In the early morning of December 21, Beijing time, the 2021 Short Pool World Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ended the fifth matchday competition. The Chinese players played well, breaking records in a row, and won 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze at the same time. 17-year-old Tang Qianting broke the Asian record in the women's 100m breaststroke and won the championship; Yu Yiting broke the women's 200m individual medley world youth record and national record and won the second place; the Chinese women's 4 by 200m freestyle relay team led by Li Bingjie won the third place.
Tang Qianting won the championship
Tang Qianting, who set an Asian record of 1:03.99 in the semifinals, went up the ladder in the finals, she led the whole way, and finally broke the Asian record with a time of 1:03.47 and won the championship!
In the women's 200m individual medley final, 16-year-old Yu Yiting finished second with an excellent time of 2:04.48, breaking the world youth record of 2:04.64 held by Canada's Carla Sanchez, and breaking the national record held by Ye Shiwen. Canada's Piccolán won the championship in 2:04.29.
Yu Yiting (left) won the silver medal
In the women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay final, Li Bingjie, Cheng Yujie, Zhu Menghui and Liu Yaxin formed the Chinese team lineup. Far from being the strongest team, the Chinese team finally finished third in 7:39.82, and Canada won the championship.
In other Chinese matches, Yan Zibei finished sixth in the men's 50m breaststroke semifinals in 26.18 seconds, reaching the final and breaking Wang Lizhuo's national record of 26.20 seconds.
In addition, Pan Zhanle finished 11th in the semi-finals of the men's 100m freestyle with a time of 47.09 seconds. Cheng Yujie and Wu Qingfeng finished 13th and 14th in the semifinals of the women's 100m freestyle with a time of 24.05.05 and 24.15.00.
Daiya Seto
Japan's Daiya Seto won the men's 400m individual medley championship in 3:56.26, achieving a five-game championship in the short course of the event, the second in history to achieve this achievement. Canadian Chinese athlete and Olympic champion McNeil won the women's 50m backstroke in 25.27 seconds and broke the world record.
Brazilian veteran Nicolas Santos, 41, won the men's 50m butterfly in 21.93 seconds.