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Doha World Swimming Championships: Shibei won the 200m freestyle and won the first gold medal in the history of Hong Kong, China
China News Service, Beijing, February 15. On the 14th local time, Hong Kong player He Shibei won the first individual world championship gold medal in the women’s 200 meters freestyle final at 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 200m freestyle final, semi-finalist He Shibei showed her full strength, leading the way with her excellent start and sustained acceleration, and finally won the championship with time of 1 minute, 54 seconds and 89 seconds. New Zealand players and Australian players were second and third respectively. Chinese teenager Ai Yanhan was eighth.
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-metre freestyle, will also be gunning for a second individual World Championships gold medal in this event.
Chinese star Li Bingjie, who originally planned to take part in the women’s 200m freestyle competition, said on social media that due to physical problems, she has opted out of the women’s 200m freestyle and will fully prepared for the team relay event.
In the semi-finals of the men’s 100 meters freestyle held on the same day, Chinese players Pan Zhanle and Wang Haoyu came first and sixth respectively and higher together. South Korean powerhouse Huang Xuanyou was third and higher. After the semi-final, Pan Zhanle said frankly that he “used a little strength” in the first 50 meters and intended to take a good rest to prepare for the finals the next day.
Both young Chinese created personal best results in that day’s competition. In the women’s 200m butterfly semi-final, 17-year-old Ma Yonghui set a new personal best time of 2:08.73, placing fifth and becoming the youngest finalist. In the semifinals of the men’s 200-meter individual medley, Zhang Zhanshuo, a member of the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay gold medal team at these World Championships, moved with a new personal best time of 1:58.98.
On the 15th local time, the Doha World Swimming Championships will host 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.
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