(Shaanxi National Games) Two generations of "Butterfly Empress" cherish each other Zhang Yufei: I hope someone will pick it up
China News Service, Xi'an, September 26 (Reporter Alena) Zhang Yufei successfully advanced to the semifinals of the 50-meter freestyle at the National Games on the evening of the 25th.
In the morning preliminaries, Zhang Yufei and Lu Ying compete in the same pool.
Two generations of "Butterfly Queen" "meet" in the National Games arena.
Lu Ying, runner-up in the women's 100m butterfly at the London Olympics, chose to return to the pool after getting married and having a daughter.
In the morning preliminaries, Lu Ying failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
Because she likes to swim, now 32-year-old Lu Ying chose to "return", she said frankly that she enjoyed the game.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, don't look at too many other things, just be happy, so that it can last for a long time."
In the mixed interview area after the preliminaries, Lu Ying and her fellow junior and Tokyo Olympics women's 200m butterfly champion Zhang Yufei "in the same frame".
Lu Ying said that he was very happy to see someone succeeding him.
The newly promoted "Queen of Butterfly" Zhang Yufei said that he might become a veteran player in the next National Games. I hope that if someone catches up, Chinese swimming will get better and better.
Zhang Yufei, who holds two golds and two silvers in the Tokyo Olympics, performed equally well in the National Games.
On the evening of the 25th, in addition to qualifying for the 50-meter freestyle final, Zhang Yufei also won the 4×100-meter medley relay championship with his teammates.
In addition to the previous women’s 100-meter butterfly, women’s 200-meter butterfly, and women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay, Zhang Yufei has already received four gold medals in this National Games.
"The gold medals won in every game are precious." Zhang Yufei said at the press conference after the game that she would carefully prepare for every game, and every game is her goal.
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