A Look at the Asian Games Schedule

A Look at the Asian Games Schedule; Prelims-Finals Format Adopted

The Asian Games are less than three weeks away, action scheduled for the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. The meet is the last major international long-course competition of the year, coming on the heels of the Commonwealth Games, European Championships and Pan Pacific Championships. The meet will run from Sept. 20-Sept. 25 and will feature a prelims-finals format, with no semifinals being conducted.

There will be 41 events during the six-day meet, with some of the biggest names in the sport scheduled to hit the pool on Day One. Reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder Pan Zhanle of China will lead the field into the men’s 100-meter freestyle while Chinese 13-year-old prodigy Yu Zidi will get her program underway with the 200 butterfly. In the men’s 200 individual medley, Tomoyuki Matsushita will immediately get to work, the Japanese star coming off a sweep of the medley events at the Pan Pacific Champs.

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Here is a look at the daily schedule for the Asian Games:

Sunday, Sept. 20

• Women’s 200 Butterfly
• Men’s 200 Individual Medley
• Women’s 1500 Freestyle
• Men’s 100 Freestyle
• Women’s 50 Breaststroke
• Men’s 100 Backstroke
• Women’s 400 Freestyle relay

Monday, Sept. 21

• Men’s 50 Backstroke
• Women’s 50 Backstroke
• Men’s 50 Freestyle
• Women’s 200 Freestyle
• Men’s 100 Breaststroke
• Women’s 200 Individual Medley
• Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay

Tuesday, Sept. 22

• Women’s 100 Freestyle
• Men’s 400 Individual Medley
• Women’s 200 Backstroke
• Men’s 1500 Freestyle
• Women’s 400 Freestyle
• Men’s 400 Medley Relay

Wednesday, Sept. 23

• Women’s 100 Butterfly
• Men’s 100 Butterfly
• Women’s 100 Backstroke
• Men’s 200 Freestyle
• Women’s 100 Breaststroke
• Women’s 400 Individual Medley
• Mixed 400 Medley Relay

Thursday, Sept. 24

• Women’s 50 Freestyle
• Men’s 50 Butterfly
• Women’s 200 Breaststroke
• Men’s 200 Breaststroke
• Men’s 800 Freestyle
• Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay
• Women’s 800 Freestyle Relay

Friday, Sept. 25

• Women’s 50 Butterfly
• Men’s 50 Breaststroke
• Women’s 800 Freestyle
• Men’s 200 Backstroke
• Men’s 400 Freestyle
• Men’s 200 Butterfly
• Women’s 400 Medley Relay