Beijing time on June 22, the 2022 FINA World Championships ended in Budapest on the fourth day. The Chinese team finally won the gold medal in the swimming competition. Yang Junxuan won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter freestyle final, and Tang Muhan won the bronze medal. The Chinese team finished sixth in the men's and women's mixed 4×100 meter medley relay final. Olympic champion Wang Shun performed poorly and missed the men's 200m medley final.
The Chinese swimming team had no gold medals in the first three competition days, and they are more looking forward to the women's 200-meter freestyle event. In this final, Yang Junxuan and Tang Muhan competed together. They were in lane 2 and lane 8 respectively. After the start of the final, Yang Junxuan had reservations in the first 50 meters. When she turned around, she ranked fifth in 27.47 seconds, Tang Muhan ranked eighth, and Canada's Luke ranked first in 26.95 seconds. After turning around, Yang Junxuan began to increase her speed. At the end of the 100 meters, she rose to the first place with a time of 56.53 seconds. Tang Muhan still ranked last, with a time of 57.67 seconds.
Yang Junxuan maintained the lead in the next game. She won the gold medal with a time of 1 minute, 54 seconds and 92 seconds. Tang Muhan's back sprint was very powerful, and she won the bronze medal in 1 minute, 56 seconds and 25 seconds. Australia's O'Callaghan won the silver medal in 1:55.22.
In the men's 50-meter breaststroke final, Yan Zibei swam in 27.18 seconds to take seventh place, Funk of the American team won the championship in 26.45 seconds, and Martini Gi of the Italian team won in 26.48 seconds. silver medal.
Zhang Yufei appeared in the semifinals of the women's 200m butterfly . She was in the same group as Flickinger of the US team. After entering the water, Zhang Yufei rushed to the front, turning around in 50 meters with a time of 27.31 seconds, nearly one length ahead of other opponents. After turning around, Zhang Yufei continued to lead, with a time of 59.63 seconds at the end of the 100 meters. In the third 50 meters, Zhang Yufei lost some speed, and Flickinger used his strength to overtake. When he turned around at 150 meters, Flickinger rose to the first place in 1:32.96, while Zhang Yufei fell to second place. In the final 50-meter sprint, Flickinger maintained the lead and took first place in 2:05.90. Zhang Yufei finished third in the group in 2:07.76.
In the second group, Canada's Mike Intosh won the first place in the group in 2 minutes, 05 seconds and 79. She broke the world youth record. Based on the results of the two groups, Mike Intosh ranked first, and Zhang Yufei ranked fifth and qualified for the finals. Zhu Jiaming ranked 14th with a time of 2:11.19 and missed the advancement.
In the men's 200-meter medley semifinals, Olympic champion Wang Shun appeared in the second group. Unfortunately, he performed poorly and only swam 2 minutes, 01.35 seconds and was at the bottom of the group. Based on the results of the two groups, Wang Shun ranked 16th and missed the finals. Marchand of France won the first place in the semi-finals with a time of 1:55.75. Foster of the US team and Daiya Seto of Japan ranked second and third to advance.
In the men's and women's mixed 4×100 meter medley relay final, the Chinese team sent a lineup of Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei and Cheng Yujie. Xu Jiayu performed well in the first swim and ranked third in 52.90 seconds. Armstrong of the US team ranked first in 52.14 seconds. In the second leg, Yan Zibei worked hard to catch up with Fink of the American team, and Martinigi of the Italian team came in second. When the baton was handed over, the Chinese team was still in third place, with a time of 1 minute, 52 seconds and 15 seconds. The American team led with 1 minute, 50 seconds and 00 seconds, followed by the Italian team at 1 minute, 50 seconds and 19 seconds.
The U.S. team sent Husker for the third round, and she continued to consolidate her leading position. Zhang Yufei, who had participated continuously, was still affected by her physical fitness. When the baton was handed over, she fell to 6th place. The Chinese team's time was 2 minutes, 49 seconds and 89. The American team ranked first with a time of 2 minutes, 46 seconds and 17 seconds. In the final sprint, Kurzan helped the American team maintain the lead, and they won the championship in 3 minutes, 38 seconds and 79 seconds. Cheng Yujie struggled to catch up in freestyle but could not surpass her. The Chinese team finished sixth in 3 minutes, 43 seconds and 55 seconds. Australia and the Netherlands won silver and bronze medals respectively.
In the men's 800-meter freestyle final, the United States' Finke won the championship with a powerful sprint in 7 minutes, 39 seconds and 36 seconds. Germany's Wellbrock won the runner-up with a difference of 0.27 seconds, starting from 350 meters. Romanchuk, who maintained the lead, won the bronze medal. In the men's 200-meter butterfly final, Hungary's Milak led the way. He broke his own world record and won the gold medal in 1 minute, 50 seconds and 34 seconds.The original world record was 1 minute 50 seconds 73 set by Milak at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.
In the men's 100-meter freestyle semi-finals, Pan Zhanle swam 47.65 seconds in the second group and ranked 4th. Romania 's Popovich set a new world youth record in 47.13 seconds and won the group. First. Based on the results of the two groups, Popovich ranked first and advanced, while Pan Zhanle ranked fifth and entered the finals. In the women's 50-meter backstroke semi-final, Chen Jie ranked 11th with a time of 27.83 seconds. She missed the final. Canada's Marseille ranked first in the semi-finals with a time of 27.22 seconds.
In the synchronized swimming collective technical optional finals, the Chinese team performed well and successfully won the championship with 94.7202 points. This is the second gold medal China has won in synchronized swimming at this World Championships. The Japanese team won the runner-up with 92.2261 points, and the Italian team won the bronze medal.
