A new season of sports
On February 14, 2024, Beijing time, the swimming event of the FINA World Championships ended the third final day of competition, and the Chinese team won 1 gold and 1 silver. 19-year-old Tang Qianting won the gold medal in the women's 100-meter breaststroke, and also broke the national record, creating a new history. Li Bingjie won the silver medal in the women's 1500m freestyle again after the women's 400m freestyle, and she also entered the women's 200m freestyle final.
On the third day of the finals, the focus was the finale of the women's 100m breaststroke final, due to the upset of Merutit, Pilato and other celebrities missed the final, Lilijin did not participate, and Chinese teenager Tang Qianting ushered in a good opportunity to win gold. Facts have proved that although Tang Qianting is lucky, what is more important is the improvement of strength. From the preliminaries to the semifinals, Tang Qianting was the first in the game. In the final, Tang Qianting went one step further and finally broke the national record, 1:05.27, Tang Qianting broke the national record in the era of fast swimsuits.
In addition, the last time the Chinese team won the women's 100m breaststroke long course world championship, it was Luo Xuejuan in 2004, after Luo Xuejuan, the Chinese women's breaststroke ups and downs, gradually becoming a weak event, and Tang Qianting finally won the long course world championship 20 years later, becoming Luo Xuejuan's best person. This championship will give Tang Qianting a strong self-confidence, and I believe that she will make a bigger breakthrough in the Paris Olympics.
In the women's 1500m freestyle final, Li Bingjie tried her best and won the silver medal with a time of 15:56.62, 10.37 seconds behind the champion Quadarella, the gap was relatively large, and Li Bingjie was not very satisfied after the game. However, Li Bingjie continued to compete and worked hard, and in the women's 200-meter freestyle final, Li Bingjie fought hard in the sprint stage to fight for a place in the final.
In other competitions, South Korea's Hwang Seon-woo won the men's 200m freestyle with a time of 1:44.75. Couzan of the United States won the gold medal in the women's 100m backstroke in 58.29 seconds, and another American athlete, Armstrong, won the gold medal in the men's 100m backstroke in 52.68 seconds.
Off the court, Pan Zhanle gained a cross-border friendship, exchanging gifts with Portugal's Diogo of the same age, who won the men's 50m butterfly gold medal at the World Championships, Portugal's first swimming gold medal at the World Championships. On the fourth day of competition, Poon returned to the men's 100m freestyle preliminaries and semi-finals, which were his absolute main event, aiming to challenge for the title and set another world record.
In addition, Li Bingjie participated in the women's 200-meter freestyle final, and the Chinese team will also compete in the men's and women's 4x100-meter medley relay competition.