China News Service, July 6th. On the morning of the 6th, the website of the Chinese Swimming Association announced the list of athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympics in swimming.
Leading by Xu Jiayu and Zhang Yufei, Olympic champions Ye Shiwen, Fu Yuanhui and Liu Xiang regretted not making the Tokyo match.
The Chinese Swimming Association stated in the announcement that the selection is based on the requirements of the "Notice of the General Office of the General Administration of Sports on Doing a Good Job in Selection for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games", in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FINA and the "Methods for Selection of Swimming Events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games" , In line with the principles of openness, fairness, justice, and selection of the best.
A total of 30 athletes participated in 34 sub-events of the Tokyo Olympic swimming event.
Among them, 19 are female athletes and 11 are male athletes.
In the women's event, as the new stars trained in the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Wang Jian Jiahe and Li Bingjie have the strength to hit medals in the women's long-distance freestyle.
The young player Zhang Yufei's performance in the past year has been particularly outstanding, and she has high hopes in the women's butterfly stroke.
In addition, as the champion of the women's 10km swimming marathon at the 2019 Gwangju World Championships, Xin Xin is also expected to win this event in the Tokyo Olympics.
In the men's event, World Championship champion Xu Jiayu has the strength to hit the gold medal in the men's backstroke arena. Now that the Olympics are approaching, adjusting his mentality and competition status is also his top priority in preparing for the game.
Regrettably, the London Olympic champions Ye Shiwen and Fu Yuanhui failed to qualify for Tokyo because they failed to reach the required results in the Olympic trials finals.
Liu Xiang, who reached the standard in the women's 50-meter freestyle swim, also regretted that he missed the Tokyo arena.
The list of the Chinese swimming team participating in the Tokyo Olympics is as follows:
Female athletes (19 people):
Ai Yanhan, Chen Jie, Cheng Yujie, Dong Jie, Li Bingjie, Liu Yaxin, Peng Xuwei, Tang Muhan, Tang Qianting, Wang Jian Jiahe, Wu Qingfeng, Xin Xin, Yang Junxuan, Yu Jingyao, Yu Yiting, Yu Liyan, Zhang Yifan, Zhang Yufei, Zhu Menghui
Male athletes (11 people):
Cheng Long, He Junyi, Hong Jinquan, Ji Xinjie, Sun Jiajun, Tan Haiyang, Wang Shun, Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Yu Hexin, Zhang Ziyang