In the early morning of July 30, Beijing time, the swimming event of the Paris Olympics entered the third competition day, a total of 5 gold medals were produced, which were equally divided by Italy, South Africa, Canada, Romania and Australia, the Chinese team continued to miss the gold medal, Xu Jiayu and Tang Qianting won the silver medal at the same time, and Yang Junxuan ranked fifth and missed the medal.
Women's 400m individual medley. In the final of this event, no Chinese athletes participated, and in the end, Canada's McIntosh swam 4:27.71 to beat two United States athletes to win the championship, which was her first Olympic gold medal.
Men's 200m freestyle. In the final of this event, there were no Chinese athletes, and Popovich from Romania won the championship with a time of 1:44.72, only less than 0.1 seconds ahead of United Kingdom's Richards and United States' Hobson.
Men's 100m backstroke. Chinese player Xu Jiayu played, won the silver medal in this event at the 2016 Olympic Games, and then ranked fourth in the 2020 Olympic Games, before the semi-finals were the first to advance, and now in the final, Xu Jiayu not only has the fastest reaction time, but also is in the lead after 50 meters, but unfortunately was overtaken by Italy's Chekong to win the championship, the latter scored 52.00 seconds, Xu Jiayu's time was 52.32 seconds, not as good as the semifinals.
So far, Xu Jiayu has missed the gold medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke event for 4 consecutive Olympic Games.
Women's 100m breaststroke. China's Tang Qianting competed, the semi-final overall fourth to advance, and now the final is similar to Xu Jiayu's situation, both ranked first after 50 meters, leading by 0.62 seconds, but unfortunately the final sprint was overtaken, swimming 1:05.54 to win the silver medal, and the gold medal was won by South Africa's Smith with a time of 1:05.28.
Women's 200m freestyle. China's Yang Junxuan came out and advanced fifth overall in the semi-finals, and now swam 1:55.38 in the final to finish fifth, followed by Australia's O'Callaghan first, her teammate Titmus second and He Shibei third.
In this way, the Chinese swimming team continued to miss the gold medal and has been competing for 3 consecutive days. You must know that before the game, the Chinese swimming team had the strength to win at least 6 to 8 events, but now it has encountered Waterloo, and it is always a little bit close to winning the gold medal, and it will overturn as soon as it reaches the final.
As for the reason, Gao Min, the "queen" of diving, posted on social media to analyze the reason, believing that frequent doping tests interfered with the Chinese swimming team and seriously affected the normal training before the competition.