Tag: Xu Jiayu
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How Did Xu Jiayu Just Go a Best Time at Age 30? | The Swim Scribe
Xu Jiayu has been around for a WHILE in the world of backstroke, he swam at his first Olympics back in 2012 and won his first world title in 2017. Now not ONLY is Xu still able to rank among the FASTEST backstrokers in the world but he also just went a new personal best…
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The finals of China’s national swimming competition – Day 2
The finals for China’s national swimming competition is being held from January 1 to January 3 in north China’s Shijiazhuang City. Hosted by the Chinese Swimming Association, the top-level swimming competition is regarded as preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Swimming stars including Yan Zibei, Xu Jiayu, Wang Shun, and Grand Slam winner of Olympic…
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China Breaks Mixed Medley Relay World Record For First Swimming World Record of 2020
China’s team of Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei and Yang Junxuan lowered the world record in the mixed medley relay at the Chinese National Swimming Championships in Qingdao with a 3:38.41. The swim lowers the Americans’ world record of 3:38.56 from the 2017 World Championships, as this marks the first official world record in…
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CSS 2020: Beijing inspires stars from 21 nations
FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 Athletes from China and Japan were in great shape in the second and last leg of the 2020 edition of the FINA Champions Swim Series, taking place in Beijing (CHN) on January 18-19. The local stars, as with the first stop of the circuit in Shenzhen (CHN, January 14-15), left…