Six medals in two finals, China crushes the 50m backstroke

We knew that China was often uncompromising in swimming, but to this extent… In two races, the country which largely holds first place in the medal standings, simply took six medals.

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In the men’s 50m backstroke (S5) to start, Weiyi Yuan won in 32.47 ahead of his two compatriots Jincheng Guo (33.02) and Lichao Wang (33.06).

Repeated twice A few moments later in the women’s race. In the same event, Dong Lu, record holder for the distance, won in 37.51. Shenggao He (39.93) and Yu Liu (42.37) completed this red and yellow podium.

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To these six medals, we can add the gold and silver obtained in the women’s 50m butterfly (S6) or the title of Jingang Wang in the men’s 50m butterfly (S6), with a few hundredths of a second ahead of Laurent Chardard. Finally, Jia Ma and Liwen Cai took second and third place in the women’s 200m medley (SM11).

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At the time of writing, China has 108 medals, 30 of which are in para-swimming. 50 titles in total. Great Britain is second with 59 medals, 30 of which are gold.