Tag: Ye Shiwen
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The finals of China’s national swimming competition – Day 2
The finals for China’s national swimming competition is being held from January 1 to January 3 in north China’s Shijiazhuang City. Hosted by the Chinese Swimming Association, the top-level swimming competition is regarded as preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Swimming stars including Yan Zibei, Xu Jiayu, Wang Shun, and Grand Slam winner of Olympic…
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China’s World Record Holder Swimmers Compete on New Year’s Day
The first Chinese national swimming competition ever held on New Year’s Day is taking place in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China’s Hebei Province. Olympic Games gold medalist and world champion Ye Shiwen, men’s 100m breaststroke Asian record holder Yan Zibei and a number of other renowned swimmers are expected to join in the competition. In…
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Speedo launches star-studded Airswim campaign
Can’t stop swimming even when you’re not in the pool? Upload your Airswim for a chance to feature in our final edit of the best swims on dry land! How to enter: Upload your Airswim to Instagram or Twitter, @speedo and use the hashtag #NeverStopSwimming Featuring Mack Horton (AUS), Ryan Lochte (USA), Ye Shiwen (CHN),…
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Team Speedo video ǀ Interview with swimmer Ye Shiwen
Go behind the scenes with Team Speedo to meet Ye Shiwen, the woman who stormed into the swimming record books aged 16, when she smashed the Olympic and world records. We meet the Chinese swimmer and get to know the double Olympic gold medallist.
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China keeps low key ahead of Kazan swimming worlds
The head coach of Chinese swimming team has tried to keep a low key ahead of July’s world championships in Kazan, Russia, saying that it looks a mission impossible to repeat their feat of winning five gold medals at the last worlds. “It will be very tough for us to win five titles as we…
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Katinka Hosszu emerges from depression to become swimming’s Iron Lady
It’s July 28, 2012. What turns out to be the night of the most scrutinized 100 meters of swimming at the London Olympics. China’s Ye Shiwen, 16, covers the final two lengths of the eight-length 400m individual medley in 58.68 seconds, a time that didn’t seem possible for a woman. Ye destroyed those closing 100…
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Ye Shiwen enrolls in top China college
China’s two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Ye Shiwen has a new title: College freshman. The 2012 London Games champion in the women’s 200- and 400-metre medleys registered this week at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University under a government program waiving the grueling entrance exam for outstanding athletes. The 18-year-old Ye told local media she plans to…
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Olympic swim champion Ye Shiwen leads Chinese delegation for EAG
Read People Daily Two-time Olympic champion and world record holder Ye Shiwen will compete in the 6th East Asian Games (EAG) for Oct. 6 to 15 in China’s Tianjin as the country’s sport governing body named a star-studded squad here on Friday. The 6th EAG features 24 sports with 254 gold medals at stake. China…