Break the Asian Games record! He Shibei won the gold in the 200, Li Bingjie won the silver medal, and Liu Yaxin won the bronze
On September 25, 2023, the swimming competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games continued, and the women's 200m freestyle final ended, Hong Kong's He Shibei won gold, breaking the Asian Games record, China's Li Bingjie won the silver medal, and another Chinese athlete, Liu Yaxin, won the bronze.
The women's 200-meter freestyle event is more competitive, the Chinese team is not absolutely sure, depending on the performance of the field, the coaching staff sent Li Bingjie and Liu Yaxin to compete, Li Bingjie's main event is long-distance freestyle, in the short distance results are relatively poor, with the strength to get on the podium, but it is very difficult to win gold, Hong Kong's He Shibei is stronger, and the preliminary round has reservations.
It is worth mentioning that this Asian Games Li Bingjie has won the women's 1500 meters freestyle, women's 4x100 meters relay two gold medals, in addition to the women's 200 meters freestyle, she also participated in the women's 400 meters freestyle, women's 800 meters freestyle, women's 4x200 freestyle relay, women's 4x100 medley relay four events, the most difficult to compete for the championship is the women's 200 meters freestyle.
Just before the preliminary round, Li Bingjie swam 1 minute 58.90 seconds, ranked first to advance, Liu Yaxin swam 2 minutes 00 seconds 21, ranked third to pass, He Shibei only swam 2 minutes 00 seconds 75, ranked fifth among all competitors, South Korea's Heo Yanchen was second, the time was 2 minutes 00.21, the Asian record in this event was held by He Shibei 1 minute 53 seconds 92, only Li Bingjie swam within 2 points.
In the final, Li Bingjie started in the fourth lane, Liu Yaxin was the third, He Shibei was the second, Xu Yanchen was the fifth, everyone predicted before the competition that the medal should be produced between the above four players, others are focused on participation, the result did not appear accidentally, He Shibei swam 1 minute 54 seconds 12 seconds to win gold, creating a new Asian Games record, Li Bingjie won the silver medal in 1 minute and 56 seconds, Liu Yaxin won the bronze in 1 minute 56 seconds 43.
Although they failed to win the gold medal, Li Bingjie and Liu Yaxin's performance is commendable, after all, in the women's 200-meter freestyle event, it is indeed too difficult to win He Shibei, which is He Shibei's main event, she holds the Asian record, but also refreshes the Asian Games record, this result is already expected, there are many opportunities to fight for later, and I hope that the two will continue to work hard and strive for another good result.