On December 17, Beijing time, the 2021 Short Pool Swimming World Championships continued in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the first final day of the Chinese swimming team did not win a medal, the second day of the competition Zhang Yufei in the women's 200 meters butterfly final all the way ahead, and finally swam 2 minutes 03.01 seconds, won the first short pool world championship! After the game, Zhang Yufei was also excited to show English to the audience.
Zhang Yufei swam 2:05.73 in the preliminaries and entered the final with a second place finish. In the final, Zhang Yufei took a sharp lead to the first place when he was 50 meters away, and the world record line was soaring. Then the competition completely turned into Zhang Yufei's solo performance, she swam 2 minutes 03.01 seconds, easily won the first short pool world championship.
Zhang Yufei also spoke English after the game, saying: "In fact, my English is not too good, this is my first short pool world championship gold medal." Zhang Yufei smiled, although what he said was not good, but Zhang Yufei still won the applause of the whole hall, because this is the new butterfly queen of the swimming world! It is completely a demonstration of strength, and it is completely a crushing level of play. The host also praised Zhang Yufei: "Excellent game, excellent answer!" ”
From the Olympic Games to the Short Pool World Championships, Zhang Yufei proved that she is already the world's top existence no matter what the competition. There is no doubt that the current women's butterfly competition is the era of Zhang Yufei. Of course, Zhang Yufei also needs to see that the age of the runner-up and the third runner-up is 17 years old, the other is 15 years old, and a new generation of players has risen.
In the men's 100m breaststroke final, two Chinese athletes missed the podium. Qin Haiyang finished sixth in 56.77 seconds, and Yan Zibei finished seventh in 56.86 seconds. In the women's 4 by 50m medley relay that ended earlier, the Chinese team sent Wan Lotte, Tang Qianting, Yu Yiting and Cheng Yujie to play in the final, and finally won the fifth place.