Sun makes another Baoji splash
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CHINA’S world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang turned in another amazing performance yesterday in his first race at a major meet since it was revealed he secretly served a doping ban last year.
Sun followed up his easy win in the 400 meters freestyle final at the Chinese national championships in Baoji, northwestern Shaanxi Province, on Thursday with an equally impressive victory in the 200 meters.
His time of one minute 45.75 seconds was the fastest in the world this year, catapulting him to the top of the rankings ahead of this year’s world championships in Kazan, Russia.
Sun, who is still to swim his best event, 1,500 freestyle, has been in great form since returning to competition following the revelation he served a three-month suspension after testing positive for the banned stimulant trimetazidine during last year’s national championships.
At the Japanese national championships in Tokyo, Yasuhiro Koseki set the fastest time in the world this year for the men’s 200 breaststroke, stopping the clock at 2:07.77.
Such is the depth of Japanese men’s breaststroke, eight of the top 10 ranked swimmers this year are Japanese.
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