After setting a new world record in the 400m freestyle swimming on Thursday, Olympic champion Li Bingjie continued her limelight performance with a new Asian record in 1,500m and a national mark in 200m freestyle on the second day of the Chinese Swimming Championships in Beijing on Friday.

In the women's 1,500m freestyle final, Li clocked an Asian record of 15 minutes and 41.80 seconds, beating the previous mark of 15:44.84 set by Waka Kobori of Japan last year.

Later, Li came back to the pool and stormed to a national record of 1:51.25 in the 200m freestyle. Yang Junxuan finished second in 1:51.61.

"I was more satisfied with the 200m free because it was more competitive, while the 1,500m was a new event with only a few Asian swimmers," said Li, one of the winning team members in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The three-day Chinese Swimming Championships held in Beijing was the qualification meet for the International Swimming Federation (FINA) 2022 World Swimming Championships, which will be conducted in a 25m short course pool to be held December 13-18 in Melbourne, Australia.

(With input from Xinhua)

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