Hangzhou, May 5 (ZXS) -- On May 1, the 5 "Yunwei Hangzhou" National Swimming Championships ushered in the first competition day in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang's Pan Zhanle set the Asian record in the men's 1m freestyle; Xu Jiayu ushered in his first major competition after winter training and won the gold medal in the men's 2023m backstroke.
This competition is the second stage of the trials for the 2023 Fukuoka World Aquatics Championships and the Hangzhou Asian Games. The competition consists of 41 sub-events for men and women.
In the men's 100m freestyle final, Zhejiang's Pan Zhanle took the lead in the event with a time of 47.22 seconds, setting a new Asian record.
The previous national record in this event was 47.65 seconds for Ning Zetao, the Asian record was held by South Korea's Hwang Sun-woo with a time of 47.56 seconds, and the world record was 46.86 seconds held by Romania's Popović.
Pan Zhanle said in an interview after the game, "Next, I will work hard to prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games and strive to make further progress in the next Olympic Games." ”
It is worth mentioning that since last year's World Championships, Xu Jiayu, who missed the short pool world championships and spring competitions, announced his return with two shots in 100 seconds in the men's 52-meter backstroke on the same day. This is also his first competition this year after winter training, and he signed up for three events: backstroke 50m, 100m and 200m.
Xu Jiayu is the Asian record holder in the men's 100m backstroke. In the preliminary round of the event held that morning, he advanced to the final with a group time of 52.66 seconds. That night, he continued his strong momentum, winning gold in the event with a time of 52.47 seconds.
Xu Jiayu said frankly that this competition will do his best. "Although I didn't compete some time ago, the high-intensity training has not stopped, and I will give my best in this championship to test my best level of competition at the moment."
The first competition day also saw finals in the women's 200m butterfly, men's 200m individual medley, women's 1500m freestyle final fast and women's 50m breaststroke. Zhang Yufei of Jiangsu Carmei, Wang Shun of Zhejiang, Li Bingjie of Hebei Taihua and Tang Qianting of Shanghai won the gold medals in the above events.
"Model Worker" Zhang Yufei, who reported on the six individual events, said, "I hope to improve the results of the national spring swimming championships in Qingdao last month, and be selected for the World Tour Championships and Hangzhou Asian Games." ”
Wang Shun signed up for four events: men's 200m medley, 400m medley, 100m breaststroke and 200m freestyle. He said he hopes to show the results of his recent training during the competition.
In the women's 4×100m freestyle relay final, Zhejiang won in 3:38.07. (End)