On September 20, three Hubei athletes entered the men's 100-meter breaststroke final of the 14th Games in the evening. In the end, The Asian record holder, yan Zibei, the champion of the project at the last National Games, defended his title with a time of 59.03 seconds. His teammate Sun Jiajun won the silver medal. Yu Zongda finished sixth. Among them, Yu Zongda is an athlete of the Wuhan swimming team.
In the previous preliminaries, Yan Zibei easily advanced, and in the semifinals, he swam 58.87 seconds to break the National Games record and advance to the final. After the start of the final, starting from the whistle to turn around at 50 meters, Yan Zibei led the tour steadily. Sun Jiajun exerted his strength in the second half of the journey, and at one point he and Yan Zibei went hand in hand. In the last 15 meters, Yan Zibei showed the style of the Asian frog king, accelerating the sprint to take the lead in hitting the wall. Sun Jiajun followed the second to the finish line.
Before it was too late to rest, Yan Zibei and Sun Jiajun immediately entered the men's 4x200m medley competition. Paired with the two are Wang Yutian and Zhang Ziyang. Hubei's main competitor in the final is the Zhejiang team with multiple national players. The first backstroke of the Hubei team was Wang Yutian from Wuhan. Next to his track is Zhejiang star Xu Jiayu. There is a gap in strength between the two, and after the first stick, the Hubei team slipped to fourth, which was nearly three seconds slower than the first Zhejiang team.
The second baseball breaststroke of the Hubei team was Yan Zibei, who had just won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke. "Asian Frog King" is worthy of the name, he chased all the way, and helped the Hubei team chase from the fourth to the first. The third bat butterfly was Sun Jiajun, who drew with Shen Jiahao in Zhejiang. When the bats were handed over, the Hubei team temporarily ranked third. The last freestyle is Zhang Ziyang, and the direct PK with him is the Olympic champion Wang Shun. Zhang Ziyang played well, he chased little by little and regained the second position. In the end, hubei team won another silver medal in 7 minutes 59.74 seconds.
After the competition, Yan Zibei said: "I am very eager for this championship. A National Games title is enough for me to change my whole life. For the silver medal in the relay race, he said: "Indeed, today I have to fight two shots." I didn't have much of a chance to experience this kind of back-to-back combat before, so I was a little distracted and didn't swim better in the 100m breaststroke final. But in the back of this relay, I will definitely go all out and spare no effort. All four of us swam well today. Everyone has a part-time item, and it is very good to be able to compare with this. The game is a struggle, as long as the attitude of hard work comes out, everyone is a gold medal. It's true that I rush to the Asian record every time I play. I wondered if I could improve myself again. The game is to keep breaking through yourself. I don't want to say too big a goal right now. Next, take a good rest, then work well with the coach and make progress on the ground. ”
In addition, in the women's 100m backstroke semifinals that night, Hubei's Peng Xuwei and Chen Jie both successfully reached the final.
【Editor: Zhou Fei】
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