Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch
BEIJING – China’s Lu Ying had the first remarkable swim of the FINA World Cup stop in Beijing as she broke her Asian record in the 100 fly.
She raced her way to a top time of 55.95, that lowered her 56.05 record from the 2011 edition of the Beijing World Cup. She still has awhile to catch up to the world record of 55.05 set by Diane Bui Duyet, but she did push Asia into the 55s. Africa is the only continent now yet to break 56 seconds with Lize-Marie Retief’s 2007 56.52 on the record.
The Netherlands’ Inge Dekker chased down silver with a time of 56.03, matching her top time of the year so far, while Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu picked up her third medal of the night with a bronze-winning 56.68.
Li Shuang (57.28), Chen Xinyi (57.28), Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz (57.84), Liu Zige (58.02) and Liu Lan (58.38) finished fourth through eighth.
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