Zhang Yufei adds another event to Olympic program to round out China team
The final day of the Chinese championships, which also serves as an Olympic qualifier, concluded on Saturday. The highlight of the session was the three women's 50m freestyle competition. Wu Qingfeng He achieved victory.
Wu covered the lap in 24.22 seconds, which was slightly faster than his previous time of 24.30 seconds. Zhang Yufei. Yang Junxuan I was 3rd place with a time of 24.55 seconds. Zhang is one of the gold medal favorites in the 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly and will be busy at the Paris Olympics as she will have significant relay duties. As for Yan, she plans to go after the hardware in her 100 freestyle and her 200 freestyle.
In the only men's final of the final session, Fei Liwei He won the 1,500-meter freestyle in 14 minutes, 49.30 seconds and qualified for the Olympics. Zhang Zhenshuo In second place.
The Games opened last weekend amid huge controversy after multiple media outlets reported that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for banned substances ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. However, the event was canceled due to contamination cited by CHIDADA and confirmed by WADA. The athletes were cleared of wrongdoing and were allowed to compete.
