In the early morning of February 17, Beijing time, the 2021 Short Course Swimming World Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ended the first final day competition. The Chinese team players played generally. Wang Shun finished fifth in the men's 200m individual medley final. Zhang Yufei's Chinese women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay team finished fifth in the final. The Chinese men's 4 by 100m freestyle relay team, which broke the national record in the preliminaries, finished fifth in the final.
Hong Kong's Ho Shi Bei broke the women's 200m freestyle world record in 1:50.31 and won the championship.
In the women's 200m freestyle final, He Shibei had an excellent performance of 53.81 seconds in the halfway distance, and finally won the championship with 1 minute 50.31 seconds, breaking the world record of 1 minute 50.43 seconds held by Sweden's Sjöström, which was also the first world record held by He Shibei personally.
Wang Shun competed in the men's 200m individual medley final, finishing fifth in 1:53.41, missing a three-game winning streak. Japan's Daiya Seto led the way, eventually winning the championship in 1:51.15, his first world championship in this event.
Women's 4 by 100m freestyle final. The Chinese team has the same lineup in the preliminaries and finals. However, the number of sticks was adjusted, Cheng Yujie and Zhang Yufei were reversed, Cheng Yujie was the first stick in the final, and Zhang Yufei was the second stick. Then there were Zhu Menghui's three sticks and Wu Qingfeng's four sticks. The Chinese team made three appearances. In the end, the United States and Canada tied for the championship with 3:28.52. China finished fifth in 3:31.17.
In the men's 4 by 100m freestyle final, the Chinese team consisted of Pan Zhanle, Wang Changhao, Hong Jinquan and Yang Jintong, and made the first appearance. They ended up finishing fifth in 3:10.11. The Russian Swimming Association team won the championship in 3:03.45.
In the men's 100m breaststroke semifinals, the Chinese two players played well, Yan Zibei finished sixth in 57.19 seconds, qin Haiyang finished seventh in 57.23 seconds, and the two successfully entered the final. Peng Xuwei finished ninth in the semi-finals of the women's 100m backstroke with a substitute spot in 57.36 seconds.