Xinhua News Agency, Qingdao, March 31 (Reporter Wu Shuguang, Zhou Xin) the National Swimming Championship and World Championship trials ended in Qingdao on the 31st. Olympic champion Sun Yang swept 1500 meters, creating the best record for the past four years.
The man’s 1500-meter freestyle, the cry of “Sun Yang cheer” resounded from beginning to end. As the world record holder of this project, Sun Yang’s dominant position is beyond doubt. He won the gold medal at 14 minutes 55 seconds and won the best personal record since 2015.
Although not necessarily competing for the 1500-meter freestyle at the Guangzhou World Championships, Sun Yang insisted on testing the water in Qingdao. He said, “This is my happiest gold medal. The results are good, especially the 15-minute mark, which is difficult for many athletes to reach.”
Liu Xiang, the Asian record holder and Guangdong team, defeated Zhejiang team Wu Qingfeng and Zhu Menghui in the women’s 50 m freestyle and won the gold medal bravely, with a score of 24 seconds 70, wu Qingfeng was 0.07 seconds behind. At the same time, Liu Xiang, who is the world record holder of the 50-meter backstroke, is not satisfied with his achievements: “My mentality may be a little bad, just participate in one project, and the pressure is great. The more you want to perform, the more difficult it is to play. The 50-meter freestyle is Olympic sports programme. I don’t want to distract myself. I just want to prepare for the Olympic Games wholeheartedly.”
After winning the men’s 100 m and 200 m backstroke championships, Xu Jiayu of Zhejiang team did not let the men’s 50 m backstroke gold medal pass by others. He won the championship smoothly in 24 seconds 47; olympic champion Ye Shiwen successfully won the 400 m medley with a score of 4 minutes 37 seconds 57, winning the 200 m medley, 200 m breaststroke and 400 m medley; bayi team suoran pressed Qunfang with 31 seconds 39 in the women’s 50 m breaststroke. Wang Yizhe, the Shanghai team, won the gold medal in the men’s 400 m medley after Wang Shun, the famous Zhejiang General, abstained.
Zhejiang team won the men’s and women’s 4 × 100 m medley relay gold medal. So far, the eight-day National Swimming Championship and World Championship trials ended, and an Asian record (women’s 800 m freestyle) and a national record (men’s 50 m breaststroke) were born.