16岁小将叶诗文破世界纪录夺中国队第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."

伦敦奥运首日中国16岁小将叶诗文在女子400米个人混合泳决赛中获得金牌，并破世界纪录。比赛开始时，叶诗文在100米蝶泳结束后仍排在第五位。但她保持节奏，加快了前进速度，在250米结束后上升到第三位。300米结束后，叶诗文以自由泳不断加速，在350米左右开始领先。最后50米她率先转身，和第二名拉开一个身位的距离。观看这场比赛的世界泳坛宿将索普对BBC评论说，他看到叶诗文最后的自由泳冲刺时，就感到她可能将打破世界纪录。最终叶诗文以4分28秒43创造了新的世界纪录，拿下中国队伦敦奥运会上第四枚金牌。在这个项目中，美国选手贝塞尔4分31秒27获得了银牌，另一位中国选手李玄旭以4分32秒91获得了铜牌。