Chinese swimmer Wang wins China its first men's IM title at Tokyo Olympics
Source: Xinhua| 2021-07-30 12:13:44|Editor: huaxia
TOKYO, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Rio bronze medalist Wang Shun of China clocked a PB and an Asian record time of one minute and 55.00 seconds to win men's 200m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics here on Friday.
Wang had a slow start but came first after the backstroke split, and held his nerve to deny a comeback effort by 200m freestyle silver medalist Scott in the final sprint.
The gold was China's first gold in men's swimming at Tokyo, and also the first men's individual medley title for China at Olympics. Wang became the second Chinese male swimmer to win gold medal at Olympic Games.
"I just wanted to be myself in my third Olympics. I was keen on the medal and I did it. All I gave out on the path to Tokyo finally paid off," said 27-year-old Wang, who set his eyes on Paris 2024.
British Duncan Scott burst out from the fifth place to second in the freestyle split and took the silver in 1:55.28. Swiss Jeremy Desplanches bagged the bronze in 1:56.17.
