China prepare for FINA World Championships

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Today marks the one month countdown to the opening of the FINA World Championships in Shanghai. Here's more on how Chinese national swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo teams are gearing up for the event.

The national swimmers are now attending a training camp in Beijing, after completing an intense physical workout.

The team is spending its entire day training in the pool. According to the squad's schedule, the closed-door training will continue for three weeks before the swimmers head to Shanghai.

Asian Games Champion Sun Yang, together with Olympic silver medalist and World Champion Zhang Lin, will be leading the men's side for China. Sun expressed his excitement about the upcoming tournament.

Sun Yang said, "I feel everyone, including my coach, expect a lot out of me. They hope I can produce good results. But I'm not worried or pressured, because I believe I have the potential to win. I will try my hardest in every single event, and swim to my personal best."

On the women's side, 2009 Rome World Champion Zhao Jing is among the top seeds, alongside Olympic champion Liu Zige and Olympic silver medalist Jiao Liuyang.

Zhao Jing said, "I don't have a big goal. All I want to do is to display my strength after my training in Australia. The training helped me a lot."

Meanwhile, China's synchronized swimming team is also getting ready for Shanghai. The team's practice focuses on every single move, which makes up a whole routine. According to Japanese head coach Masayo Imura, the swimmers are undertaking 7 hours of training each day for the next two weeks.

Olympic duet bronze medalists, twin sisters Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting, are medal hopefuls for the world championships.

Jiang Wenwen said, "We feel very tired after training hard each day. But we are very happy, because we can see our potentia! l develo ping day by day."

Finally, China's national women's water polo team will be a squad to watch at this year's World Championships. The team claimed a historic bronze medal for China at last year's World Cup. The side is considered one of the best in Asia. Coaches hope this edition of the women's water polo team will achieve a podium finish at home.

Editor:Liu Fang |Source: CNTV.CN


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