Chinese teenager Yan Ziyi set a new women's javelin Asian record of 71.74m at the Diamond League Xiamen, a day after her 18th birthday. She also broke her own U20 world record and ranks second all-time globally.
18-year-old Yan Ziyi set a new Asian record in women's javelin at the Xiamen Diamond League with a throw of 71.74m, nearing the world record and easily surpassing the previous Asian best.
Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey has broken the meet record in the women’s 200m freestyle at the Bergen Swim Festival in Norway. Haughey’s time of one minute, 54.31 seconds not only won gold but was also her fastest time in almost two years. The previous meet record of 1:54.77 was set by Haughey’s Swedish rival Sarah Sjostrom. Haughey’s swim also moved her to third-fastest in the world this season, and is just 0.39 seconds off her own Asian record of 1:53.92, which she set at the Tokyo Olympics in...
