On December 18, Beijing time, the second competition day of the Short Pool World Championships ended, and Zhang Yufei won the first Short Pool World Championship, and the award ceremony was also filled with tears. In addition, FINA confirmed that seven cases of COVID-19 positives have been detected at the World Championships of Short Course Swimming, and some famous players have begun to withdraw from the competition. Therefore, Chinese players must be careful to protect themselves.
Zhang Yufei won the women's 200-meter butterfly this time, allowing herself to successfully conquer the 200-meter butterfly field of the long pool and the short pool, worthy of the new "butterfly queen". Moreover, winning from the Olympic Games to the World Championships has once again proved his current strength. After the game, Zhang Yufei also said in English: "My English is not very good. Still, the audience gave her a warm cheer and applause.
At the award ceremony, Zhang Yufei was already in tears during the national flag raising and playing the national anthem. She won the first gold medal of the Chinese swimming team in this competition, and from the perspective of strength, only Zhang Yufei can completely reassure people at present, and her 200 butterfly strength is really dominant.
It should be noted that although the results are important, Chinese players need to be careful about health problems. FINA confirmed that seven cases of COVID-19 positivity had been detected at the World Championships for Short Course Swimming, and FINA said the confirmed person had "withdrawn from the event and been strictly quarantined". Of course, 7 people may not all be athletes.
At present, it can be confirmed that some players have begun to withdraw from the competition due to close contact problems, such as tom Dean, a British celebrity who has been infected with the new crown twice, and the Olympic champion withdrew early.
In addition, on this match day, the Chinese women's 4x50 mixed connection, Wan Lotte, Tang Qianting, Yu Yiting, Cheng Yujie swam 1 minute 44 seconds 43 seconds to create a world youth record.