Chinese National Swimming Championships: Hou Yujie wins men's 100m freestyle

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We go to Shanxi Province for China's National Swimming Championships where Sun Yang was competing in the men's 100m freestyle as the three time Olympic champion looked to add to his medal haul.

Sun, who swept to victory in the 200, 400 and 800m freestyles at this meet, gets off to a good start and is the first to make the initial turn. But the 26-year-old is soon passed. Hou Yujie of Henan wins in 49.37 seconds with Yu Hexin of Guangdong second Sun ties for third and will go for his fourth gold on Wednesday in the 1500m.

World champion Xu Jiayu wins his third title in the men's 200m backstroke with a time of 1 minute, 55.43 seconds to beat teammate Li Guangyuan. Xu's result is the fastest in the world so far this year and confirms him as China's backstroke king after he also won the 50 and 100m races.

Li Zhuhao of Zhejiang wins the men's 50m butterfly in 23.55 seconds, ahead of Zhao Xianjian and Wang Peng. It is Li's third gold at these nationals to go with his 100 and 200m butterfly titles.

Suo Ran of Chinese Navy and Feng Junyang of Guangxi celebrated touched the wall together in 31.50 seconds in the women's 50m breaststroke. Yu Jingyao from Beijing, winner of the 100 and 200m breaststroke, takes bronze.

In the women's 800m freestyle, Wang Jianjiahe claims the victory in 8 minutes, 22.65 seconds beating Li Bingjie of Hebei and Hou Yawen of Liaoning.