18岁中国小将破亚洲游泳纪录！外刊阅读练习-2023届高三英语二轮专题

主题语境：新闻报道与社会现象 体裁：新闻报道 阅读建议时长：7min 原文出处：China Daily 词数：312 难度：★★★ 文章导读： 近日，2023年全国游泳冠军赛上，年仅18岁的潘展乐大放异彩，他在男子100米自由泳项目中夺得冠军，并打破了全国和亚洲纪录。中国游泳队迎来了一位未来之星的同时，也创造了新的历史！ China’s Teenager Pan Breaks Men’s 100m Freestyle① Asian Record 18岁中国小将破亚洲游泳纪录！ China’s rising star Pan Zhanle broke the men’s 100m freestyle Asian record at the swimming national championships on May 1, 2023. Pan, 18, led all the way to win the 100m free in 47.22 seconds, 0.34 seconds faster than the old Asian record. Wang Haoyu was second in 48.15, while Chen Juner came third in 48.94. “It is beyond my expectation ,” said Pan.  “My time was always around 47.50 in training.” Pan’s result ranked first in the event’s world rankings this year, beating world champion David Popovici’s year best of 47.61 made at the Romanian national championships in April.  “I hope I can be one of the world best swimmers and compete with David Popovici one day,” he added. Pan broke the short-course 100m free Asian record at the short course swimming worlds in Melbourne② last year. In the women’s 200m butterfly, Olympic champion Zhang Yufei grabbed the gold in 2:07.99, which was far behind her training time. Yu Liyan came second in 2:08.33, while Zhang Yipan was third in 2:09.79.  “My coach and I had expected a time around 2:05.00,” said Zhang Yufei, who won the women’s 200m butterfly and 4x200m freestyle relay Olympic golds at Tokyo 2020. In the men’s 200m medley, Tokyo Olympic champion Wang Shun led all the way to the gold in 1:55.55. Qin Haiyang finished second in 1:57.79. Two-time men’s 100m backstroke world champion Xu Jiayu also showed his strength in his signature event as he timed 52.47 to win the 100m back. Also on May 1, Tang Qianting ranked first in 30.88 to win the women’s 50m breaststroke, while Team Zhejiang won the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay with 3:38.07. The national championships, running from May 1 to 6, also serves as a qualifier for the swimming worlds in Fukuoka, Japan in July and the Hangzhou