On July 1, Beijing time, Ma Yonghui, a teenager who won five gold medals at the 2024 National Youth Swimming Championships, became the brightest star by the pool, which aroused strong attention from netizens.
Ma Yonghui's five championships were the women's 200m freestyle, women's 400m freestyle, women's 800m freestyle, women's 1500m freestyle and women's 200m butterfly. It can be seen that Ma Yonghui mainly focuses on the middle and long distance freestyle, plus the 200-meter butterfly, which is known as the "devil" event, which shows how intense her daily training is. Judging from the results, Ma Yonghui is 1 second ahead of the runner-up in the 200-meter freestyle, 5 seconds ahead of the runner-up in the 400-meter freestyle, more than 12 seconds ahead of the runner-up in the 800-meter freestyle, 18 seconds ahead of the runner-up in the 1500-meter freestyle, and 2 seconds ahead of the runner-up in the 200-meter butterfly.
Especially on the last day of competition, Ma Yonghui participated in the 1500m freestyle final shortly after swimming the 200m butterfly final, and the time between the two events was less than 20 minutes, but she was able to win easily, showing the style of a general who does not match her age and the physical advantage of more than one step ahead of other peers. In fact, if it weren't for the two shots in a row, Ma Yonghui would have broken the Asian record in the women's 1500m freestyle. However, for the still young Ma Yonghui, who has reached the A standard of the World Championships in all five events, she is expected to achieve her dream of breaking records on a bigger stage.
Ma Yonghui, who was born in 2006 and will not celebrate her 18th birthday until next month, is already the world champion who has represented China on the podium at the World Championships. At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, Ma Yonghui cooperated with her teammates to win the gold medal in the 4X200m freestyle relay for the Chinese team. She also reached the final of the women's 200m butterfly at the World Championships, finishing fifth. I believe that as long as Ma Yonghui continues to move forward and continues to realize her talent, she is expected to become the leader of the Chinese women's middle and long distance freestyle in the future.