FUKUOKA, Japan, July 24 (Xinhua) — China’s Zhang Yufei gained her first world title within the girls’s 100 meters butterfly on the World Aquatics Championships right here on Monday.
Zhang, 200m butterfly champion and 100m silver medalist on the Tokyo Olympics, clocked 56.12 seconds to earn China the second gold in swimming on the Fukuoka worlds, solely minutes after Qin Haiyang triumphed within the males’s 100m breaststroke.
“I feel wonderful. It is amazing,” mentioned 25-year-old Zhang, who collected seven bronze medals in her 4 earlier worlds.
Canada’s Margaret MacNeil completed second in 56.45 seconds, and defending champion Torri Huske of the United States was third in 56.61.