Chinese nationals: Day 2 final

W100m free
In the absence of Li Zheshi from Liaoning and big sister, Pang Jiaying who skipped the final, Tang Yi dominated the field in the 100m free final and swam the only sub-55s time (54.72). Without sprinters Li and Wang Junyao in the team, Wang Shijia helped Liaoning gain one more silver. 400m medley bronze medalist, Ye Shiwen took bronze with 55.38. The time is considered slow, partly due to the change of the swimsuit. Same happened in Australia when only Seebhom got below 55s (54.70) in the nationals. Pang has been nuturing her injuries in lower back after National Games and only started training in January. When asked about retirement like those who are as old as her, she replied that she is still at the peak of her career, based on her recent results and she wants to contribute more for both the provincial team and the national team. She said she won't consider retirement unless the younger generation is reliable to pass her baton over.

1. Tang Yi (Shanghai) 54.72
2. Wang Shijia (Liaoning) 55.20
3. Ye Shiwen (Zhejiang) 55.38

M400m IM
NR holder, 18 yo Huang Chaosheng won in 4:14.25, current 3rd best time this year. It's a repeat of National Games that both men and women 400m IM were won by Hunan swimmers. Li Xuexu just blasted a World no. 1 time on the 1st day and now Huang won again. Huang was about 1.5 second slower than his NR. National Games 3rd and 4th placer, Li Xiang and Wang Chengxiang switched places but both swam way slower than the times they swam in National games (4:15.74 and 4:16.42, respectively).

1. Huang Chaosheng (Hunan) 4:14.25
2. Wang Chengxiang (Shandong) 4:18.48
3. Li Xiang (Tianjin) 4:20.17

W50m fly
Jiao Liuyang has no challenge in China with a easy win at 26.52s.

1. Jiao Liuyang (Guangzhou army) 26.52
2. Lin Shuyuan (Zhejiang) 26.80
3. Guo Fan (Heilongjiang) 26.94

M50m free
A tight competition here with all top 3 were separated within 0.1s. 2nd in the heat, Zhou Jiawei was injuried her ankle on the block and finished last. The final champion is Shi Tengfei, who won in 22.80. After race, he felt lucky to win since 100m is more his main event. All the top three from the National Games last year were not able to finish top three here (Cai Li, You Tianyu and Huang Shaohua). The times are comparatively slow but normal, compared with the pre-plastic suit era.

1. Shi Tengfei (Beijing) 22.80
2. Lu Zhiwu (Zhejiang) 22.82
3. Shi Yang (Shanghai) 22.89

M 4x200m free
Shanghai, once again, won the event after winning national game title.

1. Shanghai 7:21.74
2. Tianjin 7:24.42
3. Liaoning 7:33.92

W800m free
Li Xuanxu blasted out another top time with 8:24.10, 3rd in the world this year and her pb. It was her 3rd season at 8:24 and 4th season of sub-8:30 The 2nd swimmer behind Li was Zhou Lili who was more than 10s back. Li Limeng was at 8:29 last year and was at 8:37 this time. In the interview, she did not seem to care too much about the ranking she has achieved thus far and Chinese media had a hard time to get any words from Li, who wears a skin head. She said she was sick before the meets and only ok with her own performance.

1. Li Xuanxu (HUnan) 8:24.10
2. Zhou Lili (Shanghai) 8:35.32
3. Li Limeng (Tianjin) 8:37.16