Ye Shiwen, Xu Jiayu Among Chinese Competing Domestically This Week

Chinese Olympians and World Championships medalists are set to compete later this week at one of two newly-introduced high-level domestic swimming competitions.

Set for Thursday, December 31st through Sunday, January 3rd, an elite list of Chinese invitees will descend upon Shijiazhuang City for the long course meet.

Only the top 16 athletes in each individual event at the 2020 National Swimming Championships have been formally invited, along with additional wild card spots for other national swimming team and national swimming training camp athletes. Wild card athletes must have participated in events hosted by the China Swimming Association after January 1, 2019

The likes of Ye Shiwen, Yan Zibei, Xu Jiayu, and Wang Shun are among those expected to throw down some racing over the next few days.

Per the Chinese Swimming Federation, this competition, in addition to a second similar meet set for early March, is being held ‘in order to further prepare for the Tokyo Olympics swimming event, build a domestic high-level swimming competition platform, and promote the improvement of swimming performances, after discussions.’

All individual Olympic events are included in the meet’s schedule, as are the men’s and women’s medley relay events.

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Love swimming
3 years ago

Deepest racism culture in swimming community! When a white swimmer performed outstanding, it is talent! when an Asian swimmer performed outstanding, it is doping…

CaliSwimmer
Reply to  Love swimming
3 years ago

For real. It’s so embarrassing. Just as Chinese athletes have doped, so have American athletes.

Prettykitten
Reply to  Love swimming
3 years ago

I was at that Cali meet in 2019 where Dressel went 47 in 100 free and 50 in 100 fly “untapered” and I heard people talking about how the chinese girl was doping because she went 1:56 in 200 free… Not saying Dressel is doping or anything. But thats just not right.

HuntleyJones
Reply to  Prettykitten
3 years ago

Doesn’t Dressel have something like 8 TUEs? I never saw the Fancy Bears leak, only heard about it from people who did.

Prettykitten
Reply to  HuntleyJones
3 years ago

Probably. Lots of American’s get prescribed drugs so they can train harder because the medical system lets them do that. But its a grey area because its legal and its unfair to punish someone who actually needs to take drugs for a reason unrelated to sports. Its not my job to look into that stuff. However I will say i wouldn’t be surprised if he was over the legal limit of caffeine when he went is 17 in 50 free. 4 scoops of pre workout is insane lol.

moddiddle
3 years ago

On an unrelated noted, tomorrow will be the last day for reanalysis of London 2012 drug samples. Otherwise, those results are cemented in history.

Mr Piano
Reply to  moddiddle
3 years ago

Katie Ledecky went 8:14 in the 800 free as a 15 year old, and the 400 IM world record is two seconds faster than Ye’s PB. Not much reason to suspect her of doping.

The unoriginal Tim
Reply to  Mr Piano
3 years ago

True.

Fortnite Nick
3 years ago

The boys are back in town

Bruh
3 years ago

“After research” sound legit

whever
Reply to  Bruh
3 years ago

it’s a translation issue. the original text is more close to ‘after discussion’.

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