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 2007 FINA Swimming World Championships Results (Melbourne, Australia)
Day One Report
17 year-old Park Tae Hwan (KOR) stunned an experienced field to capture his first World Championship title in the men's 400m freestyle. Park shadowed Peter Vanderkaay (USA) for most parts of the race but reacted swiftly when Oussama Mellouli (TUN) tried to pull away. He then unleashed a steady yet powerful sprint to the wall in the final 50m to win in a new Asian record of 3:44.30.
Zhou Yafei (CHN) improved her continental mark by 0.12 seconds for a 58.20 swim which placed her fifth in the women's 100m butterfly semi-finals. Her compatriot Xu Yanwei (CHN) also made the final with a time of 58.82. Tao Li (SIN) placed ninth in 59.07 seconds, just missing the final.
Ai Shibata swam to a new Japanese record of 4:05.19 in the women's 400m freestyle final, just 0.2 seconds away from the Asian record held by Chen Yan (CHN). Three Olympic champions made the podium in this race -- Shibata took the bronze medal behind the amazing Laure Manaudou (FRA), who splitted 1:58.69 on her way to the second fastest time ever (4:02.61), and Otylia Jedrzedczak (POL), who returned in style with a PB of 4:04.23.
Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) qualified fastest in the men's 100m breaststroke semi-finals with a time of 1:00.05, after swimming a 59.9 in the heats. Tomomi Morita (JPN) placed seventh in the men's 100m backstroke semi-finals with a time of 54.77 seconds. Masafumi Yamaguchi (JPN) timed 55.34 seconds to place 14th overall.
Asian Games silver medalist Asami Kitagawa (JPN) was a second off her best time in the women's 200m IM semi-finals and placed 10th overall (2:15.79). Choi Hye Ra (KOR) clocked 2:17.10 to place 15th. Asian Games gold medalist Qi Hui, who took a huge risk in her altitude-training just before this Championships, paid a hefty price for her gamble and failed to qualify for the semi-finals. Qi Hui was unsure how well she could recover for her next two events, the 200m breaststroke and 400m IM.
China timed 3:40.48 to finish seventh in the women's 4x100m freestyle final, with Zhu Yingwen anchoring the team in 54.68 seconds.
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Re: 2007 FINA Swimming World Championships Results (Melbourne, Australia)
Day 2 Report
Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) went under a minute again in the men's 100m breaststroke final with his time of 59.96 seconds, but wasn't enough to wrestle the world title from World record-holder Brendan Hansen.
No Asian record in the women's 100m butterfly either. Zhou Yafei (CHN) and Xu Yanwei (CHN) failed to improve their semi-final results and ended in 7th and 8th (58.76 and 59.22).
In the men's 200m freestyle semi-finals, two Asians made the final -- newly crowned 400m freestyle World Champion Park Tae Hwan (KOR) with his 1:47.83 and 2005 World Championship finalist Zhang Lin (CHN) with his 1:48.29. Hanae Ito (JPN) and Reiko Nakamura qualified for the women's 100m backstroke final with their 1:00.62 and 1:00.71 respectively; Asian Games silver medalist Xutian Longzi (CHN) was a shade off her best in 1:01.70 and only placed twelfth.
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Re: 2007 FINA Swimming World Championships Results (Melbourne, Australia)
Day 3 Report
Park Tae Hwan (KOR) erased his 200m freestyle Asian record with his 1:46.73 which earned him a bronze medal. Zhang Lin (CHN) placed sixth in the final and also improved his Chinese record to 1:47.53.
Reiko Nakamura (JPN) set a new Japanese record of 1:00.40 in the women's 100m backstroke, which won her a bronze medal. Hanae Ito (JPN) came in fifth in a time of 1:00.63. Tomomi Morita finished eighth in the men's 100m backstroke with his 55.04 swim.
Ai Shibata (JPN) went under 16:00 for an Asian record and took bronze in the women's 1500m freestyle final.
In the men's 50m breaststroke semi-finals, Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) qualified fourth in 27.89 seconds. Wang Haibo (CHN) was 16th with a time of 28.66 seconds. Maki Mita finished 15th in the women's 200m freestyle semi-finals with a time of 2:00.29.
In the men's 200m butterfly semi-finals, three Asian men qualified for the final. Wu Peng (CHN), Ryuichi Shibata (JPN) and Chen Yin (CHN) placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th with their times of 1:55.17, 1:55.96 and 1:56.04 respectively. Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) just missed on the final with his time of 1:56.57.
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Re: 2007 FINA Swimming World Championships Results (Melbourne, Australia)
Day 4 Report
Wu Peng (CHN) came close to his Chinese record to earn a silver medal in the men's 200m butterfly with a time of 1:55.13. He was trailing in 7th spot at 100m but powered past several swimmers in the charge to the wall. Ryuichi Shibata (JPN) placed 5th in 1:55.81 whilst Chen Yin (CHN) placed 8th in 1:58.15. Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) finished 5th in the men's 50m breaststroke final.
Four Asian swimmers qualified for the final in the women's 50m backstroke -- Reiko Nakamura (JPN) placed 3rd in 28.58s, Mai Nakamura (JPN) placed 4th in 28.59s, Zhao Jing (CHN) placed 6th in 28.74s and Gao Chang (CHN) placed 8th in 28.81s. Jiao Liuyang (CHN) timed a PB of 2:08.20 to place 3rd in the women's 200m butterfly semi-finals. Yuko Nakanishi also qualifed after finishing 7th in 2:09.21. Asian Games champion Yurie Yano (JPN) placed 10th in 2:10.03 whilst Asian Games silver medalist Choi Hye Ra (KOR) and team mate Kown You Ri (KOR) placed 12th and 15th in 2:10.52 and 2:12.42 respectively. Hidemasa Sano (JPN) missed qualifying for the men's 200m IM final by 0.04 seconds whilst Ken Takakuwa placed 11th with a time of 2:00.81.
