London 2012 Olympics: China's Yi Siling wins first gold medal of the Games

[get straight]

yes china won even in swimming which is aussie and american dominate, china will dominate very much this olympics, china already dominate in diving

 

[AstroTrain]

It's astonishing this 16 girl beat out the guy who won the gold in the last 50 of an almost identical race.

And Sun is 6'6 could play PF on the BB team. damn . . .

Big Night in the Pool for China
By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
Published: July 28, 2012

LONDON — It was a rough opening night in the pool for defending Olympic champions, above all a certain Michael Phelps, but it was a historic night for the Chinese.
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Doug Mills/The New York Times
Sun Yang, 400m freestyle, July 28.
Sun Yan became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic swimming title by pulling away from Park Tae-hwan on the final two laps to secure the 400-meter freestyle in an Olympic record time. Then, 16-year-old Ye Shiwen smashed the world record in the women’s 400 individual medley by more than a second: all the more remarkable because she swam the last 50 meters in a faster time than the new men’s 400 I.M. champion Ryan Lochte swam his last 50 meters.

That is surely an Olympic first.

“I honestly didn’t realize how far ahead I was,” said Ye, a short-haired teenager from the Chinese city of Hangzhou, which, until now at least, was more famous for its lake.

What was also striking about Ye’s record swim of 4 minutes 28.43 seconds was that she managed it in a textile suit while the record she broke — Stephanie Rice’s 4:29.45 — was set in the age of polyester suits and serial record breaking.

That was in 2008, when Beijing staged the Olympics and led the gold medal count but when their swimmers never quite joined the party in the pool.

The Chinese won one gold in swimming at home, but they already have two on the road in London after only one medal session. And there will almost certainly be more gold to come considering that Sun’s best event is supposed to be the 1500 freestyle in which he holds the world record.

“Obviously, they’re off to a great start, and I tip my hat to Sun; he certainly deserved that,” said Peter Vanderkaay, the American who finished third in the 400 on Saturday. “I know he has worked incredibly hard, and I just got caught the end of the 400 I.M. Hopefully we can match them as the meet continues.”

While Ye won in grand style, Rice — the Australian whose record she smashed — could do no better than sixth place on Saturday. But there were plenty of other established threats in nearby lanes, including American Elizabeth Beisel, the defending world champion in the 400 I.M. who struggled in the opening butterfly leg but was in the lead just ahead of Ye before the final two freestyle laps.

What happened next was startling as Ye found speed to which no other woman in the water could relate. Her lead at the next turn was nearly a second over Beisel and her lead at the end was nearly three seconds as Beisel finished second in 4:31.27 and Ye’s Chinese teammate Li Xuanxu finished third in 4:32.91.

“She had the race of her life; congratulations to her a million times over,” said Beisel, the top qualifier in the preliminary heats.

Beisel, 19, knows all about precocious achievement. She competed in the 2007 world championships when she was only 14 and was the youngest member of the United States swim team at the Olympics in Beijing.

But Ye’s emergence at this phenomenal level presents her with a new challenge. Even in setting a new personal best time, she was 2.84 seconds behind.

“We kind of felt that was the person to beat,” said Gregg Troy, Beisel’s coach at the University of Florida who is coaching the United States men’s team here.

“Elizabeth and I talked,” Troy said. “We knew it was going to take 28 and a half to win, and we kind of thought we can go 28 and a half. We’re a little disappointed with our swim even though it’s her best.”

The result was never in doubt after the final flip turn, which was also true in the 400 free. Park Tae-Hwan, the defending Olympic champion, did get a reprieve. After being disqualified in the morning heats, Park was reinstated in time for the final after an official review determined that he had not moved on the starting blocks, after all.

But there was no relief from the punishment Sun inflicted in the final laps of the 400 final. Sun, already a worldbeater at 1500 meters, is renowned for his finishing power, and he took the lead for good with two laps remaining.

When he touched the final wall, he was the first Chinese man to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. No wonder he spread his long arms and let out an extended bellow.

Sun, at 20 years old, is already an established star in China. Last year at the world championships in Shanghai, he won the 1500 freestyle and took down the sport’s longest standing Olympic-distance individual world record in the process.

