The oldest world record, ancient Phelps stands up to pay tribute! Can Qin Haiyang break the Asian record twice a day and see the "first gold medal" contestant | event | world record
On July 23rd Beijing time, the swimming events of the Fukuoka World Championships began in full swing. In the men's 400m medley final, French athlete Marchamp successfully won the championship with a time of 4:02:50, breaking the world record that had been sealed for 15 years in the event.
After witnessing Marchamp's performance, Phelps, who was watching the game on site, also stood up and applauded him.
On the first day of the World Championships, outstanding athletes from all over the world showed good athletic performance, with three world records set in the evening and three Asian records broken.
The current world record for the men's 400m medley was still set by Phelps at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. On August 10, 2008, in the men's 400m medley final of the Beijing Olympics, Phelps set a world record with a time of 4 minutes and 0.384 seconds, officially embarking on a crazy journey of eight gold medals.
The time of 4 minutes, 03 seconds, and 84 seconds is unmatched or approached by anyone. Before last year's Budapest World Championships, the men's 400m medley was the second fastest in history, with only Rochester's time of 4 minutes and 05.18 seconds, which was over a second slower. As early as 2002, 17-year-old Phelps broke the world record for the men's 400m medley for the first time. After 8 refreshes, the world record went from 4 minutes and 11.09 seconds in 2002 to 4 minutes and 04.28 seconds in 2008. For 20 years, he alone held the world record for the men's 400m medley.
In fact, at last year's Budapest World Championships, French athlete Marchamp won the championship with a time of 4:04.28 seconds, which is already the closest result to the Phelps world record. Marchamp's coach and also Phelps' mentor Bob Bowman.
After surpassing Rochester last year, Phelps expressed his joy that Marchamp is approaching his world record. The 2024 Paris Olympics will still be Marchamp's home game, and there is a great chance of breaking the record. Unexpectedly, at the Fukuoka World Championships a year later, Marchamp accomplished this feat.
The other two world records also come from the 400m event: Australian athlete Titmus broke the women's 400m freestyle world record, and the Australian team also broke the women's 4x100m freestyle relay world record.
Chinese athletes were also very eye-catching in their first day performance:
In the men's 100m breaststroke semifinals, Chinese athlete Qin Haiyang, who had just broken the Asian record with a time of 58.26 seconds in the preliminaries, broke the Asian record again with a time of 57.82 seconds, ranking first in the semifinals and advancing strongly to the finals. Yan Zibei also performed well, swimming with a time of 59.02 seconds, ranking fourth in the semifinals. The two Chinese athletes worked together to advance to the finals, and if they performed normally, Qin Haiyang is expected to lock in this gold medal.
In the women's 4x100m freestyle relay final, the Chinese team consisting of Cheng Yujie, Yang Junxuan, Wu Qingfeng, and Zhang Yufei achieved a time of 3 minutes and 32.40 seconds, winning a bronze medal and breaking the Asian record.
In addition, in the women's 100m butterfly semi-finals, Zhang Yufei ranked first with a time of 56.40 seconds and advanced to the finals. In the semi-finals of the women's 200m individual medley, Yu Yiting ranked second with a time of 2:09.04, and Ye Shiwen ranked seventh with a time of 2:10:57. Both teams advanced to the finals.
