On September 26, Beijing time, the swimming competition of the 14th National Games entered the final day, Guangdong star Liu Xiang broke the Asian record and national record of the women's 50-meter freestyle in 23.97 seconds, she won the project championship, and Zhang Yufei was the runner-up. Another Guangdong star, Yu Hexin, broke the national record in the men's 50m freestyle to win the championship.
In the women's 50m freestyle final, the focus was on Jiangsu star Zhang Yufei and Guangdong's Liu Xiang, who were the favorites for the project. In the semifinals, Liu Xiang swam 24.23 seconds to advance to the first place, followed by Zhang Yufei with 24.31 seconds. However, in this year's Olympic trials, Zhang Yufei performed better, she won the 50-meter freestyle championship, while Wu Qingfeng of the Zhejiang team won the runner-up, and Liu Xiang only ranked third and did not participate in the Olympic Games. This time the National Games, this is Liu Xiang's righteous battle, she wants to use the National Games champion to prove her strength.
Liu Xiang is the national record holder in the women's 50m freestyle, and she played very steadily in the first two games of the National Games, swimming 24.25 seconds and 24.23 seconds respectively, which shows that she is in quite good shape. However, the distance of 50 is too short, which means that anything can happen, and what Liu Xiang has to do is to give full play to the level in the final, so that she has a better chance of winning the championship.
Zhang Yufei has previously won the championship in the main events 100 butterflies and 200 butterflies, and also won the gold medal in two relay events, and she has four golds in her hands to strive to impact the personal 5th crown of this National Games. Wu Qingfeng can not be ignored in the 50-self competition, she must try to impact Liu Xiang and Zhang Yufei.
In the final, Liu Xiang was divided into lane 4, Zhang Yufei and Wu Qingfeng were in lane 5 and 6 respectively, for Liu Xiang, her departure in the past was not very good, and in the final she had to strive for a better performance at the start. After the game began to come out of the water, Zhang Yufei took a slight lead, but Liu Xiang swam a few times after getting out of the water to take the lead. After 25 meters, Liu Xiang's advantage was even more obvious, she led the national record line, and finally Liu Xiang won the championship with 23.97 seconds, breaking the national record and the Asian record in one fell swoop. After winning the championship, Liu Xiang was a little excited, and even some tears, covering his face with his hands. Zhang Yufei finished second in 24.29 seconds, and Cheng Yujie of Jiangxi team finished third in 24.41 seconds.
At 23.97 seconds, it was a very competitive result, tied for third place in the world this year, able to squeeze into the top 10 in the history of the project. In the final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Liu Xiang can win a silver medal for this result. For Liu Xiang, the National Games champion and breaking the Asian record, she once again proved her strength, and now what she needs is to achieve good results on the international stage.
In the men's 50m freestyle final, Guangdong's Yu Hexin quickly took the lead after entering the water, and after half a distance he kept swimming against the national record line, and finally he took the lead in hitting the wall and won the championship in 21.68 seconds, breaking the national record of the project. Wang Changhao of Tianjin team finished second in 22.06 seconds, and Zhang Zhoujian of Zhejiang team finished third in 22.17 seconds.
In the men's 4× 100m medley final, the combined team sent a combination of Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Sun Jiajun and He Junyi. Xu Jiayu established the lead for the united team with the first stick, and Yan Zibei then expanded the advantage for the united team. Although the third baseman Sun Jiajun was narrowed by the Guangdong team, the lead of the united team was still obvious. He Junyi firmly held the lead on the last stick, and the united team won the championship in 3:32.86. Zhejiang finished second in 3:35.39 and Guangdong finished third in 3:35.58.
In the women's 4× 100m medley final, the joint team did not send the strongest final lineup, Zhang Yufei and Yang Junxuan did not play, but used Chen Jie, Tang Qianting, Yu Yiting and Wu Qingfeng, and the Zhejiang team sent Fu Yuanhui, Ye Shiwen, Qian Xinan and Zhu Menghui. After the start of the race, Fu Yuanhui rushed to the front, and she led in the first 50 meters with 28.68 seconds. After turning around, Fu Yuanhui maintained the lead, and she took the lead in 59.75 seconds to complete the handover.
Tang Qianting showed strength in the second bar, she quickly surpassed Ye Shiwen to lead, and the united team took the lead in completing the handover of the second and third batons, with a time of 2:05.43. Yu Yiting continued to expand her advantage after entering the water, Qian Xinan tried to catch up, and the united team took the lead in entering the fourth baton, and their score when they handed over the baton was 3 minutes 03 seconds 36. Wu Qingfeng firmly maintained the lead in the last 100 meters, Yang Junxuan chased Zhu Menghui with all his might, and finally the united team won the championship in 3 minutes 58 seconds 23, Yang Junxuan surpassed Zhu Menghui in the last moment, Shandong team won the second place in 4 minutes 01 seconds 50 seconds, and Zhejiang team won the third place in 4 minutes 01 seconds 69.
In the men's 1500m freestyle final, Shandong's Cheng Long led the way, he won the championship in 15 minutes 06.30 seconds, Zhejiang's Fei Liwei won the second place in 15 minutes 12.98 seconds, and Shandong's Ji Xinjie finished third in 15 minutes 17 seconds 11.