\t2:06.13\tCabello Brenton,81,ESP\n18\t2:06.22\tLiscinsky Mark,81,USA\n19\t2:06.33\tUrreta Diego,81,MEX\n20\t2:06.96\tSirigu Lorenzo,81,ITA\n21\t2:07.06\tHanz Jochen,77,GER\n22\t2:07.53\tWolfgarten Jan,82,GER\n23\t2:07.59\tMassacand Jonathan,84,SUI\n24\t2:07.78\tZoldak Kryzsztof,84,POL\n25\t2:07.81\tSkrydlov Ilya,82,RUS\n26\t2:07.94\tKim Seong-Tae,83,KOR\n27\t2:07.95\tMourao Duarte,84,POR\n28\t2:08.51\tVan der Kraay Anthony,80,NZL\n29\t2:08.53\tLapshyn Andriy,83,UKR\n30\t2:09.26\tDiaz Javier,79,MEX\n31\t2:09.58\tGoncalves Rafael,80,BRA\n32\t2:10.68\tSaia Margus,81,EST\n33\t2:11.17\tWilliamson Michael,81,IRL\n\n \n*: World University Games record\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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