On April 23, the 2024 National Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials held in Shenzhen entered the fifth day of competition. In the evening's finals, In the semi-finals, it can be described as a climax, first Yang Junxuan broke the women's 100-meter freestyle championship record with a good time of 52.68 seconds and won the championship, and then Qin Haiyang easily won the gold medal in the men's 200-meter breaststroke final, and finally the finale of the men's 100-meter freestyle final, Pan Zhanle opened the 47-second mark for the third time, swam the second best time in the world this season (the first is his own world record of 46.80 seconds at the World Championships in Doha) to win the championship, won the fifth gold medal at this meeting, and won all the championships from the men's 100-meter freestyle to the 400-meter freestyle and two relay gold medals。 The tickets for the fans who watched the race live this night were worth it.
In addition, Olympic champion Zhang Yufei successfully advanced to the final of the event as the first place in the semifinals of the women's 200m butterfly, with a time time of 2:07.50. World champion Xu Jiayu also easily advanced to the men's 200m backstroke final with a time of 1:58.86. Tang Qianting, who set an Asian record in this championship, swam a time of 2:26.14 in the women's 200-meter breaststroke final and qualified for the final on the evening of the 24th. Olympic champion and 28-year-old veteran Ye Shiwen finished second in the semi-finals with a time of 2:26.53 and will also participate in the final of the event the next night.
In the women's 100-meter freestyle final, the first event held in the evening of the same day, Shandong player Yang Junxuan broke the national record of 52.90 seconds held by Zhang Yufei with a time of 52.68 seconds, becoming the second player in China to open the 53-second mark. This is also the second national record to be broken after Tang Qianting's women's 100m breaststroke competition, which can be ranked fifth this season.
Zhang Yufei advanced to the final of the women's 100m freestyle as the second place in the semifinals the day before, but because the final time of the event was too close to the semi-finals of her main event women's 200m butterfly, there was only one event final in between, and there was only a time difference of about 5 minutes, so Zhang Yufei gave up the right to participate in the women's 100m freestyle final. The competition time and event settings of this championship and the Paris Olympics are exactly the same, so it is expected that Zhang Yufei will not compete in the 100-meter freestyle event in Paris. In the 100 freestyle semi-finals, Zhang Yufei has already met the Olympic standards, and she should be able to become a part of the Chinese women's 4×100m freestyle relay team at the Olympics.
In the men's 200-meter breaststroke final, which everyone is looking forward to, Qin Haiyang swam a time of 2:08.87 and won the gold medal without any suspense. Perhaps because of the lack of competitiveness in the domestic competition, he swam more relaxed and did not adjust his form to the highest point, which was more than 3 seconds slower than his own world record of 2:05.48. 19-year-old Jiangsu player Dong Zhihao won the second place with a time of 2:10.08.
The finale of the night was the men's 100 freestyle final in which world record holder Pan Zhanle participated, and he showed extraordinary strength and confidence to win as soon as he entered the water, leading the way all the way, touching the wall with a time of 46.97 seconds, which is the same result as his victory at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, which is the third time he has opened the 47-second barrier, which can be ranked second this season. So far, the top four finishes in the event have all belonged to the 20-year-old Zhejiang, and no competitor has come close to him. At the Paris Olympics, Pan Zhanle's chances of winning the championship have greatly increased. What is interesting is that not long ago, when a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily met him at the Training Bureau of the General Administration of Sports of China, he repeatedly advised: Don't first, it's not too late to blow when I win the Olympic championship.
The men's 200m butterfly final was won by Niu Guangsheng of Inner Mongolia with a time of 1:55.46. Since the retirement of Zhejiang's famous Wu Peng, there has been a lack of world-class athletes in China.
In the women's 1500m freestyle final, Hebei star Li Bingjie who has reached the Olympic A standard has withdrawn, and the championship was won by another Hebei player, Gao Weizhong, with a time of 16:06.19, which also met the A-level participation standard of the Paris Olympics.
Text/Beiqing Sports Liu Ailin