In the early morning of August 4, Beijing time, the women's 200-meter medley event ushered in the final, and Chinese player Yu Yiting hit the medal. After fierce competition, Yu Yiting finally won the fourth place, regretting to miss the medal. Canada's Mackintosh won the gold medal, while United States' Walsh was disqualified for a foul and the bronze medal was cancelled.
Women's 200m Individual Medley - Final
Gold Medal: Mackintosh
Silver Medal: Douglas
Bronze: McKeown
Yu Yiting was born in Quzhou, Zhejiang, and is now 19 years old, very young, competing in the Olympic Games for the second time. Yu Yiting's overall performance in 2023 is very good, winning the bronze medal in the women's 200m medley at the World Championships in Fukuoka and the gold medal in the event at the Hangzhou Asian Games. In this final, Yu Yiting did not play extraordinarily, and finally finished fourth.
World record: 2:06.12 - Katinka · Hosu [2015 World Championships in Kazan]
Previous Olympic record: 2:06.58 - Katinka · Josu [Rio 2016]
Asian Record: 2:07.57 - Ye Shiwen [2012 London Olympics]
The road to qualification: Yu Yiting swam 2:10.28 in the preliminaries and advanced to the semifinals with the second overall ranking; In the semifinals, Yu Yiting swam 2:09.74 and advanced to the final with a total ranking of 6th. In addition, the Chinese swimming team also sent Ye Shiwen to participate in this event, but unfortunately Ye Shiwen's semi-final results were not ideal, ranking 10th in 2:10.45 and missing the final.
Finalists: China's Yu Yiting in lane 7, Australia Kelly McKeown in lane 1, Canada player Picrem in lane 2, United States Douglas in lane 3, United States Walsh in lane 4, Canada McIntosh in lane 5, United Kingdom Abi·wood in lane 6, Australia Ramsay in lane 8 did not actually compete.
Final Recap
The competition began, Yu Yiting started with a reaction time of 0.67 seconds to be the second fastest runner, the first 50-meter butterfly time of 27.31 seconds ranked fourth, then changed the backstroke stroke to reach the 100 meters with 1:00.05 or fourth, and then changed the breaststroke stroke to reach the 150 meters with 1:37.42 and dropped to fifth. In the end, she switched to freestyle and sprinted with all her might, and Yu Yiting finished the race with a time of 2:08.49 and finally ranked fourth.
In addition, Mackintosh won the gold medal with a time of 2:06.56 and set an Olympic record. Douglas won silver with a time of 2:06.92 and McKeown won bronze with a time of 2:08.08. Walsh was disqualified for a foul in the backstroke to breaststroke, and the bronze medal of 2:07.45 was cancelled and he was ultimately denied a medal.