Santana stuns with record feat
Print Edition
BRAZIL’S hopes of producing a winner at the 2014 Rio Olympics began to look plausible yesterday when Matheus Santana won the men’s 100 meters freestyle final at the Youth Games.
His record-breaking swim stunned his rivals and endorsed the theory that the experience of competing in China would help in the moulding of future champions. The 18-year-old Brazilian cruised to victory in 48.25 seconds — a world record for a junior swimmer and faster than Michael Phelps, Olympic champion Nathan Adrian and world champion James Magnussen managed at the Pan Pacific championships on the same day.
Santana won one of nine gold medals decided on the final day of swimming competition. China collected two more golds, including the relay, one of the sport’s new events, to finish at the top of the medals table in the pool, followed by Russia.
In badminton, host China maintained its world domination as Shi Yuqi and He Bingjiao bagged the men’s and women’s singles gold medals respectively.
Top seed Shi defeated compatriot and world junior champion Lin Guipu in straight sets, while He avenged her world junior championships final loss against Japanese Akane Yamaguchi.
“I was so tired by the second game, but I kept thinking about my coach telling me that I had to keep going no matter how tired I am. The crowd’s cheers also helped,” He said after her 22-24 23-21 21-17 victory.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