Sun came close to breaking Paul Biedermann’s 400 world record of three minutes 40. 07 seconds Saturday night, the first night of swimming in the Aquatics Center at these Games. He was ahead of Biedermann’s pace by more than half a second when he made the final turn. But he ended up settling for an Olympic record of 3:40.14. Park was second in 3:42.06. Vanderkaay was third in 3:44.69.

Sun, like many Chinese swimmers, trains regularly in Australia and spent much of the pre-Olympic buildup in Gold Coast, Australia at a public pool under the experienced eye of Denis Cotterell, an Australian distance freestyle guru who was also the longtime coach of Grant Hackett.

It was Hackett’s record that Sun broke in Shanghai, and Sun will now be an overwhelming favorite to win a second gold medal in London in the 1,500 free.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/sports/olympics/yang-sun-of-china-wins-400-free.html#h[]

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Congratz to china I wonder if china participate in track and field? But I notice all the good athletes from 2008 are not doing as well? Oh well

USA has a bunch of black athletes for its track and field programs, of course we cannot compete with them in these domains.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

USA has a bunch of black athletes for its track and field, of course we cannot compete in these domains.

Unfortunately true. The track and field events are dominated by those of African descent.

Which gives a big advantage to the USA and Britain, in which they make up a significant proportion of the population.

It is one of the benefits of being a "country made of immigrants", which can apply to both the USA and Britain.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Unfortunately true. The track and field events are dominated by those of African descent.

Which gives a big advantage to the USA and Britain, in which they make up a significant proportion of the population.

It is one of the benefits of being a "country made of immigrants", which can apply to both the USA and Britain.

Hopefully we can retain most of the gold medals that we have won in 2008, and in addition with some extra swimming and other gold medals, so we will have a chance to push our gold medal tally toward 60.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Sun Yang currently holds the world record for the 1500m swimming event.

I hope he can break his own record again!

 

[rcrmj]

Sun Yang currently holds the world record for the 1500m swimming event.

I hope he can break his own record again!

lets not put high hopes up````wait until the resoults```same to Ye's best 200m mix style

 

[Chinese Century]

It's astonishing this 16 girl beat out the guy who won the gold in the last 50 of an almost identical race.

And Sun is 6'6 could play PF on the BB team. damn . . .

Big Night in the Pool for China
By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
Published: July 28, 2012

LONDON — It was a rough opening night in the pool for defending Olympic champions, above all a certain Michael Phelps, but it was a historic night for the Chinese.
Enlarge This Image

Doug Mills/The New York Times
Sun Yang, 400m freestyle, July 28.
Sun Yan became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic swimming title by pulling away from Park Tae-hwan on the final two laps to secure the 400-meter freestyle in an Olympic record time. Then, 16-year-old Ye Shiwen smashed the world record in the women’s 400 individual medley by more than a second: all the more remarkable because she swam the last 50 meters in a faster time than the new men’s 400 I.M. champion Ryan Lochte swam his last 50 meters.

That is surely an Olympic first.

“I honestly didn’t realize how far ahead I was,” said Ye, a short-haired teenager from the Chinese city of Hangzhou, which, until now at least, was more famous for its lake.

What was also striking about Ye’s record swim of 4 minutes 28.43 seconds was that she managed it in a textile suit while the record she broke — Stephanie Rice’s 4:29.45 — was set in the age of polyester suits and serial record breaking.

That was in 2008, when Beijing staged the Olympics and led the gold medal count but when their swimmers never quite joined the party in the pool.

The Chinese won one gold in swimming at home, but they already have two on the road in London after only one medal session. And there will almost certainly be more gold to come considering that Sun’s best event is supposed to be the 1500 freestyle in which he holds the world record.

“Obviously, they’re off to a great start, and I tip my hat to Sun; he certainly deserved that,” said Peter Vanderkaay, the American who finished third in the 400 on Saturday. “I know he has worked incredibly hard, and I just got caught the end of the 400 I.M. Hopefully we can match them as the meet continues.”

While Ye won in grand style, Rice — the Australian whose record she smashed — could do no better than sixth place on Saturday. But there were plenty of other established threats in nearby lanes, including American Elizabeth Beisel, the defending world champion in the 400 I.M. who struggled in the opening butterfly leg but was in the lead just ahead of Ye before the final two freestyle laps.

