In the early morning of August 1, Beijing time, the women's 200-meter butterfly semifinals ended in the swimming events of the Paris Olympics. China's Zhang Yufei, who appeared in the second group, won the first place in the group with a time of 2:06.09, ranking third overall and entering the final. Chen Luying finished fifth in the group in 2:08.07 and ranked 10th overall.
Group 1: Canada's Mackintosh vs. United States' Reagan Smith.
McIntosh led the first 50 meters with Regan-Smith second. At the halfway mark, he was 59.32 seconds, 0.43 seconds behind.
In the 150m, McIntosh was 1:32.13, with Smith 0.32 seconds behind.
In the end, McIntosh finished first in the group with a time of 2:04.87, followed by Smith in second with a time of 2:05.39. In the end, the two ranked first and second in the semi-finals.
In the second group, Zhang Yufei maintained the momentum of the preliminaries, and was clearly ahead of others after coming out of the water. The 50m was first in 27.00 seconds, with Australia's Connor second 1.04 seconds behind.
Zhang Yufei charged with all his might, with a time of 59.12 seconds in the 100m, and Connor was 0.83 seconds behind to remain in second place.
In the second half, Connor showed signs of catching up, but Zhang Yufei still led in 1:32.34 in the 150m, at which time United States's Shakel chased second, 0.05 seconds behind!
In the last 50 meters, Zhang Yufei readjusted, established his advantage again, and ranked first in 2:06.09! Shakel was second in 2:06.46 and Connor was third in 2:07.10.