China's Zhang Yufei wins 100m butterfly at FINA Swimming World Cup
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Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei has continued her good form in the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 Singapore leg as she won the women's 100m butterfly on Saturday. 

Zhang, who won the event last week in China’s Jinan leg, clocked 57.94 second to win. 

"I was not as fast as I was in China. But I'm still happy with my performance," she said, adding that she was not sure whether she would enter more World Cup races this season.  

Zsuzsanna Jakabos of Hungary placed second in 58.43, edging Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark by 0.06 seconds. 

Gold medal winners celebrate during day three of the FINA Swimming World Cup (China's Zhang Yufei is third to the left) in Singapore, August 17, 2019. /VCG Photo

Gold medal winners celebrate during day three of the FINA Swimming World Cup (China's Zhang Yufei is third to the left) in Singapore, August 17, 2019. /VCG Photo

Meanwhile, Danas Rapsys of Lithuania lowered his men's 200m free World Cup record for the third time in three weeks. The 24-year-old knocked 69 hundredths of a second off his seven-day old record to re-set the mark at 1:44.38. 

The circuit will now leave Asia, take a month off, and re-start on October 4-6, when Budapest, Hungary, hosts the fourth stop of the seven-city tour. 

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency