Sandeep Sejwal gave the Indians something to cheer about on the first day of the swimming events. He swam an amazing race to win
India’s first medal, a silver, in the pool. The other Indian swimmers – Shikha Tandon, Rehan Poncha and Richa Mishra – also had some good swims finishing fifth in their respective events.
The results:
50m Freestyle (Women) – China’s Binan Wu came first with a time of 25.68 missing the record by 0.01sec. Hong Kong’s Hang Yu Sze, who holds the record, had to be content with the Silver this time around with a time of 25.75. Korea’s Jae Young Lee finished a third with a time of 25.77.
Shikha Tandon who was the lone Indian in the finals swam well to finish a credible 5th with a time of 26.22, which was 0.54 slower than the Gold medal time. Earlier in the day Richa Mishra swam a time of 28.32 in the heats.
The meet record is in the name of Hang Yu Sze of Hong Kong with a time of 25.67 set in 2005.
The World Record is in the name of Therese Alshammar of Sweden with a time of 23.59 set in 2000.
50m Freestyle (Men) – Thailand’s Arwut Chinnapasaen finished first with a new record time of 22.81. China’s Yu Liu and Yujun Li, who finished second and third, also bettered the previous record clocking 22.86 and 22.88 respectively.
The World Record is in the name of Roland Schoeman of South Africa with a time of 20.98 set in 2006.
100m Breaststroke (Women) – Korea’s Suyoung Lim won the event with a new record time of 1:09.79. China’s Shuyuwan Liu and Jingwen Tan finished second and third with a time of 1:10.78 and 1:10.80 respectively.
The World Record is in the name of Leisel Jones of Australia with a time of 1:03.90 set in 2006.
100m Breaststroke (Men) – Chinese Taipei’s Wei Wen Wang came in first with a time of 1:01.78. India’s Sandeep Sejwal came in a close second with a time of 1:01.99. Kazakhstan’s Yevgeniy Ryzhkov came in third with a time of 1:02.07.
The meet record is in the name of Vladislav Polyakov of Kazakhstan with a time of 59.00 set in 2005.
The World Record is in the name of Ed Moses of USA with a time of 57.47 set in 2002.
200m Individual Medley (Women) – Hong Kong’s Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai finished first with a new record time of 2:13.95. Thailand’s Natthanan Junkrajang finished second with a time of 2:17.82. Korea’s Soo Jung Lee finished third with a time of 2:17.98.
Richa Mishra finished a credible 5th with a time of 2:22.55.
The World Record is in the name of Allison Wagner of USA with a time of 2:07.80 set in 2007.
200m Individual Medley (Men) – Thailand’s Radomyos Matjiur won the event with a new record time of 2:01.35. Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Gordiyenko and Artur Dilman, who finished second and third, also bettered the previous record, which was held by the former, clocking 2:02.66 and 2:03.18.
Rehan Poncha finished a credible 5th with a time of 2:04.23. Rehan who was seeded second in the finals may have paid for going out fast in the heats.
The World Record is in the name of Ryan Lochte of USA with a time of 1:53.30.
Day 2 preview:
Again all the Indian swimmers will be in action. Sandeep Sejwal – 50m Breaststroke, Shikha Tandon – 50m Backstroke, Richa Mishra – 100m Butterfly and Rehan Poncha – 100m Butterfly.
Note: All timings have been clocked in a Short course pool.
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