What happened next was startling as Ye found speed to which no other woman in the water could relate. Her lead at the next turn was nearly a second over Beisel and her lead at the end was nearly three seconds as Beisel finished second in 4:31.27 and Ye’s Chinese teammate Li Xuanxu finished third in 4:32.91.

“She had the race of her life; congratulations to her a million times over,” said Beisel, the top qualifier in the preliminary heats.

Beisel, 19, knows all about precocious achievement. She competed in the 2007 world championships when she was only 14 and was the youngest member of the United States swim team at the Olympics in Beijing.

But Ye’s emergence at this phenomenal level presents her with a new challenge. Even in setting a new personal best time, she was 2.84 seconds behind.

“We kind of felt that was the person to beat,” said Gregg Troy, Beisel’s coach at the University of Florida who is coaching the United States men’s team here.

“Elizabeth and I talked,” Troy said. “We knew it was going to take 28 and a half to win, and we kind of thought we can go 28 and a half. We’re a little disappointed with our swim even though it’s her best.”

The result was never in doubt after the final flip turn, which was also true in the 400 free. Park Tae-Hwan, the defending Olympic champion, did get a reprieve. After being disqualified in the morning heats, Park was reinstated in time for the final after an official review determined that he had not moved on the starting blocks, after all.

But there was no relief from the punishment Sun inflicted in the final laps of the 400 final. Sun, already a worldbeater at 1500 meters, is renowned for his finishing power, and he took the lead for good with two laps remaining.

When he touched the final wall, he was the first Chinese man to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. No wonder he spread his long arms and let out an extended bellow.

Sun, at 20 years old, is already an established star in China. Last year at the world championships in Shanghai, he won the 1500 freestyle and took down the sport’s longest standing Olympic-distance individual world record in the process.

Sun came close to breaking Paul Biedermann’s 400 world record of three minutes 40. 07 seconds Saturday night, the first night of swimming in the Aquatics Center at these Games. He was ahead of Biedermann’s pace by more than half a second when he made the final turn. But he ended up settling for an Olympic record of 3:40.14. Park was second in 3:42.06. Vanderkaay was third in 3:44.69.

Sun, like many Chinese swimmers, trains regularly in Australia and spent much of the pre-Olympic buildup in Gold Coast, Australia at a public pool under the experienced eye of Denis Cotterell, an Australian distance freestyle guru who was also the longtime coach of Grant Hackett.

It was Hackett’s record that Sun broke in Shanghai, and Sun will now be an overwhelming favorite to win a second gold medal in London in the 1,500 free.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/sports/olympics/yang-sun-of-china-wins-400-free.html#h[]

I really hope ye shiwen is clean.
Otherwise It would be a devastating blow to all the work we did to clean up after the 1990's disaster. It would all go to waste.
For a girl to go even faster than lochte and phelps in the last 100m in the same event will obviously raise anyone's suspicions.

I've read a few western newspapers already raising questions about this.

 

[beijingwalker]

4 gold medalists,two of them are from Hunan,2 swimmers are both from Zhejiang Hangzhou,they are all southerners,we northerners should work harder now,lol.

 

[gpit]

China all smiles but Miley is left in the wake

... The 20-year-old was under intense pressure to deliver in London; in the build-up to the Games his membership of the Communist Party was hurried through. He is the world record-holder at 1500m – breaking Grant Hackett's 10-year-old mark at last year's World Championships – and looks set to dominate the middle and long-distance events.

...

China all smiles but Miley is left in the wake - Swimming - Olympics - The Independent

Hahaha...

Looks like bestowing communist party membership like injecting a tube of steroids!

A new high tech in making...

Cool, and legal!

 

[beijingwalker]

Hahaha...

Looks like bestowing communist party membership like injecting a tube of steroids!

A new high tech in making...

Cool, and legal!

Sun Yong proved himself in so many international touraments and world championship and is the most favorite for this event,all those illegal drugs were invented by US so you are the most likely ones to take them.

 

[gpit]

yes china won even in swimming which is aussie and american dominate, china will dominate very much this olympics, china already dominate in diving

Rightly said.

