On December 17, Beijing time, the short pool World Championships, in the men's 200-meter medley final, Wang Shun, who had won the project twice before, was affected by a knee injury, which also led to his abnormal performance, and finally he failed to defend his title, and only ranked 5th among all the players, missing the medal, which is a pity. And Japan's famous Seto Daiya was almost in the lead in the whole competition, and in the end he won the gold medal in this project without suspense.
This game Wang Shun is the favorite to win the championship, because in the previous two short pool world championships, he was the champion of this project, his advantage is still very obvious, the outside world is also very optimistic that he can achieve the project's three consecutive championships. However, it is a pity that Wang Shun did not reach the best state this time, coupled with the impact of the knee injury, which also led to him not playing at his true level.
In this game, except for the first 50 meters, Wang Shun's performance is good and can be ranked third, the rest of the actions, Wang Shun's performance is not ideal. Among them, in the second 50-meter backstroke competition, Wang Shun directly fell out of the top three, and the gap behind the players of the first group was getting wider and wider.
In the third 50-meter breaststroke, Wang Shun tried to impact the first group of players, but the effect was still not ideal, wang Shun and Japan's Seto Dai also had a large gap, and this gap was also widened with the frequency of the two players. In the last 50-meter freestyle competition, Wang Shun's advantages could not be played out, he tried to impact the front players, although he narrowed some gaps, but because he had fallen behind too much before, this also led to Wang Shun ranking fifth among all the players, no chance to defend the title, but also did not have the opportunity to receive the podium.
His time in the 200m medley at the Short Pool World Championships was 1:53.41, which was still less than ideal compared to his previous championship results, and the knee injury had a great impact on him. And Japan's famous Seto Daiya also chose this project, his performance is also very stable, from the beginning of the competition, he quickly occupied the top position, did not give the opponent the opportunity to counterattack, and then he has been in the lead, and finally he also won the championship with a time of 1 minute 51 seconds 15 seconds, which is very good in the short pool World Championships.
Although Wang Shun was not able to defend his title in the men's 200m medley competition, which he was best at, and even did not win a medal, on the field, Wang Shun did his best, he tried to find a state in the game, and has been changing his paddling frequency, but such adjustments are not ideal. In the second 50 meters, Wang Shun was already far behind the other players, in the next two 50 meters of competition, Wang Shun has been ranked after the top three, and the gap is more obvious, and finally in the freestyle competition, he was not able to narrow the gap with the previous players, only ranked 5th.
After experiencing the defeat of this game, I look forward to Wang Shun's adjustment in the follow-up games, and also hope that the injury will no longer bother Wang Shun, so that he can play his highest level, and look forward to his performance in the follow-up matches.