Zhang Yufei wins women's 200m butterfly at Hangzhou Asiad
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Updated: 2023-09-24 22:08
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HANGZHOU - Chinese Olympic champion Zhang Yufei on Sunday won the women's 200m butterfly title at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.
The 25-year-old star swimmer broke the Games record in two minutes and 5.57 seconds. Yu Liyan, the other Chinese swimmer, took the silver medal in 2:08.31. Japan's Makino Hiroko finished third in 2:09.22.
"It's super great to win a gold. My first job is to take the gold for China. Next was to beat Jiao Liuyang's Games record, and I also did that. But I feel I could have gone even faster," said Zhang.
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