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wuhan, september 24 (xinhua) -- the 2024 national swimming championships kicked off in wuhan on the 24th. of the six gold medals decided on the first day, the zhejiang team won three and became the biggest winner. hubei athlete sun jiajun swam a time of 21.97 seconds in the men's 50-meter butterfly semifinals, setting a new asian record.

yu yiting of the zhejiang team won the women's 200m individual medley final with a time of 2:06.32. afterwards, she and her teammates won the women's 4x100m freestyle relay final. in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay final, the zhejiang team won the championship with a time of 3:09.10.

the two star athletes that attracted much attention that day were the "butterfly queen" zhang yufei and sun jiajun, who was competing at home. zhang yufei advanced to the next round with first place in both the preliminaries and semifinals of the women's 50-meter butterfly.

zhang yufei, feeling relaxed, said after the game: "since i'm here, i won't let you down. now that i'm on the competition field, i must swim well."

sun jiajun, a member of the winning men's 4x100m medley relay team at the paris olympics, was in great form. he first refreshed his own national record in the men's 50m butterfly preliminaries, and then went one step further in the semifinals, breaking the asian record.

"breaking the record was a bit unexpected. i just treated every shot as if it were the final. it may also be because i am playing at home. i hope i can perform well in the final as well," said sun jiajun.

the hebei team won two gold medals, he yubo won the men's 200m individual medley championship with a time of 1:54.29, and ma yonghui won the women's 400m freestyle gold medal with a time of 3:58.79. in the men's 1500m freestyle final, shandong athlete liu peixin won the championship with a time of 14:36.87.

this national swimming championships is one of the domestic trials for the budapest short course swimming world championships at the end of the year. nearly 600 athletes from 26 teams competed at the wuhan sports center.

(source: xinhua news agency)

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