This week in Shenzhen, the pool was on fire as swimmers at the Chinese mainland's 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and 9th National Special Olympic Games smashed national records! 🔥🏊
Here’s the splash rundown:
🏊♀️ Women’s 400m freestyle S12: Shandong’s Wang Ziqing took gold in 5:06.74, with Hebei’s Lu Jingxin silver and Jiangsu’s Feng Siyu bronze. (S12 swimmers have visual impairments but still rock at full speed!)
🏊♂️ Men’s 400m freestyle S12: Shandong’s Xu Xingshang reset the national mark in 4:19.97, leaving Jiangsu’s Yu Tianyi and Zhejiang’s Zheng Yongqi trailing for silver and bronze.
🦋 Men’s 100m butterfly S13: Guangdong’s Huang Xueliang fluttered to a new national best of 1:01.63, followed by Tianjin’s Liu Yutao and Hunan’s Liu Pengsi. (S13 is another visual impairment class.)
🔄 Women’s 200m individual medley SM11: Liaoning’s Zhang Xiaotong clinched gold in the SM11 event, where swimmers compete with very low or no vision.
🔄 Men’s 200m individual medley SM11: Zhejiang’s Li Zhixin touched the wall first in 2:29.13, ahead of Shandong’s Sun Chuanzhen and Tianjin’s Yang Bozun.
These athletes are rewriting the record books faster than your playlist on shuffle—and inspiring us all to go for gold in our own lives! 🌟🙌 Stay tuned for more medal moments and high-speed action!
Reference(s):
More swim records set at National Games for Persons with Disabilities
cgtn.com
