On the evening of December 19, Beijing time, the Short Pool Swimming World Championships held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates entered the 4th competition day of competition, the Chinese swimming team has a gold medal in the account, 19-year-old Li Bingjie won the gold again in the 400-meter freestyle event, Li Bingjie has been leading from the beginning of the competition, even in the final sprint stage, Li Bingjie still did not drop, she firmly maintained the lead, and finally won the championship in 3 minutes 55 seconds 83. It is worth mentioning that this is Li Bingjie's second individual gold medal at this World Championship and the third gold medal of the Chinese team.
Previously, in the 800-meter freestyle event on the evening of December 18, Li Bingjie swam in the final with a time of 8 minutes 02.90 seconds to win the championship, breaking the record of 7 years of ice in one fell swoop. This means that Li Bingjie has won a total of 2 gold medals in 24 hours, which is the best performing athlete on the Chinese swimming team so far in this World Championships.
Li Bingjie's strength today is inevitably reminiscent of Sun Yang, a brother of the Chinese swimming team in the past, who occupied an absolute dominant position in freestyle sports in the past, including 200-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle and 1500-meter freestyle, and has won world championships and Olympic champions, and even created world records. In the past 10 years in the world swimming world, Sun Yang is one of the best freestyle swimmers in men's events. Now that Li Bingjie can win consecutive gold medals in the freestyle event of the World Championships at the age of 19, the future development ceiling is worth looking forward to.
After winning two gold medals for the Chinese team in 24 hours, the Chinese swimming first team currently has a total of 3 gold medals, after Zhang Yufei won the same gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly event and performed equally well. In addition, Zhang Yufei also rushed into the final of the 50-meter butterfly project, although the final result ranked 5th without winning a medal, but Zhang Yufei's final result of 24.91 seconds broke the domestic national record, which was also very outstanding, Zhang Yufei's 50-meter butterfly event at the World Championships, each competition will break a national record, which fully reflects Zhang Yufei's dominance in the domestic butterfly event.
It is not easy for the Chinese swimming team to go out to participate in the Short Pool World Championships, and the epidemic prevention situation in Abu Dhabi, Uae, where the host is located, is very poor, and more than 7 athletes have withdrawn from the competition halfway through the competition. From this point of view, it is even more difficult for Zhang Yufei and Li Bingjie to win the championship. Putting aside the results, I hope that all members of the Chinese swimming team can safely return to China and avoid being infected, at this stage, the overseas epidemic is becoming more and more serious, athletes should put safety first, and physical health is the most important!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)