Chinese swimmers swept two titles out of five at stake on Thursday to raise their swimming gold tally to three at the world championships in Rome.
Zhao Jing shattered the women’s 50m backstroke world record with a time of 27.06 seconds to win the world title.
”It’s my first world championship and this gold was beyond my wildest dreams,” said Zhao, who bettered the previous mark of 27.38 seconds set by Anastasia Zueva in the semifinals.
Germany’s Daniela Samulski claimed silver in 27.23 seconds and China’s Gao Chang placed third in 27.28.
Chinese swimmers swept two titles out of five at stake on Thursday to raise their swimming gold tally to three at the world championships in Rome.
Zhao Jing shattered the women’s 50m backstroke world record with a time of 27.06 seconds to win the world title.
”It’s my first world championship and this gold was beyond my wildest dreams,” said Zhao, who bettered the previous mark of 27.38 seconds set by Anastasia Zueva in the semifinals.
Germany’s Daniela Samulski claimed silver in 27.23 seconds and China’s Gao Chang placed third in 27.28.