Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, July 25 (Reporters Xia Liang, Zhou Xin, Wu Shuguang) Following Zhang Yufei, Chinese men’s swimming leader Xu Jiayu appeared on the evening of the 25th and advanced to the semi-finals with third place in the preliminaries; Li Bingjie in the women’s 400m freestyle Ranked second in the preliminaries and rewrote the Asian record, Australia’s McKean and South Africa’s Schoen Markle set new Olympic Games records in their respective events.
Two-time World Championship champion and Rio Olympic silver medalist Xu Jiayu ranked third in the men’s 100m backstroke preliminaries with 52.70 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals. Russian player Kolesnikov swam out of 52.15 seconds, the third best result in the world this year, and ranked first in the preliminary rounds.
On July 25th, Xu Jiayu after the preliminaries of the men’s 100m backstroke. In the end he advanced to the semi-finals.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Xu
In the women’s 400-meter freestyle preliminaries, Li Bingjie broke his personal best time of the year at 4:01.57 and set a new Asian record. He finally ranked second and advanced to the final. The teenager Tang Muhan ranked eighth and made it to the final. The American star Leidecki 4 minutes 00 seconds 45 preliminaries ranked first.
On July 25th, Chinese player Li Bingjie was in the game.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Xu
After the game, Li Bingjie said that he had been swimming at his own pace and was not affected by the two nearby players. “At the 2019 World Championships, it was influenced by the swimmers next door, and the rhythm was disrupted in the end. This time I learned a lesson.”
Although Li Bingjie has participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, although she has competed in World Championships, Asian Games and other competitions, she admits that she is “relatively nervous”. Li Bingjie also participates in multiple competitions during this Olympic trip. In addition to the 200-meter, 400-meter, 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle individual events, Li Bingjie will also compete in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. In her opinion, the 400-meter freestyle is her main battlefield. “My goal is to get to the podium in 400 meters.”
In the women’s 100m backstroke preliminaries, Canada’s Maas, world record holder Australia’s McKeon, and the United States‘ Reagan Smith successively rewrote the match record of 58.23 seconds set by Australia’s Seabom in the London Olympics. Chinese player Peng Xuwei successfully advanced to the semi-finals with 59.78 seconds.
South African player Schoen Markle broke the women’s 100 breaststroke record with 1:04.82. The previous record was 1:04.93 set by American star Lily King at the Rio Olympics. Chinese teenager Tang Qianting advanced to the semi-finals at 1:06.47. She said: “The Olympics are almost as expected, but I am still a little nervous.”
In the men’s 200m freestyle preliminaries, Chinese player Ji Xinjie missed the semifinals and South Korea’s Huang Shanyu ranked first at 1:44.62. In the men’s 4×100m freestyle relay preliminaries, Italy, the United States and Australia ranked in the top three.
Editors: Wang Hengzhi, Wu Bowen, Xiao Shiyao, Lin Shengge (internship)
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