China News Service, Xuzhou, July 29 (Zhu Zhigeng) On the morning of July 29, in the women's 200-meter butterfly final of the Tokyo Olympic swimming competition, Zhang Yufei, a girl from Xuzhou, broke the Olympic record with a time of 2:03.86 and won the Olympic Games for China. The 13th Olympic gold medal.

In the women's swimming 4×200m freestyle relay final on the same day, the Chinese team sent Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan, Zhang Yufei and Li Bingjie to form the strongest lineup. They won the championship with a time of 7:40.33 and broke the world record.

This is also the 14th gold medal of the Chinese delegation.

  On the morning of the 29th, the 200-meter butterfly final was held.

Early in the morning, Zhang Yufei's family and "fans" from Xuzhou sat together in front of the TV, watching the live event, witnessing the exciting moments together.

His daughter Zhang Yufei succeeded in making gold, and his mother Zhang Min cried with joy and was pleased that her daughter won glory for the country.

Photo by Xie Miao

  Before the start of the competition, Zhang Yufei's mother, Zhang Min, stated that Zhang Yufei had a good performance in the semifinals of the 200-meter butterfly. She was in a relaxed state at the time and her movements were particularly stretched. It was her best performance in all competitions.

  At the beginning of the game, Zhang Yufei's mother clenched her hands and stared at the screen closely, 50 meters, another 50 meters, "The key is the third 50 meters, Yufei withstand!" Zhang Min stood up excitedly, on the scene. The audience shouted, "Come on Zhang Yufei! Zhang Yufei, you are the best!"

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Zhang Yufei won the Olympic Games record.

Mother Zhang Min cried with excitement and choked to say that Yu Fei has always denied herself since her defeat in the 2019 World Championships, and she has a fear of the 200-meter butterfly in her heart.

The coach also gave her psychological counseling and constantly adjusted her physical training.

This time he won the championship, Yu Fei's performance was perfect.

  Zhang Yufei's enlightenment coach Kong Miao was very excited when he saw Zhang Yufei's gold pick.

"Yu Fei was on the highest stage of the competition and realized her childhood dream and was happy for her." Kong Miao said. After Zhang Yufei was 5 years old after learning to swim with herself, she was positioned as the butterfly stroke. Her performance was the best in that batch. The good one is the core member of the team since she was a child. He is the "little boss", and the other members listen to what she says.

"Zhang Yufei never asked for leave when he was a child. He is more persistent and serious, and has a spirit of reluctance to admit defeat. In normal training, I will also tell the new members and parents of Zhang Yufei's growth history to encourage them to make progress."

  It is understood that Zhang Yufei was born in a family of sports in April 1998. His parents are swimming coaches. When he was 3 years old, Zhang Yufei was already "in the water" with his mother.

At the age of 5, Zhang Yufei was sent to the Xuzhou City Swimming Team to receive formal training. Her outstanding talent and good water ability quickly made her stand out.

  At the 17th Jiangsu Provincial Games held in Changzhou in 2010, Zhang Yufei was a blockbuster. She applied for six swimming events alone and achieved a record of 2 golds, 3 silvers and 1 bronze.

With his outstanding performance in the Provincial Games, Zhang Yufei was selected into the provincial sports school at the end of the same year, and he broke into the provincial swimming team the following year, becoming the youngest member of the team.

  In 2015, at the Kazan World Swimming Championships, Zhang Yufei won the bronze medal in the women's 200m butterfly and broke the world record with a time of 2:06.51.

A year later, she represented the Chinese team in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

In the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, Zhang Yufei won the silver medal in the women's 100m butterfly and the gold medal in the women's 200m butterfly.

On September 27, 2020, Zhang Yufei won the first place in the 2020 National Swimming Championships and Tokyo Olympics qualifying women’s 100m freestyle preliminaries in Qingdao and broke the national record for the event.

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