凯文老师,亚洲飞鱼”宁泽涛夺冠,瞬间爆红.doc

[亚洲飞鱼”宁泽涛夺冠,瞬间爆红] Swimming world championships debutant Ning Zetao claimed a historic win for China here on Thursday, grabbing the gold of the blue-ribbon mens 100m freestyle in 47.84 seconds. Ning, 22, the first Asian swimmer breaking the 48-second barrier in the event, smashed the Western domination tonight and became the first Chinese to win the event in the world top arena. Nings victory strengthened Chinas power in the mens pool, the sprint race in particular. Olympic and world champion Sun Yang has already showed domination in freestyle distance races. China had made some breakthrough in swimming in recent years. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Zhang Lin won the first Olympic swimming medal for Chinese male swimmers. At the 2009 Rome worlds, Zhang became the first Chinese man to claim a gold medal at world championships. At the 2012 London Games, Sun Yang won Chinas first Olympic gold in mens swimming. And in Kazan, Ning won the most important gold in pool for China. Ning, a lieutenant in the Chinese navy, saluted the national flag during the medal ceremony. I didnt expect the gold medal. I just want to say Im Chinese, he said after the duel. Winning the gold is like a dream, said Ning, Asian record holder of the event. I made it. And I show the world that Chinese men can also win the short distance swimming. The mens 100m free final at worlds had never seen an Asian swimmer for quite a long time. Ning stormed into the final with the second-best time in the semifinals. Just getting to the final was a big achievement. I didnt even think about a medal. When I touched the wall I didnt realise I had it, said Ning. Before coming to Kazan, Ning had collected the mens 50m and 100m free golds at the 2014 Asian Games. Ning started swimming at the age of eight in a bid to improve his physical health only. But his quick grasp of learning different strokes and techniques attracted local coach Guo Hongyan.Ning joined the Henan provincial swimming team at the age of 11 a