The 2021 Short Pool Swimming World Championships continued in Dubai, and in a just-concluded match, the Chinese team passed a big victory, and The Chinese famous Zhang Yufei won the women's 200-meter butterfly championship with an absolute advantage, which was also the first medal of the Chinese team at this World Championships.
In the women's 200m butterfly preliminaries, Zhang Yufei was in second place, and Russia's Zimlova was in first place, and both of them swam 2 minutes and 06 seconds. In the final, Zhang Yufei, who started from the 5th lane, was in the leading position after the start, and she left the other players behind. As the race progressed, Zhang Yufei continued to expand her advantage, and she was more than 2 seconds ahead of the second place at 150 meters.
There was no suspense in the final moments of the game, Zhang Yufei took the lead and touched the wall first, she won the championship with a time of 2 minutes 03.01 seconds. Hook of the United States finished second in 2:04.35, and Zhang Yufei was 1.34 seconds ahead of the American runner-up! This is the first gold of the Chinese team in this competition, and after 24 years, the Chinese team has won the gold medal in the project again. In addition, this is also Zhang Yufei's first short pool world gold medal!
After the game, Zhang Yufei was interviewed by reporters, and because it was an English interview, Zhang Yufei bluntly said that his English was not very good. Then she was overjoyed at her first short pool swimming world championships gold medal!
In the women's 4×50m medley relay final, the Chinese team sent a combination of Wan Lotte, Tang Qianting, Yu Yiting and Cheng Yujie. Tang Qianting once helped the Chinese team chase to the second place in the second baseball breaststroke, but the strength of the Chinese team in the last two bars was slightly weaker, and they were overtaken by the opponent and finally finished 5th in 1 minute 44 seconds 43 seconds. Sweden led the way in the final, drawing the world record with a time of 1:42.38.
In the women's 800m freestyle preliminaries, Li Bingjie led all the way in group 3, she won the first place in the group with 8 minutes 10.08 seconds, and she also ranked first in the preliminary round to advance. Canada's Mike Intosh was second in 8:13.37. In the men's 200m freestyle preliminaries, Hong Jinquan finished 19th in 1:44.78 and missed the final. In the women's 100m freestyle preliminaries, Zhu Menghui was 10th in 53.47 seconds and Cheng Yujie was 16th in 53.86 seconds, and the two of them reached the semifinals together. In the men's 100m butterfly preliminaries, Sun Jiajun finished 20th in 50.92 seconds and missed the semifinals.