Chinese swimmers dominates Asian C'ships
Chinese swimmers dominates Asian C'ships
JAKARTA (JP): China dominated the fourth day of the Sixth
Asian Swimming Championships in Pusan, South Korea, by scooping
on Saturday nine of 10 gold medals on offer.
The Chinese men's team contributed a gold in the 400 meters
freestyle relay by clocking 3 minutes 25.88 seconds. South Korea
trailed in second place with 3:27.77 and Kazakhstan was third
with 3:28.26.
The Indonesian men's team -- comprising Richard Sam Bera,
Wisnu Wardhana and twin brothers Felix and Albert Christiadi
Sutanto -- finished fifth with 3:29.55.
The team did not fulfill the target set by the Indonesian
Swimming Federation (PRSI) of finishing third in the team event.
AFP reported Zheng Shibin of China timed 2:02.14 to grab the
gold in the men's 200 backstroke. Teammate Fu Yong was second
with 2:02.20 followed by Ueda Yosuke of Japan with 2:04.16.
Chinese swimmers maintained their domination by contributing
another gold and silver medal in the men's 100m butterfly from
Ouyang Kunpeng and Zhang Qiyang, who clocked 53.83 and 55.27
respectively. Nachaev Ravil of Uzbekistan took the bronze after
splashing in at 55.65.
In the men's 400m freestyle, Jin Hao of China timed 3:58.72
for the gold trailed by Woo Chol of South Korea with 3:59.35 in
second place and Takeshi Matsuda of Japan in third with 4:00.74.
In the women's events, Japanese Tomoko Hagiwara broke the
Chinese domination by taking the only gold in the women's 200m
backstroke thanks to the absence of Chinese swimmers in the
event.
Hagiwara clocked 2:11.99 to finish first followed by
compatriot Yoshiko Saito with 2:12.27 and Bang Eun-jee of South
Korea with 2:16.28.
In the women's 400m freestyle, Zhang Yan and compatriot Chen
Yan added more golds and silvers to the Chinese team bag after
finishing first and second in 4:13.72 and 4:17.97 respectively.
Roh Joo-hee of South Korea clocked 4:20.02 to earn the bronze.
Ruan Yi of China also earned the gold in the women's 100m
butterfly after splashing in 1:00.19. The silver went to teammate
Pang Ran with 1:01.95 and the bronze was grabbed by Hsiem Shu Tzu
of China Taipei with 1:02.45.
China's women's team also won the gold in the 400m freestyle
relay with the time of 3:50.55. Host South Korea was second with
3:51.24 while Japan was third with 3:54.30.
In the diving events, Chinese divers also dominated the event
by making a clean sweep of the two golds at stake.
Peng Bo scored 677.22 points in the men's three-meter
springboard final to earn him a gold medal. Compatriot Wang Kenan
earned 657.30 points for a silver while Kwon Kyung-min of South
Korea grabbed the bronze with 630.99 points.
In the women's platform final, Chinese Sun Na dived for 506.01
points followed by teammate Chen Li with 487.77 and Irina
Vyguzova of Kazakhstan with 468.90. (yan)