wang gu kailai won the gold medal in the 100m backstroke at the 2024 national swimming championships
2024-09-26
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harbin, september 26 (china news service) (reporter wang nina) the heilongjiang provincial sports bureau announced on the 26th that on september 25, heilongjiang athlete wang gu kailai won the men's 100-meter backstroke gold medal in 50.50 seconds at the 2024 national swimming championships and reached the a standard for the budapest short course swimming world championships.
wang gukailai in the competition. photo provided by heilongjiang provincial sports bureau
the 2024 national swimming championships will be held at the wuhan sports center swimming pool from september 24 to september 29. the event is the highest level and largest short-course event (25 meters) in the country, and is also the domestic selection competition for the national swimming team to participate in the budapest short course swimming world championships in december this year.
a total of 596 athletes from 26 teams across the country participated in the competition, including olympic champions, world champions and many top domestic swimmers.
this season, wang gukailai has shown excellent competitive form. in the national summer swimming championships held in august, wang gukailai won the men's 100m and 200m backstroke championships.
the length of the pool for short-course competition is 25 meters. the competition items are richer than those for long-course competition, the pace of the competition is tighter, and the competition is more intense.
in short-pool competitions, athletes have to turn twice as many times as in long-pool (50 meters), which requires athletes to have higher skills, physical strength distribution, and rhythm control. (end)
