16歲小將葉詩文破世界紀錄奪中國隊第4金

Chinese star, 16, breaks 400m IM world recordYe, 16, set a new world best of four minutes 28.43 seconds, ahead of American world champion Elizabeth Beisel and fellow Chinese Li 16-year-old overwhelmed American world champion Elizabeth Beisel to win the final in four minutes 28.43 seconds to cap a glittering night for China in the pool following Sun Yang's breakthrough victory in the men's 400m put in a storming final freestyle leg to shatter the previous record of 4:29.45, set by Australian Stephanie Rice en route to gold at the Beijing Games four years supercharged was Ye's finish that she stormed under the world record on the back of a 28.93sec final lap to leave her rivals in her wake."I thought at the 200 metres that the race was lost," Ye said. "But then on the breaststroke I realised I was in the top two or three and I was confident I could win on the last leg."I've been working on my butterfly and backstroke since last year's world championships and have closed the gap, while freestyle is my best stroke. I dreamed of winning the gold medal, but I never ever expected to break a world record, I'm overwhelmed."

倫敦奧運首日中國16歲小將葉詩文在女子400米個人混合泳決賽中獲得金牌，並破世界紀錄。比賽開始時，葉詩文在100米蝶泳結束後仍排在第五位。但她保持節奏，加快了前進速度，在250米結束後上升到第三位。300米結束後，葉詩文以自由泳不斷加速，在350米左右開始領先。最後50米她率先轉身，和第二名拉開一個身位的距離。觀看這場比賽的世界泳壇宿將索普對BBC評論說，他看到葉詩文最後的自由泳衝刺時，就感到她可能將打破世界紀錄。最終葉詩文以4分28秒43創造了新的世界紀錄，拿下中國隊倫敦奧運會上第四枚金牌。在這個項目中，美國選手貝塞爾4分31秒27獲得了銀牌，另一位中國選手李玄旭以4分32秒91獲得了銅牌。