On December 17, Beijing time, the women's 200-meter butterfly final of the 2021 Short Pool Swimming World Championships, Zhang Yufei easily won the championship, the result was 2 minutes 3 seconds 01, winning very easily, this is the first gold of the Chinese team, after 24 years, the Chinese team won the gold medal in the project again. Moreover, this is also Zhang Yufei's first short pool world champion!
At the Tokyo Olympics, Zhang Yufei was the gold medalist in the women's 200m butterfly, with a time of 2:03.86, winning the 13th gold medal of the Chinese team at the Tokyo Olympics. After the Olympic Games, Zhang Yufei is already the leader of Chinese swimming, the men's team is Wang Shun, and the women's team is Zhang Yufei.
Previously, Zhang Yufei has completed her appearance at the Short Pool Swimming World Championships, the women's 4× 100 meters freestyle relay, Zhang Yufei led the race, and the Chinese relay team finally only won the 5th place and did not get on the podium. Now, in his own strengths, Zhang Yufei appeared. In the preliminary round, Zhang Yufei swam 2 minutes 05.73 seconds to advance to the final.
In the final, Zhang Yufei was in the 5th lane, in fact, in the preliminary round, Zhang Yufei swam very easily, and before the final began, Zhang Yufei was also very calm. Her opponent is Gemorova.
At the beginning of the game, Zhang Yufei's starting response was very fast, 0.64 seconds, the first turn, Zhang Yufei greatly exceeded the world record. You know, the world record has been dusty for 7 years! After 50 meters, Zhang Yufei ranked first, swimming fast and excellent. Subsequently, Zhang Yufei still leads a lot, and she is determined to win this gold medal. 100 meters, 50 seconds 62, Zhang Yufei's first 100 meters, faster than the preliminaries. In addition, Zhang Yufei left her opponents far behind, and at 150 meters, the champion had no suspense, she was more than 2 seconds ahead of the second place, which was an unshakable advantage. In the end, the champion arrived, Zhang Yufei's performance was 2 minutes 3 seconds 01, after winning the gold, Zhang Yufei had a calm face, she looked at the results, knowing that she had won the championship!
For the rest of the competition, the 4×50m Medley Relay Final, the Chinese team (Wan Lotte, Tang Qianting, Yu Yiting, Cheng Yujie) was in the 6th lane.
In the end, sweden tied the world record, the time was 1 minute 42 seconds 38 seconds, won the championship, and the Chinese team ranked 5th!