China News Service, July 24th, on the 24th, the Tokyo Olympic swimming competition entered its first competition day.
Chinese player Zhang Yufei swam into the "56 seconds" mark in the women's 100m butterfly preliminaries to advance to the semi-finals.
The Olympic "Three Dynasties" Wang Shun regrettably stopped in the men's 400m medley preliminaries.
On July 22, local time, Chinese athletes conducted training to adapt to the field at the Tokyo Aquatic Center.
The picture shows Chinese player Zhang Yufei.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
The Olympic "Gold Medal Family" swimming venue opened on the 24th. There were 6 events in the men's 400m individual medley, 400m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, women's 100m butterfly, 400m individual medley, and 4×100m freestyle relay. Preliminaries.
"Feiyu" Zhang Yufei, who is expected to win gold, and Wang Shun, king of Chinese medley, appeared on the court.
In the women's 100-meter butterfly preliminaries, Zhang Yufei, the biggest favorite of the Chinese swimming team to win gold this year, ranked first in the group with 55.82 seconds and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
After the game, Zhang Yufei's expression was relaxed. She told reporters, "I thought I could break the world record!" She also said that she would discuss with the coach next how to do better.
In the men's 400m individual medley preliminaries, Wang Shun swam out of 4:10.63. Unfortunately, he stopped in the preliminaries.
Next, Wang Shun will continue to attack the men's 200-meter medley to "change the color" of the bronze medal he once won in Rio.
In the same game, Oya Seto, who was determined to win the first swimming gold medal of the Japanese team at the Tokyo Olympics, also stopped the preliminaries.
After the game, he said that he was in a good competitive form and had physical strength. He was really sorry, "I really want to swim again!"
On July 21, athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympic swimming competition train at the Tokyo Aquatic Center.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
In the women's 4×100m freestyle preliminaries, the Chinese team sent Cheng Yujie, Zhu Menghui, Ai Yanhan and Wu Qingfeng four sticks.
In the end, he ranked sixth in the preliminaries with a score of 3:35.07 and successfully advanced to the finals, breaking the Asian record of 3:35.63.
In the men's 100-meter breaststroke preliminaries, Chinese player Yan Zibei ranked third in the group and fifth in the group with 58.75 seconds and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
In the women's 400m individual medley preliminaries, 15-year-old Chinese Yu Yiting ranked fifth in the group at 4:41.64, and ranked 11th overall, and missed the final.
In the men's 400m freestyle preliminaries, Ji Xinjie, the only Chinese player who participated, ranked seventh in the group with a time of 3:48.27 and missed the final of the event.