Swimming Harbor Team Dominates Hangzhou Asian Games: Siobhan Breaks Records and Secures Spot in Finals

2023-09-24 05:53:22

[Sports in Hangzhou]The Swimming Harbor team made its appearance this morning. Siobhan, the star athlete who competed in the Asian Games once more following 9 years, “warmed up first”. Even though she participated in the non-main event of the women’s 50-meter breaststroke preliminaries, she still swam 30.46 seconds. Breaking Hong Kong’s record, reaching the final at 8:32 tonight with the second overall score.

Siobhan missed the last edition due to injury. This year, Siobhan returns to the Asian Games stage as a double Olympic silver medalist and short course world champion, and is regarded as the Hong Kong team’s gold medal hope. She first tried her skills this morning and competed in the women’s 50m breaststroke preliminary round. She successfully swam a time of 30.46 seconds to break the Hong Kong record. She beat Japanese swimmer Satomi Suzuki to take first place in the group and entered this year ranked second overall. Finals at 8:32 p.m. Junior sister Lin Kaiqiao in the same group swam 32.33 seconds and ranked sixth in the group. She ranked 16th overall and failed to advance.

As for the overall result, Tang Qianting of the national team ranked first. Her swimming time of 29.92 seconds broke the Asian and Asian Games records in one fell swoop.

In the preliminary round of the women’s 50m breaststroke, He Shibei swam a time of 30.46 seconds to break the Hong Kong record, and entered tonight’s final in second place overall.

He Shibei.

In the subsequent preliminary round of the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay, Siobhan avoided the competition. The swimming team was reassigned to Jian Chuotong, Tan Kailin, Zheng Limei and Ou Kaichun. The four of them also swam 3 seconds, 47 seconds and 99 seconds, ranking second in the group. , with the overall score of 4th, entering the final at 9:11 tonight, striving for a medal.

After the preliminary round, Ou Kaichun, the “veteran of four dynasties” in the Asian Games, praised the strong atmosphere at the venue: “When I came to Hangzhou this time, many local spectators came into the swimming pool to cheer me up. The team members might also see their family members who came to Hangzhou from Hong Kong to support them. It felt like It is very different from the previous World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, and this is definitely the driving force for us to strive for good results in tonight’s final!”

Ou Kai-chun led the women’s 4×100m Hong Kong team to the finals.

Ou Kaichun

Tam Hoi-lin, Jane Chiu-tung, Cheng Limei and Ou Kai-chun (from left)

In other highlights of the Hong Kong swimming team, Yang Kai-ching swam 2:14.46 in the preliminary round of the women’s 200m butterfly, breaking the PB time, ranking 4th in the group and 9th overall, but unfortunately failed to advance to the finals. In the men’s 100-meter backstroke, Guan Peng touched the pool in 56.28 seconds, ranking third in the group. Unfortunately, he also ranked ninth overall and failed to advance.

Yang Kaiqing swam 2 minutes, 14 seconds and 46 seconds in the women’s 200-meter butterfly preliminary round, breaking the PB time and ranking fourth in the group.

Mo Siqi.

Liu Jianxi.

Liu Pingzhi (right).

Lin Botong.

Nie Zhiyan.

Zhuo Minghao.

He zhentao. (right)

Lin Kaiqiao.

Guan Peng.

Liu Shaoyu.

Chief Executive Lee Ka-chiu also went to the swimming pool to support the Hong Kong generals.

Swimming Harbor Team’s preliminary results this morning (24/9)

Women’s 200m butterfly
Yang Kaiqing 2 minutes 14 seconds 46 (breaking PB) 4th in the group
Mo Siqi finished 5th in the group in 2 minutes, 15 seconds and 38 seconds.

Men’s 200m individual medley
Liu Pingzhi 2:05.29, 5th in the group
Liu Jianxi 2:07.02, 5th in the group

Women’s 1500m freestyle
Lin Botong ranked first in the slow group with 17 minutes, 12 seconds and 74 seconds.
Nie Zhiyan 17 minutes 27 seconds 98 second in the slow group

Men’s 100m freestyle
Zhuo Minghao 50 seconds 03 3rd in the group
He Zhentao 50 seconds 90 4th in the group

Women’s 50m breaststroke
He Shibei, 30.46 seconds (broken HKR), ranked first in the group, ranked second overall and advanced to the finals
Lin Kaiqiao 32.33 seconds, 6th in the group

Men’s 100m backstroke
Guan Peng 56.28 seconds, third in the group
Liu Shaoyu 57.34 seconds 4th in the group

Women’s 4×100m freestyle relay
The Hong Kong team finished 2nd in the group and 4th overall in 3.47.99 seconds to advance to the finals.

Picture: Mak King Chi
Text: Wang Jiahao

This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Hangzhou Asian Games·Direct Attack]He Shibei broke Hong Kong’s record in the women’s 50m frog total and reached the finals in second place

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