The 2024 National Swimming Championships will be staged at the Shenzhen Universiade Center Natatorium, and the women's 1500 freestyle final will be staged in the evening of April 23. Due to the withdrawal of Hebei star Li Bingjie, the project is still less interesting. Gao Weizhong played well and won the championship with a time of 16:06.19, and Li Bingjie retired from the competition and still qualified for the Olympics.
Women's 1500 Freestyle - Final
Gold Medal: Gao Weizhong
Silver Medal: Ma Yonghui
Bronze medal: Mao Yihan
The women's 1500m world record holder is Katie Ledecky of the United States, who swam 15:20.48 in the 2018 Indianapolis Swimming Series. The Asian record holder is Wang Jian Jiahe, who swam 15:41.49 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The women's 1500m Olympic A standard score is 16:09.09, while the best result in the preliminaries is Gao Weizhong, who swam 16:17.26 and the gap between the Olympic A standard is relatively large. Li Bingjie once swam 15:45.71 at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, which is a relatively large advantage in China, so Li Bingjie directly gave up the women's 1500 free event in this national championship. In addition, Gao Weizhong swam 16:05.73 at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games to reach the Olympic A standard.
This final is a wonderful competition, although the lack of Li Bingjie is less interesting, but the game is still very exciting. Gao Weizhong performed well, leading the way to the standard with a time of 16:06.19 to qualify for the Olympics. In addition, although Li Bingjie withdrew from the women's 1500 free event in this event, she also locked in one Olympic qualification by virtue of her previous standard results.
The event was held in the Shenzhen Universiade Center Natatorium, Shaanxi Hosa player Wang Kexin lane 1, Shandong Zhouke player Tian Muran lane 2, Zhejiang Shouxian Valley player Mao Yihan lane 3, Hebei Taihua player Gao Weizhong lane 4, Hebei Taihua player Zhang Ke lane 5, Henan player Wu Ruoxin lane 6, Hebei Taihua player Ma Yonghui lane 7, Hubei Hosa player Yang Peiqi lane 8.
A review of the finals
The competition began, and the players reacted quickly, and adjusted their rhythm after entering the water to impact the champion. When it comes to the 100-meter turn, Gao Weizhong ranks first, and when it comes to the 200-meter turn, Gao Weizhong is still the first, leading the second place by 1.55 seconds. Turning around in the 500 meters, Gao Weizhong extended his lead in 5:17.21, 2.58 seconds ahead of Yang Peiqi, who was second, and 3.33 seconds ahead of Ma Yonghui, who was third.
After that, Gao Weizhong led the way to extend his advantage, and when he reached the 800 meters, he had a lead of more than 5 seconds. When it came to the 1000 meters, Gao Weizhong continued to lead far away, with a time of 10:38.36. It took 12:48.39 to reach the 1200 meters. In the end, Gao Weizhong won the championship with a time of 16:06.19 and reached the Olympic A standard to qualify for the Olympics. In addition, Ma Yonghui won the silver medal with a time of 16:16.18, and Mao Yihan won the bronze medal with a time of 16:17.95.