Wu Qingfeng Fires Off 24.02 Lifetime Greatest In Women’s 50 Free At Chinese Nationals

2026 CHINESE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2026 Chinese National Swimming Championships noticed day 5 unfold from Hangzhou, with the nation’s prime performers placing up their greatest within the hopes of constructing the Asian Games squad. The prime two finishers in every occasion qualify, with the nation hoping to as soon as once more prime the general swimming medal desk in opposition to rivals resembling Japan and South Korea as soon as that prestigious competitors begins in September.

Wu Qingfeng received issues began within the ladies’s 50m freestyle, with the 23-year-old Olympic medalist placing up a brand new lifetime greatest on her method to topping the rostrum.

Wu stopped the clock at a speedy results of 24.02, downing her former PB of 24.18 notched eventually yr’s Chinese National Championships.

Cheng Yujie settled for silver tonight in 24.39, simply off her best-ever outing of 24.23 from final November.

Zhang Yufei, a 6-time medalist from the 2024 Olympic Games, rounded out the rostrum in 24.50.

As for Wu, her effort now inserts her into the record of all-time Chinese performers in slot #2, sitting solely behind nationwide file holder Liu Xiang‘s benchmark of 23.97 from 2021.

Top 5 Chinese Women’s LCM 50 Freestyle Performers All-Time

1. Liu Xiang – 23.97, 2021
2. Wu Qingfeng – 24.02, 2026
3. Zhang Yufei – 24.15, 2023
4. Cheng Yujie – 24.23, 2025
5. Jingyi Le – 24.51, 1994

Wu’s time additionally surpassed the 24.26 it took her to earn silver eventually yr’s World Championships, matching the 24.02 mark that Aussie Meg Harris registered because the gold medalist in Singapore.

Wu now ranks third on the earth on the season.

23-year-old Wang Changhao stored the momentum rolling, notching a shiny new Chinese nationwide file en path to profitable the boys’s 50m fly.

Wang, a 2024 Olympic Games medalist within the males’s 4x100m medley relay, posted a speedy time of 23.21 to say the gold. That erased his personal former CHN nationwide customary of 23.25 established on the 2023 Chinese Spring Championships.

Xu Fang, the person who scored a brand new nationwide file final evening within the 100m fly, secured silver in 23.42. The present Chinese nationwide file holder within the 200m fly, Chen Juner, bagged the bronze in 23.63.

Wang’s new 23.21 mark ranks him simply exterior the record of the highest 25 performers on the earth this season, though he’s now the Seventh-best Asian performer of all time.

Top 10 Asian Men’s LCM 50 Butterfly Performers All-Time

1. Joseph Schooling (SGP) – 22.93, 2017
2. Tzen Wei Teong (SGP) – 23.03, 2022
3. Shoon Mitsunuga (JPN) – 23.06, 2026 & Taikan Tanaka (JPN) – 23.06, 2026
4. –
5. Takeshi Kawamoto (JPN) – 23.13, 2023
6. Yuya Tanaka (JPN) – 23.19, 2022
7. Wang Changhao (CHN) – 23.21, 2026
8. Tomonobu Gomi (JPN) – 23.22, 2026 & Kota Ichikawa (JPN) – 23.22, 2026
9. –
10. Inchul Baek (KOR) – 23.24, 2024

Fei Liwei received it accomplished for gold within the males’s 800m free, handing over a time of seven:47.29 as the only performer to dip beneath the 7:50 threshold.

23-year-old Fei was the clear victor, with Li Chengyu notching 7:55.95 for silver and Zhang Zhongxin additionally nicely behind in 7:56.33.

Fei’s time tonight was simply barely off his best-ever efficiency, a time of seven:47.11 nabbed within the prelims of the occasion on the 2024 Olympic Games, which rendered him the tenth place finisher there in Paris.

Fei now ranks tenth on the earth this season.

Of be aware, Olympic champion Sun Yang settled for a tenth place end within the 8free tonight, hitting 8:06.76. Additionally, World Junior file holder Zhang Zhanshuo scratched the occasion, though he’s already put up a head-turning effort of seven:44.45 on the China Open in March to rank fifth on the earth proper now.

Additional Notes

• The ladies’s 200m breaststroke was on the subdued aspect, with the highest performer, Zhu Leiju, clocking 2:25.11 because the gold medalist. Hu Qinhao delivered a time of two:26.23 for silver, with Lu Qinyao rounding out the rostrum in 2:26.60.
• The males’s 200m breaststroke was additionally with out fireworks, as just one competitor cleared the two:10 barrier. Hong Kong’s Adam Mak scored a brand new nationwide file en path to gold, hitting 2:09.33 because the winner. That outperformed his personal earlier HKG customary of two:09.93 logged on the 2025 Hong Kong National Games. Look for a follow-up submit on his record-setting outing.
• World file holder Pan Zhanle dove in for his squad’s 4x100m free relay, main off in a time of 48.14. Sun was the 2nd leg, posting 49.10 for his half.
• 13-year-old Yu Zidi turned in a mark of 1:55.74 because the anchor on her group’s 4x200m free relay. Other notable splits included Yu Yiting main off in 1:56.33 and Li Bingjie main off in 1:56.16 on her relay squad.