The World Short Course Swimming Championships continued in Abu Dhabi, and the Chinese women's swimming team welcomed the highlight moment, in the women's 100m breaststroke final, youngster Tang Qianting won the championship with a time of 1:03.47 and set a new Asian record. In the women's 4×200m freestyle relay final, the Chinese team led by the double gold king Li Bingjie also won a bronze medal, although the results of the Tokyo Olympic Champion are very different, but the Chinese team with the newcomer can stand on the podium, which has brought surprises to the team. At this World Championships, the biggest feeling of domestic audiences is that the depth of the Chinese swimming team in the Paris cycle is not inferior to that of the European and American teams.
Zhang Yufei, Wang Jian Jiahe, Li Bingjie, Yang Junxuan and Tang Qianting, who turned out to be born, formed the Chinese swimming dream team. At this World Championships, the most eye-catching thing is the talented girl Tang Qianting, who has been pinned high hopes by the coaching staff since entering the national team. Luo Xuejuan, the Athens Olympic champion and Chinese female frog king, once said that in Tang Qianting's body, she saw her former shadow. Luo Xuejuan believes that as long as Tang Qianting is willing to train hard and participate in more international competitions to accumulate experience, she has the opportunity to compete for the gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
Tang Qianting's physical condition is even better than Luo Xuejuan's at that time, and the training environment and logistics support of the current national team are no longer the same as ten years ago, and Tang Qianting's growth rate in the future is very likely to surpass Luo Xuejuan. Tang Qianting, who won the World Championship for the first time, was particularly excited in an interview after the game, saying that before the final, she was actually nervous to the point of shaking her hands, constantly relaxing herself by warming up. But the moment I stood on the starting platform, my heart suddenly calmed down. For being able to win the championship, Tang Qianting bluntly said that it is closely related to her own efforts and the coach's efforts.
Tang Qianting's goal is the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, when she is in the golden age of her career, and the women's 100m breaststroke will be her best hope for gold. In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Luo Xuejuan, who was located in the first line, won the championship strongly without being optimistic, breaking the history of "the first line without a crown". 20 years later, can Tang Qianting pay tribute to her predecessors with an Olympic gold medal in the same event? The women's 4×200m freestyle relay has always been the traditional advantage of the Chinese team.
In the previous Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese team led by Zhang Yufei, Li Bingjie and others led the way, and finally won the championship, winning the first Olympic gold for the swimming team. At this World Championship, considering the protection and tactical cultivation of new talents of the main players, the Chinese team chose to withdraw from the competition for the gold medal. However, from the perspective of the competition, Cheng Yujie, Zhu Menghui, Liu Yaxin and others have made obvious progress and have the strength to cut down the famous players from all walks of life. Some insiders predict that at the Paris Olympic Games, the Chinese swimming team will win at least 5 gold medals, and become a well-deserved Asian hegemon and one of the world's first-class teams.
(Luo Treasurer)