Post-00s young player Li Bingjie won 6 gold medals in this competition. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
The National Spring Swimming Championships (Spring Championships) ended their last competition day in Qingdao on March 24, and Qin Haiyang, who surpassed the Asian record in 26.63 seconds in the preliminary round, finally won the gold medal in the men's 50m breaststroke in 26.77 seconds, Zhang Yufei equaled her previous national record and won the gold medal in the women's 50m butterfly in 25.32 seconds, and Pan Zhanle, who missed the previous few days due to physical discomfort, won the men's 400m freestyle title in 3:47.22.
As the first selection competition of the Fukuoka World Championships and the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Spring Championships showed many highlights - Li Bingjie, Zhang Yufei and other celebrities opened the "gold medal harvest" mode; Wang Haoyu, Wang Changhao and other young athletes have surprise performances; Wu Peng led a group of veterans to come back and fight for the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Zhang Yufei, who returned from injury, won 3 golds. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
Turn on the harvest mode, and the famous will achieve good results
Before the start of this Spring Championships, Zhang Yufei gave expectations: "The athletes all call Qingdao Guoxin Swimming and Diving Hall a blessed land, and have made breakthroughs in many times, hoping to achieve the goal again this time." "The land is indeed worthy of its name, with 34 people and 85 World Championship A marks in the six competition days from March 19 to 24.
The "gold king" in the competition this time is post-00s young athlete Li Bingjie, who won four individual gold medals in the women's 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle, and won two relay championships with her teammates, with a total of 6 golds. The 29-year-old Wang Shun is also in good form, winning four gold medals in the men's 200m, 400m medley, 100m backstroke and 200m freestyle. Zhang Yufei, who returned from injury, did not register for the women's 200m butterfly, but she easily won the women's 50m, 100m butterfly and 50m freestyle.
Another highlight of the event was 24-year-old Qin Haiyang, who swam 26.63 seconds in the men's 50m breaststroke heats on March 24, surpassing the Asian record of 26.86 seconds held by Yan Zibei. He came a little late, winning the men's 100m breaststroke final on March 20 with a time of 58.66 seconds, just 0.03 seconds slower than the Asian record in the event, and became the second Chinese athlete after Yan Zibei to reach the 59-second mark in the men's 100m breaststroke. However, Qin Haiyang is not satisfied with this report card - his goal of 26.50 seconds in the 50m breaststroke and the Asian record in the 100m breaststroke are expected to surpass the Asian record, and he will continue to hit the goal at the national swimming championships in May.
Young general Wang Changhao broke the national record twice a day. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
There are people who follow, and rookies bring new atmosphere
Wang Changhao, born in 2002, gave a performance worthy of the outside world's expectations in this event, although he had a waist injury, but in the men's 50m butterfly, he performed "two national records in one day" in the preliminary and final events. After raising the national record in this event to 23.25 seconds, Wang Changhao is still not satisfied, his goal is 23 seconds, "(the current personal level) is a bit far from the goal, but this goal is to make yourself motivated, not limited to there, dare to think a little." ”
In the view of Li Zhuhao, a former Chinese men's butterfly swimmer who has been transformed into a coach, there are successors to the Chinese men's butterfly, and "Wang Changhao is likely to be the one who broke my record." The current national record for the men's 100m butterfly is still 50.96 seconds set by Li Zhuhao, while Wang Changhao's time in the Spring Championships is 51.45 seconds, just 0.49 seconds away.
Wang Haoyu, who is not yet 18 years old, is another rising star with high hopes, he swam 47.89 seconds in the men's 100m freestyle final, making him the third Chinese athlete to swim the 48-second mark after Ning Zetao and Pan Zhanle, and also makes the Chinese men's 100m freestyle currently have Pan Zhanle and Wang Haoyu who can swim 48 seconds, providing more options for the relay event.
Ye Shiwen returned to win the gold medal. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
The group came back, and the veteran performed very inspirationally
In order to participate in the "Asian Games held at the doorstep", three Zhejiang celebrities "made a team comeback" at the Spring Championships - after losing more than 10 pounds, Wu Peng, who has been retired for 10 years, returned to the swimming world and successfully achieved the target in the 50-meter freestyle heats, achieving his goal.
Fu Yuanhui, who has been battling injuries for the past two years, has changed her self-assessment from "Hong Huang girl" to "Hong Huang Auntie", but her former fighting spirit has not diminished, and she won the bronze medal in the women's 50m backstroke with a time of 27.87 seconds, reaching the A standard of the Fukuoka World Championships.
Ye Shiwen, who balanced her studies and training, returned with more confidence, winning silver in the women's 200m individual medley in 2:10.55, and then winning gold in the women's 200m breaststroke in 2:24.01. Little Leaf has set a new goal: to pick up the 400-meter medley again.
In May, the National Swimming Championships, the second qualifying event of the Fukuoka World Championships and Hangzhou Asian Games, will be held in Hangzhou, and the three veterans will fight for their respective goals.
Beijing News reporter Zhou Xiao
Edited by Xiao Wanli
Proofreader Liu Jun