Sun Yang added another victory to his week’s collection on the fifth day of the 2015 Chinese Fall National Championships.
The veteran distance swimmer dominated the men’s 400 freestyle with a time of 3:42.70. That time would have been good for silver at the recent FINA World Championships. Sun won the event in Kazan with a time of 3:42.58. That time is also faster than any other swimmer in the world last year, and the fastest in the new 2015-2016 season as well. The next closest competitor was Yang Jintong with a 3:53.
Ye Shiwen was absent from today’s 400 IM. She opened the door for other swimmers to earn a national title in the event and Li Xuanxu took advantage of the opportunity. Li won with a final time of 4:44.78.
Day 5 results can be found below:
Day 5
Men 400 Free
- Sun Yang 3’42″70
- Yang Jintong 3’53″43
- Hong Jinlong 3’54″26
Women 50 Free
- Zhu Menghui 25″20
- Liu Xiang 25″30
- Han Tingru 25″58
Men 50 Free
- Yu Hexin 22″66
- Zhang Qibing 22″95
- Ban Bao 23″01
Women 400 IM
- Li Xuanxu 4’44″78
- Wang Xinya 4’45″75
- Wu Tianqi 4’47″42
Men 200 Breast
- Huang Chaosheng 2’12″60
- Qin Haiyang 2’14″59
- Yan Zibei 2’14″73
Women 800 Free
- Xu Danlu 8’35″83
- Xin Xin 8’36″13
- Wang Guoyue 8’38″83
Women 4×100 MR
- Beijing 4’04″71
- Henan 4’05″15
- Liaoning 4’07″17
Men 4×100 MR
- Zhejiang 3’35″79
- Shanghai 3’40″92
- Navy 3’41″70
The below link is the “fanspage” of Ye Shiwen. You can see the picture of “tooth-sized bone” that removed from her ankle.
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/3999849048
I think about the most we can hope for from Sun next summer is maybe 3:40.9. MAYBE. He can’t have any more of these out of pool issues he’s had lately. But of course I hope he proves me wrong come Rio ?
I would be more than happy with a 3’40″06, or sub 40″… maybe. If 400 free wr should be broken next year, it has to be Sun, hard to imagine anyone else.
Ever since he’s been off the juice, he hasn’t been close to those times. Why would he all of a sudden get back down there?
Jeremy Duncan yes they have drug testing at their national champs. They also have drug testing at their youth swimming champs. The Chinese anti doping agency is among the toughest in the world. Any swimmer that wants to cut corners in China will find it brutally tough.
how ironic
Can anyone tell me , do they have drug testing at their nationals ?
Absolutely yes. A full set of drug testing is also required for any of the records to be recognized.
Maybe Ye is done?
She had a surgery to remove her broken bone in the ankle.
Wait, to remove it?
Maybe remove a pin , maybe remove ankle Spurs ,maybe remove the fracture by pinning .
If it was done after worlds & she is swimming now it sounds about right . I think you have got to give ppl using a foreign language a little leeway .
It is also a bit dismissive to say someone is ‘done’ . For example I’m sure she could get a NCAA schol if she applied . Or train for the China 4×200 free .
Yeap. Apparently she removed a tooth-sized thing from her ankle. She posted pictures of that piece on her weibo. Too bad I cannot make picture comment on this site. Try to see whether the link works:
http://photo.weibo.com/1862974331/wbphotos/large/mid/3879827733642566/pid/6f0abb7bjw1evf52tzhvbj20gf0f5q4g
Ooops, I can not open it. Click the original image to expand to a full size or copy the image url by right click. Should the link end with .jpg format, it will work.
Thanks. 🙂
How about this link? http://tieba.baidu.com/p/3999849048
Well, it would be nice to see sun back in 2012 shape, but I don’t think the will happen, the 200 is a huge toss up, basically everyone has a chance and it’s all about who gets hold of the olympic spirt and uses it to their advantage, their is alot of young talent in the 400 like guy and horton, so I think he will only get bronze their, and Paltrinieri has alot of rome to improve, such as geting a better kick, so I think he has the 1500.
And an unrelated thought, but what if their was an 800 in London, he almost got the record in the 400 and got it in the 1500, and… Read more »