Shen Duo (; born 9 June 1997) is a Chinese competitive

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who specializes in sprint freestyle events. 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.

Career

As 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

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in her home city

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and t ...

, 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). Two days later, she continued to smash another world record with a time of 53.84 in the

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, vaulting her up to thirteenth in the world rankings. 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. 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. One month later, at the

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Incheon, South Korea Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...

, 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. 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. 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. 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. For her outstanding successes at the

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and a six-gold medal streak in swimming, Shen has been nominated for the Breakthrough of the Year Award in the upcoming 2015

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. At the

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, 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 Lu Ying (陆滢, Lù Yíng, born 22 January 1989) is a Chinese competitive swimmer. She competed for China at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Olympics in Rio. She won a silver medal in the women's 100 metre butterfly A ...

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.

Personal bests (long course)

Controversy

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- The

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( KSOC) has officially requested the

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(

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) for an investigation, claiming that Shen Duo had assaulted a Korean swimmer on the 23rd of August. 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.

References

External links

Nanjing 2014 Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shen, Duo 1997 births Living people Chinese female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of China Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Nanjing World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Nanjing Sport Institute alumni Youth Olympic gold medalists for China 21st-century Chinese women