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On August 10, 1992, at theBarcelona Olympic Games, Chinese athlete Zhuang Yong won the gold medal in thewomen's 100-meter freestyle

We mentioned the 2008Beijing Olympics the day before yesterday. Now, let's went back to August 10,1992, to enjoy the 25th Barcelona Olympics together.

In this OlympicGames, China won the first ever gold medal in Olympic swimming, and all this wasinseparable from one person, she was Zhuang Yong.

Zhuang Yong wasborn in 1972 in Shanghai, China. She had loved swimming since kindergarten.Zhuang Yong's parents were workers and did not understand sports, but with thesupport of her aunt and others, Zhuang Yong still insisted on the hobby ofswimming. She began to learn to swim at swimming school at the age of 7. In1984, Zhuang Yong was selected for the Shanghai team and was appreciated bycoach Zheng Zhengguang, who gave him a solid foundation training. Zhuang Yong'sathlete career has begun!

In 1985, the13-year-old Zhuang Yong won three golds and three bronze medals for a total of6 medals. In 1989, at the 3rd Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Zhuang Yongbroke the Asian records for the women's 100m and women's 200m freestyles, andwon the women's 100m freestyle championship with a time of 55.68 seconds. In1991, he won the 50m freestyle, the 3rd place in the 100m freestyle and thesixth place in the 200m freestyle at the 6th World Swimming Championships inPerth, setting a new Asian record for the event. When Zhuang Yong participatedin the competition, she broke through himself again and again and broke therecord.

Time came to thescene of the women's 100m freestyle at the Barcelona Games on August 10, 1992.As the race began, Zhuang Yong towards the finish line as fast as she could.Zhuang Yong finally defeated the then world record holder Thompson of theUnited States with a time of 54.64 seconds to win the gold medal in the women's100m freestyle, the first Olympic swimming gold medal won by a Chinese athlete;Later, Zhuang Yong also won the silver medal in the women's 50m freestyle, andcooperated with her teammates to win the silver medal in the women's 4×100mfreestyle relay.

In 1993, at the7th National Games, Zhuang Yong won 3 medals; Immediately after the game, shechose to retire.

In September2003, Zhuang Yong found her sweetheart Shen Jianqiang. Shen Jianqiang is also aswimmer, and after getting married, he ran a swimming club. At this time,Zhuang Yong was also in business and founded the Tulip Advertising Company.Both of them were very busy in their careers, but they still achieved unity incontradictions.

The flame of the 2008Beijing Olympic Games was passed in Shanghai, and Zhuang Yong raised Shanghai'sfirst torch.

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