The 2021 Short Pool World Championships ended in Abu Dhabi, and the Chinese team, which was dominated by young teams, won 4 gold medals. It is worth mentioning that these gold medals all came from the Chinese swimming women's team, and the men's team unexpectedly did not receive any results in this competition. This world championships in the short pool swimming is another head-to-head meeting between the strong teams after the Tokyo Olympics. The United States, Australia, China, Britain and Russia divided almost all of the gold medals. The competitive landscape of world swimming has not changed.
After the game, Zhu Zhigen, the coach of the swimming team, said in an interview that the overall performance of the team members was relatively stable, especially after the Olympic Games, there was no training preparation for a long time, and he was able to win 4 gold medals and complete the pre-competition goal. The men's team has not played well, and more newcomers are needed to stand up in the future. The Four gold medals of the Chinese swimming team in this competition were from the women's 400m freestyle, the women's 800m freestyle, the women's 200m butterfly and the women's 100m breaststroke.
Li Bingjie became the brightest star of the Chinese team at this World Championships, not only breaking the record in the 800m freestyle final, but also winning the 400m freestyle where she was not good at it.
Two gold medals have also brought the former genius teenager back to the top of the world. Zhang Yufei, who won 2 gold and 2 silver at the Tokyo Olympics, was in a more general state at the World Championships in the short course, winning the championship only in the women's 200-meter butterfly event. After the competition, Zhang Yufei said that her physical fitness has reached its limit, although she failed to win the gold medal in the women's 100m butterfly, but this has also become her motivation to prepare for the 2022 season. In order to celebrate his excellent results throughout the season, Zhang Yufei also deliberately posted a photo with his teammates on his personal social platform.
Throughout the 2021 season, there is no doubt that Zhang Yufei is the biggest winner of the Chinese swimming team. Youngster Tang Qianting won the women's 100m breaststroke championship with a record-breaking Asian record, which became an unexpected surprise for the Chinese team at the World Championships. Since Luo Xuejuan and Shi Jinglin, the Chinese swimming team has not won a gold medal in the breaststroke event in an international competition for a long time. Entering the Paris cycle, Tang Qianting is expected to help the Chinese team continue the glory of the women's 100 frogs. Unlike the women's team, which went low and high, the men's team had a dismal ending.
Wang Shun, the high-profile Olympic champion in the men's 200m medley, also lost gold in the most certain single event, not only missing three consecutive championships, but also directly leading to the men's team finally not having a gold medal in the account. The Paris Olympic Games, judging by Wang Shun's current state, it is very difficult to defend his title. After Sun Yang and Xu Jiayu, who will become the top pillar of the Chinese swimming men's team has become a concern of the outside world. In this World Championships, the men's team has not emerged as a supernova in this wave of newcomers, and three years later in the Paris Olympic Games, the situation of the Chinese swimming men's team will be more embarrassing.
(Luo Treasurer)