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Doha World Swimming Championships: He Shibei won the 200m freestyle and won the first gold medal in the history of Hong Kong, China
China News Service, Beijing, February 15th. On the 14th local time, Hong Kong player He Shibei won the first individual world championship gold medal in the women’s 200-meter freestyle final of the Doha World Swimming Championships with a time of 1 minute, 54.89 seconds. This is also the first gold medal in the history of the Hong Kong Swimming Championships in the history of the Hong Kong, China team.
In the women’s 200-meter freestyle final, He Shibei, who ranked second in the semi-finals, showed her full strength, leading the way with her excellent start and sustained acceleration, and finally won the championship with a time of 1 minute, 54 seconds and 89 seconds. New Zealand players and Australian players ranked second and third respectively. Chinese teenager Ai Yanhan ranked eighth.
He Shibei is currently the Asian record holder in the women’s 100m and 200m freestyle. The Hong Kong star, who is quite competitive in the women’s 100-meter freestyle, will also strive for the second gold medal in the individual World Championships in this event.
Chinese star Li Bingjie, who originally planned to participate in the women’s 200-meter freestyle competition, said on social media that due to physical problems, she chose to give up the women’s 200-meter freestyle and will fully prepare for the team relay event.
In the men’s 100-meter freestyle semifinals held on the same day, Chinese players Pan Zhanle and Wang Haoyu ranked first and sixth respectively and advanced together. The powerful South Korean player Huang Xuanyou ranked third and advanced. After the semifinals, Pan Zhanle bluntly said that he only “used a little strength” in the first 50 meters and planned to take a good rest to prepare for the finals the next day.
The two Chinese teenagers created personal best results in that day’s competition. In the women’s 200-meter butterfly semifinals, 17-year-old Ma Yonghui set a new personal best time of 2:08.73, qualifying in fifth place and becoming the youngest finalist. In the men’s 200-meter individual medley semifinals, Zhang Zhanshuo, a member of the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay gold medal team at this World Championships, advanced with a new personal best time of 1:58.98.
On the 15th local time, the Doha World Swimming Championships will hold five finals of the women’s 200m butterfly, men’s 100m freestyle, women’s 50m backstroke, men’s 200m individual medley and women’s 4x200m freestyle relay.
2024-02-15 07:13:00
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