The Tokyo Olympics produced four gold medals on this swimming competition day, the Chinese team did not receive any medals, and Xu Jiayu only finished 5th in the 100-back final. Four individual gold medals for the Olympic teams of the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Russia. In addition, the American team won 1 gold and 3 bronze in a single day, becoming a big winner.
In the men's 200m freestyle final, the Two England generals finished second, with Thomas Dean finishing second in 1:44.22, Duncan Scott finishing second in 1:44.26 and Brazil's Shafi finishing third with 1:44:66. South Korean rising star Hwang Sun-woo led the 180-meter race, but the last 20 meters were boring, and the result suddenly fell from no. 1 to no. 7. However, Hwang Sun-woo has made history, and since Park Tae-hwan, South Korean athletes have once again reached the swimming final.
In the first 50 meters, Huang Shanyu ranked first in 23.95 seconds, and he rushed very fiercely! In the 100 meters, Huang Shanyu continued to finish first in 49.78 seconds, and his nearest Brazilian player Shafi was 0.47 seconds behind. Such a strong momentum, so that swimming fans can't help but sigh, is this Korean brother going to explode?
In the 150 meters, Huang Shanyu continued to lead in 1 minute 16.56 seconds, and Shafi followed 0.72 seconds to continue second. But in the last 50 meters, Huang Shanyu was obviously weak in succession, in addition, the rest of the players began to erupt, and the players who had the strength to compete for medals were all back-track forces. By the last 20 meters, Huang Shanyu's advantage was gone, the rest of the runners rushed up, Huang Shanyu was bored, and the ranking fell step by step, falling from no. 1 to no. 7 to finish. However, the Korean media still comforted Huang Sunyu, "This is the second time since the 2012 London Olympics that South Korean athletes have stood on the stage of the swimming final, which is not easy." ”
In addition, all four gold medals were produced on this competition day, the men's 100m backstroke final, the runner-up of the previous Olympic Games, China's Xu Jiayu, won the 5th place with the best time of the year 52.51 seconds, and the Russian Olympic Committee's Relov won the championship in 51.98 seconds.
In the women's 100m backstroke final, world record holder Andrica Australia's Kelly McGione won in 57.47 seconds and set an Olympic record.
In the women's 100m breaststroke, Lydia Jacobi of the United States won the gold medal.