{"id":570198,"date":"2023-09-29T08:21:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T15:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=570198"},"modified":"2023-09-30T01:36:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T08:36:42","slug":"zhang-yufei-and-rikako-ikee-in-tearful-embrace-on-50-fly-podium-as-asian-games-conclude-in-hangzhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/zhang-yufei-and-rikako-ikee-in-tearful-embrace-on-50-fly-podium-as-asian-games-conclude-in-hangzhou\/","title":{"rendered":"Zhang Yufei And Rikako Ikee In Tearful Embrace On 50 Fly Podium As Asian Games Conclude in Hangzhou"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Zhang Yufei And Rikako Ikee In Tearful Embrace On 50 Fly Podium As Asian Games Conclude in Hangzhou<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Zhang Yufei<\/strong> and <strong>Rikako Ikee<\/strong> shared a tearful embrace on the 50 fly podium as the <strong>Asian Games<\/strong> pool programme concluded in Hangzhou, China.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/info.hangzhou2022.cn\/en\/results\/swimming\/daily-schedule.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asian Games Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While Zhang claimed her sixth medal of the meet, the Japanese swimmer paid her first trip to an international podium since being diagnosed with leukemia in February 2019.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_533510\" style=\"width: 318px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-533510\" data-attachment-id=\"533510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-china-tough-to-beat-in-mixed-medley-relay-relay-breakdown\/zhang-yufei-china-2023-world-championships\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/zhang-yufei-china-2023-world-championships.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1125\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"zhang-yufei-china-2023-world-championships\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7\/27\/24 x2&lt;br \/&gt;\n4\/25\/24&lt;br \/&gt;\n4-20-24&lt;br \/&gt;\n10\/27\/23&lt;br \/&gt;\n9-28-23&lt;br \/&gt;\n8\/8\/23&lt;br \/&gt;\n7\/26\/23&lt;br \/&gt;\nzhang-yufei-china-2023-world-championships&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/zhang-yufei-china-2023-world-championships-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/zhang-yufei-china-2023-world-championships-1024x768.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-533510\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/zhang-yufei-china-2023-world-championships-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"zhang-yufei-china-2023-world-championships\" width=\"308\" height=\"220\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-533510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asian Games: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Zhang raced to victory in 25.10 &#8211; lowering Ikee&#8217;s 2018 Games record of 25.55 in the process &#8211; ahead of Chinese teammate <strong>Yu Yiting<\/strong> (25.71) with Ikee claiming bronze in 26.02.<\/p>\n<p>The pair embraced tearfully on the podium before emotions ran over once more during the victory parade following the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Ikee&#8217;s medal was her first in international competition since the <strong>2018 Asian Games<\/strong> where she was named MVP after becoming the first swimmer to win six golds at a single edition of the Games.<\/p>\n<p>She was diagnosed the following February and underwent treatment before returning to training the following year and competing at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>There she was part of the Japanese women&#8217;s medley relay team that finished eighth.<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rikako-ikee-leads-40-strong-japanese-team-for-fukuoka-world-championships\/\">made her first appearance at a World Championships<\/a> in six years at Fukuoka, Japan, in July after winning four titles at the Japan 2023 meet in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>There Ikee returned to individual racing in the 50 and 100 free and fly, seventh her best result in the 50 fly until Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Zhang has had a medal-laden 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Two golds among a five-medal haul at worlds was followed by an eye-watering nine titles at the World University Games before a further six at the Asian Games.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Olympic medallist swept the three fly events plus the 50 free, women&#8217;s 4&#215;1 free and mixed medley relay.<\/p>\n<h4>Clean Sweeps For Qin and Xu<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Qin Haiyang<\/strong> made it a treble treble as he swept the breaststroke events in Hangzhou.<\/p>\n<p>That followed his historic triple at the <strong>World Championships<\/strong> in Fukuoka before repeating that feat at the <strong>World University Games<\/strong> on home soil in Chengdu.<\/p>\n<p>He started the night with just the 50 to go but given he went 26.25 for a Games record in prelims, there was a question as to how close he could get to <strong>Adam Peaty&#8217;<\/strong>s WR of 25.95, a standard that has stood since the 2017 worlds in Budapest.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_534115\" style=\"width: 323px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-534115\" data-attachment-id=\"534115\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/zhang-yufei-and-rikako-ikee-in-tearful-embrace-on-50-fly-podium-as-asian-games-conclude-in-hangzhou\/20th-world-aquatics-championships-fukuoka-2023-389\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-day-6-23.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Haiyang Qin of China competes in the 200m Breaststroke Men Final with a New World Record during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 28th, 2023.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1690547356&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Masini \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20th World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;9\/19\/23 &#038; 6\/14\/24&lt;br \/&gt;\nHaiyang Qin of China competes in the 200m Breaststroke Men Final with a New World Record during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 28th, 2023. Sport, Swimming, FINA, Aquatics, World Championships, World Aquatics, Fukuoka, 2023, Fukuoka 2023, Haiyang Qin of China, 200m Breaststroke Men Final&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-day-6-23-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-day-6-23-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-534115\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2023-world-championships-day-6-23-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Haiyang Qin of China competes in the 200m Breaststroke Men Final with a New World Record during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe Hall A in Fukuoka (Japan), July 28th, 2023.\" width=\"313\" height=\"224\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-534115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Chinese swimmer finished in 26.35 ahead of teammate <strong>Sun Jiajun<\/strong> who edged out Korea&#8217;s <strong>Choi Dongyeol<\/strong> by the tightest of margins , 26.92 to 26.93.<\/p>\n<p>Qin leaves Hangzhou with five golds and a silver in the 2IM and will head for Europe to compete in the World Cup tour, a possible date with Peaty awaiting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Xu Jiayu<\/strong> was not to be outdone as he completed the backstroke treble with victory in the 200.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Olympic silver medallist stopped the clock in 1:55.57 ahead of Korea&#8217;s <strong>Lee Juho<\/strong> (1:56.54) and Japan&#8217;s <strong>Hidekazu Takehara<\/strong> (1:57.63).<\/p>\n<p>Qin and Xu also combined to take gold in both the mixed and men&#8217;s medley relays, setting Asian records in both and rattling the world marks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Li Bingjie<\/strong> won the 800 free in 8:20.01 to make it a golden 400-800-1500 plus silver over 200.<\/p>\n<p>While China won the first four events of the final evening, it was Korea and Japan who shared the last three golds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kim Woomin<\/strong> of Korea added the men&#8217;s 400 free to his 800 title and 1500 silver as well as the men&#8217;s 4&#215;200 title in an Asian record.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomoru Honda<\/strong> lowered his Games 200 fly record from the morning to 1:53.15 with the Japanese women taking gold in the medley relay in 3:57.67.<\/p>\n<h4>Pool Awash With Chinese Gold<\/h4>\n<p><strong>China<\/strong> completely dominated the medals with 28 golds, 21 silvers and three bronzes for an overall haul of 58.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Korea<\/strong> were second in the medal table with six gold, six silver and 10 bronze with <strong>Japan<\/strong> next (5, 10, 15).<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zhang Yufei And Rikako Ikee In Tearful Embrace On 50 Fly Podium As Asian Games Conclude in Hangzhou Zhang Yufei and Rikako Ikee shared a tearful embrace on the 50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7575,"featured_media":275276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[26806,2785,61119,63468,42777,126523,36791,47000],"class_list":["post-570198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-adam-peaty","tag-asian-games","tag-li-bingjie","tag-qin-haiyang","tag-rikako-ikee","tag-tomoru-honda","tag-xu-jiayu","tag-zhang-yufei"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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