At the World Short Course Swimming Championships in the United Arab Emirates on December 17, the Chinese swimming team did not have medals on the first day, although Tokyo Olympic champions Wang Shun and Zhang Yufei appeared successively, but the defending champion Wang Shun only ranked 5th in the main 200m medley, and Zhang Yufei also won the 5th and 50m breaststroke preliminaries Tang Qianting ranked 1st but was found guilty of fouling after the game.
In the men's 200m medley preliminaries, Tokyo Olympic champion Wang Shun is also the defending champion of this event, has won two consecutive short pool world championships, this time with a result of 6th place to advance to the final, and debuted in the 7th lane, in the first swimming style butterfly Wang Shun ranked 3rd. Japan's famous Seto Daiya began to lead all the way from the beginning, successfully winning in 1:51.15, ending Wang Shun's two consecutive championships, and Foster of the United States and Laziati of Italy won the second and third places respectively.
The two 4x100m relay finals in which the Chinese team participated also ended in 5th place. In the women's 100m relay, the 4 players of the Chinese team were Cheng Yujie, Zhang Yufei, Zhu Menghui and Wu Qingfeng, the Chinese team entered the final with a good result of 3rd place in the preliminaries, but the first stick in the final Cheng Yujie played poorly and fell in the 6th position, Zhang Yufei played the second stick, struggled to chase the 5th, and then the ranking did not change, finishing in 3 minutes 31 seconds 17, the United States and Canada tied for the championship in 3 minutes 28 seconds 80, and sweden won the bronze medal under the leadership of Sheström.
In the men's 4x100m relay final, Pan Zhanle, Wang Changhao, Hong Jinquan and Yang Jintong competed fiercely with the United States, Italy, Russia and other strong players, and finally won the 5th place in 3 minutes 10.11 seconds, which is also a rare relay performance of the men's relay team in recent years. Russia, Italy and the United States ranked in the top 3.
In the women's 100m freestyle final, Hong Kong's He Shibei won the world record of 1:50.31 and the opening record for Hong Kong china, winning a silver medal in the women's 200m final at the Tokyo Olympics, only to Lose to Australia's Titmus, but defeated Yang Junxuan. The women's 400m medley title was won by Canada's Ziplucha, and the men's 200m butterfly title belonged to Italy's Lazzati. The gold medal in the men's 400m freestyle went to Australia's Obock, Lithuania's Lapses and Switzerland's Djokovic were second and third respectively.
In the preliminaries for chinese athletes: 50m breaststroke Tang Qianting ranked 1st in the preliminaries, but was cancelled after the race, due to fouls, Jamaican star Atkinson was also cancelled in the semi-finals because of fouls, the state was good but did not qualify for the next competition, the Chinese swimming team also lost a medal winning point; in the women's 100m backstroke semifinals, Sweden's Hansen was at the top of the list, the time was 55.85 seconds, and two Chinese players Peng Xuwei and Wan Lotte passed by the final with 9th and 10th places In the men's 100m breaststroke semifinals, China's Yan Zibei and Qin Haiyang played well, advancing to the final with 6th and 7th places respectively, and the 1st place in this event was Dutch star Kaminga.