Chinese Ye wins 200m medley while Liu Zige dim

 Chinese Ye wins 200m medley¹ while Liu Zige dim²

BEIJING, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- London Olympic double winner Ye Shiwen claimed the women's 200-meter individual medley gold medal at the short course Beijing World Cup here on Friday, while Beijing Olympic champion Liu Zige finished fifth in the women's 100m butterfly.

The 16-year-old Ye, who won the 200m and 400m medley gold and renewed³ the 200m medley world record at the London Games, touched the wall first in two minutes and 6.10 seconds. Zsuzsanna Jakabos of Hungary was second at 2:08.22, while her compatriot Katinka Hosszu was the third in 2:08.35.

"I feel good," said Ye. "Although it was not my best result, which was within 2:05, it was still good."

"I am about 85 percent of my peak form," Ye said, who finished third in the heat earlier Friday. "I didn't feel good in the morning, but the final was OK."

"I hope I can be on my top level at the World Championships in Turkey this December," she added.

The bronze medallist Hosszu brought her country a gold medal in the 800m freestyle in 8:21.49. She also took part in the 200m free and 200m backstroke, but failed to stand on the podium.

"I feel rather tired," she said. "But I wanted to do something different, so I decided⁴ to do my best in every event."

It seemed that Beijing Olympic 200m butterfly champion Liu Zige was still struggling with her form as the 23-year-old only took a fifth finish in the women's 100m fly at 58.87. Inge Dekker of the Netherlands won the gold in 57.62.

However, Liu, who finished eighth at the 200m fly at the London Games, won the mixed 4X50m medley relay⁵ with her teammates Tang Yi, Cheng Feiyi and Li Xiayan.

Chinese teenage girl Shao Yiwen claimed the women's 200m freestyle gold, while Yang Zhixian won the men's 400m individual medley. China also won the gold medals in the women's 50m freestyle and 200m backstroke.

Australia was the second biggest winner by collecting four gold medals, while New Zealand pocketed two, and the Netherlands, Hungary, Russia, Japan, Kenya, and the United States claimed one each.

The Beijing World Cup is the sixth stop of the FINA short course World Cup 2012, which runs from Nov 2-3.

1 medley   

n.混合

参考例句：

• Today's sports meeting doesn't seem to include medley relay swimming.现在的运动会好象还没有混合接力泳这个比赛项目。
• China won the Men's 200 metres Individual Medley.中国赢得了男子200米个人混合泳比赛。

2 dim   

adj.昏暗的；朦胧的；v.(使)暗淡，(使)模糊

参考例句：

• The light is too dim for me to read easily.光线太暗，我很难阅读。
• I was so tired that my eyesight grew dim.我太累了，眼睛有点发花。

3 renewed   

adj. 更新的，重建的，复兴的，重申的 动词renew的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They regrouped their forces and renewed the attack. 他们重新聚集兵力，再次发动进攻。
• The army renewed its assault on the capital. 军队重新发动对首都的攻击。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 relay   

n.接力赛，中继转播（设备）；vt.转述，转播

参考例句：

• They will relay your message.他们会转达你的口信。
• This metal tower is used to relay television signals to distant villages.这个金属塔是用于向遥远的村子转播电视讯号的。