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Zhang Yufei continued her impressive run towards the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo as she won the 200 butterfly on day five of finals from Qingdao with a 2:05.44, putting herself 14th all-time and on top of the 2021 world rankings. Zhang is now fourth all-time in China as she improved on her previous ...

Pan Zhanle Claims 200 Freestyle Title at Chinese Nationals; Xu Jiayu Posts Quick 100 Backstroke Coming off a victory in the 400-meter freestyle earlier in the meet, Pan Zhanle made it a pair of wins at the Chinese National Championships, as he prevailed in the 200 freestyle on Monday. The reigning O...

Xu Jiayu Completes Backstroke Double at Chinese Nationals Following up on his earlier victory in the 200 backstroke, Xu Jiayu made it a backstroke double when he finished on top in the 100 distance at the Chinese National Championships in Qingdao. Xu is a two-time world champion in the 100 backstrok...

Chinese Nationals Times Foreshadow Elite International Performance If Chinese swimmers can repeat their performances from last week’s national championships when they race internationally in July at the World Championships, the country will finish with its finest international performance since at l...

Xu Jiayu Checks in With 200 Back Win at Chinese Nationals; Qualifying Affected By Controversial Fitness Testing The two-time defending world champion in the 100 backstroke, Xu Jiayu proved his worth over twice that distance as the Chinese National Championships continued in Qingdao on Sunday. Xu pre...

Wang Shun Captures 400 IM as Chinese Nationals Fill Racing Void At a time when many fans of the sport are eager to see some first-class performance in the long-course pool, the Chinese National Championships have gotten the job done. The competition being held in Qingdao continued to produce several...

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Chinese Swimmers (Tokyo 2020 Trial Run) Chinese Championships get underway in Anshan City on Wednesday. The event will be a test run for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games schedule, with evening prelims and morning finals, the whole event over nine, not eight, days. Many swimmers will swim events they wou...

The 2021 Chinese National swimming championships kicked off Friday as Wang Shun and Yi Yiting achieved FINA A standards as this is serving as a selection meet for the 2021 Olympic Games. Wang won the men's 400 IM to start the meet with a 4:12.03 as he was well under the A standard of 4:15.84. His ti...

Wang Jianjiahe Puts Up 8:20 800 Free, Liu Yaxin Hits 2:08 200 Back at Chinese Nationals The penultimate finals session from the 2021 Chinese Nationals concluded from Qingdao with four swimmers under the FINA A standard to pick up Olympic qualification for Tokyo this summer. Wang Jianjiahe won her se...