Zhou Jiawei wins first two swimming golds for Guangzhou
( 2003-10-26 08:10) (Xinhua)
Zhou Jiawei became the biggest winner on the penultimate day of swimming
tournament at the 5th Chinese City Games Saturday, winning the men's 100m
butterfly and 50m freestyle titles, the first two swimming golds for Guangzhou
team.
Zhou Jiawei, triple golds winner in National Games two years ago, triumphed
in the 100m butterfly final in 53.87 seconds. His nearest rival Wu Peng, who has
won four golds in the games, was second in 54.48. Li Dingjie came to third at
54.89.
Zhou also charged to the 50m freestyle later, winning the gold in 23.41.
"I didn't try all out in the 100m butterfly, because I have to save energy
for the 50m freestyle. It's a pity that I missed reaching the Olympic A
standard," Zhou said at the press conference.
The Olympic A standard of the event is 53.49.
World champion Zhan Shu posted an easy win in the women's 200m backstroke in
2:12.09, beating the second-placed Liao Yali by 2.9 seconds. Chen Yanyan from
Shenzhen had the bronze in 2"Zhan Shu won the women's 4x100 medley relay event
with Luo Xuejuan, Zhou Yafei and Yang Yu at the Barcelona World Championships
and also clinched the gold medal of the kind at the World University Games in
August.
Zhan Shu's teammate Yang Yu, who won the women's 400m, 200m and 100m
freestyle at the Games, grasped her fourth gold when she beat Tang Jingzhi in
the 800m freestyle with a time of 8:38.94. Tang clocked 8:39.48 for the silver
while Fang Shu brought Shenyang a bronze in 8:39.71.
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