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PAGE 4 • AUGUST 15, 2011 CHINA DAILY SWIMMING Lu wants to enhance her talents abroad China’s Lu Ying splashes her way to her ﬁ rst Universiade gold medal in the women’s 50m butterﬂ y on Sunday. GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY By SUN XIAOCHEN fi nishing in 25.98 seconds, just 0.01 gained from the Shanghai worlds. glory can be attributed to training help to improve my skills. They CHINA DAILY sec behind the Games’ record, to “Yeah, I feel a little tired after abroad. have advanced training meth- deliver the Chinese delegation’s fi rst swimming in two major events Aft er sending its best overseas, the ods and elite coaches. My coach SHENZHEN — Aft er claiming gold in the pool on Sunday evening. one aft er the other. But I got very budding swimming nation reaped a already sent the application for me her fi rst Universiade gold medal in Th e Aussies pair, Marieke Gue- high at Shanghai competing 1,500m world record through new to go abroad. Hopefully the gov- the women’s 50m butterfl y, young here and Alice Mills, fi nished sec- against so many top swimmers in star Sun Yang, who went to train erning body will let me go,” Lu told Chinese student swimmer Lu Ying ond and third 0.26 sec and 0.55 sec the world, and I carried that form with the Aussie legend Grant Hack- a packed mixed zone. is keen to follow her senior com- later, respectively. to Shenzhen. ett’s mentor, Dennis Cotterell. During breaks in training, Lu patriots’ path to Lu, who studies marketing at “Actually, it’s not a problem for Ye Shiwen, 15, the new women’s tries to make time for her les- train overseas the Shanghai Tongji University, me as I have swum in back-to-back 200m individual medley world sons and assignments, but said under top for- also took part in last month’s FINA domestic races before. Physically, I champion, also trained in Austra- it’s “impossible” to balance school eign coaches. World Championships in Shang- am OK. I just need to tune up men- lia before the Shanghai meet with and competitions perfectly. “I have hai and fi nished fourth in the same tally,” said Lu, who teamed with 100m backstroke titlist Zhao, who “Our school sends teachers to SWIMMING trained domes- event — 0.12 sec faster than her Zhao Jing, Ji Liping and Tang Yi to also improved a lot under Cot- the camp to give us lectures. But tically with my time at the Shenzhen meet. grab a bronze medal in the 4x100 terell’s instruction. it’s still hard for me. personal coach for many years and Although the tight two-event medley relay in Shanghai. Now it could be the time for “I am also a student, but my main I have never had a chance to go schedule has been tough physically, China claimed fi ve gold, two sil- 22-year-old Lu. focus is to improve my strength abroad and work there. Now, I want Lu said her victory here should be ver and seven bronze medals at the “To go out to America or Aus- and try to win more honor for my to try something new,” said Lu aft er attributed to the momentum she Shanghai worlds, and some of that tralia and train there will defi nitely country in the pool,” said Lu. Kiwi feasts on US training By SUN XIAOCHEN Pacifi c Championship winner. year until the London Games, and CHINA DAILY “I’m very happy to get my best I look forward to seeing what hap- time here,” said Boyle, who recent- pens there,” she said. SHENZHEN — Th ey created a ly graduated from the University of Elsewhere, China fi nished third monster. California. “I wasn’t really think- in the 4x100 freestyle relay in New Zealand swimmer Lau- ing about the place, I just wanted 3:40.29, 0.26 sec behind champion ren Boyle, trained and educated to have another solid race to see Australia. Th e US was second at in the United States, knocked off where I am now.” 3:40.19. favorite Haley Anderson of the Boyle, who swam at the 2008 Japan’s Irie Ryosuke, who US to claim gold in the women’s Olympics, clocked 8 minutes, 26.3 claimed gold at the Asian Cham- 800m freestyle on Sunday at the seconds. pionships, won the men’s 200m Universiade. She said graduation finally backstroke in 1:56.01 to seal his GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY Trailing for the fi rst 650m, the allowed her to devote her atten- fourth Universiade gold medal Lauren Boyle of New Zeland won the women’s 800m freestyle in 8:26.3 23-year-old Boyle staged a late tion to the pool. after winning three in Belgrade on Sunday. comeback to upset the 2009 Pan “I will put swimming fi rst next two years ago..

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