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China's Olympic sensations continue hot streak at national games
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Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei (C) during the award ceremony after winning the women's 200m butterfly final at the 14th National Games in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, September 23, 2021. /CFP

Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei (C) during the award ceremony after winning the women's 200m butterfly final at the 14th National Games in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, September 23, 2021. /CFP

Olympic sensation Zhang Yufei, who clinched China's first two swimming gold medals within an hour at this summer's Tokyo Olympic Games, kept the momentum going at China's 14th National Games on Thursday night, recording consecutive victories in two finals. 

The 23-year-old "butterfly queen" first displayed her pool dominance in the 200m event by posting an unrivaled time of 2:05.84. Less an hour later, she took another gold, in the 4x200m freestyle relay along with Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan and Li Bingjie. 

Chinese athlete Liu Shiying in action during the women's javelin throw final at the 14th National Games in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, September 23, 2021. /CFP

Chinese athlete Liu Shiying in action during the women's javelin throw final at the 14th National Games in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, September 23, 2021. /CFP

Another Olympic champion, Liu Shiying, put on a nearly flawless performance in the women's javelin throw. The 28-year-old from Yantai, eastern Shandong Province, who claimed China's first ever women's gold in the sport in the Tokyo Olympic Games, came out again on top in Xi'an with a second-attempt distance of 64.33 meters. 

Meanwhile, sprinter Ge Manqi bagged her second gold medal in four days. The 23-year-old, who was the first Chinese ever to qualify for an Olympic women's 100m semifinals in the Tokyo games, won the women's 200m final in 23.05 seconds in Xi'an, after winning the 100m final earlier in this week. 

Chinese Xiao Ruoteng during the men's gymnastics individual all-around final at the 14th National Games in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, September 23, 2021. /CFP

Chinese Xiao Ruoteng during the men's gymnastics individual all-around final at the 14th National Games in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, September 23, 2021. /CFP

In men's gymnastics, Xiao Ruoteng edged out a thrilling win in the individual all-around final with a total of 87.532 points. An Olympic silver medalist in the event at this summer's Tokyo Games, Xiao encountered an extremely serious challenge from young talent Zhang Boheng, winning by a mere of 0.067 points. 

Elsewhere, Liu Hao and Zheng Pengfei pocketed gold in the men's 1000m double sculls, after winning the silver together in Tokyo. 

The duo has already set its sights on the next Olympic Games four years away at Paris. 

"After coming back from Tokyo, we immediately set our goals for the Paris Games," said Liu Hao. "We will spare no effort to win the gold in Paris."

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