China News Service, Beijing, October 27 (Liu Mengqing) The 2026 National Swimming Championships (25m) will continue on the 27th at the "Water Cube" of the National Swimming Center in Beijing. Zhang Yufei and Zhang Zhanshuo won the women's 100-meter butterfly and men's 800-meter freestyle championships respectively, and set a new Asian record in the short course. In the men's and women's 4×100 meter medley relay final, Xu Jiayu started the backstroke with a time of 48.54 seconds, breaking the Asian record in the short course, leading the Zhejiang Shouxiangu team to win the championship and breaking the Asian record.
In the women's 100-meter butterfly final, Jiangsu Zhouke team's star Zhang Yufei was the first to hit the wall with a time of 54.87 seconds, breaking Yu Yiting's Asian record of 55.17 seconds. Wang Yichun and Lu Yue won silver and bronze medals respectively.
"The underwater leg has always been a problem that I have not been able to overcome in the past. This time the underwater leg is much better than I expected." After the game, Zhang Yufei said that the record breaking was related to the performance of the underwater leg. The training at the plateau before the game helped her a lot. Now she is trying to learn to control and distribute her physical strength in the preliminaries and finals.
Shandong Qingshi Team player Zhang Zhanshuo won the men's 800-meter freestyle championship with a time of 7 minutes, 28 seconds and 61 seconds, significantly setting the short course Asian record. This is Zhang Zhanshuo's third gold medal in this tournament after the men's 1500m and 400m freestyle.
In the men's and women's 4×100m medley relay final, Zhejiang Shouxiangu team composed of Xu Jiayu, Xie Yichen, Lu Yue and Liu Yaxin won the championship with a time of 3 minutes, 36.00 seconds, setting a new short course Asian record. Xu Jiayu started the backstroke with a time of 48.54 seconds, setting a new Asian record for the men's 100-meter backstroke short course. This is also his fourth personal gold medal in this tournament. Jiangsu Zhouke team and Shandong Qingshi team won silver and bronze medals respectively.
Athletes from the Hebei Taihua team won both the men's and women's 400-meter individual medley championships. 14-year-old Yu Zidi of Hebei Taihua Team won the women's 400-meter individual medley gold medal with a time of 4 minutes, 27 seconds and 34 seconds, winning his fourth gold medal in this competition. Liu Yanxi, a player from the Zhejiang Shouxiangu team who ranked first in the preliminaries, won the silver medal in the finals. He Yubo of Hebei Taihua Team won the men's 400m individual medley gold medal with a time of 4:04.81.
Xu Fang of Shandong Qingshi Team won the men's 100-meter butterfly gold medal with a time of 49.47 seconds. Wang Xizhe and Lin Yuchen ranked second and third respectively.
This event is the domestic selection competition for the World Short Course Swimming Championships to be held at the "Water Cube" in early December. The last competition day will be on the 28th.
