A Chinese swimming event has been revolutionary, surpassing the highest achievements of the 21st century, and they have created them at the Paris Olympics

At half past eight o'clock this evening, the women's 100-meter freestyle final will be held on the fifth final day of the National Swimming Championships.

After yesterday's semi-finals, it is believed that the women's 100 has received the highest level of attention from swimming fans across the country.

Is it a single Olympic medal prospect? Yang Junxuan, Zhang Yufei, or Wu Qingfeng, who revealed his extreme strength before the game? Objectively speaking, there is a slight possibility. But this possibility is not enough to cause such a big spotlight.

When yesterday's semi-finals, the top four runners all broke through the Olympic A standard of 53.61 seconds, and when Li Bingjie, whose previous best time was only 54.32 seconds, opened the semi-finals to 53.55 seconds, beating the 100-strong Cheng Yujie, this impulse is really irrepressible, and it must be expressed: The overall strength of the Chinese women's 100-meter freestyle has reached an unprecedented new height!

This new height is not a solitary achievement, but is directly related to the quality of Olympic medals.

Last year's World Championships, the Chinese women's 4×100 self-relay won the bronze medal, lost to Australia and the United States, has been considered to be the peak state performance, now the Chinese team has five 53 seconds within 5 seconds of the player (counting Cheng Yujie), its positioning will be improved again, to the Paris Olympics, we have to impact at least 4×100 self relay runner-up, if successful, it will be another new high in Chinese swimming since the 21st century!

At last year's World Championships, Cheng Yujie, Yang Junxuan, Wu Qingfeng and Zhang Yufei partnered to swim a new Asian record of 3:32.40, losing half a second to the United States team. Last year, the Chinese team was divided according to strength, three 53-second and one 54-second Wu Qingfeng. The best results of the four people for the year were: Yang Junxuan 53.05 seconds, Cheng Yujie 53.26 seconds, Zhang Yufei 53.34 seconds, Wu Qingfeng 54.03 seconds.

At present, the results of the four semi-finals are: Yang Junxuan 53.00 seconds, Zhang Yufei 53.27 seconds, Wu Qingfeng 53.40 seconds, Li Bingjie 53.55 seconds.

To compare it with the simplest addition, last year's best time was 213.68 seconds, and the top four in the semifinals of this year's championship combined 213.22 seconds, nearly half a second apart.

It is obviously unreasonable to compare this year's race with the best of last year's whole year. But this kind of unreasonableness is more telling: the overall performance of a single event exceeds the performance of last year, which proves that the Chinese women's 4×100 self-relay has improved by leaps and bounds!

Not to mention beating the Australian team with three or four players in the 52-second class alone, what do we need to beat the American team with two players in the 52-second class and two players in the 53-second class?

If it's an exaggeration, the top four are all 52 seconds, and it's really laughing from ear to ear. In this way, in terms of pure data, we can even see the hope of wrestling with Australia.

There is one unique advantage of Chinese swimming to point out: our meticulousness and dedication in preparing for the relay event are beyond the reach of European and American teams. From a single event to a relay, the strength of the team members is restored to a high degree. That's why we tend to be able to play more than on paper in the final conversations.

Of course, it should also be noted that the above are simply from the level of the Chinese team to talk about their feelings. In fact, only after the selection competition between the United States and Australia, the various strength comparisons before the Olympics can be done in detail. At present, the Chinese team has too many strengths, and it can face the United States and Australia head-on.

After the 2023 World Championships, the overall temperament of the Chinese swimming team has undergone a revolutionary update: from the past only highlighting the performance of individual team members, to improving the overall ability. Many projects are undergoing positive changes, and the fastest to start is the relay race that brings together the best from all walks of life. The Paris Olympics, including the women's 4×100 freestyle relay events, will witness the Chinese team's imposing charge.