Li Na, Liu Xiang lead china's charge in 2011
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China Daily, December 30, 2011
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3. A world record in the pool for Sun Yang
If Liu is the trailblazer on the track, young male swimmer Sun Yang is his counterpart in the pool.
Winning the men's 1,500m freestyle gold medal at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai on July 31, the 19-year-old Sun clocked 14 min, 34.14 sec to break the longest-standing world record in swimming - Australian Grant Hackett's 10-year-old mark.
It was only the second world record to fall in pool since the banning of the high-tech swimming suits two years ago after American great Ryan Lochte broke the 200m individual medley mark at the meet.
Excitement also came from another pool as the Chinese women's water polo squad finished runner-up to Greece, its greatest international result, in Shanghai.
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