First gold!Twin sisters rewrite the history of Chinese flowers

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Create history! In the end of the Swimming World Championships on the 19th, the Chinese group Wang Liuyi/Wang Yan (pictured) won the championship and won the Chinese delegation's first gold in this Swimming World Championships. This pair of twin sisters not only allowed the Chinese swimming team to achieve a zero breakthrough in the World Championship doubles project, but also the first time the team won the gold medal in the Olympic event in the World Championships in 38 years. This gold medal is also the second gold medal in the history of the Chinese Flower Tour World Championships. The last time was the collective free group project of the 2017 Swimming World Championships. Wang Liuyi/Wang Yan was a member of the championship.

After the game, Wang Yan said, "We played the level of training, and the scores were higher than the preliminaries. Maybe we enjoyed this stage after a few games and put it more." At the Tokyo Olympics last year, Wang Liuyi failed to participate in injuries. " This time, I am honored to participate in the competition of the two -person project. I feel that our sisters are closer. "

It is worth mentioning that the Swimming World Championships, the two -person technology self -selected final, became a veritable "twin podium": In addition to winning the Chinese group, Ukrainian twin twins Alexova sisters won the runner -up, Alexander Alexander Sister Li (two of the trigger) picking copper. According to the official website of the International Swimming Federation, the twin sisters have advantages in this project, but all medals are taken home by the twin sisters for the first time.

In the swimming competition that day, Chinese player Zhang Yuzhang won the third place in the women's 100m butterfly project. This is the first medal of the Chinese Swimming Team of the World Championships. Another Chinese player Yan Zibei ranked 5th in the men's 100m breaststroke final. As the two gold medals winners of the Tokyo Olympics, Zhang Yuzhang signed up for the individual and relay in this World Championships for a total of 8 projects. On the 21st, she will usher in her own strength -200m butterfly. (Li Jiayin)

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