2023-08-04 11:57:52
2023-08-04 19:57 United Daily News reporter Liu Zhaoyu / real-time report
In the men’s 200-meter butterfly final of the Chengdu World Universiade, China’s “Butterfly King” Wang Guanhong appeared to compete for the medal this evening. He was temporarily in the lead in the last 50 meters, but was eventually overtaken by Japanese player Terada Takumi and scored 1:55. The score of 69 seconds won the silver medal, which was also the second medal for the swimming team in this competition.
Wang Guanhong, who just entered the final of the 200-meter butterfly swim at the World Championships a few days ago and became the first person in Chinese history, immediately transferred from Fukuoka, Japan to Chengdu, China to prepare for the World Universiade. This time he will also participate in the men’s and women’s 400 He also swam 1:59.11 and 1:56.76 in the men’s 200-meter butterfly preliminaries and semi-finals in the mixed-meter relay, men’s 100-meter, and 200-meter butterfly races. Among them, the semi-finals ranked third among all contestants, showing their strength in competing for medals.
In the final tonight, Wang Guanhong was still behind the Chinese landlord Chen Jun’er in the first 150 meters, but he once took the lead in the last 50 meters, but it was a pity that he ranked third in the last 10 meters. The Japanese player Takumi Terada suddenly took the lead. In the end, Takumi Terada won the gold medal with a time of 1:55.66, while Wang Guanhong won the silver medal with a gap of 0.03 seconds.
It is no regret that Wang Guanhong has reached the Olympic standard twice
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The “Taiwan Butterfly King” Wang Guanhong, who is expected to win the gold medal, won the silver with a time of 1:55.69 in the men’s 200-meter butterfly at the Chengdu Universiade today. This is the second time he has reached the Paris Olympic A mark this year. Help the Taiwan team win the second swimming medal.
In Taiwan’s Universiade swimming event, Wang Xinghao first won the 200-meter mixed silver medal yesterday, and today Wang Guanhong won the 200-meter butterfly silver medal in the relay, which has already written Taiwan’s best swimming team in the previous World Universiade score.
In today’s finals, Wang Guanhong, who started from the third waterway, temporarily ranked second in the first 150 meters, second only to the Chinese player Chen Juner in the fourth waterway. In the last 50 meters, Wang Guanhong began to accelerate and gradually surpassed Chen Juner. It’s a pity At the last minute, Takumi Terada of Japan in the 5th channel touched the wall with a gap of 0.03 seconds.
Coach Huang Zhiyong said in an interview with the Central News Agency: “Although we won the silver medal, we don’t feel sorry for it. After all, our biggest imaginary opponent before the game is China’s Chen Juner. This performance will be very important to us when we participate in the Asian Games. helpful.”
Huang Zhiyong analyzed: “In terms of performance, although it is not as good as last month’s World Championships, it has remained stable at 1 minute and 55 seconds. It has also reached the Olympic A standard twice this year. It is obvious that the recent training is very helpful.”
Huang Zhiyong also said with a smile: “At the last minute, Guanhong did take a sneak peek at Chen Juner in the next lane to make sure he was in the lead, but he didn’t expect the Japanese player in the fifth lane to come in the end, but it doesn’t matter, our goal before the game is to beat Chen Juner .”
Talking regarding Wang Guanhong participating in the Universiade for the first time in his career, Huang Zhiyong believes that he has gained a lot from the “crazy” type. Huang Zhiyong said: “This year’s Asian Games is also held in China, especially the swimming events. Almost all the audience cheered loudly. This is also an opportunity for Wang Guanhong to adapt to the atmosphere in advance. It seems that he has performed very well this time. good.”
Wang Guanhong will also have events such as men’s 100-meter butterfly, 4×100-meter men’s mixed relay, and 4×100-meter mixed men’s and women’s relay in the World Universiade. It is expected to perform normally.
Wang Guanhong, who is only 21 years old, reached the A standard for the Paris Olympics with a time of 1:55.42 in this year’s National College Games following the Tokyo Olympics.
Wang Guanhong won the silver medal in the 200m butterfly final.Photo/provided by the Sports Association of Universities World Universiade Chengdu World Universiade
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