The World Cup swimming: a 12 -year -old tray of 200 meters diversified
The 12 -year -old Chinese swimming will join the Olympic Champion Samar McCainteh in the 200 -meter -old -spousing race final for women after qualifying for the qualifiers in her first world championship participation in Singapore today, Sunday.
The student coming from the Khubi region in northern China did not appear any awe on the jumping board and recorded a two -minute time and 11.90 seconds, one second difference from her best personal time to occupy the fifteenth place in the qualifiers.
Yu raised the attention of the world of swimming while participating in the National Championship in Chentins in May, by winning a 400 -meter -individual race and 200 meters of butterfly, in addition to winning the second place in the 200 -meter diverse individual race and achieving qualified times for the world championship in these races.
Yu is faster than Canadian McCaintech while she was of the same age and has enormous potential, and her ability to compete with the best swimming in the world will closely be monitored in the coming days.
The world record holder is the most favorite candidate to win a varied 200 -meter race, although she qualified in second place in the qualifiers with a time of two minutes and 9: 46 seconds behind Australian Tara Kinder.
Today, the evening period will witness a confrontation between McCaints and American Katie Lediki on the 400 free race gold.
Lydiki qualified for the final by registering the fastest time of four minutes and 1: 04 seconds after twelve years of winning her first four world titles in the 400th race in Barcelona.
McCainchosh, who won the Olympic Silver Medal last year, will seek its first title in the 400 -meter race after winning the fourth place in the qualifiers.
McCaintech, 18 years old, achieved a four -minute and 3: 11 seconds, approximately 10 seconds, from its three -minute standard number and 54: 18 seconds registered in the last Canadian qualifiers.
As for Erika Veroyeth, the world champion in the 400th race, she was shocked by exclusion due to a wrong launch after a small movement on the jumping board.
This exclusion is one of several disappointments in the first period with the first tournament days.
The Olympic champion Tori Hoski failed to participate in the 100 women’s butterfly race after the US team’s poisoning during his preparatory camp in Thailand.
At the same time, Australian Elaj Wenington, who won the Olympic Silver Medal and the former world champion, failed to qualify for the final of the 400 free men’s race.
His compatriot and former world champion, Sam Short, qualified for the final.
The world record holder and German Olympic champion Lucas Martins will compete for the gold medal later in the day.
Australia and the United States, the two Olympic champions, will compete for a four -meter freestyle in the evening in the evening in the evening while the American team is in its new form the qualifiers for the final of the men’s race.
It is also expected that Australia and China will compete for men’s race gold in later in the day.
