On the first match day of the FINA Short Course Swimming World Championships, Hong Kong's He Shibei set a new world record in the women's 200m freestyle short course with a time of 1:50.31; Japanese athlete Daiya Seto won the gold medal in the men's 200m medley, becoming the Asian athlete who won the most (13) short-pool world championships medals; South African star Le Cross won his fifth short-pool world championships 200-meter butterfly medal...
In a post-match interview, He Shibei said: "Recently, my results have been very close to the world record, and everyone around me has told me that I can do it. But I try not to think about it, just focus on the game plan and think about how to swim better. Even though it was a pretty good game, it felt like it could be improved a little bit more. 2021 is the best year I've had so far, but I hope it's not the best year of my life because I still hope that more good things will happen in the future. At this summer's Tokyo Olympics, she just won silver medals in the 100m and 200m freestyles.
The results of the first day final are as follows:
Men's 400 U.S. Free Swim
Gold: Obock (Austria) 3:35.90
Silver Medal: Lapsis (Lithuania) 3:36.23
Bronze: Îakovic (Switzerland) 3:36.83
Women's 200 U.S. Free Swim
Gold Medal: Ho Shi Bei (Hong Kong, China) 1:50.31 - New World Records
Silver: Smith (Canada) 1:52.24
Bronze medal: Madden (USA) 1:53.01
Men's 200m butterfly
Gold: Lazietti (Italy) 1:49.06
Silver Medal: Ponty (Switzerland) 1: 49.81
Bronze: Le Cross (South Africa) 1:49.84
Women's 400 U.S. Mixed Swim
Gold: Cheprucha (Canada) 4:25.55
Silver Medal: Walsh (Ireland) 4:26.52
Bronze: Margaris (USA) 4:26.63
Men's 200 U.S. Mixed Swim
Gold medal: Daiya Seto (Japan) 1:51.15
Silver Medal: Foster (USA) 1:51.35
Bronze: Lazietti (Italy) 1:51.54
China's Wang Shun finished 1:53.41
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay
Gold: TEAM USA/CANADA 3:28.52
Bronze: Sweden 3:28.80
China's Zhang Yufei, Cheng Yujie, Zhu Menghui and Wu Qingfeng ranked fifth.
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay
Gold medal: Russian Swimming Association 3:03.45
Silver: Team USA 3:03.61
Bronze: Italy 3:05.42
China's Yang Jintong, Pan Zhanle, Hong Jinquan and Wang Changhao ranked fifth.