On February 16, 2024, Beijing time, the Doha World Swimming Championships continued, Pan Zhanle lived up to expectations and won the 19th gold medal for the Chinese team, Britain's Stephens won the gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly, Korzan lived up to expectations and finally won a gold medal for the United States team in the 50-meter backstroke, Canada's Knox defeated two American athletes in an upset and won the 200-meter medley championship, and with Li Bingjie's outstanding performance in the third pole, the Chinese team won 4* The gold medal in the 200-meter freestyle relay won 20 gold medals for the Chinese team. Let's take a look at today's game.
Women's 200m butterfly gold medal: Stephens (GBR)
China's Ma Yonghui finished fifth
The world record holder in this event is China's Liu Zige, which is also considered one of the most difficult world records to break. In the morning, she also participated in the 4*200m relay race, Ma Yonghui showed a good competitive state, and her starting reaction time was 0.64 seconds, which was the fastest among all the competitors. In the first 100 meters of the race, Ma Yonghui has been in fifth place, and the gap between her and the top three is not big, and her advantage is also in the second half. In the final 30 meters of the sprint, Ma Yonghui kept accelerating, and the competition for the podium was quite fierce, but unfortunately she did not create a miracle. In the end, Ma Yonghui finished fifth, and Britain's Stephens won the championship.
Men's 100m Freestyle Gold Medal: Pan Zhanle (China)
China's Wang Haoyu finished seventh
Today's most talked-about event was the men's 100m freestyle, and two Chinese athletes made history by advancing to the final. Once the race started, the first 100 meters were quite competitive, and it was almost impossible to see who was in the absolute lead, which meant that the first turn was quite important. After turning around, Pan Zhanle stood out and occupied the first place, but the other players were in hot pursuit. Entering the last 25 meters of competition, Wang Haoyu also caught up, 8 players almost alternately lead, Pan Zhanle did not disappoint, the last 5 meters to win the championship, Wang Haoyu finally won the seventh place. This is also the second gold medal won by Pan Zhanle at this World Championships and the first individual gold medal in personal history. There are no longer only Qin Haiyang, Wang Shun, Zhang Yufei in the Chinese swimming world, and 19-year-old Pan Zhanle, in the Paris Olympics, we will have more gold points in swimming competitions.
Women's 50m Backstroke Gold Medal: Korzan (USA)
As soon as the whistle blew, the competitors couldn't wait to get into the water, and the first 15 meters of the 50-meter backstroke were still very important, and it was difficult to recover once they fell behind in the short distance. In the end, thanks to his excellent touches to the edge, Korzan of the United States won the championship with the last laugh, Australia's Anderson won the silver medal, and Canada's Wilm won the bronze medal.
Men's 200m Individual Medley Gold Medal: Knox (Canada)
China's Zhang Zhanshuo finished eighth
As a teenager from Qingdao, Zhang Zhanshuo won the first gold medal for the Chinese team with his teammates on the first day of competition, which makes us look forward to his performance in the final. In the first 150 meters, Zhang Zhanshuo is in eighth place, which is not surprising, after all, his strength is freestyle, and it is the freestyle in the middle and long distances. Although Zhang Zhanshuo was the fastest swimmer in the last freestyle, he finished eighth due to the gap in the other events. The winner was Canada's Knox, who defeated two Americans, which was a big upset.
Gold medal in the women's 4*200m freestyle relay:
The Chinese team, which ranked first in the preliminaries, is aiming for the championship today, and the four girls are ready to go, Ai Yanhan gave up the semifinals of the 100m freestyle for this game, and she is the first to play in this game. Her first baton is very crucial, after all, the second batter is Gong Zhenqi, who is only fourteen years old. After the start of the game, Ai Yanhan also tried his best, and the rhythm was maintained well, but there were some mistakes in the baton handover, and he only ranked sixth. The second batter is Gong Zhenqi, the youngest player in the Chinese team at this World Championships, and her task is to bite the opponent and rush to fifth place when she completes the baton handover.
The key to whether the Chinese team can win the championship is Li Bingjie in the third baseman, who also continued to accelerate forward after entering the water, and soon rushed to third place. In the last 50 meters, Li Bingjie had already rushed to the first place and pulled away from the opponent. In the last bat, Peggy Yang also maintained the lead, and in the last 100 meters she began to accelerate, shaking off her opponents, and by the time she was less than 30 meters, the crowd was already cheering that they had already locked up the gold medal. Congratulations to the four girls from China who won the 20th gold medal of the World Championships.
Women's 100m Freestyle Semifinals: Hong Kong's Ho Sze Pui advances to the final
In order to better prepare for the women's 4*200m freestyle relay competition, Ai Yanhan gave up the 100m semifinals, after all, three races a day is a big challenge for athletes. In addition to Ai Yanhan, we can also pay attention to He Shibei, who just won the first gold medal in history for Hong Kong, in the semi-finals, He Shibei advanced to the final with the first place in the group, and tomorrow's game is exciting.
Men's 200m breaststroke semifinals: Dong Zhihao
In the previous 100-meter breaststroke competition, Dong Zhihao regretfully stopped in the semi-finals, and looked forward to Dong Zhihao's 200-meter breaststroke competition, his strength, to bring us more surprises. The race began, and Dong Zhihao ranked first in the water reaction speed, which allowed him to swim more easily in the first 100 meters, ranking third. In the next 50 meters, Dong Zhihao did not exert his strength, and only ranked sixth after 150 meters, but in the last 30 meters, Dong Zhihao began to exert his strength, and he used all his physical strength in the final sprint stage, and finally rushed to second place, and ranked second among all the players to advance to the finals.