On December 21, Beijing time, the 2021 Short Pool Swimming World Championships, the Chinese team ushered in the fourth gold of the competition, the women's 100m breaststroke final, 17-year-old Tang Qianting successfully won the championship!
Tang Qianting ushered in the outbreak of this competition, and the semi-final broke the Asian record of the project. In the final, Tang Qianting was in the leading position at 50 meters, after which Tang Qianting maintained the lead, and in the last moment she withstood Hansen's impact to hit the wall first, winning the championship with a time of 1:03.47, breaking the Asian record of the project again.
Tang Qianting was also very excited after the game, and in an interview with English, she said that this was her first time to win the championship, and she cried with joy. And the host also gave Tang Qianting a very high praise. The 17-year-old is now the world champion!
Tang Qianting was born on March 14, 2004. She only entered the national team in 2020 and ushered in the outbreak in 2021, she won the national women's 100m breaststroke championship and was selected for the Olympic list. As a relay member of the Chinese team, Tang Qianting is the new number one person in the Chinese women's breaststroke. This time to the Short Pool World Championships, Tang Qianting soared into the sky and became the world champion!
There is no doubt that this is the best reward for Tang Qianting's efforts. Like Olympic champions like Zhang Yufei and Li Bingjie, Standing on the highest podium of the World Championships, Tang Qianting has opened a world of her own.
It is worth mentioning that the Chinese team gained a lot on this match day! The Chinese team won a third medal, with Li Bingjie, Cheng Yujie, Zhu Menghui and Liu Yaxin winning bronze medals in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay, while Yu Yiting won the silver medal in the women's 200m medley with a record-breaking world youth record. Of course, after Wang Shun, Zhang Yufei has also retired.