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11-year-old Yu Zidi wins the 200 m butterfly in 2:09.86 and the 200 m individual medley in 2:12.57 at the Chinese Summer Championships


11-year-old Yu Zidi wins the 200 m butterfly in 2:09.86 and the 200 m individual medley in 2:12.57 at the Chinese Summer Championships

CHINESE NATIONAL SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 Sunday, August 25 – Wednesday, August 28 Hefei, China P/E ratio (50 m) Results – via Asian media Almost 500 athletes from 24 teams have come to the Chinese city of Hefei for the 2024 National Summer Championships. We reported how the once banned Olympic champion Sun Yang was one […]

How deep are the pools in which swimmers set world records?


How deep are the pools in which swimmers set world records?

Almost two weeks have passed since the swimming competitions at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games ended, with the closing ceremony taking place on August 12. This year’s Games generated a lot of excitement, partly due to the questionable depth of the Defense Arena pool, where world records were slow to fall. Visible waves, more pronounced […]

China’s Olympic hero Pan would trade gold for a quiet life, Quan Hongchan besieged at the airport


China’s Olympic hero Pan would trade gold for a quiet life, Quan Hongchan besieged at the airport

Two of China’s biggest stars at the Paris Olympics are battling obsessive fan culture and are regularly besieged at airports, hotels and in their home towns. A video of diving sensation Quan Hongchan has gone viral on the Chinese Instagram-like platform Xiaohongshu. Users are expressing their anger at fans who surrounded the 17-year-old at an […]

Speedo tops the list of Olympic medalists: More than half of all swimming medals were won with Speedo


Speedo tops the list of Olympic medalists: More than half of all swimming medals were won with Speedo

With the Paris 2024 swimming competitions complete, global swim brand Speedo looks back on 9 days of swimming where over half (50.3%) of the Olympic swimming medals were won in Speedo. Speedo Fastskin 2.0 topped the ‘unofficial’ brand podium and was worn in the competition’s most exciting performances, including a Speedo medal count of 75 […]