The world is to shiver before diving team of China:


China aims for Diving domination

China will bid to go one better than four years ago and claim all the medals in the Olympic Games Diving pool over the next fortnight as events begin in the Aquatics Centre.

At Beijing 2008, only Matthew Mitcham denied them a home clean sweep after the Australian upset the odds to win in the men's 10m Platform.

It is in the same event that China face the toughest test to win all eight gold medals on offer - a feat they managed at last year's World Championships.

World champion Qiu Bo is the man to beat on the highest board but he faces stiff competition from GB hopeful Tom Daley, who is set to be spurred on by a 17,500-strong crowd at the Aquatics Centre.

Daley enters the Games in career-best form after being crowned World Series and European champion in the past six months, while he has also twice improved his personal best to cut the gap behind first-time Olympian Bo.

While the 18-year-old still believes he is fighting for silver behind Bo, Daley hinted that his experience of competing in Beijing could prove a decisive factor.

'Normally in Diving, silver is gold because the Chinese dominate everything,' said Daley, who beat Bo to win the world title in 2009. 'But you never know what can happen in the Olympic Games.'

Competition begins on Sunday when Wu Minxia will bid to equal fellow Chinese Guo Jingjing's Olympic Games record of six Diving medals.

Wu will aim for a hat-trick of successes in the women's 3m Synchro alongside He Zi, before they will go head-to-head next week in the individual event.

Canada's Emilie Heymans looks to be their biggest threat as she aims to become the first woman to win a medal at four consecutive Games.

Chen Ruolin is being tipped to defend her individual and synchro platform Olympic titles after also claiming both world crowns last year in Shanghai.

In the men's competitions, He Chong and Qin Kai are expected to continue the dominance on the springboard but it is in the 10m Platform where China's hopes of a perfect record are most vulnerable.

In the synchro competition, which takes place on Monday, teenage first-time Olympians Zhang Yanquan and Cao Yuan will bid to fend off a strong field.

The duo did not compete at last year's World Championships to offer hopes for the likes of runners-up Patrick Hausding and Sacha Klein, from Germany, while Daley will team up with 2004 Olympic silver medallist Pete Waterfield.

The Diving competition will then finish on the penultimate day of the Games with the much-anticipated clash between Bo and Daley set to be further enhanced by the recently-returned Mitcham, who has been sidelined by injury for the past couple of years

http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/china-aims-for-diving-domination.html

 

[Chinese Century]

Sun Yong proved himself in so many international touraments and world championship and is the most favorite for this event,all those illegal drugs were invented by US so you are the most likely ones to take them.

Sun Yang is definitely clean. Im 100% certain of that.
He is technically superb.

It's the girls that I'm worried about.

 

[beijingwalker]

Sun Yang is definitely clean. Im 100% certain of that.
He is technically superb.

It's the girls that I'm worried about.

China sent a whole team with all the athletes monitoring their diet and watching anything they put into their mouths,so no worries.

 

[Chinese Century]

China sent a whole team with all the athletes monitoring their diet and watching anything they put into their mouths,so no worries.

It's not the athletes I'm suspicious of, it's the coaches. Ye Shiwen is only 16 years old, no way she knows anything about doping and where to get them.
Li Zhesi was banned earlier this month for taking EPO, therefore she missed the olympics, she was on our relay team. She is 17 years old. This is why people are questioning Ye Shiwen.
She swam quicker in the last 100m than the gold medal winner in the equivalent men's event.
She is either a freak talent like Michael Phelps or something is up.

Go to swim websites and all they are talking about is whether Ye Shiwen was clean.
I hope for our reputation in the pool, that she was clean.
Because if she is not, every medal we win in the pool will be questioned and will ruin the Olympics for the whole swim team.

Don't forget Americans have a history of systematic doping in all sports(I still believe American swimmers do drugs even now), infact Jessica Hardy, who is in the US swimming relay team in this Olympics was banned for doping for 2 years a couple of years back.

There should be zero tolerance for doping cheats regardless of the country.
I'm very strong against doping. It ruins the image of our country and even the fair athletes are dragged down.

We should question everyone, I have very strong feelings on this.

Everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but it still doesn't stop people from raising suspicions.

I'm sorry about getting emotional over this, but I'm a MASSIVE swimming fan, I don't want anyone or any country ruining the sport I love.