In the sport of swimming, what records are held by our Chinese team?

Faster, higher, stronger is the popular Olympic motto. As a traditional category of sports, swimming occupies an extremely important position in the history of world sports, and the speed effect of the race for time is especially obvious. As a major sport long dominated by white Europeans and Americans, in addition to the number of medals, most of the world records symbolizing the success of challenging the limits of mankind are also held by them.

After three decades of setbacks and scandals, Chinese swimming has grown significantly, with the emergence of a number of great athletes capable of challenging world records. When the world record is broken, there is bound to be a steady stream of challengers, with several of the program records set by Chinese athletes having been set by foreign athletes. This is the cruelty of sports, but also the charm of sports.

So what other world records in swimming are held by Chinese athletes so far? In this article, I will take you back one by one.

Five, Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei, Yang Junxuan

Project: 4 × 100 meters medley relay

Creation time: 2020 National Swimming Championships

In this year's National Swimming Championships and Tokyo Olympic Games up to the standard of the 4x100 meters medley relay preliminaries, by the The Su-E-Zhe-Lu team, consisting of four of the country's top swimmers in their prime, crushed their rivals by fifteen seconds, finishing first with a time of 3 minutes, 38 seconds and 41 seconds, and breaking the world record previously held by the U.S. team, raising the original record by 0.15 seconds.

The four athletes, all of them, deserve to be taken individually. Xu Jiayu, 25, is the best men's short-course backstroke swimmer in Chinese swimming history, holding a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke at the Olympics, two 100-meter backstroke titles at the World Championships and the Asian record in the event; and Yan Zibei, 25, is the best men's short-course breaststroke swimmer in Chinese swimming history, holding the Asian records in the 50-meter backstroke and 100-meter backstroke events.

Zhang Yufei, 22, has been in the top three in the women's short course freestyle and butterfly for a long time in the past few years, while Yang Junxuan, 18, who specializes in the short course freestyle, is considered to be a new star swimmer for women.

Four, Liu Xiang

Program: 50-meter backstroke

Creation time: 2018 Asian Games

At the 2015 National Swimming Championships, 19-year-old Liu Xiang made a clean sweep. Thanks to her bright smile and outstanding face, Liu Xiang has quickly accumulated exaggerated popularity since her ascension to the professional arena, and has been hailed as a swimming goddess by swim fans.

Looking at Liu Xiang's tall figure and her face, which can compete with those of actresses in the entertainment industry, it's hard for passers-by to imagine that she's a top swimmer with strong explosive power and a unique talent for nerve reaction. The off-court attention and commercial attraction has not distracted Liu Xiang from her sports career, and her gradual efforts to become a top swimmer at the top of the pyramid are really valuable.

At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Liu Xiang sealed the deal in the 50-meter backstroke event and broke the old world record of 27:06 set by China's Zhao Jing at the 2009 World Championships in Rome with a time of 26:98.

Three, Liu Zige

Event: 200 meters butterfly

Creation time: 2009 China National Games

At the 2008 Olympic Games, 19-year-old Liu Zige came out of nowhere to seal the 200 meters butterfly event and break Australia's record of 2 minutes, 4 seconds and 18 seconds. Jessica Schipper's original world record.

After the Beijing Olympics, Liu Zige continued her excellent form. At the 2009 National Games, the butterfly queen, representing Shanghai, again dramatically improved her own record in the event, setting the world record at 2 minutes, 1 second, 91 seconds, which she holds to this day.

Two, Zhang Lin

Program: 800 meters freestyle

Creation time: 2009 World Swimming Championships

In the history of China's swimming, Zhang Lin is a milestone of a male swimmer. His emergence and rise really announced the beginning of spring of Chinese men's swimming. In the 2005 National Games, the 18-year-old Zhang Lin became famous, winning the 200-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle and 1500-meter freestyle.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Zhang Lin won a silver medal, helping China achieve a breakthrough in men's swimming with zero Olympic medals. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Zhang Lin won the 800-meter freestyle event against the legendary Mallory to seal the title.

In that race, Zhang Lin improved the world record by nearly six seconds, setting it at 7:32.12, which no one has yet been able to close in on. Sun Yang, whose best performance in the event was a mere 7:38.57, will never forget the moment Zhang Lin raised her fist in the water and roared after winning the race.

Sun Yang

Program: 1,500-meter freestyle

Creation time: 2012 Olympics

Excluding the controversial part of the results, with the results that are still officially recognized by FINA, Sun Yang is still the king of the freestyle long-distance deserved.

The 2009 World Championships were the beginning of the rise of Chinese men's swimming. At that event, the then 18-year-old Sun Yang was already China's leading swimmer in the long-distance freestyle events, finishing third in the 1,500 meters.

At the 2011 World Championships, after two years of training, Sun began to rise to the top. In the 800-meter freestyle event as well as the 1500-meter freestyle event, he successively sealed the king. Especially in the 1,500 meters, Sun Yang's performance was so heroic that he set a new world record of 14 minutes, 34 seconds and 14 seconds.

A year later, at the London Olympics, Sun Yang really went to the top, winning gold in the 400 meters and 1,500 meters freestyle events. In the 1,500-meter freestyle event, his only rival was the world record. In the middle of the event, Sun Yang led all the way and swam 14 minutes 31 seconds 02, and will keep the record to this day.