The 2024 National Swimming Championships and Paris Olympic Trials are currently competing at the Shenzhen Universiade Center Natatorium, and the fifth day of competition will be ushered in on April 23, with three competitions in the preliminary stage.
Women's 200m breaststroke - heats
In the women's 200m breaststroke, 48 people participated in the preliminaries and were divided into 5 groups, of which the famous Tang Qianting was in the 4th group and Ye Shiwen was in the 5th group. Tang Qianting was in the lead in the early stage, and was overtaken in the last 50 meters, and 14-year-old Lu Qinyao ranked first in the group with 3:28.71, ranking second overall. Tang Qianting finished second in the group in 2:29.30 and ranked 4th overall.
Ye Shiwen won the first place in the group with a time of 2:29.11, and ranked third overall in the preliminaries. Zhu Leiju performed the best in the preliminaries, finishing the race with a time of 2:26.74, ranking first in the preliminaries. In addition, Qu Jianing, Liu Ziyi, Liu Mengyang, Zheng Muyan, Lin Kechen, Yu Jingyao, Duan Jiaxin, Wang Yijing, Yang Chang, Zhou Yanjun, Li Xinwei and Sun Xiaojing advanced to the semifinals.
There was also an episode in the women's 200m frog preliminaries, when Zhejiang Shouxian Valley teenager Chen Yihan fouled and was finally disqualified. The Olympic A standard time in this event was 2:23.91, and no athlete reached the Olympic A standard in the preliminary round. According to the data on the official website of the World Swimming Federation, only Ye Shiwen's 2:23.84 swim at the Hangzhou Asian Games reached the Olympic A standard, which means that there is still one person missing the standard in this event.
Men's 200m backstroke - heats
In the men's 200m backstroke, 51 athletes competed in the preliminaries, divided into six groups. Tao Guanmen's preliminaries played the best, winning the first place in the preliminaries with a time of 2:00.03, Xu Jiayu ranked second with a time of 2:00.17, and Wang Yutian ranked third with a time of 2:02.01. In addition, Jin Yan, Cai Tianqi, Jiang Chenglin, Xue Yirui, Wang Gu Kailai, Xu Yifan, Cheng Mingxia, Wang Ziming, Yu Jingming, Zhang Chenrui, Huang Zichun and Chen Zeyi advanced to the semifinals.
There was also an episode in this event, where the two Hubei Hosa players tied for 16th place, so there was a rematch. In the end, Luo Mingpei defeated Liu Zihao in 2:03.86 and advanced to the semifinals.
The Olympic A standard time in the men's 200m backstroke is 1:57.50, and the gap between the preliminaries and this result is still relatively large, and all athletes need to cheer. According to the data on the official website of the World Swimming Federation, only Xu Jiayu reached the Olympic A standard before, and swam 1:55.37 in the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. This project is also 1 place short, and it is expected that other players will be able to meet the standards in the semi-finals and finals later.
Women's 200m butterfly - heats
There are a total of 10 competitors in the women's 200m butterfly, divided into 7 groups to compete, and Zhang Yufei, the butterfly queen who has attracted much attention, is in group 6. Zhang Yufei played well, leading the way all the way to win the first place in the group, with a time of 2:10.98 and ranking second overall. The best result in the preliminaries was Yu Liyan, who advanced first in the preliminaries with a time of 2:10.01, and Gong Zhenqi advanced to the third place in 2:11.31.
In addition, Wang Aoxuan, Liu Zhitong, Inoue Beihua, Zhou Yuqi, Nan Yue, Yang Jinran, Lu Fanzhuo, Zhang Yifan, Chen Luying, Xia Zixuan, Lu Zhuo, Zhang Mengni and Gu Peixi advanced to the finals.
The women's 200m butterfly set an Olympic A standard of 2:08.43, which was not achieved in the preliminaries. According to FINA data, Zhang Yufei and Yu Liyan's results at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games reached the standard, and Chen Luying reached the standard at the 2023 National Championships.