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Swimming World Youth Championship: Mao Yihan wins silver medal in women’s 800m freestyle
Xinhua News Agency, Jerusalem, September 5 (Reporter Zhang Tianlang) The 2023 World Youth Swimming Championships will continue in Netanya, Israel on the 5th. The 14-year-old Mao Yihan of the Chinese team won the runner-up in the women’s 800m freestyle final with a time of 8:33.66, winning the first medal for the Chinese team in this event.
In the final held on the evening of the 5th, Mao Yihan withstood the impact of Argentine player Hein at the last moment and won the runner-up by 0.24 seconds over Hein. The champion belongs to the American player Keira Han, her score is 8 minutes 29 seconds 66.
Chinese player Zhang Zhanshuo set a personal best time of 1:59.49 in the men’s 200-meter medley final, but was still 0.05 seconds behind Canadian player Wigginton and ranked fourth, missing the podium. Williamson and Dill from the US team won the championship and runner-up respectively.
In addition, Chinese player Wang Xizhe advanced to the men’s 100m butterfly final on the evening of the 6th with a time of 52.49 seconds.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Pudar, who won fourth place in the women’s 200-meter butterfly at the Fukuoka Swimming World Championships in July this year, achieved a “dimension reduction blow” in the World Youth Championship. She won the championship with a time of 2:07.20, breaking the Tournament record. Australia’s Grant and Italy’s Borelli won the second and third respectively.
The men’s 4x100m freestyle relay champion at the Fukuoka World Championships, Australia’s Southam won the men’s 200m freestyle championship in 1:46.57. Italian Ragaini won the runner-up again after winning silver in the 400-meter freestyle competition the day before, and Australian player McAlpine won the bronze medal. Bulgaria’s Mitzin, who won gold in the 400m freestyle, was fourth.
In the last race of the day, the US 4x100m medley relay team showed outstanding overall strength, swimming in 3:45.62 and winning the championship with an advantage of 3.56 seconds. The Australian team won the runner-up. The Italian team won the contest with the Canadian team and won a bronze medal.
2023-09-06 08:36:00
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