Backstroke specialist¹ Xu Jiayu broke the Asian record of the men's 100m backstroke at the Chinese Swimming Championships on Wednesday.

 

周三举行的全国游泳冠军赛上，仰泳选手徐嘉余打破男子100米仰泳亚洲记录。
 

 

Xu, 21, took the gold of the event in 51.86 seconds, only 0.01 shy of the world record and sliced a big margin² from the previous Asian record of 52.24 seconds.

 

As a first time Olympian, Xu took the silver medal of the event at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in 52.31 seconds.

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