Original Title: The World Championships in Short Pool Swimming will start soon. Zhang Yufei, Wang Shun, and Li Bingjie lead the Chinese team
According to the Chinese Swimming Association, three Tokyo Olympic champions, Zhang Yufei, Wang Shun, and Li Bingjie, will lead the Chinese swimming team to participate in the 15th FINA World Championships in Abu Dhabi from December 16 to 21 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Tokyo Olympic diving champions Quan Hongchan and Wang Han will appear in the diving exhibition competition.
The Chinese Swimming Team sent a total of 27 participants, including 13 female members, including Zhang Yufei, Li Bingjie, Cheng Yujie, Hou Yawen, Liu Yaxin, Ma Xiaoming, Peng Xuwei, Tang Qianting, Wan Letian, Wu Qingfeng, Yu Yiting, Zhu Jiaming, Zhu Menghui; male; There are 14 members, including Wang Shun, Yan Zibei, Tan Haiyang, Chen Ende, Hong Jinquan, Pan Zhanle, Sun Jiajun, Song Yukuan, Tang Haoyang, Wang Changhao, Wang Gukailai, Yang Jintong, Zhang Zhoujian, Zhang Ziyang.
This year’s Short Pool Swimming World Championships can be called “Water Carnival”, and it is the first time to include marathon swimming, diving and high platform diving competitions. Hou Yawen, Ma Xiaoming, Zhang Ziyang, and Tang Haoyang will participate in the annual marathon swimming finals; Tokyo Olympic Games women’s 10-meter platform champion Quan Hongchan, women’s 3-meter springboard double champion Wang Han, and male players Li Zheng and Lian Junjie will appear in the diving exhibition. The diving players of each team will be mixed into teams to compete in the 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform; the high platform diving will be a qualifying event for the 2022 Fukuoka World Swimming Championships.
The World Short Pool Swimming Championships is a world swimming championship held in a 25-meter swimming pool. It is hosted by the FINA and held every two years. The current competition was originally scheduled to be held in December 2020, and it was postponed for one year due to the new crown epidemic. . Chinese swimmers won 3 golds, 5 silvers and 5 bronzes in the previous 2018 Hangzhou Short Pool World Championships.
(Zhou Xin)
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