Hong Kong swimming representative He Shibei, who won two silver medals in the Tokyo Olympics, played in the first two-day event of the 2021 International Swimming League (ISL) in Naples, Italy in the early hours of Friday (27th) Hong Kong time.
The Hong Kong player represented the Energy Standard swimming team in three events on the first day, breaking the Asian short pool record in the women's 50m freestyle, which is not a strong point.
In the first battle of ISL, he represented Energy Standard He Shibei in 3 events, including 50m freestyle, 400m freestyle and 4X100m freestyle relay. For two consecutive days, there were still Toronto Titans, DC Trident and Aqua Centurions competing.
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He Shibei won the silver medal in the 100 and 200m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics earlier, and soon after returning to Hong Kong, he set off to participate in the International Swimming League.
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He Shibei joined the captain Si Zutang in the women’s 4X100m freestyle. The Hong Kong swimmer took the first shot and quickly opened the distance. After the second shot, Si Zutang still took the lead, but was eventually turned back. The team finished second in 3 minutes and 30.85 seconds.
50 seconds since breaking the Asian short pool record
After about 10 minutes of rest, He Shibei moved to the 50-meter freestyle, which is not a strong point. After Si Zutang closed with 23.50 seconds, the second-ranked Kasia Wasick time was 23.62 seconds, and He Shibei swam his personal best 23.75 seconds. , Ranked third, but it was enough to set the Asian record for the short pool. The original Asian record (23.95 seconds) was held by the two — first set by the Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee at the 2017 Short Pool World Cup in Switzerland. , In 2018, Chinese swimmer Zhu Menghui tied the time at the World Short Course Championships.
In the 400-meter freestyle in her last event today, He Shibei swam 4 minutes and 01.5 seconds, second in time. However, because ISL added the "halfway point system" in the 400-meter event this year, she took the lead in reaching the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle. Get extra points under the meter, and rank first in 400 in terms of points.
After the first day of the event, Energy Standard ranked first among the 4 teams with 262.5 points.
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