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Re: 2007 FINA Swimming World Championships Results (Melbourne, Australia)
Day 5 Report
Jiao Liuyang (CHN) improved her PB further to 2:07.22 for 4th place in the women's 200m butterfly. Yuko Nakanishi (JPN) placed 6th with her 2:09.43. Zhao Jing (CHN) timed 28.54 seconds to finish 4th in the women's 50m backstroke final, within 0.05 seconds of her PB. Three other Asian swimmers placed 5th, 6th and 7th respectatively -- Reiko Nakamura (JPN) in 28.64 secs, Gao Chang (CHN) in 28.70 secs and Mai Nakamura (JPN) in 28.86 secs.
The Japanese women's 4x200m freestyle relay team set a new national record of 7:58.04 to place 6th in the final; Maki Mita led off in 1:59.25 whilst Ai Shibata clocked a strong 1:57.85 in the third leg.
Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) led qualifiers in the men's 200m breaststroke semi-finals with his 2:10.30. Lai Zhongjian (CHN) placed 14th in 2:14.44 whilst Daisuke Kimura (JPN) was disqualified. Tomomi Morita (JPN) swam close to his PB in 1:58.91 to finish 7th in the men's 200m backstroke semi-finals. Ouyang Kunpeng placed 10th in 1:59.91 whilst Asian Games champion Masafumi Yamaguchi (JPN) placed 11th in 2:00.03.
Xu Yanwei (CHN), the only Asian swimmer to make the women's 100m freestyle semi-finals, finished 12th in 55.10 seconds. Luo Nan (CHN) qualified 5th in the women's 200m breaststroke in 2:27.03 but Qi Hui (CHN) was unable to recover in time and only placed 14th in 2:30.45. Jung Seul Ki (KOR) and Asami Kitagawa (JPN) placed 9th and 11th with their times of 2:27.83 and 2:28.61.
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Re: 2007 FINA Swimming World Championships Results (Melbourne, Australia)
Day 6 Report
Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) returned to his best with a 2:09.80 victory in the men's 200m breaststroke final, just 0.38 seconds off his Asian record. Luo Nan (CHN) finished 5th in the women's 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:27.55, around three seconds off her PB. The Japanese men's 4x200m freestyle relay team clocked 7:17.46 for a 7th placing, with Daisuke Hosokawa splitting fastest among his team mates in 1:48.75. Tomomi Morita (JPN) was unable to improve on his semi-final result and ended 7th in 1:59.14.
Reiko Nakamura (JPN) swam a powerful 2:08.82 to place 3rd in the women's 200m backstroke semi-finals whilst Hanae Ito (JPN) also made the final in 2:10.69 to finish 5th. Asian record holder Zhou Yafei (CHN) and Asian Games champion Tao Li (SIN) both qualified for the women's 50m butterfly final in 26.69 secs and 26.82 secs respectively. Yuka Kata (JPN), who set two Asian short-course butterfly records recently, managed a 26.91 swim to finish 10th whilst Ayako Doi (JPN) placed 14th in 27.12 secs. Asian record holder Takashi Yamamoto (JPN) failed to qualify for the men's 100m butterfly final with his time of 52.74 secs which placed him 13th overall.
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Re: 2007 FINA Swimming World Championships Results (Melbourne, Australia)
Day 7 Report
Reiko Nakamura (JPN) won a bronze medal and also a new Japanese record of 2:08.54 in the women's 200m backstroke final. Hanae Ito (JPN) again ended 5th in 2:10.57. Olympic champion Ai Shibata (JPN) placed 6th in the women's 800 freestyle final with a time of 8:31.73.
The Chinese women's 4x100m medley team surprised themselves with a bronze medal in 4:01.97; Xutian Longzi set a PB of 1:01.06 to lead-off the relay team in the backstroke leg. Japan's medley relay team finished 6th in 4:03.33 with Reiko Nakamura leading off in 1:00.69. Tao Li (SIN) and Zhou Yafei (CHN) placed 7th and 8th in 26.80 and 27.06 seconds in the women's 50m butterfly final.
Junya Koga (JPN) survived the semi-finals with his 25.55 swim in the men's 50m backstroke to finish 6th. Tomomi Morita (JPN) however missed the final with his 25.93 secs which placed him 10th overall whilst Zhang Chang (CHN) finished 14th in 26.33 secs. Ji Liping (CHN) just missed qualifying for the final in the women's 50m breaststroke with her time of 31.75 seconds, 0.03 seconds behind 8th placed Kate Haywood (GBR). Xu Yanwei timed 25.31 secs which ranked her 10th in the women's 50m freestyle semi-finals.
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Re: 2007 FINA Swimming World Championships Results (Melbourne, Australia)
Day 8 Report
The Japanese men ended the meet on a high note with a silver medal and a new Asian record in the men's 4x100m medley relay competition. Tomomi Morita led off in the backstroke for the Japanese which placed them among the front-runners. Kosuke Kitajima propelled the team into the lead with a strong 59.23 swim and Olympic silver medalist Takashi Yamamoto clocked the fastest butterfly split in the field with a time of 51.90 to extend their lead. Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) was unable to hold off the fast-finishing Australian men but held on for second place and a continental mark of 3:35.16.
Yu Rui (CHN) placed 6th in the women's 400m IM with her time of 4:44.49. Junya Koga (JPN) ranked 7th in the men's 50m backstroke final with his time of 25.56 secs.
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