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On July 29, Beijing time, the swimming event of the Tokyo Olympics continued, and a total of 5 gold medals were won. The Chinese team played well. Zhang Yufei won the first gold medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly and Chinese team won the women's 4×200-meter freestyle final.  They played perfectly.

In the swimming competition held in the morning of the 29th, in the men's 800-meter freestyle final, Fink of the United States won the championship.In the men's 200m butterfly final, Australia's Cook won the championship and broke the Olympic record. Holland's Cuminga won a silver medal.

In the women's 200-meter butterfly final that attracted the most attention, Chinese players Zhang Yufei and Yu Liyan performed well. Zhang Yufei swam very well in the semifinal, leading the second place by 1.34 seconds. In the final duel, Zhang Yufei took the lead when she started, and she was leading all the time. After 100 meters, she was ahead of the opponent by more than 1 second. She won the championship without any suspense. This is also the first gold medal of the Chinese swimming team in Tokyo. Her time of 2:03.86 is also a new Olympic record. Congratulations to Zhang Yufei and the Chinese swimming team. The U.S. team got one silver and one bronze, and the gap between them and Zhang Yufei is relatively large.

The next is the men's 100-meter freestyle final. Drexel of the United States won the championship without any suspense. This was also the second gold that the United States won on July 29th and broke the Olympic record. The fifth final is the women's 4x200 self-final. Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan, Zhang Yufei, and Li Bingjie attened. Zhang Yufei just finished the butterfly stroke. In the final, Yang Junxuan's 200 meters was very good, ranking first, Tang Muhan also maintained the lead in the second 200 meters, and the third was Zhang Yufei. Zhang Yufei was still the first to complete the reversal despite falling behind. The last player was Li Bingjie. At 7 minutes 40.33 seconds, the Chinese team set a new world record and won the championship. This was also the second gold medal in swimming. Zhang Yufei won two gold medals alone.

 In addition, in the men's 200-meter individual medley competition, Wang Shun entered the final with the first place in the semi-final.

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