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China’s Wang Jianjiahe got the FINA World Cup stop #4 off to a blistering start with a new world record in the 400 free SCM on Thursday night in Budapest.
Wang swam a 3:53.97 to lower the old record of 3:54.52 by Spain’s Mireia Belmonte from the 2013 FINA World Cup in Berlin.
Wang just missed the World Record earlier this year when she was a 3:54.63 at the World Cup in Eindhoven last week.
Wang is the first Chinese swimmer to hold a world record in the 400 free short course or long course ever. She was a 4:03.18 at the Asian Games earlier this year to win the gold medal in Jakarta. She would have been third in the 2018 Virtual World Championships behind Katie Ledecky (3:58.50) and Australian Ariarne Titmus (3:59.66).
Wang won the race handily over American Leah Smith (3:58.94) and the Netherlands’ Femke Heemskerk (4:00.03).
Anna Egorova (4:01.26), Catalina Corro (4:05.88), Mireia Belmonte (4:07.43), Jimena Perez (4:08.60) and Aoi Nakamura (4:14.18) also swam in the final.
World Record Progression:
- Wang Jianjiahe, CHN, 3:53.97 (2018)
- Mireia Belmonte, ESP, 3:54.52 (2013)
- Camille Muffat, FRA, 3:54.85 (2012)
- Joanne Jackson, GBR, 3:54.92 (2009)
- Laure Manaudou, FRA, 3:56.09 (2006)
- Laure Manaudou, FRA, 3:56.79 (2005)
- Lindsay Benko, USA, 3:59.53 (2003)
All-Time Rankings:
- Wang Jianjiahe, CHN, 3:53.97 (2018)
- Mireia Belmonte, ESP, 3:54.52 (2013)
- Camille Muffat, FRA, 3:54.85 (2012)
- Joanne Jackson, GBR, 3:54.92 (2009)
- Lauren Boyle, NZL, 3:55.16 (2013)
- Laure Manaudou, FRA, 3:56.09 (2006)
- Coralie Balmy, FRA, 3:56.24 (2008)
- Melania Costa Schmid, ESP, 3:56.84 (2013)
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‘Virtual World Championships’? Nice try….
Thank you!