The 2024 National Swimming Championships will continue on the evening of April 24, and the women's 200-meter breaststroke event will usher in the finals, with Ye Shiwen, Tang Qianting and other famous players competing on the same field. After fierce competition, Ye Shiwen played well and won the championship with a time of 2:22.55 to lock the Olympic qualification, and the rest of the competitors failed to meet the standard, so only Ye Shiwen qualified for the Olympics.
Women's 200m Breaststroke - Final
Gold Medal: Ye Shiwen
Silver Medal: Tang Qianting
Bronze medal: Zhu Leiju
The world record holder in the women's 200m breaststroke is Russia's Chikunova Evgenia, who swam 2:17.55 at the 2023 Russian Championships. The Asian record holder is Japan's Rika Kaneto, who swam 2:19.65 at the 2016 Japan Swimming Championships. The national record holder is Navy star Qi Hui, who swam 2:21.37 at the 2009 National Games.
The women's 200m breaststroke Olympic A standard result is 2:23.91, no player has reached the standard in the preliminaries and semifinals, and the best semi-final result is Tang Qianting 2:26.14, which is not a small gap with the Olympic A standard score. However, Ye Shiwen swam 2:23.84 at the Hangzhou Asian Games, which is in line with the World Swimming Federation's Olympic A standard selection range. If no one meets the standard in this national championship, then only Ye Shiwen can participate.
In this final fierce competition, Ye Shiwen played well and won the gold medal with a score of Olympic A standard, thus locking in one Olympic quota. If any other athlete fails to meet the Olympic A standard and fails to reach the Olympic B standard of 2:24.63, one quota place will be vacant in this event.
Regarding the finals, Shanxi player Yang Chang ranked the first lane, Beijing Sports Lottery player Yu Jingyao ranked the second lane, Yunnan player Zhu Leiju ranked the third lane, Shanghai Anta player Tang Qianting ranked the fourth lane, Zhejiang Shouxian Valley player Ye Shiwen lane 5, Jiangsu Calmei player Lu Qinyao lane 6, Tianjin 361 degree player Zheng Muyan lane 7, Heilongjiang Hosa player Liu Mengyang lane 8.
Competition venue: Shenzhen Universiade Center Natatorium
Highlights of the finals
The game unfolded, Ye Shiwen and Tang Qianting reacted quickly, Tang Qianting was very fast in the first 50 meters, and took the lead in completing the 50 meters to the side turn, Ye Shiwen did not enter the top three. When he came to 100 meters and turned around, Ye Shiwen overtook Tang Qianting and rose to first, and Tang Qianting ranked second.
When it came to the 150 meters, Ye Shiwen continued to lead, and in the last 50 meters, he went all out to complete the race with a time of 2:22.55, thus winning the championship. In addition, Tang Qianting won the silver medal with a time of 2:25.27, and Zhu Leiju won the bronze medal with a time of 2:26.19