ABU DHABI, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) Chinese teenager Li Bingjie clinched her second gold at the 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) by winning the women 400
ABU DHABI, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) Chinese teenager Li Bingjie clinched her second gold at the 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) by winning the women 400
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Chinese swimmer Wang wins China its first men s IM title at Tokyo Olympics
Xinhua
30 Jul 2021, 14:44 GMT+10
TOKYO, July 30 (Xinhua) Rio bronze medalist Wang Shun of China clocked a PB and an Asian record time of one minute and 55.00 seconds to win men s 200m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics here on Friday. Wang had a slow start but came first after the backstroke split, and held his nerve to deny a comeback effort by 200m freestyle silver medalist Scott in the final sprint. The gold was China s first gold in men s swimming at Tokyo, and also the first men s individual medley title for China at Olympics. Wang became the second Chinese male swimmer to win gold medal at Olympic Games.
This was the first Olympic gold medal for South Africa at Tokyo 2020.
Meanwhile, it was a double medal for Team USA as Lilly King and Annie Lazor took silver and bronze.
Gold and new Olympic Record for ROCâs Evgeny Rylov in menâs 200m backstroke final
Evgeny Rylov of Team ROC competes in the Menâs 200m Backstroke Semifinal at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 29, 2021. (Photo: Getty Images)
Evgeny Rylov of the ROC produced an immense swim to win the menâs 200m backstroke final in a new Olympic Record time of 1:53.27. The 24-year-old touched the wall first, 0.88 seconds ahead of the USAâs Ryan Murphy and 1.45 before bronze medallist Luke Greenbank of Team GB.