Tuesday, July 31, 2012

China's new swimming sensations Ye and Sun


London 2012 has been a good Olympics for China's swimming team.

There is no doubt that American swimming team is the dominator in the swimming pool. I was going to see Michael Phelps' performance, but Chinese stoled the limelight at the day one. After Sun Yang,  20, won the gold metal in the men's 400m freestyle in a new Olympic record time and 16-year- old Ye Shiwen rewrote the record books in the women's 400m individual medley.

Some people could not believe what they saw, and have questioned about Ye's speed. Ye beat her own personal best by 5 seconds and swam the final 50m quicker than Ryan Loche. It's rare at the elite level, especially, this is the first Olympic game for Ye. Can you believe that she is only 16, the youngest swimmer of the game? Despite all the controversies over her performance in 400m individual medley, Ye Shiwen, once again, won the gold in women 200m individual medley in a new game record today. I absalutely adore her! As Ye said to reporters, she is still very young and will have a long way to improve.

Sun Yang holds the 1500m freestyle world record. Can not wait to see if he can win and rewrite a new world record time on this Friday.

The bottom line, Chinese have swimming talents too. I still love Phelps though. Hope he can do better.

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