The Olympic two silver flying fish He Shibei moved to the 50m freestyle preliminary tonight (30th) to advance to the 15th place, but the swimming team announced that He Shibei would withdraw from the semi-finals tomorrow morning due to a back injury.
However, He Shibei continued to participate in the 4x100m medley relay. She said after the match that the injury was on the hip, not the back, so as not to affect the International Swimming League (ISL) at the end of August, she decided to get more rest time.
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With He Shibei's withdrawal from the 50-meter freestyle semi-finals, the 4x100-meter medley relay became the last competition of the swimming team this year.
In the end, He Shibei, together with Huang Yuntao, Yang Zhenmei and Zheng Limei, finished in 4 minutes 2.86 seconds and missed the seventh place in the group.
He Shibei clarified that she withdrew from the 50-meter freestyle semi-finals because of straining her hip muscles, not her back as previously stated.
(Photo by Gao Shiqi)
Even with a hip injury, He Shibei still scored 57.67 seconds in the butterfly stroke, which is a good performance.
After the match, she revealed that the injury had already appeared after the 200-meter final: "After the 200-meter final, I felt a bit painful, but it didn’t get better after a few days. After discussing with the coach, she thought we had to deal with the international swimming league at the end of August. This decision."
Summarizing the entire Olympics, He Shibei swam a total of 1,050 meters and won two silver medals to avoid overloading the body, and it is understandable to retire.
He Shibei (from left), Huang Yuntao, Yang Zhenmei and Zheng Limei completed the 4X100m medley relay and called for the Hong Kong swimming team.
(Photo by Gao Shiqi)
It was the relay of the day. Huang Juntao and Yang Zhenmei finally made their debut in the Olympic Games. The former bluntly said that the intuitive battle is tickling: "Today is the seventh day. We have prepared 6 days for this relay. We have witnessed He Shibei’s creation of history. I also see the efforts of other athletes, and I really want to fall into the water quickly.” The swimming event has attracted the attention of all Hong Kong citizens. Huang Juntao also believes that this is an extremely big motivation: “I never thought that Hong Kong people can be so united. Supporting us is very touched, so everything also makes us work hard to be a Hong Kong athlete."
Huang Juntao played in the relay backstroke.
(Photo by Gao Shiqi)
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Yang Zhenmei also believes that the bits and pieces of this Olympics are exciting: "I am really excited. I am honored to represent Hong Kong in a team event. I have been seeing the efforts of He Shibei, Zhang Jialang and the badminton team, which has inspired me a lot. The Olympics is the dream of every athlete when he was young. I can do it step by step. I am proud of it and thank all those who support us, especially our family."
Speaking of family, Zheng Limei, who participated in the two relays, revealed that after 2019, there has been no family fun. After the Tokyo Olympics, they can finally get together with family members whom they have not seen for two years.
He Shibei first silver: Women's 200m freestyle.
(Photo by Gao Shiqi)
He Shibei second silver: Women's 100m freestyle.
(Photo by Yang Yuqiao)
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