On the evening of May 1, the 2023 National Swimming Championships in Hangzhou ended the men's 100m backstroke final, and two-time world champion and Asian record holder, Xu Jiayu of Zhejiang, won the championship in 52.47 seconds, ranking first in the world this year.
Xu Jiayu, who has not appeared for a long time, swam 52.66 seconds in the morning preliminary round, and Mo said that the A standard of the Fukuoka World Championships has already far exceeded the A standard of the Paris Olympics.
In the first 50 meters of the final, Xu Jiayu maintained a lead of 25.33 seconds, and the only one with the strength to face Xu Jiayu's Wang Gukailai was 0.74 seconds behind and ranked second.
In the second half, Xu Jiayu accelerated! The body once suppressed the record red line! Unfortunately, about 15 meters before the finish line, he was thrown off by the record line. But even so, Xu Jiayu won the championship with an excellent time of 52.47 seconds.
Wang Gukailai finished second in 54.48 seconds, while Henan's Wang Yutian finished third in 54.60 seconds.
