Wang Lizhuo, another of the three swimmers who tested positive for clenbuterol last year, but were let off with a warning by China, set a national record in the men’s 100-meter breast semis with a 59.64. That swim broke his own record of 59.79 set at the 2015 Chinese Nationals. The swim moved him up to third in the world behind only Adam Peaty (59.55) and Cameron van der Burgh (59.61). Yan Zibei raced his way to second out of semis with a 59.94 to move to sixth in the world rankings. Li Xiang qualified third in 1:00.52.
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Wang Shun qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics with a 4:13.62 in the men’s 400-meter IM. That swim pushed him up to fifth in the world rankings as he cleared the FINA A cut of 4:16.71. An Jiabao, who was just caught up in a clenbuterol scandal and only suffered a warning, took second in 4:17.66. Zhou Wang placed third in 4:17.75.
Li Zhuhao punched his ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympics with a 3:47.99 in the men’s 400-meter free. That moved him up to seventh in the world, and cleared the FINA A cut of 3:50.40. Wang Kechang just missed the A cut with a time of 3:50.55 for second. Zhang Jie placed third overall in 3:52.81. That means that Sun Yang’s A cut of 3:42.58 from last year at Worlds puts him in a strong position to remain on the Rio Olympic team in this event, after pulling out of nationals this year.
Zhou Min topped the women’s 400-meter IM with a time of 4:36.97. That swim jumped Zhou up to sixth in the world and easily cleared the FINA A cut of 4:43.46. Wang Xinya also cleared the A cut with a second-place time of 4:42.45. Xu Danlu wound up third in 4:45.57, while defending 400 IM Olympic champion Ye Shiwen finished seventh in finals with a 4:50.74. Ye had led preliminary qualifying with a 4:44.17 in the morning, but was unable to pull off a victory at night.
During semifinal action, Chen Xinyi moved to sixth in the world in the women’s 100-meter fly with a 57.60. Zhang Yufei placed second in 58.20, while Lu Ying (58.22) and Zhou Yilin (58.33) made up the top four heading into finals.
Wang Lizhuo, another of the three swimmers who tested positive for clenbuterol last year, but were let off with a warning by China, set a national record in the men’s 100-meter breast semis with a 59.64. That swim broke his own record of 59.79 set at the 2015 Chinese Nationals. The swim moved him up to third in the world behind only Adam Peaty (59.55) and Cameron van der Burgh (59.61). Yan Zibei raced his way to second out of semis with a 59.94 to move to sixth in the world rankings. Li Xiang qualified third in 1:00.52.
In relay action, Shanghai won the women’s 400-meter free relay in 3:40.69 with Beijing Water Cube taking second in 3:40.77. Guangdong wound up third in 3:42.90.
How do you get warned? Thought it was yes or no.
The rest of the world gets ” bans” ….in China, they get extra laps, or push-ups. Get the ol’ asterisk out,..beside these swims.
What does “warned ” really mean? Once you used a “substance – enhancing performance ” is called doping! !!!