Shen Duo (Chinese: 沈铎; pinyin: Shēn Duō; born 9 June 1997) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in sprint freestyle events.[1] Considered one of the most promising swimmers in the international scene, she currently holds three world junior records each in the 100 m freestyle, the 400 m medley relay, and the mixed 400 m freestyle relay, and also pocketed a total of nine gold medals to her career hardware in two major meets at the peak of 2014 season.[2]
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| National team |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 June 1997 Liyang, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Jiangsu Swimming Team[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAs a 13 year old, Shen was promoted to the Jiangsu Provincial Swim Team by then Head Coach Ron Turner, who developed her into one of China's top youth swimmers. When China hosted the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in her home city Nanjing, Shen won five gold medals and broke three world junior records in swimming. Shen helped the Chinese foursome scorch the final field of swimmers with two astonishing world junior records each in the mixed 4×100 m freestyle (3:27.02) and in the girls' 4×100 m medley (4:03.58).[3][4] Two days later, she continued to smash another world record with a time of 53.84 in the 100 m freestyle, vaulting her up to thirteenth in the world rankings.[5][6] On August 20, Shen picked up her fourth gold of the meet in the 200 m freestyle, finishing a personal best in 1:56.12.[7] In the girls' 4×100 m freestyle relay, Shen demolished the field with a phenomenal 53.59 split to run away with another relay victory for her host nation's foursome in 3:41.19.[8][9]
One month later, at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Shen added four more golds to her career tally in her respective events, most notably in both freestyle relay and sprint. On the first day of the competition, Shen posted a 53.58 split on the second leg to put the Chinese squad ahead to a marvelous victory in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay, with a time of 3:37.25.[10] In the women's 100 m freestyle, Shen held off her hard-charging teammate and 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Tang Yi by 0.08 of a second to take the gold medal in 54.37.[11] Shen continued to dominate the medal tally on her third night, as she threw down an anchor-leg split in 2:00.60 to deliver the Chinese foursome another relay victory in 7:55.17.[12][13] In the women's 200 m freestyle, Shen pulled ahead from the rest of the field to pick up her fourth straight gold of the meet in 1:57.66.[14][15]
For her outstanding successes at the Summer Youth Olympics and a six-gold medal streak in swimming, Shen has been nominated for the Breakthrough of the Year Award in the upcoming 2015 Laureus World Sports Awards in Shanghai.[16]
At the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Shen helped the Chinese squad secured a bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle with a combined time of 7:49.10, and then pulled off a lead on the freestyle anchor leg (53.00) to deliver the solid foursome of Fu Yuanhui, Shi Jinglin, and Lu Ying a blazing fast finish in 3:54.41 to claim the gold in the 4×100 m medley relay, just over two seconds away of the current meet record set by her team in 2009.[17]
Personal bests (long course)
edit- As of September 30, 2014
| Event | Time | Meet | Date | Note(s) |
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| 100 m freestyle | 53.84 | 2014 Summer Youth Olympics | August 18, 2014 | |
| 200 m freestyle | 1.56.12 | 2014 Summer Youth Olympics | August 20, 2014 |
Controversy
edit2018 Asian Games - The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) has officially requested the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for an investigation, claiming that Shen Duo had assaulted a Korean swimmer on the 23rd of August.[18] According to KSOC's claims, Kim Hye-jin had been swimming in front of Shen Duo when she unintentionally kicked Shen Duo in the chest. Kim had immediately apologized, but Shen Duo followed Kim to the end of the lane, where she pulled Kim underwater by her ankles then kicked her twice in the abdomen.[19]
References
edit- ^ a b "Shen Duo". Incheon 2014. Archived from the original on 23 November 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "5 Asian Games Champions Who Changed the Landscape of Swimming". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Youth Olympic Games: China Downs Mixed 400 Free Relay World Junior Record; Anton Chupkov Posts WJR As Well". Swimming World Magazine. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Youth Olympic Games: Liliana Szilagyi Vaults to 3rd in World in 200 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Youth Olympic Games: Shen Duo Smashes World Junior Record in 100 Free". Swimming World Magazine. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ Zhang, Dan (19 August 2014). "China's Shen Duo wins gold of women's 100m freestyle". Xinhua. China Central Television. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Youth Olympic Games: World Junior Records Bonanza on Night Four". Swimming World Magazine. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Youth Olympic Games: Sprints Take Center Stage on Fight Night". Swimming World Magazine. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "YOG: China adds two swimming gold medals". Xinhua. 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on August 23, 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Japanese Men Turn in Fabulous Night of Swimming at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "Shen offers hope for female sprinters". date=23 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "China Dominates Third Night of Swimming at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ Xu, Haijing (23 September 2014). "China sweeps 6 more golds to lead swim tally". GlobalPost. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "China Sets Asian Record in 400 Free Relay to Close Night". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ Linden, Julian (24 September 2014). "Hagino and Shen each collect fourth golds at Asiad". Incheon: Reuters. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Shen Duo is contender for Laureus Breakthrough Award after six gold medals at Youth Olympics". Laureus World Sports Awards. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Sweden Posts New Swedish National Record in 400 Medley Relay at 2015 FINA World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ "Asian Games: South Korea lodges complaint against Chinese swimmer over 'assault'". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- ^ 권종오 (2018-09-11). "[취재파일] 수영 김혜진 폭행한 중국 선수 엄벌 난망". SBS NEWS (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-09-11.