{"id":584685,"date":"2024-04-24T08:53:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=584685"},"modified":"2024-04-24T08:53:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:53:19","slug":"chinese-national-championships-day-6-zhang-yufei-wins-200-butterfly-to-lead-trio-of-olympic-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/chinese-national-championships-day-6-zhang-yufei-wins-200-butterfly-to-lead-trio-of-olympic-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese National Championships Day 6: Zhang Yufei Wins 200 Butterfly to Lead Trio of Olympic Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese National Championships Day 6: Zhang Yufei Wins 200 Butterfly to Lead Trio of Olympic Qualifiers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Day 6 of the Chinese National Championships saw three more swimmers qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n

Zhang Yufei<\/strong> and Chen Luying<\/strong> qualified in the women’s 200-meter butterfly, while Ye Shiwen<\/strong> qualified in the women’s 200 breaststroke.<\/p>\n

In the women’s 200 butterfly final, Zhang Yufei<\/strong> qualified for Paris with a gold-medal swim of 2:06.40. Chen Luying<\/strong> took the silver in 2:06.81 to also qualify for the Olympics. Gong Zhenqi<\/strong> took the bronze in 2:07.28.<\/p>\n

The women’s 200 breaststroke only had one qualifier make the Olympic automatic cut. Ye Shiwen<\/strong> earned gold in 2:22.55 to qualify for Paris. Tang Qianting<\/strong> took the silver in 2:25.27 and Zhu Leiju<\/strong> earned the bronze in 2:26.19.<\/p>\n

The final of the men’s 200 backstroke saw nobody make the Olympic A cut. Xu Jiayu<\/strong> took the gold in 1:57.70, followed by Wang Yutian<\/strong> (1:58.29) with the silver and Tao Guannan<\/strong> (1:58.53) with the bronze.<\/p>\n

In the men’s 200 IM semifinal, Wang Shun<\/strong> earned the top seed for finals with a swim of 1:57.24, well ahead of the field. Zhang Zhanshuo<\/strong> was second in 2:00.64, followed by He Yubo<\/strong> (2:01.58).<\/p>\n

The women’s 200 backstroke semifinal saw Peng Xuwei<\/strong> take the top seed in 2:09.24, followed by Sun Mingxia<\/strong> (2:11.61) and Zhang Jingya<\/strong>n (2:12.01).<\/p>\n

The men’s 50 free semifinals saw Pan Zhanle<\/strong> take the top seed in 21.99, followed by Yu Hexin<\/strong> (22.18) and Wang Haoyu<\/strong> (22.46).<\/p>\n