China’s Li Bingjie breaks short course 400m freestyle world record

The 20-year-old swimmer was part of China’s gold-winning 4x200m freestyle relay team and bagged bronze in the 400m freestyle at the Tokyo Games last year.

Published : Oct 27, 2022 21:07 IST

Li Bingjie is also the reigning short course world champion in 400m and 800m freestyle events.
Li Bingjie is also the reigning short course world champion in 400m and 800m freestyle events. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
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Li Bingjie is also the reigning short course world champion in 400m and 800m freestyle events. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

China’s Li Bingjie broke the women’s short course 400-metre freestyle world record at the Chinese qualifiers for the world championships on Thursday, shaving nearly three seconds off the previous mark set by Australia’s Ariarne Titmus.

Li set the record in three minutes and 51.30 seconds, breaking the old world record of 3:53.92 set by Australia’s double Olympic champion Titmus at the 2018 world championships in Hangzhou, China.

“I was surprised with my result. I have returned to the pool only for two months since I took a vacation after the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary,” Xinhua news agency quoted Li as saying.

“I hope I could get faster and do my best in the upcoming Melbourne worlds,” she said, referring to the Dec. 13-18 world championships.

The 20-year-old swimmer was part of China’s gold-winning 4x200m freestyle relay team and bagged bronze in the 400m freestyle at the Tokyo Games last year.

She is also the reigning short course world champion in 400m and 800m freestyle events.

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