Wang Jianjiahe bags second gold in 200m freestyle

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In a battle among three 16-year-old girls, Wang Jianjiahe took her second gold medal in the 200m freestyle at the Chinese National Swimming Championships on Monday.

Wang, who smashed 400m freestyle short-course world record in the FINA World Cup in Doha and later in Budapest on October 4, never looked back in the 200m freestyle, winning in one minute 56.70 seconds, 0.04 seconds faster than the result Li Bingjie achieved at the Asian Games. Li was placed second at 1:58.71 and Ai Yanhan third 1:58.98.

"I kept training since the Asian Games and kept progressing in each meet. I improved my personal-best today and that boost my confidence and experience in the future big events," said Wang, who claimed victory in the 100m freestyle on October 13.

Zhang Yufei snatched her second title at the championships as she topped 100m butterfly in 58.89, beating Shan Kaiqi 59.83 and Zhu Jiaming 59.85.

"I lost my weight for 3 kilos within one week after I came back from the FINA World Cup in Budapest. I felt tired, but I wanted to improve my competition consistence," Zhang said.

He Yun clocked 1:08.73 for the women's 100m breaststroke title while Li Bingjie and her teammates won the 4x200m freestyle relay 8:01.07.

In the men's events Mai Kunhao stormed to victory in the 50m backstroke 25.70; Huang Chaosheng won the 400m individual medley at 4:18.80; Wang Zhou took the gold in the 200m butterfly in 1:56.31 and Cheng Long dominated the 800m freestyle with a time of 8:00.95.

(Top image via VCG: Wang Jianjiahe breaks the world record to claim the title of 400m freestyle in the FINA World Cup, October 4, 2018. )

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency