The annual swimming championship and Olympic trials were recently successfully concluded in Shenzhen, and the event was particularly eye-catching because of its connection with the Paris Olympic Games. Many top athletes and rising stars of the Chinese swimming team participated in the competition, which made the competition extremely fierce.
In this event, Olympic champion Zhang Yufei signed up for eight events, but due to schedule conflicts, he only participated in the finals of six events. Zhang Yufei focused on butterfly and relay events, and finally won five gold and one silver, including the silver medal in the women's 50m freestyle event, losing to the talented Wu Qingfeng and finishing second.
The women's 50m freestyle final was particularly thrilling, with many world-class masters such as Zhang Yufei, Yang Junxuan, and Cheng Yujie gathered together, and the level of competition reached its peak. Wu Qingfeng showed amazing explosiveness in the final stage of the competition, with a narrow advantage of 0.08 seconds, outperforming Olympic champion Zhang Yufei's 24.30 seconds with a time of 24.22 seconds, and Yang Junxuan finished third in 24.55 seconds. Wu Qingfeng's victory has raised her status in the domestic swimming world, and she is regarded as the future leader of Chinese women's swimming.
Wu Qingfeng's swimming career was full of twists and turns. She was discovered by her coach to have a talent for swimming since she was a child, and although she gave up training for a while, she eventually found her rhythm through perseverance and challenge. Although he started later than his peers, Wu Qingfeng's growth rate is far beyond ordinary people. She not only won a medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, but also contributed to the Chinese women's swimming team at the World Championships in Fukuoka. She finished second in the 100m freestyle event and won the 50m freestyle final, showing her championship style.
In addition, in this championship, the 20-year-old rising star Pan Zhanle became the brightest star, winning 7 gold medals and breaking the world record held by himself in the men's and women's 4×100m medley relay as the final bat, showing his outstanding strength and potential.
This wonderful swimming event is not only a demonstration of the skills of the athletes, but also a competition for Olympic qualification. Zhang Yufei and Wu Qingfeng will jointly represent China in the women's 50m freestyle event at the Paris Olympics and look forward to their performance on the international stage.