On the evening of August 2, Beijing time, the Paris Olympic swimming event ended the women's 200m individual medley preliminaries, and China's Yu Yiting narrowly defeated the double Olympic gold medalist, Canada's Mackintosh. In the end, he entered the semi-finals as the second in the preliminaries. Veteran Ye Shiwen also advanced as the eighth in the preliminaries.
Yu Yiting appeared in the third group. Yu Yiting did not enter the top three in butterfly swimming.
In the backstroke, Yu Yiting quickly finished in the top three. 1.36 seconds behind McIntosh moved up to second.
In the breaststroke, Yu Yiting swings back and forth in the third and fourth positions. Mackintosh continues to be number one.
In freestyle, Yu Yiting returned to the top three, and the speed was fast, and she almost beat Mackintosh before the finish!
In the end, Mackintosh was first in 2:09.90, Yu Yiting was second in 2:10.28 and Australia's Ramsey was third in 2:10.75.
The fifth group of Ye Shiwen appeared. The butterfly did not finish in the top three. Backstroke Ye Shiwen rushed to third place.
Ye Shiwen was second at the halfway, just 0.18 seconds behind the leading United States' Alex Walsh.
In the breaststroke, Ye Shiwen continued to be second, 1.24 seconds behind Walsh. In the end, Ye Shiwen won the second place in the group in 2:10.96. Walsh was first in 2:10.48.
McIntosh is first overall, Yu Yiting is second, Walsh is third, and Ye Shiwen is eighth.