Tag: Tang Yi
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CC photo #452: Istanbul 2012 Women’s 100 Free Medal Winners
The women’s 100 meter freestyle medal winners at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Megan Romano (USA, silver), Britta Steffen (Germany, gold) and Tang Yi (China, bronze). See the result list here.
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London 2012 day 6 finals: Phelps beats the curse of the three-peat
At last it went, after both Phelps and Kitajima had tried twice, and others before that, Phelps tonight became first male swimmer ever to win the same individual event at three Olympic Games. Gold to Phelps and the US in the men’s 200 IM, 1:54.27 ahead of Ryan Lochte in 1:54.90 and Laszlo Cseh (HUN)…
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London 2012 day 5 prelims: Lochte safely through towards his 200 back/IM epic double
At the London 2012 Olympic prelims this morning, China’s Yi Tang posted best time in the women’s 100 freestyle, 53.28 ahead of Melanie Schlanger (AUS) in 53.50 and Jeanette Ottesen Gray (DEN) in 53.51, notable omission Russia’s single participant Veronika Popova and non-starting Cate Campbell (AUS) and Therese Alshammar (SWE). Rebecca Soni (AUS) posted the…
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Chinese Nationals: 15-year-old Xin Xin posts 8:22.75 in the 800 free
Ouch, at the Chinese Long Course Nationals today, 15-year-old Xin Xin posted a second in the world ranked 8:22.76 in the women’s 800 freestyle, easily clearing the FINA A cut standard of 8:33.84, with Shao Yiwen also qualifying for the Olympics in 8:29.49. Sun Ye and Ji Liping qualified in the women’s 400 IM in…
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Chinese Nationals: Sun Yang posts 3:42.31 in the 400 free
At the Chinese Nationals today, Sun Yang cruised to a world top-ranked time of 3:42.31in the men’s 400 freestyle, qualifying for the Olympics together with Hao Yun in 3:46.01. Shao Yiwen and Xin Xin qualified in the women’s 400 freestyle in 4.05.88 and 4.05.93 respectively, Ye Shiwen and Zheng Rongrong in the women’s 200 IM…