Day 6 of Chinese Nationals was highlighted by a pair of 200 strokers who put up times ranked in the top 5 in the world.
Rising backstroker Xu Jiayu struck first, going 1:56.26 to win the men’s 200 back and move to #3 in the world this year. That’s a season-best for Xu, who was previously ranked 6th, but he’s still got plenty ground to cover to catch world leader Ryosuke Irie of Japan.
2014-2015 LCM Men 200 Back
LARKIN
1.53.58
| 2 | Radoslaw KAWECKI | POL | 1.54.55 | 08/07 |
| 3 | Evgeny RYLOV | RUS | 1.54.60 | 08/07 |
| 4 | Irie RYOSUKE | JPN | 1.54.62 | 01/31 |
| 5 | Ryan MURPHY | USA | 1.55.00 | 08/07 |
One event later, Shi Jinglin took the women’s 200 breast, crushing the field by 6 seconds and moving to #4 in the world for 2015. Shi was 2:22.08 and also trails a Japanese world leader, Kanako Watanabe.
2014-2015 LCM Women 200 Breast
ZEYNEP
2.19.64*WJR
| 2 | Kanako WATANABE | JPN | 2.20.90 | 04/12 |
| 3 | Rikke MOLLER PEDERSEN | DEN | 2.21.58 | 06/10 |
| 4 | Rie KANETOU | JPN | 2.21.90 | 04/12 |
| 5 | Micah LAWRENCE | USA | 2.22.04 | 08/06 |
China’s young sprint sensation Shen Duo also won an event, but her 54.31 in the 100 free was still about a half second slower than the Junior World Record she set last summer at the Youth Olympic Games.
Top Three in each event
Women 100 Free
Shen Duo 54″31
Zhu Menghui 54″55
Fang Yi 55″08
Men 200 Back
Xu Jiayu 1’56″26
Li Guangyuan 1’58″05
Diao Jigong 1’59″42
Women 200 Breast
Shi Jinglin 2’22″08
He Yun 2’28″20
Zhang Xinyu 2’28″34
Men 200 Breast
Li Xiang 2’10″59
Mao Feilian 2’10″77
Yan Zibei 2’13″34
Men 4×200 FR
Zhejiang 7’20″10
Henan 7’20″64
Shanghai 7’21″06
The Russian trials when?