Zhang Yufei Hits 50 Fly Season-Best, Wang Xizhe Posts Speedy 200 Fly To Close Out CHN Nats

2026 CHINESE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tuesday, June 16 – Sunday, June 21, 2026
• Hangzhou, China
• LCM (50 meters)
• Live Results
• Daily Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5

The sixth and final day of the 2026 Chinese National Swimming Championships took place in Hangzhou tonight, but not before several additional swims impressed the home crowd on athletes’ journeys to potential Asian Games qualification.

28-year-old Zhang Yufei led the charge with a head-turning result en route to gold in the women’s 50m fly.

Zhang, a 6-time Olympic medalist from the 2024 Games in Paris, delivered a time of 25.27, falling just .18 outside her lifetime best and Chinese national record of 25.05 she put on the books at the 2023 World Championships.

Wu Qingfeng, already the women’s 50m freestyle victor here, turned in a time of 25.48 as the silver medalist, while on-fire Yu Yiting bagged the bronze in 25.92.

Wu’s effort checked in as a new lifetime best, erasing the 25.72 notched just last November. Yu’s result was only .21 from the 25.71 PB she established at that same domestic competition.

Zhang now takes over slot #3 in the season’s world rankings in this event, while Wu inserts herself into slot #5.

The men’s side of the house saw World Junior record holder Zhang Zhanshuo post a speedy time of 3:44.47 to grab the gold in the 400m freestyle.

That got him to the wall with a healthy advantage over the next-closest swimmer, Fei Liwei, who settled for silver in 3:46.41. Xu Haibo also landed on the podium in 3:47.60, good enough for bronze, with Olympic champion Sun Yang relegated to 4th place in 3:49.39.

As an 18-year-old last November, Zhang set the current WJR at a swift mark of 3:42.82, so he was less than two seconds off that result with tonight’s performance.

Finally, the men’s 200m fly produced some significant results, with Wang Xizhe putting the national record on notice with his winning time of 1:54.63.

That checked in just over half a second outside the Chinese standard of 1:54.02 Chen Juner nabbed at last year’s World Championships.

Splitting 26.04/29.73 (55.77)/30.00/2, 20-year-old World Junior champion Xizhe demolished his former PB of 1:55.97 to become China’s 4th-fastest man in history.

Top 5 Chinese Men’s LCM 200 Butterfly Performers All-Time

1. Chen Juner – 1:54.02, 2025
2. Wu Peng – 1:54.35, 2008
3. Chen Yin – 1:54.43, 2012
4. Wang Xizhe – 1:54.63, 2026
5. Xu Fang – 1:54.74, 2025

Silver went to Niu Guangsheng, who touched in 1:55.36, and Chen snagged the bronze in 1:56.49.

Additional Notes

• National record holder Li Bingjie controlled the final of the women’s 800m freestyle, stopping the clock at a mark of 8:25.79. That was enough for the gold, although she was much quicker this past March when she logged a time of 8:16.27 at the China Open to rank 4th in the world. Her PB remains at the Chinese benchmark of 8:13.31 she nabbed at the 2023 World Championshps. Silver this evening went to Ma Yonghui, who touched in 8:28.55, with Gao Weizhong rounding out the podium in 8:29.45. Of note, 13-year-old phenom Yu Zidi notched a time of 8:37.30 to capture 5th place.
• The men’s 200m backstroke was on the subdued side, with a time of 1:57.50 swift enough to garner the gold. That time was performed by Song Borui, with Olympic medalist Xu Jiayu snagging silver in 1:57.55. Pan Zhanle, yes, the 100m freestyle World Record holder, earned a surprising bronze in the race, hitting a lifetime best of 1:58.54.
• After a quiet competition, World Record holder Qin Haiyang sealed the deal for gold in the men’s 50m breaststroke. The 27-year-old Olympic relay multi-medalist turned in a time of 26.90, within striking distance of the 26.75 season-best produced at last November’s Chinese National Games. Liu Junjie claimed silver in 27.07 and Dong Zhihao, the 2024 world champion in the 200m breast, hit 27.18 for the bronze medal.