INCHEON, South Korea: China's world and Olympic champion Sun Yang showed no signs of the thumb injury he claimed ruined his bid to win Asian Games gold in the 200m freestyle by qualifying quickest for the 400m final on Tuesday.

The towering Chinese clocked three minutes, 51.17 seconds to beat South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan in their heat, while Japan's Kosuke Hagino, who shocked Sun and local hero Park in Sunday's 200m, split the two rivals with the second quickest time.

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