Budapest, June 20 (Xinhua) -- On the evening of 19 June, in the women's 100-meter butterfly final of the 19th World Aquatics Championships, Zhang Yufei, silver medalist of the Tokyo Olympic Games and "queen of butterflies" of China, won the bronze medal with a time of 56.41 seconds. Hesker of the United States won the championship and France's Wattel finished second.
Zhang Yufei in the match on the 19th. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying
Zhang Yufei, 24, advanced to the semi-finals in sixth place. After the final, she said that she had some regrets about the failure to rush the gold, but she was not discouraged, combined with the past period of training and the current competitive state, the result of the third place was normal.
"The final swim was 56.41 seconds, and I was satisfied. Before the World Championships, I didn't train very well, not as well as I prepared for the Tokyo Olympics. It felt ok when I first got here, but I didn't swim to the results I wanted in both the preliminaries and the semi-finals. Zhang Yufei said.
Before the game, Zhang Yufei and the coach spent a long time discussing how to adjust the final. "It should be said that the coach's targeted arrangement has worked." Zhang Yufei said, "The coach and I both paid attention to the trials in the United States and Australia, and the coach thought that my 100 butterflies were unstable this time, so I shouldn't think too much." Seeing Hesk swim 56 seconds today, the coach was right. Even if I come up with my best form, it's hard to say who the champion is. ”
Zhang Yufei showed his medals after the competition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Meng Dingbo
Zhang Yufei believes that if he is carefully prepared, he will be better than the current result. I know my training level very well, and the results now just prove that you can't rely on luck to impact international competitions, you have to train the ground. I wasn't 100 percent prepared for this game, and I had to blame myself. ”
For the 200-meter butterfly, Zhang Yufei, who won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, will not change the goal of rushing gold. In this project, Zhang Yufei has won the gold medal of the Olympic Games and the World Championships in the short pool, and only one gold medal of the World Championships can achieve the "Grand Slam".
Zhang Yufei after the match on the 19th. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Meng Dingbo
"No matter what state you are in now, you won't lower your goals, that doesn't make sense." If the state is not good enough, try to adjust, and make the training more solid later. Zhang Yufei said.
After the end of the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Zhang Yufei originally planned that the first year would be an adjustment year, but after learning that she was going to participate in the World Championships, she admitted that she felt some panic.
"I've tried a lot of other sports and new things in the last six months, like rowing, and I want to draw something useful for swimming from other sports, like body core control. If I could move these to swimming, it would help me. Zhang Yufei said, "This World Championship made me have to change my original plan, so I didn't have much confidence in my state." ”
Source: Xinhua News Agency