On June 25, Beijing time, the 2022 Budapest Swimming World Championships will usher in the last competition day of the swimming event, and the Chinese swimming team will compete in the few remaining events, Zhang Yufei will play in the women's 50m freestyle final, and the young player Tang Qianting will play in the women's 50m breaststroke final. At present, the gold medal and medals of the Chinese swimming team at this World Championships are not as good as expected, only 1 gold medal, plus 5 bronze medals, which is far less than in the past. Among them, the overall performance of the Chinese swimming men's team was too poor, the medal particles were not collected, and the results were embarrassing 0 gold, 0 silver and 0 bronze.
So far in the whole swimming world championships, many world champions of the Chinese swimming men's team have behaved abnormally, Olympic champion Wang Shun and two-time world champion Xu Jiayu, each of them in the advantage of the project early out, not to mention the impact of the medal, even the final failed to enter, without the appearance of the world's top players. In contrast, the Chinese swimming women's team also has a gold medal in the account, 20-year-old Yang Junxuan won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter freestyle in one fell swoop, Tang Muhan won 1 bronze medal, and Zhang Yufei, who is also a multi-tasker, still won 3 bronze medals in the case of poor personal status, which is a passing performance.
I have to say that the overall performance of the Chinese swimming team is far less than the previous Sun Yang led the era, since 2010, Sun Yang led the Chinese swimming team step by step to the top of the world, in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, Sun Yang broke the Asian record in the men's 1500-meter freestyle, raising the original Asian record by as much as ten seconds, and at the same time less than a second away from the world record. In 2011, the 20-year-old Sun Yang shocked the world and participated in the Swimming World Championships for the first time, winning 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze in one fell swoop, incidentally breaking the world record in the men's 1500-meter freestyle.
So far, the Chinese swimming team has begun a rapid development of 9 years, and constantly emerged excellent athletes who can break the world record, and Sun Yang has also won the world championship many times during this period, won 14 world championship gold medals, and completed countless achievements, including the only olympic world championships grand slam champion in the history of the world swimming world, including the only olympic world championship grand slam champion in the history of the world swimming world, including the only olympic world championships in the history of the men's 400 meters freestyle. The only men's 800m freestyle world championships to win three consecutive championships, the men's freestyle individual gold medal count ranked first in the world.
It can be said that Sun Yang represents an era of Chinese swimming, not only the first person in the history of Chinese swimming, but also the number one historical figure in the world swimming world, comparable to legends such as Phelps. Now, Sun Yang has been banned from the tournament and cannot play in any international competitions, and it is unknown whether he can return to participate in the future, which makes people feel sorry.
Sun Yang's ban has caused the overall strength of the Chinese swimming team to decline rapidly, especially the men's team, which has fallen to the stage of not being able to win 1 world championship medal, you know, the last time the Chinese swimming men's team had no medals at the world championships, it dates back to 2003, sealing an embarrassing record of 19 years, and the Chinese swimming men's team is afraid to create again.
At the same time, the overall performance of the Chinese swimming team is sluggish, so that the Chinese team is currently only 4th in the medal table, or rely on the 3 gold of the synchronized swimming project to barely stay in the top 4, the Chinese team wants to rise in the final medal table ranking, can only hope for the follow-up diving competition, the Chinese diving dream team led by the NEW Olympic champion Quan Hongchan has the strength to win multiple gold medals, and hopes to help the Chinese team improve the medal table ranking!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)