China’s final win pushed the country’s overall medal tally to 20, including 14 gold.
Four days of swimming end with 19 new Games records
The
25-meter short course swimming events drew to a close on Wednesday with
new Games records being set in 19 of the 30 categories.
Over the course of four days, swimmers, led by Chinese, competed in various categories to break and re-break Games records.
Of
the 19 new Games records, 13 were set by Chinese swimmers, while Korean
swimmers now hold three AIMAG short-course swimming records.
Two
of three swimming gold medals Kazakhstan took home were won in
record-breaking times, while 16-year-old Nguyen Thi Anh Vien of Vietnam
became the new record holder in the women’s 200-meter individual medley.
With
the Chinese setting new standards in nearly half of the categories,
they won 14 of the 30 gold medals on offer in swimming.
The largest number of multiple-gold medal winners also came from China.
Information from AIMAG 2013
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